Original subtitles

WE'RE IN AUTO-PILOT ORBIT

AROUND PLANET N184,

ENTIRE CREW

IS IN THE CARGO BAY NOW,

AS SOON AS WE TOUCH DOWN,

WE'LL BEGIN DEPLOYMENT PROTOCOL,

THIS NEEDS

ALL SIX OF US?

THOSE ARE

THE ORDERS,

EVERY CREW MEMBER

REPORT TO THE HOLD

FOR INSTRUMENT

DEPLOYMENT,

DISPLAY OP, PLEASE,

START DEPLOYMENT

OF THE DEVICE,

IT'S BEAUTIFUL,

IT SEEMS LIKE

A LONG WAY TO COME

JUST FOR

TARGET PRACTICE,

WHAT MAKES YOU

SO SURE IT'S A WEAPON?

COULD JUST BE

AN OVERSIZED MUSIC BOX,

YEAH, RIGHT,

HOW LONG DO YOU FIGURE

TO DEPLOY THE PACKAGE?

IF EVERYTHING GOES RIGHT,

WE'LL HAVE IT

ON THE SURFACE AND OPERATIONAL

INSIDE OF FIVE HOURS,

WITH OUR WINDOW,

THAT STILL LEAVES

ALMOST HALF A DAY FOR

SURVEY AND EXPLORATION,

SOMEBODY TELL

THE BOY SCOUT

WE DIDN'T SIGN ON

FOR A PICNIC,

WHAT DID WE SIGN ON FOR?

YOU DON'T KNOW

ANY MORE ABOUT THIS CARGO

THAN I DO,

DIFFERENCE IS I KNOW ENOUGH

NOT TO GIVE A DAMN,

TALK TO ME!

LASER FIRE

FROM THE SURFACE,

DAMAGE IS AFT

OF MAIN THRUSTER,

ALL CRITICAL SYSTEMS

INTACT,

SIGNATURE?

EBONITE WEAPONRY,

NO QUESTION ABOUT IT,

THIS WAS

SUPPOSED TO BE A DEAD PLANET,

WELL, THAT

CAN BE ARRANGED,

ACTIVATE WEAPONS REMOTE,

STAND BY TO LAUNCH,

COMPUTER, THIS IS

WEAPONS OFFICER DUMAR,

ARM LASER...

TARGETING,

RIGHT 40,

UP 20,

RIGHT TWO... LOCK,

WE'RE LOCKED ON

THEIR TRACKING SYSTEM, CAPTAIN,

JUST SAY THE WORD,

LET 'EM KNOW

WHAT WE'RE MADE OF,

B-55 BORON LASER BANKS FIRE!

RIGHT DOWN

THEIR THROATS!

NO ADDITIONAL

ENERGY READINGS,

LOOKS LIKE

WE KNOCKED 'EM OUT,

ALL QUIET,

I LOVE IT WHEN

YOU FIGHT DIRTY!

WE DO WHAT WE CAN,

BUDDY,

( alarm sounding )

HEY, CAPTAIN, ,,

WHAT IS THIS PLACE?

DAMN, I THOUGHT

I ASKED FOR A PRIVATE ROOM,

WHAT THE HELL HIT US?

THE IMPULSE IS MY GUESS,

JUST ENOUGH TO KNOCK US OUT,

LOOKS LIKE

WE'VE BEEN ACCESSORIZED,

SOME SORT OF METALLIC IMPLANT,

AND STRIPPED

OF OUR WEAPONS,

IT MUST BE 100 DEGREES IN HERE,

WHOEVER PUT US HERE

MADE ONE MISTAKE,

WHAT'S THAT, CAPTAIN?

THEY LEFT US ALIVE,

YOU GOT THAT RIGHT,

MAJOR,

IT'S 0800,

IN TWO HOURS, I WANT OPTIONS

FOR AN ESCAPE PLAN,

I'M ON IT, SIR,

( electronic voice )

PRISONERS OF WAR,

IDENTIFY YOURSELVES!

WHO'S ASKING?

IT'S ALL RIGHT,

NAME AND RANK IS ALL THEY GET,

KIMBRO, ROBERT R,

CAPTAIN OF

THE STARSHIP

ARCHIPELAGO,

NAGUCHI, MAJOR RONALD,

LIEUTENANT

CHRISTOPHER VALENTINE,

DR, ELAYNA CHOMSKI,

O'KEEFE, KRISTIN ANNE,

CIVILIAN,

SERGEANT WAYLON DEAD-EYE DUMAR,

SCUMBAG EXTERMINATOR,

YOU HAVE A BROUGHT

A DEVICE TO THIS PLANET

IN THE STORAGE AREA

OF YOUR SHIP,

WE DEMAND A FULL ACCOUNTING

OF ITS FUNCTION AND PURPOSE,

WE DEMAND TO SEE

YOUR UGLY MUG,

SILENCE!

OH, BITE ME!

OW! OW! OH, GOD!

OW!

OH, ,,

YOU ALL RIGHT,

SARGE?

YEAH, YEAH, IT'S GOING

TO TAKE MORE THAN THAT, MAN,

FURTHER DEFIANCE WILL BE

DEALT WITH SWIFTLY AND HARSHLY,

YOU HAVE ONE HOUR TO DESIGNATE

ONE WHO WILL SPEAK FOR YOU,

WE ARE DEHYDRATED,

THIS MAN NEEDS WATER,

WHEN OUR DEMANDS ARE MET,

YOURS WILL BE CONSIDERED,

IF YOU FAIL TO COOPERATE,

YOU WILL MEET THE SAME FATE

AS THE LAST

UNFORTUNATE CREATURES

TO TRESPASS IN THIS SECTOR,

WHAT IS IT,

CAPTAIN?

