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You still haven't told me
when the Commander is due back.
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Soon.
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How soon is soon?
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Longer than
a little while,
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faster than later.
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He took out
a fighter
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to check out
a damaged transport.
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Isn't that sort of job usually
delegated to someone else?
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The Commander's
a hand's-on kind of guy.
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He'll grab any chance
to take out a ship.
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He's like that.
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Well, I wouldn't know.
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I haven't seen him
since I came aboard.
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Have you ever tried
one of these?
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What is it?
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I'm not sure. According
to the translator,
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it's either
an aphrodisiac
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or a floor wax.
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Can't decide if it's
worth the risk or not.
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Mr. Garibaldi--
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please. Michael.
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Did I mention
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I really enjoy
your broadcasts?
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You know, if this interview
hadn't been set up weeks ago
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by Earthforce
public relations,
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I'd swear that
Commander Sinclair
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did not want to
be interviewed
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by inner stellar
network news.
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I can't imagine
that.
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This is supposed
to be an event.
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This is the 2nd anniversary
of Babylon 5 going on-line.
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We took a poll when
this station first opened,
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and 75% of I.S.N. Viewers
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said that this place
wouldn't even last 5 minutes.
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Lloyd's of London
put the odds
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of this station
surviving even one year
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at 500 to 1...Against.
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Is there a bathroom
around here?
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Third door
to your left.
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That way.
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The one with
the blue marker
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is for methane
breathers only.
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I'd steer clear
if I were you.
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What the hell.
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If that thing leaves
a waxy yellow buildup
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on anything,
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I'm coming back here.
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Julie, hand me
that separator over there.
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I've just about
got the rna strand
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where I want it.
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Get it yourself.
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Vance?! What are you
doing here?
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I was in the sector.
I thought I'd stop by
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and visit
my favorite student.
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I've come to offer you
an adventure, Stephen,
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very possibly the biggest
adventure you've ever had.
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What kind
of adventure?
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Well, you'll
find out soon enough.
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Savor the mystery,
Stephen.
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We don't get
nearly enough of them.
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[Yawns]
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Tired?
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Yeah, long day...
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But your ship's
the last one in.
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So. Anything
to declare, uh--
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any plants, nonsentient pets,
organic matter--
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nothing organic.
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Just some pottery
and stone work.
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Hmm, funny thing.
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The bottom of this box
on the inside
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is 4 inches shorter
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than the bottom of
the box on the outside,
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like there was a hidden
compartment in here.
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If I didn't know
any better,
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I might think
you were trying
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to smuggle
something in.
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Not a chance.
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No, it's
just packing material
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to protect the stuff.
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Here, let me
show you.
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[Zap]
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Sinclair: It was the dawn
of the third age of mankind,
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10 years after
the Earth-Minbari war.
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The Babylon project
was a dream given form.
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Its goal--
to prevent another war
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by creating a place
where humans and aliens
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could work out
their differences peacefully.
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It's a port of call,
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home away from home
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for diplomats, hustlers,
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entrepreneurs,
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and wanderers.
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Humans and aliens
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wrapped in 2,500,000 tons
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of spinning metal,
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all alone in the night.
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It can be
a dangerous place,
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but it's our last best hope
for peace.
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This is the story
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of the last
of the Babylon stations.
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The year is 2258.
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The name of the place
is Babylon 5.
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How does it look?
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All the signs point to
death by natural causes,
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heart attack,
from the look of it.
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That suddenly?
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It's possible.
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I'll know more
after we do an autopsy.
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Did you know him?
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No, he just started
the other day.
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Nothing
in his personnel jacket
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to suggest
a heart condition.
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Yes, and exactly
which medical school
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did you attend,
Mr. Garibaldi?
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Nothing personal, doc.
I just want to be sure.
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So do I.
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I'll assign my best
people to the autopsy.
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Fair enough?
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Good.
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Meanwhile,
if I were you
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I would go on
with work as usual,
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and as soon as I hear of
anything definitive,
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I'll let you know.
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Go ahead and remove
the body now.
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Sorry. We had
a little problem
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at one of
the docking bays.
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Now, would you
like to tell me
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what this
is all about?
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I need your help.
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Ha ha.
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Vance,
you're an archeologist.
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Everything you touch has been
dead for at least 100 years.
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My area of expertise
is a little more current
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and a lot warmer.
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All in good time.
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First thing, I'd like
to introduce you
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to my assistant.
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Nelson, meet
Dr. Stephen Franklin,
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one of the best
students I ever had.
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Well, in the area
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of alien history,
anatomy, and culture.
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A pleasure.
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Dr. Hendricks told
me all about you
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on our way in from
our dig on ikarra 7.
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Dig?
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You found something.
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Show him.
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[Alarm]
That's funny.
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I just had an energy spike
on my screen.
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Same here.
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What's
the location?
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I thought it
was around medlab.
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I'm not sure.
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It was just there
for a second.
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Might have been
a malfunction in the screen.
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You'd better run
a diagnostics check
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to be sure.
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Will do.
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We were on a dig sponsored by
interplanetary expeditions
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when we
found these artifacts
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sealed in a vault,
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buried nearly a mile beneath
the surface of ikarra 7.
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Took us months
to get them out.
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But ikarra 7
is a dead world.
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Yes, but don't you see
that proves
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what I've been saying
for years,
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that ikarra
was once home
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to a highly advanced
space-faring society.
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Extraordinary.
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How old are they?
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Minimum 1,000 years.
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No chips, no sign
of wear or age.
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It's as if they
were made yesterday.
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What were they
made to do?
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That's where
you come in.
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Vance, I told--
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I know, I know.
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Humor me.
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Put it in your
medical scanner.
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Whoa.
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Veins, capillaries,
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traces of DNA.
Vance...
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This artifact
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is composed
of living tissue.
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This is
organic technology.
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The one trick that Earth
hasn't yet been able to crack--
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the ability to create
living ships
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that thrive
in the vacuum of space,
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to create weapons that
produce their own power
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through internal generation,
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like a firefly
lights up at night.
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The ultimate synthesis
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of machine technology
and living tissue.
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Magnificent.
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This had to be
a scanner of some kind.
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See the way the entire
surface tissue
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is photo-sensitive?
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Retinal cones and rods
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to detect wide-band
light frequencies.
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This is amazing!
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Why didn't you come
and see me about this
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when you first arrived?
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I did. We've only
been here a few hours.
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But organic material has to
be quarantined for 48 hours
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before it is allowed
in the station.
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We put it all
through quarantine
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at the other end,
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at the transfer station
off Proxima 3.
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It's all approved
and authorized.
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Nelson has all the paperwork
if you're really interested.
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Don't you see
what this means?
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This is a blueprint
for living machines.
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The Vorlons have them.
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Some people even say
the Minbari have them.
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We haven't seen
enough of them up close
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to get any idea
of how they work,
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but with your expertise
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in xenobiology
and genetics
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and my background
in archeology,
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we now have the chance.
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Well, there are better
equipped facilities
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back on Earth.
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I need someone
I can trust.
