All language subtitles for 01x23.Testament.of.Arcadia

Our struggle to survive

in a hostile universe

had long erased the memory

of the cataclysmic disaster

that first hurled our moon

out of Earth’s orbit.

But recent events

on the planet Arkadia

have revived that painful memory

and forced us to reconsider

our purpose in space.

And when it started,

it was to prove terrifying.

Aaaaah-ya!

Commander.

- Yes, Paul?

Emergency.

- I owe you one.

Return match next week, right?

- All right, Commander.

- Well, what is it?

Sandra, what's our position?

- 8.5 degrees relative.

It is no mistake,

our course is altering.

- That's strange.

We're nowhere near
the gravitational pull

of that planet.

- Oh, no, it’s
nothing to do with

gravitation, or
magnetism, either.

- Let's find out what it is.

Activate long-range sensors.

- Scanner malfunction.

And there is a power loss.

- There's a generator fault,

there's a 5% power
loss across the board.

Power loss rate now 7%.

- We're slowing down!

- Check the sensors.

- Nothing.

- Power loss now...

8%.

- We've stopped dead.

The unbelievable had happened-

our moon was locked in space.

- Gravity or magnetic forces

could affect the
course, the speed,

of an object the
size of the Moon...

- But they couldn't stop us cold

like this.

- No, no, nothing we know of

could do that.

- Then there's gotta
be a third force.

And it must have something to do

with that planet out there.

We've completed
the generator tests.

We can't trace
any faults, but...

- But?

- we're still losing power.

- How, if there's nothing
wrong with the generators?

- The computer puts it
down to external forces.

- External forces, great,
that tells us everything

- Computers not a
crystal ball, Commander.

She can only predict
on specific data.

All right, Kano.

Paul, what’s the situation?

- Alpha's feeling the effect

of the power loss.

A kind of, uh...

Creeping paralysis.

So far only long-range systems

are affected, but
its getting worse.

- Sandra, how long can we last?

- At the present rate of
loss, we have 38 hours.

Phased economies would
give us 10 hours more.

- 48 hours.

What’s the flying
time to that planet?

- 30 hours, round trip.

- 30 hours.

All right, we'll
take down a team.

Victor, Scientific. Helena,

Environment.

We'll two security men.

Kano, I want
Computer to select two

people with the
widest experience

to round out the team.

Now when the wiring
systems not functioning,

we won't be able to
rely on Main Computer,

down there, so take what
we need on the surface.

Alan, I want you to
arm and provision

the Eagle for eight.

Immediate liftoff.
- All right.

- Paul, power economy,

starting right now!

The planet had already been

under routine observation
for some time before the crisis.

Every indication told us it was

devoid of any form of life.

As the power loss was affecting

our long-range systems,

we would shortly lose contact

with Alpha.

So we set course for the planet.

Once there, we would
truly be on our own.

With us went the
future of our people,

for if we failed, our
existence, like the Moon,

would come to a full stop.

It’s a long ride,
so get some sleep.

- Activate phase three
power cut, Sandra.

- Did you sleep well?

- Morning.

- Morning, John.

- Morning, John.

- We've circled the planet twice

with no sign of habitation.

Certainly no indication
of intelligent life,

but we're still looking.

- We're wasting our
time, Commander.

It’s just desolation and
more desolation out there.

- All right, Alan, keep looking.

Victor, what have you got?

- Um, This was a
living world once.

And then, something happened,

some kind of holocaust,

which obliterated all life.

- Then the planet
is uninhabitable.

- Ah, well...

- No.

The atmosphere is stabilized,

the radiation
levels are tolerable,

the planet is as it was

before life stopped.

- Let’s get down there
and find some real answers.

Before life stops on Alpha.

Alan, take her down.

Overpowering impressions
crowded in on us

as we stepped
onto the alien planet.

A sense of timeless solitude.

The silent touch
of an empty world.

The total absence of life.

Death had visited this world,

so our data told us.

And as we moved
on, we could feel it

closing in around us,

like a shroud.

All right, let’s set
up camp over there.

- There were living
things here once.

Birds, animals, maybe
even intelligent life.

- Yeah. we're just a few
thousand years too late.

- Right, that's the lot.

- Everything's here, Commander.

- Good.

All right, now, if
you must leave

your designated areas,

let Security know.

Stay in pairs and maintain

communication at all times.

And one more thing.

The fate of Alpha, all of us...

Depends on the answers

we come up with.

All right, let’s go.

- Strange place, isn't it?

So barren and solitary.

- Any open space
would seem like that

after being cooped up on Alpha.

- No, no, it’s something else.

A feeling that maybe

we are intruders.

I don't know,
maybe you're right.