I DON'T KNOW,

BUT THEY RIPPED ITS GUTS OUT,

( Control Voice )

THERE IS NOTHING WRONG

WITH YOUR TELEVISION,

DO NOT ATTEMPT TO ADJUST

THE PICTURE,

WE ARE NOW CONTROLLING

THE TRANSMISSION,

WE CONTROL THE HORIZONTAL,

AND THE VERTICAL,

WE CAN DELUGE YOU

WITH A THOUSAND CHANNELS

OR EXPAND ONE SINGLE IMAGE

TO CRYSTAL CLARITY, ,,

AND BEYOND,

WE CAN SHAPE YOUR VISION

TO ANYTHING OUR IMAGINATION

CAN CONCEIVE,

FOR THE NEXT HOUR,

WE WILL CONTROL

ALL THAT YOU SEE AND HEAR,

YOU ARE ABOUT TO EXPERIENCE

THE AWE AND MYSTERY

WHICH REACHES FROM

THE DEEPEST INNER MIND

TO

THE OUTER LIMITS,

( Control Voice )

WHILE SOME PRISONERS OF WAR

SHOW BRAVERY

BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY,

OTHERS SUCCUMB TO AN ENEMY

OFTEN MORE FORMIDABLE

THAN THE ONE

WHICH CAPTURED THEM,

FRONT AND CENTER,

WOULD YOU CARE TO JOIN US,

LIEUTENANT?

ASSESSMENT, DOCTOR,

IT'S EBONITE ALL RIGHT,

DOWN THE LINE

CLASS FIVE P, O, W, COMPOUND,

THE ALIENS

BUILD 'EM TO LAST,

STRUCTURAL ASSAY, MAJOR?

( Naguchi )

NON-FERROUS ALLOY,

CORDITE AMALGAM...

IT'S NOT GOING ANYWHERE

UNLESS YOU'RE PACKING

AN SYNTH-8 TORCH,

WHAT'S THE PLAN,

CAPTAIN?

SAME AS WHEN WE WERE OUTNUMBERED

BY THE EBONITES ON PETAVIUS,

WE HUNKER DOWN, CLAM UP

AND WAIT

FOR OUR MOMENT,

ALL OUR DATA SHOWS

WE'RE A GOOD PARSEC AWAY

FROM ANY KNOWN EBONITE OUTPOST,

THAT PLANET

SHOULD BE UNINHABITED,

WOULDN'T BE

THE FIRST TIME

HQ UNDERESTIMATED

THE ENEMY'S REACH,

FLEET COMMAND

SENDS US TO PLANT A BOMB

RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE

OF A HORNET'S NEST,

I WAS TOLD

THE DEVICE

WAS STRICTLY

TELEMETRY AND RECON,

WHO KNOWS?

BEST CREW OF THE FLEET,

THEY DON'T EVEN TRUST US

WITH THE SKINNY,

IF I DID HAVE

THE FACTS,

THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS PLACE

WIRED NINE WAYS FROM SUNDAY,

SO THE LESS WE SAY

ABOUT THE DEVICE,

THE BETTER,

EVER HEAR

OF EBONITES SPEAKING ENGLISH?

NO, BUT IT DOESN'T SURPRISE ME,

WE'RE NOT THE FIRST HUMANS

THEY'VE CAPTURED,

MAYBE

THEY PICKED UP

THE LINGO FROM

OTHER PRISONERS,

COULD BE ONE CELL

OF A PENAL COLONY,

( Valentine )

THERE COULD BE OTHER

PRISONERS HERE LIKE US,

HELLO!

IS ANYBODY OUT THERE?!

YOU KNOW,

THE EBONITES WILL RIP

A MAN'S HEART OUT

AND FEED IT TO HIM

JUST TO GET WHAT THEY WANT,

THEN I GUESS YOU'RE SAFE, SARGE,

LET'S JUST HOPE THAT

THEY DON'T SEE OUR CIVILIAN HERE

AS AN ACHILLES' HEEL,

I'M SWORN TO SECRECY LIKE YOU,

I'VE BEEN BRIEFED

ON DEPLOYMENT PROCEDURE,

NO MORE, NO LESS...

NOT THAT I HAVEN'T HEARD RUMORS,

WHAT HAVE YOU HEARD?

THAT IT'S SOME KIND

OF DEEP-SPACE BIO-SENSOR,

IT'S SUPPOSED TO LOOK

FOR ALIEN LIFEFORMS,

WELL, WHAT DO YOU KNOW?

THE DAMN THING WORKS,

THE LAST

ISF CONFERENCE,

THERE WAS TALK ABOUT

A DOOMSDAY DEVICE,

IF IT'S THE WEAPONS SYSTEM

BEING WHISPERED ABOUT,

WE JUST BETTER HOPE TO GOD

WE HAVEN'T

PUT IT IN ENEMY HANDS,

I'M TELLING YOU,

SCREWED, BLUED AND TATTOOED,

LISTEN UP,

WHATEVER DIFFERENCES WE HAVE ON

HOW FLEET COMMAND HANDLED THIS,

WE PUT 'EM

ASIDE RIGHT NOW,

IF WE'RE GOING TO SURVIVE,

WE ACT AS ONE,

AN ASSAULT ON ONE OF US

IS AN ASSAULT ON ALL OF US,

WE STICK TOGETHER, RIGHT?

YES, SIR,

YES, SIR,

SERGEANT?

WE LIVE TOGETHER,

WE DIE TOGETHER,

IF WE'RE

PRISONERS OF WAR,

THEY CAN'T JUST KILL US

IN COLD BLOOD,

YOU HAVEN'T GONE AGAINST

THESE BASTARDS HAND TO HAND,

YOU HAVE NO CLUE WHAT KIND

OF SAVAGES WE'RE DEALING WITH,

IS ANYBODY

OUT THERE?!