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You once told me,
back at the university,
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that you wanted your name
to go down in history,
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alongside Fleming,
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salk, jenner,
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Takahashi.
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Well, this is it,
Stephen.
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This is
the mother lode.
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I can't do it
without you.
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00:10:03,036 --> 00:10:04,469
I need your help.
233
00:10:06,740 --> 00:10:09,107
So are you
in or out?
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00:10:15,682 --> 00:10:17,381
Finish unpacking,
Nelson.
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00:10:17,450 --> 00:10:20,819
We have a lot
of work ahead of us.
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Ah...
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Aah!
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Oh, there you are,
chief.
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00:11:36,129 --> 00:11:37,628
Any word
on the autopsy yet?
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00:11:37,698 --> 00:11:39,064
Techs down at medlab 4
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still think
it's natural causes.
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00:11:40,533 --> 00:11:41,632
We'll know more
tomorrow.
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00:11:41,702 --> 00:11:42,633
Other than that,
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we've scheduled
a full security detail
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00:11:44,037 --> 00:11:46,771
to cover the Narn-Centauri
negotiations next Tuesday.
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00:11:46,840 --> 00:11:48,940
That's it. I think
we can call it a day.
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00:11:49,009 --> 00:11:51,309
I agree. How about you,
Lieutenant Commander?
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00:11:51,377 --> 00:11:53,011
Shouldn't the night shift
be on duty by now?
249
00:11:53,080 --> 00:11:55,013
We've been picking up some
unusual energy readings
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00:11:55,082 --> 00:11:56,014
the last few hours.
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I thought
I'd wait around a little
252
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to see if it happens again.
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Anything serious?
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00:11:59,152 --> 00:12:00,819
That's what
I'm trying to find out.
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00:12:00,887 --> 00:12:03,621
Well, keep me informed
and get some sleep.
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00:12:03,690 --> 00:12:05,289
I will.
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00:12:05,358 --> 00:12:06,958
Oh, just a reminder.
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00:12:07,027 --> 00:12:09,060
Your interview's scheduled
for 1100 hours tomorrow.
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00:12:09,129 --> 00:12:10,628
Swell.
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00:12:10,697 --> 00:12:11,896
Which reminds me,
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00:12:11,965 --> 00:12:13,464
she's waiting for me
down in the Zocalo.
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00:12:13,533 --> 00:12:16,534
It'll be fun.
So why are you ducking her?
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00:12:16,603 --> 00:12:18,103
The last time
I gave an interview,
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00:12:18,171 --> 00:12:19,303
they told me
to just relax
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00:12:19,372 --> 00:12:21,606
and say
what I really felt.
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10 minutes
after the broadcast
267
00:12:23,143 --> 00:12:24,442
I got transferred
to an outpost
268
00:12:24,510 --> 00:12:26,644
so far off the star maps
you couldn't find it
269
00:12:26,713 --> 00:12:28,747
with a hunting dog
and a ouija board.
270
00:12:28,815 --> 00:12:30,014
Don't sweat it.
271
00:12:30,083 --> 00:12:32,450
Just be that charming,
effervescent Commander
272
00:12:32,518 --> 00:12:34,352
we've all come
to know and love.
273
00:12:34,420 --> 00:12:35,686
What's the worst
that can happen?
274
00:12:35,756 --> 00:12:36,755
They fire you,
ship you off to the rim,
275
00:12:36,823 --> 00:12:38,123
and I get promoted
to Commander.
276
00:12:38,191 --> 00:12:39,357
I don't see a problem here.
277
00:12:39,425 --> 00:12:42,393
How sharper
than a serpent's tooth.
278
00:12:44,231 --> 00:12:45,230
All this technology,
279
00:12:45,298 --> 00:12:46,898
you'd think there'd be
a clock.
280
00:12:49,369 --> 00:12:51,702
Stephen,
it's been 15 hours.
281
00:12:51,772 --> 00:12:54,672
We're going to grow old
and die in here.
282
00:12:54,741 --> 00:12:57,175
Stephen.
283
00:12:57,244 --> 00:13:01,179
Stephen, there's a martian
war machine parked outside.
284
00:13:01,248 --> 00:13:03,581
They'd like a word with you
about the common cold.
285
00:13:03,650 --> 00:13:06,450
Tell them to make
an appointment.
286
00:13:12,425 --> 00:13:13,591
Ohh.
287
00:13:16,196 --> 00:13:17,695
You know, something's
been bothering me
288
00:13:17,764 --> 00:13:19,063
ever since you got here.
289
00:13:21,467 --> 00:13:22,834
Assuming that
we can figure out
290
00:13:22,903 --> 00:13:24,836
how this organic
technology works,
291
00:13:24,905 --> 00:13:26,504
what happens then?
292
00:13:26,572 --> 00:13:28,106
We apply
for a secondary patent
293
00:13:28,175 --> 00:13:29,640
based
on alien technology,
294
00:13:29,709 --> 00:13:31,176
sell it
to an Earth corporation
295
00:13:31,244 --> 00:13:32,844
for a percentage
of the profit.
296
00:13:32,913 --> 00:13:34,779
That's what
I'm talking about.
297
00:13:34,848 --> 00:13:36,281
You're
a brilliant man, Vance,
298
00:13:36,349 --> 00:13:37,782
a solid researcher.
299
00:13:37,851 --> 00:13:40,185
You were an inspiration
to me back at university.
300
00:13:40,253 --> 00:13:42,353
You should be out
making your own discoveries
301
00:13:42,422 --> 00:13:43,788
instead of
raiding dead worlds
302
00:13:43,857 --> 00:13:45,290
for whatever
you can scavenge
303
00:13:45,358 --> 00:13:47,192
and sell
to the corporation.
304
00:13:47,260 --> 00:13:49,694
Right, struggling
through mountains of paper,
305
00:13:49,762 --> 00:13:50,862
vanishing grants.
306
00:13:50,931 --> 00:13:52,897
Who has time for that?
307
00:13:52,966 --> 00:13:53,898
Exactly.
308
00:13:53,967 --> 00:13:55,900
That's my point.
309
00:14:00,573 --> 00:14:02,506
Granted, this
may be important,
310
00:14:02,575 --> 00:14:05,009
but you wouldn't
have created it.
311
00:14:05,078 --> 00:14:06,510
You just found it.
312
00:14:06,579 --> 00:14:08,146
It's a short cut.
313
00:14:08,215 --> 00:14:10,148
Frankly, I'm a little
uncomfortable
314
00:14:10,217 --> 00:14:11,649
about corporations
financing expeditions
315
00:14:11,718 --> 00:14:14,352
to alien worlds
so they can steal
316
00:14:14,420 --> 00:14:16,020
whatever technology
they have.
317
00:14:16,089 --> 00:14:18,456
Feels a little like
grave robbing.
318
00:14:18,524 --> 00:14:19,924
Do you know
what it costs to mount
319
00:14:19,993 --> 00:14:22,126
an off-world expedition?
320
00:14:22,195 --> 00:14:24,128
More money than
a university professor
321
00:14:24,197 --> 00:14:26,297
makes in a lifetime.