- Luke!

- What is it?

- Scan those trees.

The first discovery
had been made.

The first link in
the chain of events

that would forge themselves

into the inevitable,
shattering conclusion.

Helena and Victor
had also forged a link.

The planet was not dead.

Its soil was simply
locked in stasis,

waiting for the
bacteria that would

restart the cycle
of life and death.

But that was before the

most incredible
discovery of all.

- John.

How much do you know about

ancient Earth languages?

- Earth languages?

- 'cause unless I'm
very much mistaken,

that inscription is in Sanskrit,

a basic proto-European

root language.

Sanskrit, the mother of tongues.

- Are you sure?

- Well, not entirely, but...

- John, Anna Davis
is a trained philologist.

- What?

Maybe Computer knew
something we didn't.

Anna, get here right away.

Anna.

- I don't believe it.

- Sanskrit?

- Sanskrit, yes.

But different, somehow.

An earlier form, perhaps.

But here, a million light years

away from Earth?

How?

- Can you decipher it?

- Without the use of Main

Computer, it will
take some time,

but yes, I think so.

- Luke, would you...

Luke!

- Yes, Commander.

- This should warm the game up.

- This is controller,
Paul Morrow.

Attention, please.

Phase four power reductions

are now operative.

Until further notice,

travel tubes between sections

one to five are suspended.

Heating will be
automatically reset

to number four,

and lighting systems
to half power.

- Paul, look, I know
you've got problems,

but without more power,

or my patients
will freeze to death.

- Sandra, allocate
Medical Section

four extra units.

- Thanks, Paul.

- Now reduce heating in here

by four units.

- Don't worry.

It can only get worse.

- How is it going?

- If only I had access

to the reference library.

- Yes.

And if they could talk,

we'd know how they died.

What have you found out?

- If you give me a chance,

I might be able to tell you!

- Sorry.

- Oh, I'm sorry.

Don't mind me.

It’s just that
its very difficult.

And I can make
no real sense of it.

I find it very disturbing.

- Yes.

The sooner we
get out of this place,

the better.

- Oh, hello.

Any luck?

- No, nothing
we've seen could be

causing what’s
happening on Alpha.

Helena, those skeletons.

- They're humanoid.

People very much like ourselves.

Bones show that they died of

radiation as long
as 25,000 years ago.

That cave could have been

their last refuge.

- And those inscriptions

could be their last message.

- To you, who seek us out

in the ages to come,

we salute you.

The desolation you find

distresses...

No, grieves we few

who will soon die.

Our civilization
gone, our world...

Arkane or Arkadia,

poisoned, dying.

We who happened...

Sorry, caused our own...

Something...

- Destruction?

- Yes, destruction.

No need now to say, no,

tell of the final...

Event happening...

- Holocaust?

- Yes, that fits.

The final holocaust,

when our world
flamed in the inferno

of a thousand exploding suns...

There's more, but
the imagery is difficult.

- Keep trying.

- Arkadia is finished.

But she, Arkadia,
lives on in the

bodies, hearts and
minds of those few

who left before
the end, taking...

The life, the something...

- The seeds.

- The seeds of a new beginning,

to seek out and...

- Discover?

- No, begin.

Yes, that's it, to seek
out and begin again

in the distant regions of space.

Heed now the
teachings, testament,

yes, the testament of Arkadia.

There's a passage

I can make no sense of.

I'll need the reference library.

Then it continues...

You who are guided here

make us fertile.

Help us live again.

- An Earth language.

How could people from Earth

be here 25,000 years ago?

- No.

Earth people didn't come here.

The Arkadians, they found Earth!

Ask Anna.

She knows.

Tell him, Anna.

The trees.

Tell him!

- We found oak,
pine, willow, beech,

40 different varieties of trees,

all native to Earth!

- You heard the inscription, the

Arkadians took the
seeds with them.

They found a new Arkadia...

Earth.

Our people originated here,

on this planet.

Though the discovery

in the cave left us shaken,

it did not explain

what was destroying Alpha.

- We're running out
of time, Commander.

We have to get back to Alpha.

- Alpha was
freezing to death and

we were no nearer to
understanding the force

that held our moon

a static prisoner in space.

We could bring life
back to this planet.

How long would it take
to rejuvenate the soil?

- It would take two years
to get the crops growing.

- If we brought our
people down, how long

could we last on
survival rations?

- There are over
300 people, John.

Six months at the most.

- Six months.

- But with no power,
Alpha will freeze to death

in 24 hours.

- So it’s a suicide
run either way.

But at least down here,
we'd be buying time.

- Not much time.

- But time enough to hope.

For a miracle.