SOMEBODY

PLEASE HELP US!

HEY,

BOY SCOUT, TAKE IT EASY,

NO ONE CAN HEAR YOU

THAT DOESN'T WANT YOU DEAD,

VALENTINE!

WATCH YOUR BACKS!

OH, MY GOD!

VALENTINE!

OH, JESUS,

EASY, VALENTINE,

LOOK WHAT THEY DID

TO HIS MOUTH,

BOY SCOUT,

SETTLE DOWN,

EASY, SON, EASY,

INSTANTANEOUS FUSION

IN THE EPIDERMAL LAYER,

ONE OF

THE EBONITES' FAVORITE TOYS,

COMMAND HAS KNOWN ABOUT IT

SINCE THEY CAPTURED

THAT T-CLASS SCOUT SHIP

IN THE PROCYON SKIRMISHES,

IT'S THE FIRST TIME

I'VE SEEN IT USED THOUGH,

CAPTAIN,

I'M PRETTY SURE I'VE LOCATED

THE VID AND AUDIO SENSORS,

IF YOU WANT,

I CAN TRY AND DISABLE THEM,

DO IT,

THE TIME IS UP!

HAVE YOU CHOSEN A SPOKESMAN?

WE HAVE,

WAIT, NOT YET,

WHY DON'T YOU

LET ME GO?

JUST IN CASE THEY

DECIDE TO GET UGLY

RIGHT OFF THE BAT,

YOU KNOW,

SET AN EXAMPLE,

CAN'T AFFORD TO

LOSE OUR COMMANDER,

THANKS, SARGE,

BUT I WANT THEM

TO KNOW

THEY'VE PICKED

THE WRONG SQUADRON

TO MESS WITH,

BESIDES, IF ANYONE'S

GOING TO TAKE

A HIGH HARD ONE

FOR THE TEAM,

IT OUGHT TO BE ME,

STEP FORWARD,

CAPTAIN KIMBRO,

GIVE 'EM HELL,

STEP INTO THE LIGHT,

CAPTAIN KIMBRO,

WATER,

WE HAVE BUT A FEW QUESTIONS,

ANSWER THEM TRUTHFULLY,

AND YOU WILL BE RETURNED

TO YOUR COMRADES

UNHARMED,

WE HAVE RECOVERED THE WEAPON

OF WAR FROM YOUR SHIP,

WHY DID YOU BRING IT

TO OUR PLANET?

I WASN'T AWARE

THIS WAS YOUR PLANET,

ARE WE STILL ON N184,

OR DID YOU MOVE US?

WE WILL ASK

THE QUESTIONS,

WHY DID YOU

BRING THE DEVICE?

IT'S A TOOL

FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH,

WHAT KIND

OF RESEARCH?

WE WEREN'T GIVEN

THE PARTICULARS,

WHAT ABOUT FOOD AND WATER

FOR MY CREW?

YOU WILL GET NOTHING

IF YOU DON'T COOPERATE,

YOU WANT TO SCORE POINTS,

BRING YOUR COMMAND MY HEAD,

JUST LET THE REST OF MY CREW GO,

I SWEAR

THEY DON'T KNOW ANYTHING,

WHAT WERE

YOUR ORDERS?

TO DEPLOY THE DEVICE

AND RETURN HOME,

THEN YOU MUST BE ABLE

TO ACCESS ITS CONTROLS,

IT'S SELF-ACTIVATING,

SO, ,,

IT'S A BOMB,

IT'S NOT A BOMB,

I TOLD YOU,

IT'S A RESEARCH INSTRUMENT,

TORTURING PRISONERS

VIOLATES THE GENEVA

AND ALPHA AQUILAE CONVENTIONS,

AND IT WON'T GET YOU SQUAT,

WHATEVER YOU THINK

YOU'RE PROTECTING,

CAPTAIN, KNOW THIS:

EITHER SATISFY ME

WITH THE TRUTH

BY THE TIME

OUR SECOND SUN RISES,

OR YOU'LL WATCH

YOUR CREW DIE,

IT WON'T BE

THE FIRST TIME

YOU'VE SEEN THAT,

WILL IT, CAPTAIN?

YOU KNOW HOW THIS WORKS,

DON'T YOU?

THEY START QUESTIONING US

ONE BY ONE

UNTIL SOMEBODY BUCKLES,

EVEN IF

THE CAPTAIN KNEW SOMETHING,

HE WON'T SAY ANYTHING,

DON'T BET THE FARM ON THAT,

AND WHY IS THAT?

I LIKE THE CAPTAIN,

IT'S JUST YOU CAN'T

COUNT OUT

A MAN'S HISTORY,

WAIT, YOU'RE NOT

BRINGING UP THAT B, S,

ABOUT THE FIRST

EBONITE INVASION,

I THOUGHT

THE CAPTAIN WAS DECORATED,

HE WAS,

MAYBE SO,

BUT HE ABANDONED SHIP BEFORE

HIS CREW WAS ACCOUNTED FOR,

HIS ESCAPE CAPSULE

JETTISONED SAFELY,

BUT THE SECOND POD

MALFUNCTIONED,

FOUR CREW MEMBERS

ON THE

OUTBOUND... DIED

INCLUDING

YOUR CAPTAIN'S BEST FRIEND,

YOU CAN LOOK IT UP,

WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?

KIMBRO WOULD SELL US OUT

TO SAVE HIMSELF?

WE SHOULDN'T MAKE

ANY BLANKET ASSUMPTIONS,

THEN DON'T,

THIS IS THE LAST THING WE NEED

RIGHT NOW,

YOU HEARD WHAT THE CAPTAIN SAID,

WE EITHER HANG TOGETHER

OR WE HANG SEPARATELY,

CAPTAIN,

SO?

YOU ALL RIGHT?