322
00:14:26,366 --> 00:14:29,934
If the corporations
won't pay, who will?
323
00:14:30,003 --> 00:14:32,170
In the last 5 years,
324
00:14:32,239 --> 00:14:33,804
I've seen things
off-world
325
00:14:33,874 --> 00:14:35,974
you can't even imagine.
326
00:14:36,042 --> 00:14:37,575
I've stood
in the abendi desert
327
00:14:37,643 --> 00:14:41,445
and watched all 7 moons
go into eclipse.
328
00:14:41,514 --> 00:14:43,414
I've walked in vaults
that have been sealed
329
00:14:43,483 --> 00:14:45,183
longer than there's been
a human race,
330
00:14:45,252 --> 00:14:49,754
breathing air that's
five million years old.
331
00:14:49,822 --> 00:14:52,823
You call that
a short cut if you will,
332
00:14:52,893 --> 00:14:55,994
but I've lived.
333
00:14:56,062 --> 00:14:57,795
By god, Stephen,
334
00:14:57,864 --> 00:14:59,830
I have lived.
335
00:14:59,900 --> 00:15:02,466
At least my hands
are clean.
336
00:15:02,535 --> 00:15:04,002
How about yours?
337
00:15:04,070 --> 00:15:06,170
What's that
supposed to mean?
338
00:15:06,239 --> 00:15:08,940
Who is interplanetary
expeditions?
339
00:15:09,009 --> 00:15:10,775
You said they were
fronting this expedition,
340
00:15:10,843 --> 00:15:13,744
but I checked--i can't find
any information on them.
341
00:15:13,813 --> 00:15:15,880
Look, Stephen,
342
00:15:15,949 --> 00:15:18,616
I didn't come halfway across
known space to argue with you.
343
00:15:18,684 --> 00:15:21,352
I came here because I wanted
your help and friendship.
344
00:15:21,421 --> 00:15:23,854
If that's too much
of a burden--
345
00:15:23,924 --> 00:15:25,489
no, it is not.
346
00:15:25,558 --> 00:15:28,159
I just wish that you would
stop taking short cuts.
347
00:15:28,228 --> 00:15:29,160
Look,
we're both tired.
348
00:15:29,229 --> 00:15:30,728
I suggest we get
a good night's sleep
349
00:15:30,797 --> 00:15:33,298
and start again
tomorrow, fresh.
350
00:15:33,366 --> 00:15:34,465
If you have
any questions then,
351
00:15:34,534 --> 00:15:37,635
I'll be glad to answer them.
Fair enough?
352
00:15:37,703 --> 00:15:38,569
Yeah.
353
00:15:43,243 --> 00:15:44,842
Garibaldi: And after
walking 50 miles,
354
00:15:44,911 --> 00:15:46,510
we made it
out of the desert.
355
00:15:46,579 --> 00:15:48,179
Later, when he was put
in charge of Babylon 5,
356
00:15:48,248 --> 00:15:50,748
Commander Sinclair asked
if I'd come work security.
357
00:15:50,817 --> 00:15:52,683
I said yes.
It's been a great time--
358
00:15:52,752 --> 00:15:54,352
yes, I'm sure it has.
359
00:15:54,421 --> 00:15:55,853
In doing some research,
360
00:15:55,922 --> 00:15:57,322
I've come
across several rumors
361
00:15:57,390 --> 00:16:00,158
surrounding your record
prior to Babylon 5--
362
00:16:00,226 --> 00:16:03,394
that you were fired 5 times for
unspecified personal problems
363
00:16:03,463 --> 00:16:06,197
and that this is
your last chance to make good.
364
00:16:06,266 --> 00:16:08,333
Would you care to comment
on any of that?
365
00:16:08,401 --> 00:16:11,602
I'd rather have my tonsils
taken out through my ears.
366
00:16:14,441 --> 00:16:15,940
[Labored breathing]
367
00:17:06,226 --> 00:17:07,091
Lights.
368
00:17:13,566 --> 00:17:14,465
Nelson.
369
00:17:18,004 --> 00:17:18,903
Vance.
370
00:17:22,542 --> 00:17:24,708
My god.
371
00:17:24,777 --> 00:17:26,444
Nelson, what happened?
372
00:17:26,513 --> 00:17:27,378
Protect.
373
00:17:28,614 --> 00:17:29,480
Aah!
374
00:17:32,618 --> 00:17:34,052
Sinclair:
When did it happen?
375
00:17:34,120 --> 00:17:35,553
Garibaldi: Sometime
during the night.
376
00:17:35,621 --> 00:17:36,921
They moved him
to the infirmary
377
00:17:36,989 --> 00:17:37,955
about an hour ago.
378
00:17:38,024 --> 00:17:39,157
What's his condition?
379
00:17:39,225 --> 00:17:40,158
Stunned,
bumps and bruises,
380
00:17:40,226 --> 00:17:41,426
and one hell of
a headache.
381
00:17:41,494 --> 00:17:43,528
Doctor says it's ok
to ask a few questions
382
00:17:43,596 --> 00:17:44,795
as long as
he gets his rest.
383
00:17:56,543 --> 00:17:58,976
You shouldn't be
walking around yet.
384
00:17:59,045 --> 00:18:01,745
I'm the doctor.
I know what I'm doing.
385
00:18:01,814 --> 00:18:04,148
Whoa.
386
00:18:04,217 --> 00:18:06,417
On second thought...
387
00:18:06,486 --> 00:18:07,618
Do you remember
anything else
388
00:18:07,687 --> 00:18:08,986
after you walked in
the door?
389
00:18:09,055 --> 00:18:09,987
Not much.
390
00:18:10,056 --> 00:18:11,989
I turned around,
and there he was,
391
00:18:12,058 --> 00:18:14,625
like I said.
392
00:18:14,694 --> 00:18:16,127
The design of that weapon
393
00:18:16,196 --> 00:18:17,628
reminds me
of the organic artifacts
394
00:18:17,697 --> 00:18:18,896
we were working on.
395
00:18:18,965 --> 00:18:21,566
Organic? Were they
checked at customs?
396
00:18:21,634 --> 00:18:23,301
I was told they were.
397
00:18:23,369 --> 00:18:24,935
Check into it.
398
00:18:25,004 --> 00:18:27,205
This Nelson--
who was he working for?
399
00:18:27,273 --> 00:18:28,739
Vance Hendricks.
400
00:18:28,808 --> 00:18:31,209
The same one who brought
in the artifacts?
401
00:18:31,277 --> 00:18:32,510
Interesting.
402
00:18:39,285 --> 00:18:41,285
I still haven't heard
a satisfactory answer,
403
00:18:41,354 --> 00:18:42,720
Dr. Hendricks,
and frankly,
404
00:18:42,788 --> 00:18:44,989
I'm getting tired
of asking for one.
405
00:18:45,057 --> 00:18:47,492
Dr. Franklin was attacked
by your assistant,
406
00:18:47,560 --> 00:18:49,327
covered in some kind
of armor
407
00:18:49,395 --> 00:18:51,562
that bears a striking
similarity to the artifacts
408
00:18:51,631 --> 00:18:52,896
you brought onto
this station.