And a miracle did
occur, one that even now

is beyond our understanding.

A force, an indefinable

intelligence,
existed on the planet.

And Anna Davis and
Luke Faro activated it,

or we're chosen as
the agents of its will.

What passed between
them, we will never know.

But they emerged from
the cave their personalities

profoundly transformed.

- We've decided
to abandon Alpha.

Get back here right away.

- Phase six power
cuts now operative.

Heating now automatically
reduced to number two.

And that includes Medical.

All experimental
sections are closing down.

Travel tube facilities
throughout Alpha

will cease, effective
immediately.

- Morrow, what
the hell is going on?

- There's nothing
I can do, doctor.

- If you don't give
me more heat,

you might as well
shoot my patients.

- And I'm telling
you, there's no way

I can give you that power back.

- Damn it, those people cant
survive in these temperatures!

- If these temperature
drops continue,

none of us will survive!

- That is on your conscience.

Main Mission,

come in Main Mission.

- This is Koenig,
do you read me?

- We have you, Eagle One.

- What's the situation?

- Desperate.

50% power loss.

- All right, listen carefully.

Put operation
Exodus into effect.

We're evacuating, details later.

- Stand by for an
important announcement.

We are putting phase
one of operation Exodus...

- Paul, it has stopped.

The power has stabilized.

- Check Computer.

Commander, the power
seems to be stabilizing.

- Stabilizing?

Are you sure?

- Computer confirms.

Power loss 50% and stable.

- Were not losing
any more power.

The power's holding.

Commander, do we still evacuate?

- No, hold everything
till we get there.

The inexplicable
had happened again,

another event that defied logic.

Was this a sign that
at last our desperate

situation on Alpha was easing?

That eventually we could
hope for a full recovery

and avoid committing our
people to an uncertain future

on a hostile planet?

Only time would tell.

Helena, check our
chances of survival

against a permanent
50% power loss

and rush it right through.

- Do you want me to
work on the planetary data?

- No, store it for now,
we'll deal with it later.

- Right.

- How are we doing?

- No change.

- Good.

Paul, inside, thank you.

Morale?

- Bad.

But with this situation,
what can we expect?

- Our first priority is
the lives of our people.

- Planet?

- Even worse than here.

- John, if the power
situation remains stable,

our food and essential life
support systems can cope.

It'll be hard, but
we can survive.

- Paul, cancel operation Exodus.

- Right.

- Neither past nor future.

The future is the past.

And the testament
of Arkadia, the link.

They spoke to us, and
we listened to them.

You and I, Luke.

There is no mistake.

Technical and
Service sections at

loading bases may stand down.

Security alerts
and reconnaissance

patrols no longer operative.

Main Mission to
all sections Alpha.

Operation Exodus is
canceled, repeat, canceled.

Personnel are instructed
to report for normal duties.

- Commander, we want
to live on that planet.

Well, that's completely
out of the question.

- We belong there.

We were guided to that planet.

- Now, listen to me.

Up here we have a chance.

A small chance, but a chance.

Down there we have none at all.

- A few of us could
survive down there.

We could, Luke and I...

- Yes, you'd make out, but you'd

have to take half
our supplies with you.

Which would make life for
us virtually impossible up here.

No, no, I'm sorry.

- But we must go, Commander!

- Just do what I say!

Now, look, we have
enough problems up here.

Now, please go.

- The combination
of the protein store.

Give it to me.

I'll kill you.

I'll kill everybody here.

Four, zero, nine, eight, zero,

four, two, eight, end.

Combination correct.

- Faro, you must
be out of your mind.

Put that laser away!

- I'll kill her!

Now, do what I ask.

- All right, an Eagle.

Fueled and ready to take off.

Now release Dr. Russell.

- Commander, there was
an attack on the food store.

Suspect, Anna Davis.

We're looking for her now.

- Call them off, do it!

- Security, call off the search.

All right, an Eagle.

What else?

- A moon buggy.

Stores and supplies
to last us three years.

- Do you realize what the loss

of those supplies will do to us?

- Be rational.

- You'll do it
Koenig, or shell die.

- Faro, you have
no chance of survival

on that planet surface!

It's dead, barren!

- No, Commander,

we must bring
back the seed of life

to its place of origin.

- Luke, if you get
what you're demanding,

you'll be condemning Alpha

and all of us to certain death.

If it is Alpha's fate to be

the sacrificial lamb, so be it.

Don't you understand?

It was no accident that
brought us to that planet.

Our destiny is clear,
preordained from the moment

the Arkadians set foot on Earth.

- He's asking too much, John.

- Luke, you've got a deal.

Paul, I want you to order
stores and provisions

and have them
stowed on the Eagle.