FULL METAL

INTERROGATION, HUH?

SAME VOICE OVER AND OVER,

THEY WANT ACCESS CODES

TO THE DEVICE,

WHAT DID

YOU TELL THEM?

THE TRUTH,

I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS,

TOOK YOUR TIME

SAYING NOTHING,

WANT TO SEE

MY SOUVENIRS?

IT'S WATER,

BEATS

DYING OF THIRST,

YEAH,

WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO

ABOUT VALENTINE?

I'LL JUST HAVE TO HYDRATE HIM

THROUGH HIS SKIN,

LIEUTENANT VALENTINE,

ENTER,

VALENTINE,

YOU WISH TO REGAIN

YOUR SPEECH,

DON'T YOU?

WE CAN MAKE

THAT HAPPEN,

BUT UNDERSTAND

WE EXPECT

SOMETHING IN RETURN,

IS THAT BETTER,

LIEUTENANT?

YES,

THE DEVICE

IN THE CARGO BAY,

LIEUTENANT VALENTINE,

WE WANT TO KNOW

WHAT IT IS,

I SWEAR I DON'T KNOW,

I DON'T THINK

ANYONE ELSE DOES EITHER,

IT WOULD

BE A SHAME

IF FLEET COMMAND

NOTIFIED

YOUR MOTHER

HER OTHER SON

DIED IN COMBAT TOO,

WHO TOLD YOU ABOUT MY BROTHER?

YOUR CAPTAIN,

( Kimbro's voice )

VALENTINE'S YOUR

BASIC EAGER BEAVER,

HE GREW UP

IN THE SHADOWS

OF HIS OLDER BROTHER

BILLY,

BIG WAR HERO,

IT'S NOT THAT

I DON'T LIKE HIM,

BUT HE'S NOT

A SOLDIER

YOU'D TRUST

WITH YOUR LIFE,

NOT LIKE HIS BROTHER,

HE JUST DOESN'T

HAVE WHAT IT TAKES,

HE'S RIGHT,

I'LL NEVER

BE THE MAN MY BROTHER WAS,

BILLY SACRIFICED HIS LIFE

TO SAVE HIS PLATOON,

THAT'S A CROCK,

OH, GOD ALMIGHTY,

BILLY,

I STUMBLED ON THAT PULSE MINE,

I WASN'T TRYING TO SAVE ANYBODY,

I DON'T UNDERSTAND,

YOU'RE ALIVE?

MORE ALIVE THAN YOU'LL BE

IF YOU DON'T PLAY BALL,

NO, THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING,

I'M DREAMING THIS,

DOES THAT

FEEL LIKE A DREAM, CHRIS?

LOOK, YOU SAID

YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO BE LIKE ME,

YOU CAN BE THE REAL HERO,

LITTLE BROTHER,

NOT A FRAUD

LIKE ME,

YOU CAN MAKE A LIAR

OUT OF THAT CAPTAIN,

SAVE YOUR OWN LIFE

AND THE LIVES OF

EVERYONE IN YOUR CREW,

OH, THANK GOD,

( Dumar )

WHAT DO YOU KNOW,

KID GOT HIS MOUTH BACK, ,,

SORT OF,

THEY HAD TO REVERSE THE DAMAGE

IF THEY WANTED HIM TO TALK,

WELL, DID YOU?

OF COURSE NOT,

MY BROTHER, ,,

MY BROTHER BILLY WAS THERE,

YOUR BROTHER'S DEAD,

LIEUTENANT,

THEY PULLED THE IMAGE

FROM YOUR MIND,

I HEARD WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT ME,

CAPTAIN,

THEY PLAYED IT BACK,

WHAT ARE YOU

TALKING ABOUT?

ABOUT HOW

YOU COULDN'T TRUST ME,

THAT I WASN'T

HALF THE SOLDIER

MY BROTHER WAS,

I NEVER SAID ANY

OF THOSE THINGS,

EBONITES MUST HAVE

SIMULATED MY VOICE,

THEY COULD HAVE DOWNLOADED

THE PERSONNEL FILES

FROM THE SHIP,

THEN THEY'D KNOW EVERYTHING,

MAYBE MORE THAN WE KNOW,

LET'S HOPE

THEY DIDN'T GIVE HIM

HIS VOICE BACK

SO HE COULD SQUEAL,

I DIDN'T TELL THEM

ANYTHING!

DID YOUR BROTHER...

THE IMAGE

OF YOUR BROTHER,

DID HE ENCOURAGE

YOU TO TALK?

IT'S NOT

BILLY'S FAULT!

THEY MADE HIM

SAY THOSE THINGS,

THERE WAS NO BILLY!

AND I NEVER SAID

THOSE THINGS ABOUT YOU,

DON'T YOU SEE

WHAT THEY'RE DOING?

DON'T YOU SEE?

THEY'RE MESSING WITH OUR MINDS,

CAPTAIN,

THIS SHOULD

KNOCK OUT THEIR SURVEILLANCE,

WHAT DID THEY DO TO ME?

WHAT DID THEY DO!?

MY EYES,

HERE,

HAVE SOME FOOD,

YOU KNOW, THEY SAID

THEY WOULDN'T EVEN

CONSIDER GIVING US

FOOD OR WATER

UNTIL THEIR DEMANDS

WERE MET FIRST,

WHAT'S THAT

SUPPOSED TO MEAN?

OH, I DON'T KNOW,

I JUST CAN'T HELP THINKING

MAYBE, MAYBE THEY'VE ALREADY

HEARD SOMETHING THEY LIKE,

MAKES SENSE TO ME,

CAN'T YOU SEE

WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?

IT'S INTERMITTENT REINFORCEMENT,

ALTERNATING

PUNISHMENT WITH REWARD,

THE FIRST RULE

OF BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION,

AND WHAT WAS YOUR REWARD,

CAPTAIN?