409
00:18:52,965 --> 00:18:55,600
Artifacts that were not
cleared for access.
410
00:18:55,668 --> 00:18:56,601
Organic material
411
00:18:56,669 --> 00:18:58,336
requires
a 48-hour quarantine.
412
00:18:58,404 --> 00:18:59,337
There's no record
413
00:18:59,405 --> 00:19:00,838
of their being
quarantined or examined
414
00:19:00,906 --> 00:19:02,806
here or at Proxima 3.
415
00:19:02,875 --> 00:19:05,143
I'm as much
in the dark as you are.
416
00:19:05,211 --> 00:19:06,877
Nelson told me
that he checked them.
417
00:19:06,946 --> 00:19:08,613
I believed him.
418
00:19:08,681 --> 00:19:10,348
Whether he was acting
under your orders or not,
419
00:19:10,416 --> 00:19:12,350
a potentially dangerous
alien technology
420
00:19:12,418 --> 00:19:14,152
was smuggled aboard
this station.
421
00:19:14,220 --> 00:19:15,486
Now until I hear otherwise,
422
00:19:15,555 --> 00:19:17,522
I intend to hold you
personally responsible.
423
00:19:17,590 --> 00:19:18,523
Is that clear?
424
00:19:18,591 --> 00:19:20,024
Yes. Yes. Yes, it is.
425
00:19:20,092 --> 00:19:22,926
Is there any news
of Stephen's condition?
426
00:19:22,995 --> 00:19:24,529
They're checking him out
over at medlab 4.
427
00:19:24,597 --> 00:19:25,963
He took
a pretty bad hit.
428
00:19:27,900 --> 00:19:29,267
But I'm told
he's going to be ok.
429
00:19:29,335 --> 00:19:30,268
He's up and around
430
00:19:30,336 --> 00:19:32,036
and trying
to go back to work.
431
00:19:32,104 --> 00:19:33,638
Thank god for that.
432
00:19:33,706 --> 00:19:36,474
Can you tell us anything else
about these artifacts?
433
00:19:36,543 --> 00:19:38,409
They're a kind
of organic technology,
434
00:19:38,478 --> 00:19:39,843
limited energy.
435
00:19:39,912 --> 00:19:41,412
In order
to achieve mobility,
436
00:19:41,481 --> 00:19:42,713
they have to graft
themselves
437
00:19:42,782 --> 00:19:45,082
onto another life form.
438
00:19:45,151 --> 00:19:47,185
It's possible that
if they were activated,
439
00:19:47,253 --> 00:19:49,753
they tried
to assimilate Nelson.
440
00:19:49,822 --> 00:19:51,255
My guess would be
441
00:19:51,324 --> 00:19:53,558
that he's
under their control.
442
00:19:53,626 --> 00:19:55,092
For what purpose?
443
00:19:55,161 --> 00:19:57,094
I mean, why would
the artifact choose
444
00:19:57,163 --> 00:19:59,630
to assimilate Nelson
but not you?
445
00:19:59,699 --> 00:20:01,432
Unknown.
As to what it wants,
446
00:20:01,501 --> 00:20:02,900
that depends
on its programming.
447
00:20:02,968 --> 00:20:04,402
Could be anything.
448
00:20:04,470 --> 00:20:05,469
According
to Dr. Franklin,
449
00:20:05,538 --> 00:20:06,737
just before
it fired,
450
00:20:06,806 --> 00:20:09,006
it said something
about "protect."
451
00:20:09,075 --> 00:20:10,508
Do you think that
might be the key
452
00:20:10,577 --> 00:20:12,876
to whatever it was
programmed to do?
453
00:20:12,945 --> 00:20:14,545
Maybe,
454
00:20:14,614 --> 00:20:16,880
but the question is,
protect who?
455
00:20:20,086 --> 00:20:21,519
And from what?
456
00:20:21,588 --> 00:20:22,786
Yes, well,
that information
457
00:20:22,855 --> 00:20:25,956
may be contained in
the remaining artifacts.
458
00:20:26,025 --> 00:20:27,625
If I could assist
Dr. Franklin
459
00:20:27,694 --> 00:20:29,327
in decoding them--
460
00:20:29,395 --> 00:20:31,962
I mean, if I am responsible
for starting all this,
461
00:20:32,031 --> 00:20:34,465
the least I can do
is help finish it.
462
00:20:34,534 --> 00:20:35,899
Done.
463
00:20:40,707 --> 00:20:41,639
That's what
I told her!
464
00:20:41,708 --> 00:20:42,640
A week on coronus
465
00:20:42,709 --> 00:20:44,342
is simply not
within my budget.
466
00:20:44,410 --> 00:20:45,576
Of course, then
she says, "well..."
467
00:20:50,750 --> 00:20:52,383
Protect.
468
00:20:52,452 --> 00:20:53,751
Lieutenant Commander,
469
00:20:53,819 --> 00:20:55,620
I picked up
that energy flash again,
470
00:20:55,688 --> 00:20:58,188
gray 13, level b,
471
00:20:58,258 --> 00:21:00,324
and there's
something else.
472
00:21:00,393 --> 00:21:02,025
The energy pattern
has changed.
473
00:21:02,094 --> 00:21:04,027
It's 20% more powerful
than the last time.
474
00:21:34,260 --> 00:21:36,493
Commander, I have
security on the link.
475
00:21:36,562 --> 00:21:38,863
Commander, we've got
two fatalities in gray 13.
476
00:21:38,931 --> 00:21:40,697
It's definitely the same thing
that attacked the doc.
477
00:21:40,767 --> 00:21:42,633
We're in pursuit now
on gray 7.
478
00:21:42,701 --> 00:21:45,069
All right. I'm moving this
to a level-2 alert.
479
00:21:45,138 --> 00:21:46,470
Keep this channel open.
480
00:21:46,538 --> 00:21:47,537
Commander,
481
00:21:47,606 --> 00:21:49,006
I understand
there's a problem?
482
00:21:49,075 --> 00:21:50,207
Some kind of attack?
483
00:21:50,276 --> 00:21:52,442
Ms. Cramer,
you are in a secure area.
484
00:21:52,511 --> 00:21:54,211
You will leave,
and you will leave now.
485
00:21:54,280 --> 00:21:55,712
This is news,
486
00:21:55,782 --> 00:21:58,115
and the people have
a right to know.
487
00:21:58,184 --> 00:22:00,017
And you have a right to spend
the next 2 days in the brig.
488
00:22:00,086 --> 00:22:01,886
Lieutenant Commander, I want
this weapon triangulated.
489
00:22:01,954 --> 00:22:02,887
Confirmed.
490
00:22:02,955 --> 00:22:05,389
Relay the data
to security.
491
00:22:05,457 --> 00:22:07,724
I want this thing pinned down
to within 10 feet.
492
00:22:07,794 --> 00:22:09,059
Coming up now.
493
00:22:09,128 --> 00:22:09,994
Commander...