Alan, prepare the Eagle
for immediate liftoff.

Do it!

Be warned, any
attempt to stop us will fail,

and bring down
upon you the terrible

forces of chaos and destruction.

- No, let him go.

Luke and Anna were beyond

the call of logic
and persuasion.

They were caught gripped
of a fanatical obsession,

time bombs ticking away,
with incalculable results

for all of us if we
opposed them,

especially for Helena Russell.

My first priority was
to get her back safely.

But to do that would put the
whole of Alpha in jeopardy.

- The supplies are
aboard the Eagle.

- Now, those supplies
are vital to us, John,

regardless of whose life's
at stake, including Helena's.

- Don't you think I
know that, Victor?

- Is it ready?

When the ships sinking,
the rats are the first to leave.

- Move aside.

- They're inside.

- Luke.

We've done everything
you've asked.

Now release Dr. Russell.

- Not yet, Commander.

- We've kept our
side, release her!

- Dr. Russell comes with us.

Don't.

We won't harm her,
you have my word.

- Huh, we've heard
that one before, Luke.

- This is what
you'll do, Koenig.

Escort us out into space.

Use the unarmed Survey Eagle.

And when we're out of range,

then you can have her back.

- Alan, do as he says.

Take Survey Eagle
2 and follow them.

- Listen, Luke,
there's still time.

Release Dr. Russell,
hand over those weapons,

and there's still a
place here for you.

- There will be no
more argument.

I do what I must.

Don't forget, Koenig,
any sign of pursuit

and Dr. Russell dies.

- I understand.

There'll be no pursuit.

- Survey Eagle,
clear to lift off.

- Doctor, we're terribly
sorry about all this.

- Sorry?

- Mmm.

- You are killing 300 people.

- Try to understand.

Think of all we've suffered
since the Moon was cast out

to roam the wilderness of
space, inexplicably, to stop here?

Think, Doctor.

It gives meaning to all this.

- Believe us,
there is a purpose.

- A purpose?

And you believe
this purpose of yours

justifies destroying Alpha?

- Doctor, when the
lines of destiny meet,

the tools it uses are
no longer necessary.

Isn't that so?

- Look, look, even if you
could survive, Luke, Anna,

do you realize
what it'll be like?

The only living beings on
that whole barren planet.

You're going to a living hell.

- No, Doctor.

We are going home.

We were powerless.

We had no way of knowing

what went on out there in space.

Would they release
Helena, or would they foist

more desperate demands on us?

Even Alan Carter,
following in the Survey Eagle,

was now outside radio contact.

All we could do was trust
the words of fanatics and wait.

Commander?

- Yes, Paul.

- We've tracked them on optical.

They're just about to go
into orbit around the planet.

- Let me know the second you
have radio contact with Carter.

Carter?

- Yeah?

- Stand by for docking.

It's time to part company.

Goodbye, Dr. Russell.

We'll have voice contact

with Carter in a few
seconds, Commander.

Come in Main
Mission, Carter calling.

Survey Eagle heading for Alpha.

- Helena?

Safe. But we've
lost Luke and Anna.

- Technical.

Commander?

- Everything ready?

No problem.

It's coming through
on frequency 2-2-0.

- Good.

Pursuit Eagle 3.

Commander?

- Pursuit Eagle 5.

Eagle 5.

Switch to subspace
frequency 220.

Right.

- Activate.

- So, you put a trace on him.

- That's right.

- Better get those
supplies back.

- Now, get those
Pursuit Eagles launched.

- Pursuit Eagle 3 and 5
ready for launch, Commander.

We're moving!

- The power, we
are gaining power!

- Cancel the launch.

- But the supplies.

- We've got our power back,

we won’t need them.

- Alan and Helena.

- Alan, this is an emergency.

Full power.

Alphas on the move again.

Hit that throttle or
you'll get left behind.

- Anna!

- All right?

- Fine.

- Yeah, we're fine.

Excuse me a moment.

- You're sure you're all right?

- I'm fine.

They're all alone down there.

- Yeah, Helena, I know.

And there's nothing
we can do about it.

It was their choice.

- Was it their choice, John?

And so the circle was complete.

The seeds from
Earth, so carefully

stored and nurtured
by us, had returned

to their place of origin.

I believe it is futile
to seek answers to

the incredible things
that happened on Arkadia.

All we know is that
life has restarted there,

and that for us,
the creation myth

of the first man and woman
has a new significance.

Our immediate struggle is over.

For Luke Faro and Anna
Davis, it has just begun.

They have found
their beginnings.

We still wander the emptiness
of space seeking ours.

We must keep
faith and believe...

That for us, for all of
mankind, there is a purpose.