WHAT HAVEN'T YOU TOLD US?

I SAW YOUR REACTION

WHEN VALENTINE TOLD US

ABOUT HIS BROTHER,

WHAT DID

THEY SHOW YOU?

WHO DID YOU SEE?

BOBBY?

BOBBY, WAKE UP,

IT'S ME,

DENNIS?

IT'S IMPOSSIBLE,

NOW IS THAT ANY WAY

TO GREET YOUR BEST FRIEND?

BUT, ,,YOU DIED,

YOU, YOU DIED UP THERE,

YOU DIDN'T STICK AROUND

TO FIND OUT

WHAT HAPPENED TO ANY OF US,

NOT THAT

I BLAME YOU,

THE

OUTBOUND

DISINTEGRATED,

HOW DID YOU SURVIVE?

THE EBONITES, ,,

DEPLOYED A MOP-UP TEAM

JUST BEFORE THEY, ,,JUST

BEFORE THEY BLEW UP THE SHIP,

I'VE BEEN A PRISONER

HERE EVER SINCE,

WHAT ABOUT THE OTHERS?

THEY STONE-WALLED,

ALL DEAD?

MERCIFULLY,

YES,

DENNIS, ,,

YOU GOT TO BELIEVE ME,

MY INSTRUMENTS

SHOWED YOUR POD

FREE AND CLEAR

OF THE SHIP,

I WOULD NEVER

HAVE LEFT YOU BEHIND,

HEY, YOU DID WHAT YOU HAD TO DO,

YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME,

FEAR'S A POWERFUL THING, BOBBY,

NO MATTER WHAT WE WANT

TO BELIEVE ABOUT OURSELVES,

BUT I THINK

WE BOTH KNOW

WHAT'S

MOTIVATING YOU NOW...

FEAR OF LOSING

MORE PEOPLE

ON YOUR WATCH,

DENNIS, ,,

I'M SORRY,

IF ONLY I COULD HAVE

TRADED PLACES WITH YOU,

MAYBE YOU'LL BE

GIVEN THE CHANCE, BOBBY,

YOU NEVER KNOW,

I'M NOT GOING TO TALK,

I DON'T CARE WHAT THEY DO TO ME,

I FELT THE SAME WAY

FOR THE LONGEST TIME,

BUT THEY'RE GOING

TO GET THE INFORMATION

ONE WAY, ,,

OR ANOTHER,

DON'T MAKE IT

ANY HARDER

THAN IT HAS TO BE,

YOU'RE POSITIVE

IT WAS IN YOUR MIND?

IT MUST HAVE BEEN,

HE WAS TRYING TO GET ME TO TALK,

IN A MILLION YEARS,

DENNIS WOULD NEVER

HAVE DONE THAT,

HE WAS THE BEST DAMN SOLDIER

I'VE EVER KNOWN,

WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL US, CAPTAIN?

LIVING IT ONCE WAS HARD ENOUGH,

THE COMMANDER

IS SUPPOSED TO LOOK OUT

FOR THE SOLDIERS UNDER HIM,

ONE OF THEM DIES, ,,

SO DOES A PART OF YOU,

JUST ASK THE MAJOR,

CAPTAIN,

DON'T YOU THINK

RONNY'S BEEN

THROUGH ENOUGH?

LOOK AT HIM,

YOU LOST GUYS IN COMBAT?

IF IT WAS COMBAT,

MAYBE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN EASIER,

WHAT HAPPENED?

HEY! BACK OFF!

I DIDN'T BRING IT UP,

CAPTAIN, ,,

I'M PRETTY SURE

I CAN FINISH WHAT

NAGUCHI STARTED,

( Valentine )

RON, ,,RONNY,

IT'S WORSE LIKE THIS, ,,

IN THE DARK,

WHAT'S, ,,

WHAT'S WORSE?

I CAN'T STOP

SEEING THEIR FACES,

HE'S TALKING

ABOUT THE AIR SHOW ACCIDENT,

IT WAS NO ACCIDENT,

IT WAS COCKINESS,

STUPIDITY,

MY STUPIDITY!

WE WERE CIRCLING

TO RETURN

TO THE BASE,

SO I SAID,

"HOW ABOUT A CURTAIN CALL?"

I CLIMBED

TO 2,000 FEET

AND BEGAN MY LOOP,

THEY TOOK MY LEAD,

I THOUGHT WE HAD ENOUGH ROOM,

I SKIMMED THE TOP

OF THE TREES,

SO DID AZINGER,

BUT THE REST OF THEM

COULDN'T PULL UP,

I LED 'EM STRAIGHT TO HELL,

HOW MANY DIED?

TWO OF THE BEST PILOT

IN THE COMMAND,

FOUR PEOPLE WERE INJURED

BY THE BURNING DEBRIS, ,,

INCLUDING A 6-YEAR-OLD GIRL,

SHE WAS, ,,

SHE WAS BLINDED,

LAST ONE,

( Dumar )

WHAT THE HELL IS IT?

( O'Keefe )

YOU TRIPPED A FAILSAFE,

NOW YOU'VE DONE IT!

SOME TOUGH GUY,

I'M JUST SICK

OF YOUR BULL,

ALL THIS BLUSTER, IT'S JUST

A COVER FOR A SCARED LITTLE BOY,

SHUT UP,

I WON'T TAKE ANY MORE!

DUMAR!

SERGEANT, STAND DOWN!

ARE YOU CRAZY?

SHE'S BEEN LYING

SINCE THIS MISSION STARTED,

BOTH OF YOU HAVE!

IF WE'RE GOING TO DIE

20 TRILLION MILES FROM HOME,

THE LEAST WE DESERVE TO KNOW

IS WHY,

HUH? WHY?