494
00:22:12,331 --> 00:22:13,430
Don't.
495
00:22:13,499 --> 00:22:16,366
You're too young
to experience that much pain.
496
00:22:55,842 --> 00:22:57,141
Commander, we've got him
cornered in gray 5.
497
00:22:57,210 --> 00:22:58,142
I think we can take him,
498
00:22:58,211 --> 00:22:59,143
but we'll need lights
in here.
499
00:22:59,212 --> 00:23:00,277
He's blacked out
the place.
500
00:23:00,346 --> 00:23:02,646
Ivanova: Coming
on line now.
501
00:23:06,719 --> 00:23:07,584
Take him down!
502
00:23:10,223 --> 00:23:11,155
Protect.
503
00:23:16,229 --> 00:23:17,094
Go!
504
00:23:20,132 --> 00:23:20,998
Move it!
505
00:23:26,438 --> 00:23:28,339
Damn!
506
00:23:28,407 --> 00:23:30,341
We've lost him,
Commander.
507
00:23:30,409 --> 00:23:31,641
He burned through
into a sublevel,
508
00:23:31,710 --> 00:23:33,310
moving between
bulkheads.
509
00:23:33,379 --> 00:23:34,444
Could be anywhere.
510
00:23:34,513 --> 00:23:35,612
Ivanova: The added shielding
in the bulkhead
511
00:23:35,681 --> 00:23:37,447
is making it difficult
to pinpoint his location.
512
00:23:37,516 --> 00:23:40,017
We won't know where he is again
until he fires.
513
00:23:40,086 --> 00:23:42,353
Garibaldi, have your team
sweep through each sector,
514
00:23:42,421 --> 00:23:43,988
moving inward.
Two on each team,
515
00:23:44,056 --> 00:23:45,689
5-minute
proximity checks.
516
00:23:45,758 --> 00:23:46,891
Confirmed.
Security out.
517
00:23:49,996 --> 00:23:51,695
Vance, come here. I think
I've found something.
518
00:23:53,933 --> 00:23:54,865
There.
519
00:23:54,934 --> 00:23:56,967
The organic patterns
in this piece
520
00:23:57,036 --> 00:23:59,370
emulate the synaptic relays
in the brain.
521
00:23:59,438 --> 00:24:01,338
I'm even picking up
cross-genetic equivalents
522
00:24:01,407 --> 00:24:03,774
of serotonin used in
the transfer of information.
523
00:24:03,842 --> 00:24:05,475
A data storage device?
524
00:24:05,544 --> 00:24:07,477
If we could pull out
that information,
525
00:24:07,546 --> 00:24:09,646
we might get a better idea
of who the ikarrans were
526
00:24:09,715 --> 00:24:11,815
and more importantly,
why they made these things.
527
00:24:11,884 --> 00:24:14,118
Exactly. Fire up
the biosensors.
528
00:24:14,186 --> 00:24:15,852
Let's see if we can
tap into it.
529
00:24:28,901 --> 00:24:29,900
[Door hisses open]
530
00:24:29,969 --> 00:24:31,835
I've got teams moving
through every section,
531
00:24:31,904 --> 00:24:33,637
trying to flush him out,
but he's gone to ground.
532
00:24:33,705 --> 00:24:35,672
Could be holed up
anywhere.
533
00:24:35,741 --> 00:24:37,007
If he wants to do
the most damage,
534
00:24:37,076 --> 00:24:38,342
my guess is
he'll head for the area
535
00:24:38,411 --> 00:24:39,609
with the greatest
population.
536
00:24:39,678 --> 00:24:41,912
That makes the central
corridor a prime target.
537
00:24:41,981 --> 00:24:43,213
I've studied the record
of his attacks
538
00:24:43,282 --> 00:24:44,881
and there's a definite
hit-and-run pattern.
539
00:24:44,951 --> 00:24:46,216
Seems like
every time he strikes,
540
00:24:46,285 --> 00:24:48,885
it chews up energy and he
has to pull back and recharge.
541
00:24:48,955 --> 00:24:50,287
There's just
a couple of problems.
542
00:24:50,356 --> 00:24:51,355
One, his periods
of latency
543
00:24:51,424 --> 00:24:52,689
are becoming
increasingly shorter,
544
00:24:52,758 --> 00:24:54,691
2, we've been monitoring
the energy level
545
00:24:54,760 --> 00:24:55,692
whenever he fires.
546
00:24:55,761 --> 00:24:57,995
Each time, the level
increases by 20%.
547
00:24:58,064 --> 00:25:00,530
The last burst was
completely off the scale.
548
00:25:00,599 --> 00:25:02,166
If he continues to build
power at that rate,
549
00:25:02,234 --> 00:25:03,367
pretty soon
he'll be strong enough
550
00:25:03,436 --> 00:25:04,868
to destroy
the entire station.
551
00:25:04,937 --> 00:25:08,439
So the next chance
we get to stop him
552
00:25:08,507 --> 00:25:10,640
might be our last chance.
553
00:25:13,512 --> 00:25:15,446
All right, listen up!
554
00:25:15,514 --> 00:25:17,381
I need this whole
area cleared!
555
00:25:17,450 --> 00:25:18,382
We'll need room
to maneuver.
556
00:25:18,451 --> 00:25:19,450
I want guards
on the doors,
557
00:25:19,518 --> 00:25:20,750
the second level,
and the catwalk.
558
00:25:20,819 --> 00:25:21,818
Come on!
Come on! Come on!
559
00:25:21,887 --> 00:25:23,454
Move it!
Move it! Let's go!
560
00:25:23,522 --> 00:25:24,455
Got it!
561
00:25:24,523 --> 00:25:25,889
Energy readings
off the scale.
562
00:25:25,958 --> 00:25:27,491
Tracking it. Commander,
it's on the move again.
563
00:25:27,559 --> 00:25:28,492
Brown 2, level "c."
564
00:25:28,560 --> 00:25:30,627
It's heading for
the central corridor.
565
00:25:30,696 --> 00:25:33,130
Garibaldi, you heard?
It's heading your way.
566
00:25:33,199 --> 00:25:34,131
Confirmed.
We'll be ready for it.
567
00:25:34,200 --> 00:25:36,400
Win, lose, or draw,
568
00:25:36,469 --> 00:25:38,335
this thing's gonna know
it was in a fight.
569
00:25:38,404 --> 00:25:40,037
Drop the pressure doors
on all sides.
570
00:25:40,106 --> 00:25:41,238
Maybe that'll
slow it down,
571
00:25:41,307 --> 00:25:42,672
give Garibaldi
time to get set.
572
00:25:42,741 --> 00:25:43,840
Affirmative.
573
00:25:53,085 --> 00:25:55,219
Commander.
We managed to access
574
00:25:55,287 --> 00:25:56,920
the organic memory banks
of one of the artifacts.
575
00:25:56,989 --> 00:25:58,722
Make it short, doctor.
I don't have a lot of time.
576
00:25:58,790 --> 00:26:00,424
Let me know when it's
on the move again! Go.
577
00:26:00,493 --> 00:26:01,525
Over the course
of their history,
578
00:26:01,593 --> 00:26:03,627
the ikarrans were invaded
half a dozen times,
579
00:26:03,695 --> 00:26:05,629
each assault more deadly
than the first.
580
00:26:05,697 --> 00:26:07,631
They needed to create
the perfect weapon,
581
00:26:07,699 --> 00:26:09,466
able to adapt
to any situation,
582
00:26:09,535 --> 00:26:11,868
an organic weapon capable
of independent thought.
583
00:26:11,937 --> 00:26:13,237
Temperature up
90 degrees
584
00:26:13,305 --> 00:26:14,571
in brown 2,
level "c."
585
00:26:17,276 --> 00:26:19,276
Since it would
take years to create
586
00:26:19,345 --> 00:26:20,511
synthetic intelligence,
587
00:26:20,579 --> 00:26:22,379
they incorporated
the brain wave patterns
588
00:26:22,448 --> 00:26:23,380
of one of their
researchers
589
00:26:23,449 --> 00:26:24,948
into the weapons.
590
00:26:27,553 --> 00:26:28,485
That's him.
591
00:26:28,554 --> 00:26:30,287
His name was tular.
592
00:26:30,356 --> 00:26:32,489
But people can be fooled,
593
00:26:32,558 --> 00:26:34,124
so to prevent them
from being confused
594
00:26:34,193 --> 00:26:36,393
by any misleading
instructions from the enemy,
595
00:26:36,462 --> 00:26:38,628
they hard-wired
the machine half of the weapons
596
00:26:38,697 --> 00:26:41,698
not to respond to anyone
who wasn't pure ikarran.
597
00:26:41,767 --> 00:26:43,200
Just one problem,
Commander.
598
00:26:43,269 --> 00:26:45,702
How do you define
a pure ikarran
599
00:26:45,771 --> 00:26:48,472
or a pure human?
600
00:26:48,541 --> 00:26:50,441
No one is pure...
601
00:26:50,509 --> 00:26:51,575
No one.
602
00:26:53,379 --> 00:26:55,312
Temperature's
up 500 degrees.
603
00:26:55,381 --> 00:26:56,813
It'll be through
any time now.
604
00:26:56,882 --> 00:27:00,084
Doctor, I'm joining
Mr. Garibaldi on the line.
605
00:27:08,594 --> 00:27:10,494
So who set the parameters
of what it meant
606
00:27:10,563 --> 00:27:11,962
to be a pure ikarran?
607
00:27:12,030 --> 00:27:13,397
A coalition of
religious fanatics
608
00:27:13,466 --> 00:27:15,699
and military extremists
that ran the government.
609
00:27:15,767 --> 00:27:17,534
They programmed
the weapons
610
00:27:17,603 --> 00:27:20,537
with a level standards based
on ideology, not science.
611
00:27:20,606 --> 00:27:22,372
Like the Nazi ideal
of a perfect Aryan
612
00:27:22,441 --> 00:27:23,673
during world war ii.
613
00:27:23,742 --> 00:27:25,242
Exactly.
The next invasion,
614
00:27:25,311 --> 00:27:26,910
11 of the machines
were released,
615
00:27:26,979 --> 00:27:28,278
and they
stopped the invaders
616
00:27:28,347 --> 00:27:29,279
by killing anything
617
00:27:29,348 --> 00:27:30,647
that didn't match
their profile
618
00:27:30,716 --> 00:27:32,416
of the pure,
perfect ikarran.
619
00:27:32,485 --> 00:27:33,550
When they were finished,
620
00:27:33,619 --> 00:27:35,452
the machines turned
on their creators.
621
00:27:35,521 --> 00:27:37,287
They began
a process of extermination
622
00:27:37,356 --> 00:27:38,555
based on the slightest
deviation
623
00:27:38,624 --> 00:27:40,757
of what they were programmed
to consider normal.
624
00:27:40,826 --> 00:27:41,925
They killed and kept killing
625
00:27:41,994 --> 00:27:43,527
until the last ikarran
was dead.
626
00:27:43,596 --> 00:27:44,761
What about the weapons?
627
00:27:44,830 --> 00:27:45,829
Well, with no one
to tend to them,
628
00:27:45,897 --> 00:27:47,864
they were destroyed
by centuries of neglect.
629
00:27:47,933 --> 00:27:49,866
Except for number 12,
which is here, now,
630
00:27:49,935 --> 00:27:51,602
acting on a program
to protect a world
631
00:27:51,670 --> 00:27:53,703
that's been dead
for 1,000 years.
632
00:27:53,772 --> 00:27:55,772
You said they incorporated
the brain patterns
633
00:27:55,841 --> 00:27:57,608
of one of their researchers
into the weapons.
634
00:27:57,676 --> 00:27:58,808
Tular, yes.
635
00:27:58,877 --> 00:28:01,811
Is there anything there
we can talk to? Reason with?
636
00:28:01,880 --> 00:28:03,813
Well, there's a complete
personality matrix, yes,
637
00:28:03,882 --> 00:28:05,582
but it's totally
subsumed by its program.
638
00:28:05,651 --> 00:28:06,683
Then we'll just
have to find a way
639
00:28:06,752 --> 00:28:09,119
around the logic
of the program.
640
00:28:09,188 --> 00:28:10,554
Better head back
to the medlab, doctor.
641
00:28:10,623 --> 00:28:12,489
I suspect we're going to
need your services.
642
00:28:15,994 --> 00:28:16,860
Weapon!
643
00:28:40,452 --> 00:28:42,519
Not yet.
644
00:28:42,588 --> 00:28:43,987
I want it
point blank.
645
00:28:47,660 --> 00:28:49,092
Fire.
646
00:29:04,142 --> 00:29:05,209
Cease fire.
647
00:29:10,749 --> 00:29:11,682
Damn.
648
00:29:11,750 --> 00:29:13,049
It's in the next level.
649
00:29:13,118 --> 00:29:15,118
That's a straight line to where
the civilians are quarantined.
650
00:29:15,187 --> 00:29:16,653
How many men do you have
stationed down there?
651
00:29:16,722 --> 00:29:18,722
Not enough. Commander, we hit it
with everything we had.
652
00:29:18,790 --> 00:29:20,156
We didn't even slow it down.
653
00:29:20,226 --> 00:29:21,458
The only weapons that might be
big enough to kill it
654
00:29:21,527 --> 00:29:23,227
would rupture the hull
and kill everybody anyway.
655
00:29:23,295 --> 00:29:25,696
Then that's what we'll have
to do, blow out the hull.
656
00:29:25,764 --> 00:29:26,730
Where are you going?
657
00:29:26,798 --> 00:29:28,031
I'll try to lure it
into the docking area.
658
00:29:28,100 --> 00:29:29,499
We get it in place,
seal the area
659
00:29:29,568 --> 00:29:30,634
and blow out
the air lock.
660
00:29:30,703 --> 00:29:32,636
Armored or not, nothing
can live in a vacuum.
661
00:29:32,705 --> 00:29:34,638
Fine, except how are you
gonna get it there?