GOD,

YOU DON'T WANT THIS,

YOU'VE ALWAYS

BEEN READY

TO LAY

YOUR LIFE DOWN,

THAT WAS THEN!

ALL RIGHT, GO AHEAD, O'KEEFE,

I'M OFFICIALLY

DECLASSIFYING THE INFORMATION,

THERE'S NOTHING THEY CAN USE

EVEN IF THEY CAN HEAR US,

GIVE ME THE DAMN KNIFE,

NOW,

NOW TALK!

FIRST OF ALL,

YOU WERE KEPT OUT OF THE LOOP

TO PROTECT YOU,

THE LESS YOU KNEW,

THE SAFER YOU'D BE,

IF YOU HAD A BRAIN,

YOU'D KEEP IT THAT WAY,

WELL, I'LL TAKE

MY CHANCES,

THE INSTRUMENT

IS A WEAPON OF WAR,

THE MOST AWESOME MANKIND

HAS EVER DEVELOPED,

ONCE DEPLOYED,

IT CAN BE PROGRAMMED

TO TRAIN ITS FIREPOWER

ON ANY COORDINATES

IN THE KNOWN UNIVERSE,

YOU KNEW ABOUT THIS ALL ALONG?

IT WAS DESIGNED TO BE

THE ULTIMATE DETERRENT,

WE WERE GOING TO TARGET

AN UNINHABITED WORLD

AND HAVE

THE ENEMY MONITOR THE TEST,

IT'S INSANITY!

SO WHAT? CAN THEY GET IT UP

AND RUNNING WITHOUT US?

IT'LL BLOW A HOLE IN THIS PLANET

FIVE MILES ACROSS

IF THEY TRY

AND DISMANTLE IT,

SO WE GET VAPORIZED?

HAD YOU GIVEN

ANY THOUGHT

TO WHAT HAPPENS

WHEN THEY TORTURE YOU?

I'M CARRYING AN L CAPSULE,

IF I MUST, I'LL SWALLOW IT

BEFORE I GIVE UP ANY SECRETS

ON HOW TO DISMANTLE

OR USE THE BOMB,

DR, CHOMKSI,

PREPARE TO ENTER

THE INTERROGATION ROOM,

SO WHOSE

BRIGHT IDEA WAS IT

TO SEND

OUR SUPER WEAPON

TO AN EBONITE PLANET?

THERE WEREN'T

SUPPOSED TO BE EBONITES,

WHAT HAPPENED? SOMEBODY

TIP THEM OFF WE WERE COMING?

ARE YOU ACCUSING SOMEONE

OF BEING A TRAITOR?

IT'S A LONG MISSION,

TIME TO CONTACT THE ENEMY,

COME ON, SARGE,

THIS IS HOW IT STARTS,

PARANOIA, SUSPICION,

THEY'RE VIRUSES, THEY BREED,

AND ONCE THEY GET HOLD,

YOU CAN'T KILL 'EM,

DR, CHOMKSI,

LIEUTENANT VALENTINE TOLD US

YOU USED TO EXPERIMENT

ON CHILDREN,

( Valentine's voice )

IT WASN'T EASY HIDING

MY CONTEMPT FOR THAT BUTCHER,

THEY WERE TERMINALLY ILL,

IS THAT WHAT

YOU WANT, DOCTOR?

MORE SUFFERING?

MORE DYING?

HAVEN'T YOU SEEN

ENOUGH DEATH?

THIS WAR WAS NOT OF MY MAKING!

PROLONGING IT, THAT'S

IN ALL OUR HANDS,

ISN'T IT?

NO!

WHY DID YOU HURT US?

WE DIDN'T WANT TO DIE,

PLEASE,

DON'T LET IT START AGAIN,

STOP IT!

STOP IT!

ATTENTION

CREW OF THE

ARCHIPELAGO,

WE REGRET TO INFORM YOU

THAT SCIENCE OFFICER

ELAYNA CHOMKSI WILL NOT RETURN,

I WANT TO SEE HER,

TAKE ME TO HER NOW!

HER BODY EXPIRED,

WE MADE EVERY EFFORT

TO RESUSCITATE HER,

BUT WE WERE UNSUCCESSFUL,

NO, YOU TORTURED HER

TO DEATH!

IT'S UP TO THE REST OF YOU NOW,

MAJOR NAGUCHI,

PLEASE COME FORWARD,

YOU'RE NOT TAKING

ANY MORE,

DO YOU HEAR ME?

NOT ONE!

NOW, MAJOR,

OR YOUR CAPTAIN DIES,

( Naguchi )

LEAD ME TO THE DOOR,

ARE YOU SURE?

( Kimbro )

NO, MAJOR! STOP!

PERHAPS YOU'D LIKE TO HEAR

WHAT VALENTINE SAID ABOUT YOU,

( Valentine's voice )

AT THE AIR SHOW, MAJOR NAGUCHI

LED THEM TO THEIR DEATHS,

THEN HE TRIED

TO BLAME THEM FOR THE ACCIDENT,

NO, I DID NO SUCH THING!

YOU WANT TO

REMAIN LIKE THIS

FOR THE REST

OF YOUR LIFE?

THEN AGAIN,

WHY SHOULD YOU SEE

WHEN THAT LITTLE GIRL

NEVER WILL?

PLEASE!

I WANT MY EYES BACK,

WHY?

SO YOU CAN CRY,

MAJOR?

OR SO YOU CAN SEE?

PERHAPS YOU'D LIKE

TO SEE DR, CHOMKSI,

ELAYNA?

LOOKS LIKE SOMEBODY

DID SOME TRADING,

WHAT WAS IT?

AN EYE FOR AN EYE?

VALENTINE,

YOU BASTARD!

I NEVER TOLD 'EM

ANYTHING!