662
00:29:34,707 --> 00:29:36,840
By going straight to
its personality matrix.
663
00:29:36,908 --> 00:29:38,442
I'm gonna try
and make it mad.
664
00:29:42,214 --> 00:29:44,314
Make it mad?
Are you nuts?!
665
00:29:44,383 --> 00:29:45,249
Commander!
666
00:29:50,723 --> 00:29:51,655
[Beep beep]
667
00:29:51,724 --> 00:29:52,756
Tular...
668
00:29:54,593 --> 00:29:58,462
Tular of ikarra 7.
669
00:29:58,530 --> 00:30:00,397
My name.
670
00:30:02,568 --> 00:30:04,735
My name.
671
00:30:04,803 --> 00:30:08,071
Who knows my name?
672
00:30:08,140 --> 00:30:11,074
Who knows my name?
673
00:30:14,980 --> 00:30:20,183
Your name...
Is dead, tular.
674
00:30:21,320 --> 00:30:24,521
Your world...Is dead.
675
00:30:24,590 --> 00:30:26,690
Ikarra lives!
676
00:30:26,759 --> 00:30:28,625
Ikarra must
be protected!
677
00:30:31,129 --> 00:30:33,497
You've failed.
678
00:30:33,565 --> 00:30:36,566
You've failed
in your mission.
679
00:30:36,635 --> 00:30:40,270
Ikarra is dead...
680
00:30:40,339 --> 00:30:42,673
By your own hand,
681
00:30:42,741 --> 00:30:44,741
you and others
like you.
682
00:30:44,810 --> 00:30:47,377
That is a lie!
683
00:30:47,446 --> 00:30:49,012
That is a lie!
684
00:30:49,080 --> 00:30:51,615
Ikarra is dead.
685
00:30:54,586 --> 00:30:56,453
[Roar]
686
00:31:04,463 --> 00:31:05,929
[Roar]
687
00:31:15,140 --> 00:31:16,005
Protect!
688
00:31:23,682 --> 00:31:25,649
Ivanova: Standing by.
689
00:31:25,718 --> 00:31:27,050
Ready to initiate
emergency decompression.
690
00:31:27,118 --> 00:31:28,117
Wait! Wait!
691
00:31:28,186 --> 00:31:29,052
[Roar]
692
00:31:33,592 --> 00:31:35,258
Come on!
693
00:31:35,327 --> 00:31:36,660
Protect!
694
00:31:36,729 --> 00:31:38,928
Protect who?
From what?
695
00:31:38,997 --> 00:31:41,264
Impure!
696
00:31:41,333 --> 00:31:42,766
Yes. Impure.
697
00:31:42,835 --> 00:31:44,768
You must protect
against all
698
00:31:44,837 --> 00:31:46,837
who are not
pure ikarran.
699
00:31:46,905 --> 00:31:47,871
Yes!
700
00:31:47,939 --> 00:31:51,675
And your own people--
how pure were they?
701
00:31:51,744 --> 00:31:53,477
Pure!
702
00:31:53,545 --> 00:31:54,478
How pure?
703
00:31:54,546 --> 00:31:56,480
They didn't
feed you facts.
704
00:31:56,548 --> 00:31:57,981
They fed you
propaganda.
705
00:31:58,049 --> 00:31:59,449
They programmed you
706
00:31:59,518 --> 00:32:01,351
with standards
of genetic purity
707
00:32:01,420 --> 00:32:02,853
no one could match!
708
00:32:02,921 --> 00:32:05,221
Not even
your own people!
709
00:32:05,290 --> 00:32:07,090
Liar!
710
00:32:13,298 --> 00:32:14,731
[Roar]
711
00:32:14,800 --> 00:32:16,065
Seal the area.
Stand by
712
00:32:16,134 --> 00:32:17,801
to blow air lock
and depressurize.
713
00:32:17,870 --> 00:32:19,302
Commander, if we
depressurize the area now,
714
00:32:19,371 --> 00:32:20,637
you'll be killed with it.
715
00:32:20,706 --> 00:32:21,838
There's only one way
out, past that thing.
716
00:32:21,907 --> 00:32:22,839
I'm dead either way.
717
00:32:22,908 --> 00:32:24,340
Dog the hatch.
Seal it. Now!
718
00:32:28,146 --> 00:32:29,646
Stand by.
719
00:32:29,715 --> 00:32:30,647
Ikarra lives!
720
00:32:30,716 --> 00:32:33,049
Ikarra must
be protected!
721
00:32:39,591 --> 00:32:40,824
There is no ikarra,
722
00:32:40,893 --> 00:32:42,526
not the way
you remember it.
723
00:32:42,594 --> 00:32:44,428
The others like you,
724
00:32:44,496 --> 00:32:46,596
they beat the invaders,
all right,
725
00:32:46,665 --> 00:32:48,331
just like
they were programmed.
726
00:32:48,400 --> 00:32:53,336
They killed anything
that was different--alien--
727
00:32:53,405 --> 00:32:55,338
but we're all aliens
to one another--
728
00:32:55,407 --> 00:32:59,242
flawed, impure...
Different!
729
00:32:59,311 --> 00:33:00,343
No!
730
00:33:00,412 --> 00:33:03,079
Too tall! Too short!
731
00:33:03,148 --> 00:33:05,014
Too dark! Too light!
732
00:33:05,083 --> 00:33:07,884
Imperfect.
They were killed.
733
00:33:07,953 --> 00:33:10,687
And the killing
went on and on and on.
734
00:33:10,756 --> 00:33:12,021
No!
735
00:33:12,090 --> 00:33:16,560
The man you took over,
Nelson, he's seen ikarra--
736
00:33:16,628 --> 00:33:19,563
ikarra after the others
finished protecting it,
737
00:33:19,631 --> 00:33:24,468
cleansing it of every slightest
variation in genetics.
738
00:33:24,536 --> 00:33:26,570
You can access
his memories.
739
00:33:28,139 --> 00:33:29,639
See for yourself.
740
00:33:31,209 --> 00:33:34,210
Look inside his mind.
741
00:33:34,279 --> 00:33:37,113
See what he's seen.
742
00:33:39,317 --> 00:33:41,485
Go on.
743
00:33:41,553 --> 00:33:43,987
Look into his mind.
744
00:33:44,055 --> 00:33:48,057
He can't hide the truth.
He can't lie to you.
745
00:33:48,126 --> 00:33:50,527
Look deep.
746
00:33:50,596 --> 00:33:51,962
Look at it.
747
00:33:53,765 --> 00:33:56,265
A desert.
748
00:33:56,334 --> 00:33:57,801
Yes.
749
00:34:00,639 --> 00:34:01,538
Dead.
750
00:34:03,174 --> 00:34:06,743
A thousand years...
Dead.
751
00:34:06,812 --> 00:34:09,245
There's your pure world...
752
00:34:09,314 --> 00:34:11,047
Your perfect world.
753
00:34:15,053 --> 00:34:16,486
We did this?
754
00:34:16,555 --> 00:34:18,087
Yes.
755
00:34:18,156 --> 00:34:19,322
No!