BACK OFF,

IT WASN'T THE BOY SCOUT,

YOU WANT TO JUMP

ON SOMEBODY,

COME GET A PIECE OF ME,

WHAT? ARE YOU IN IT TOGETHER?

WHAT HAPPENED IN THERE?

THEY MADE ME LOOK AT THE DOC,

DEAD?

THEY RIPPED HER WIDE OPEN,

CUT OUT HER HEART,

WHY'D THEY TREAT YOU SO WELL?

WHAT'S THIS ABOUT?

I'M THE ONE

WHO WAS BETRAYED!

PRISONERS OF WAR,

YOUR ORDEAL IS ALMOST OVER,

WE'RE CURRENTLY REVIEWING

THE INFORMATION

YOU'VE PROVIDED,

IF IT BEARS OUT,

YOU'LL BE PERMITTED

TO RETURN TO YOUR SHIP

AND BEGIN YOUR JOURNEY HOME,

WHAT?

DID YOU HEAR THAT?

WE'RE GOING HOME,

WE'RE GOING HOME!

WE'RE GOING HOME!

YOU MADE A DEAL,

YOU MADE A DEAL, DIDN'T YOU?

I DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING,

I DIDN'T TELL THEM ANYTHING!

SORRY,

BUT THAT DOG DON'T HUNT HERE,

I HATE TO SAY IT,

BUT THE SERGEANT

MIGHT BE RIGHT,

WHAT ELSE WOULD

MAKE 'EM TURN AROUND?

IT COULD

HAVE BEEN CHOMKSI,

FUNNY HOW EASY

IT IS TO ACCUSE A CORPSE

INSTEAD OF A LIVING TRAITOR!

YOU HAVEN'T

BEEN INTERROGATED YET,

IT COULD BE YOU WON'T BE

AS BRAVE AS YOU THINK,

AFTER THE ACCIDENT,

YOU SHOULD

HAVE BEEN STRIPPED OF YOUR BARS,

INSTEAD YOU'RE PROMOTED

SIX MONTHS LATER,

CAPTAIN,

HE HAD ONE MEETING

JUST BEFORE WE LEFT,

THAT BRIEFING

WAS STRICTLY NAVIGATIONS

AND INTERSTELLAR PROTOCOLS!

( Dumar )

YEAH, YEAH, YEAH,

I THOUGHT WE WERE FRIENDS,

SO DID I,

YOU CAN'T JUST RUSH

TO JUDGMENT,

NOT WHEN WE KNOW THEY'RE DOING

EVERYTHING THEY CAN

TO TURN US AGAINST ONE ANOTHER,

CAPTAIN,

TREASON IS A CAPITAL OFFENSE,

AND I, FOR ONE, INTEND

THAT THIS SENTENCE

BE CARRIED OUT,

YOU WANT TO TAKE

YOUR ANGER OUT ON THIS MAN,

YOU'RE GOING

TO HAVE TO COME THROUGH ME,

I THINK HE'S GUILTY TOO,

BUT THAT'S

FOR A MILITARY COURT

TO DETERMINE,

THIS FAR FROM HOME,

WE EITHER CARRY OUR JUSTICE

WITH US, OR IT DOESN'T EXIST,

ALL THESE YEARS, ,,

I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY MISSIONS,

WE'VE ALWAYS STUCK

BY EACH OTHER,

WE WERE A UNIT, ,,A TEAM!

HOW MANY TIMES

HAS ONE OF US

SAVED THE LIFE OF THE SOLDIER

IN THE TRENCH BESIDE HIM?

NOT BECAUSE IT WAS IN THE BOOK!

BUT BECAUSE IT WAS IN HIS HEART!

NOW LOOK AT US,

SERGEANT DUMAR,

COME FORWARD,

I'M NOT FINISHED WITH YOU,

YOU SPINELESS SACK OF GARBAGE,

NOT BY A LONG SHOT,

WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU,

YOU COWARDS?

COWARDS,

SERGEANT?

WHO'S

THE REAL COWARD?

ALL THIS TIME?

ONE OF YOU KNOWS THE CODES,

AND WE'VE INTERROGATED

ALL THE MILITARY PERSONNEL

BUT YOU,

OUR SECOND SUN

RISES

IN LESS THAN

ONE OF YOUR HOURS,

AS PAINFUL AS

DR, CHOMSKI'S DEATH WAS,

YOURS WILL BE MORE PAINFUL,

NOT ME,

THEN WHO, SERGEANT?

WHO HAS THE ANSWERS?

SOMEBODY HELP ME,

I'M NOT GOING

TO ASK YOU AGAIN,

FORGIVE ME,

( screaming )

I CAN'T TAKE IT!

CIVILIAN O'KEEFE,

ENTER,

WHERE IS DUMAR?

WHAT HAVE YOU

DONE TO HIM?

O'KEEFE! O'KEEFE, NO!

WHAT'S HAPPENING?

IT'S SUPPOSED

TO BE INSTANTANEOUS,

NOW, O'KEEFE,

NO!

THERE'S NO POINT

IN RESISTING, O'KEEFE,

THE SERGEANT TOLD US IT WAS YOU

WHO HOLDS THE ANSWERS,

WHERE IS DUMAR?

YOU KILLED HIM?

SERGEANT DUMAR

HAS BEEN DETAINED,

TIME IS SHORT,

WE WANT YOU TO DISABLE

THE ARMAMENT'S

PROTECTIVE ELECTRONICS,

DO IT OR PAY THE PRICE,

YOU'RE GOING

TO HAVE TO FREE MY HANDS

IF YOU EXPECT ME

TO DEFEAT THE BOOBY TRAPS,

OH, GOD,

OH,

WE THOUGHT YOU WERE A GONER,

HE'S NOT HUMAN,

I SAW HIM IN THERE,

HE'S AN EBONITE, CAPTAIN,

HE'S GONE OFF THE EDGE,

I'M NO MORE AN ALIEN

THAN YOU ARE!

THEY'VE GOT O'KEEFE IN THERE,

YOU TOLD THEM, DIDN'T YOU?

I CAN READ IT

ALL OVER YOUR FACE,

NAGUCHI TOLD 'EM,

I JUST CONFIRMED IT, CAPTAIN,

THEY WERE GOING TO KILL ME,

KILL US ALL!

HE'S AN ALIEN!

DON'T YOU GET IT?!

THEY PLAYED YOU

FOR ALL YOU WERE WORTH,

YOU DON'T HAVE THE SENSE

OR THE COURAGE

YOU WERE BORN WITH,

YOU ARE A PATHETIC EXCUSE

FOR A SOLDIER!

I'LL KILL YOU!

DIE, YOU! DIE!

YOU TRAITOR!

HE KILLED HIM,

HE KILLED HIM,

( Kimbro )

WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?

THAT'S IT! PULL THE PLUG!

GET THE PARAMEDICS IN HERE,

WHAT THE HELL?

WAIT A MINUTE,

OH, SWEET

MOTHER OF GOD!

MEDICS,

GET IN HERE NOW!

THIS WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN!

( PA announcer )

CODE BLUE,

EMERGENCY MEDICAL TEAM

TO THE SIMULATION CHAMBER,

IS EVERYONE SEEING

WHAT I'M SEEING?

IT'S NO HALLUCINATION,

LIEUTENANT,

GENERAL SEAWELL?

WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?

WHERE THE HELL ARE WE?

AT THE STAR FLEET RESEARCH LAB

AT FORT DIX,

WHAT?

WE WERE ON EARTH?

AND HAVE BEEN EVER SINCE

WE BROUGHT THE

ARCHIPELAGO

BACK FROM DEEP SPACE

AND ALL OF YOU OUT OF SEDATION,

YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME,

WELL, THEN MAYBE

YOU SHOULD ASK DR, CHOMSKI,

NAGUCHI SWORE YOU WERE DEAD,

A LIFE CAST WITH

SOME GRUESOME TOUCHES,

YOU'RE PART OF IT?

I ONLY FOUND OUT

AFTER THE INTERROGATION,

I BEGGED THEM TO STOP IT,

THEY WOULDN'T,

( doctor )

WE'RE LOSING HIM,

AND MAJOR NAGUCHI?

WE USED HIS HOLOGRAPHIC IMAGE

IN DUMAR'S INTERROGATION

AS THE LAST PHASE

OF THE EXPERIMENT,

I ONLY WISH HIS ASSAULT

WAS PART OF

THE SIMULATION,

WHAT THE HELL'S GOING ON HERE?

WE ARE AT WAR, SOLDIER,

WITH AN ALIEN RACE

OF SUCH ADVANCED CAPABILITY,

WE WON'T PREVAIL UNLESS WE KNOW

THE PHYSICAL

AND PSYCHOLOGICAL LIMITS

OF OUR MEN AND WOMEN

IN THE FIELD,

WE FABRICATED YOUR CAPTURE

BY THE EBONITES,

USED STATE-OF-THE-ART IMAGING

TO GASLIGHT YOU,

ALL TO TEST YOUR SNAP THRESHOLD,

THE WEAPON WE WERE CARRYING,

IT WASN'T REAL,

OH, IT'S VERY REAL,

ONE DAY YOU'LL DEPLOY IT

JUST AS YOU EXPECTED TO,

BUT WE COULDN'T RISK

IT GETTING INTO ENEMY HANDS,

UNFORTUNATELY, WE FOUND OUT JUST

HOW HUMAN YOU ALL REALLY ARE,

NO,

NO, THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING,

WE'RE NOT ON EARTH,

TELL ME WE'RE NOT ON EARTH,

( Kimbro )

WE'RE HOME, O'KEEFE,

WE HAVE BEEN ALL THIS TIME,

DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND?

I DIDN'T

DISENGAGE THE BOOBY TRAPS,

I JUST PRETENDED TO,

I SET THE DEVICE TO DETONATE

IN EXACTLY ONE MINUTE,

OH, THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE,

WE SAFEGUARDED AGAINST

ANY ACCIDENTAL TRIGGERING

BEFORE YOU WENT INTO SPACE,

WE EVEN ADDED

AN ELECTRONIC FIREWALL,

NO, NO, I BYPASSED

ALL FIVE LEVELS OF SAFEGUARDS,

IT'S IMPOSSIBLE,

YOU COULDN'T HAVE,

I'M THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN,

I DESIGNED THE DAMN THING!

BELIEVE ME, I KNOW

WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT,

IT'S GOING OFF IN 40 SECONDS,

GOD ALMIGHTY!

WELL, DON'T JUST STAND THERE!

STOP THE COUNTDOWN!

THAT THING GOES OFF,

HALF THE HEMISPHERE

GOES WITH IT!

IT'S TOO LATE,

THEY CAN'T, NO ONE CAN,

IT'S BEEN GIVEN

THE FINAL COMMAND,

WE WERE IN ENEMY TERRITORY,

WE WERE GOING TO DIE ANYWAY,

GENERAL,

TELL ME

THIS IS PART OF THE SIMULATION,

O'KEEFE, DO SOMETHING!

OH, GOD,

WHAT HAVE THEY DONE?

WHAT HAVE I DONE?

( control voice )

IN OUR EFFORTS

TO PLUMB THE DEPTHS

OF OUR PSYCHOLOGICAL ENDURANCE,

WE MAY DO MORE

THAN DRIVE OURSELVES

TO THE BREAKING POINT,

WE MAY DESTROY THE VERY WORLD