756
00:34:19,391 --> 00:34:21,925
Damn you. Look at it.
757
00:34:21,994 --> 00:34:23,426
You and the rest...
758
00:34:23,495 --> 00:34:27,597
You forgot the first rule
of the fanatic.
759
00:34:27,666 --> 00:34:29,098
When you become obsessed
with the enemy,
760
00:34:29,167 --> 00:34:31,067
you become the enemy.
761
00:34:32,838 --> 00:34:37,007
Ikarra!
762
00:34:42,014 --> 00:34:45,549
Great maker!
763
00:34:47,853 --> 00:34:50,453
Forgive us...
764
00:34:50,522 --> 00:34:53,690
This...madness!
765
00:34:57,963 --> 00:35:00,363
Forgive us.
766
00:35:08,173 --> 00:35:11,007
[Wailing]
767
00:35:40,538 --> 00:35:42,138
Stephen, how's Nelson?
768
00:35:42,207 --> 00:35:44,273
Medlab 2, resting.
769
00:35:44,342 --> 00:35:45,508
Good.
770
00:35:45,577 --> 00:35:46,710
Vance!
771
00:35:46,778 --> 00:35:49,646
I found this
in Nelson's effects.
772
00:35:49,715 --> 00:35:52,749
It's meant for
cardial stimulation.
773
00:35:52,818 --> 00:35:54,183
If used
on a healthy person,
774
00:35:54,252 --> 00:35:55,852
it could cause
cardiac infarction--death.
775
00:35:55,921 --> 00:35:59,789
The body
of the customs guard
776
00:35:59,858 --> 00:36:02,058
had two tiny marks
on the back,
777
00:36:02,127 --> 00:36:03,593
so small we missed
them at first,
778
00:36:03,662 --> 00:36:07,097
but they do match
the prongs there.
779
00:36:07,165 --> 00:36:09,699
I spoke to Nelson.
780
00:36:09,768 --> 00:36:12,702
He confirms things
I'd hoped I was wrong about.
781
00:36:12,771 --> 00:36:15,705
You knew he did not put those
artifacts through quarantine.
782
00:36:15,774 --> 00:36:18,642
He was acting on your orders
the whole time.
783
00:36:20,946 --> 00:36:23,980
For god's sake,
Vance, why?
784
00:36:26,451 --> 00:36:28,885
Interplanetary
expeditions,
785
00:36:28,954 --> 00:36:30,720
the corporation
that financed
786
00:36:30,789 --> 00:36:32,956
the dig on ikarra 7,
is a front...
787
00:36:33,025 --> 00:36:37,460
A front for
a bioweapons supplier.
788
00:36:37,529 --> 00:36:39,729
I could just have turned
over the artifacts,
789
00:36:39,798 --> 00:36:41,230
taken the standard
commission,
790
00:36:41,299 --> 00:36:44,801
but if they were
what I suspected--
791
00:36:44,870 --> 00:36:46,670
organic weapons--
792
00:36:46,738 --> 00:36:48,905
then I could take a chance,
hold back on delivery,
793
00:36:48,974 --> 00:36:49,906
and they'd...
794
00:36:49,975 --> 00:36:50,907
Pay millions.
795
00:36:50,976 --> 00:36:52,408
Oh, more...
796
00:36:52,477 --> 00:36:55,244
More money
than you can conceive.
797
00:36:55,313 --> 00:36:56,579
But before you could
take that chance,
798
00:36:56,648 --> 00:36:57,580
you had to be sure.
799
00:36:57,649 --> 00:36:58,815
That's why you
brought them here.
800
00:36:58,884 --> 00:37:00,817
Yeah.
Hmm.
801
00:37:00,886 --> 00:37:02,318
You deliberately
endangered
802
00:37:02,387 --> 00:37:04,320
a quarter-million
humans and aliens
803
00:37:04,389 --> 00:37:06,122
just to raise
your profit margin.
804
00:37:06,191 --> 00:37:07,724
I was sure
I could control it.
805
00:37:07,793 --> 00:37:09,693
I never expected
anybody to get hurt.
806
00:37:09,761 --> 00:37:11,661
What about the murdered
customs guard?
807
00:37:11,730 --> 00:37:13,663
Well, we had to
get them through customs.
808
00:37:13,732 --> 00:37:15,665
Nelson said he'd do it.
809
00:37:15,734 --> 00:37:18,168
I didn't know how.
I didn't ask.
810
00:37:18,236 --> 00:37:20,536
There was
too much at stake.
811
00:37:20,605 --> 00:37:22,005
That's why the weapon
bonded to him
812
00:37:22,074 --> 00:37:23,173
and not to one of us.
813
00:37:23,241 --> 00:37:25,809
The program needed
someone willing to kill.
814
00:37:25,877 --> 00:37:28,878
Look, Stephen,
we can work all this out.
815
00:37:28,947 --> 00:37:30,814
We can sell the rest
of the artifacts
816
00:37:30,882 --> 00:37:32,882
to interplanetary
expeditions.
817
00:37:32,951 --> 00:37:35,885
They have enough muscle
to clean up this whole mess.
818
00:37:35,954 --> 00:37:38,888
All you have to do
is, uh...
819
00:37:38,957 --> 00:37:40,590
Not turn me in.
820
00:37:41,960 --> 00:37:44,761
I mean, just think
what you could do
821
00:37:44,830 --> 00:37:46,295
with all that money.
822
00:37:55,440 --> 00:37:57,506
[Doors open]
823
00:37:57,575 --> 00:37:59,075
It's too late.
824
00:38:07,518 --> 00:38:08,785
Stephen.
825
00:38:26,337 --> 00:38:27,637
[Doorbell rings]
826
00:38:30,075 --> 00:38:31,141
Come.
827
00:38:36,915 --> 00:38:38,281
You've looked better.
828
00:38:40,786 --> 00:38:43,119
Listen, can I talk to you
for a second?
829
00:38:43,188 --> 00:38:44,120
Sure.
830
00:38:44,189 --> 00:38:46,222
The whole station's
talking about
831
00:38:46,291 --> 00:38:48,258
how you were willing to risk
your life to stop that thing.
832
00:38:48,326 --> 00:38:49,259
Ahh, I didn't--
833
00:38:49,327 --> 00:38:50,426
let me finish.
834
00:38:50,495 --> 00:38:52,395
This is the third time
in the last year
835
00:38:52,463 --> 00:38:54,898
you've put yourself
on the line like this.
836
00:38:54,966 --> 00:38:57,400
I didn't know
anyone was counting.
837
00:38:57,468 --> 00:38:58,734
Jeff...
838
00:38:58,804 --> 00:39:00,236
You're my friend.
839
00:39:02,140 --> 00:39:04,040
You've been my friend
840
00:39:04,109 --> 00:39:05,842
a lot longer than you've been
my commanding officer,
841
00:39:05,911 --> 00:39:08,845
so I think I'm entitled
to say this.
842
00:39:08,914 --> 00:39:11,447
We were both in Earthforce
during the war.
843
00:39:11,516 --> 00:39:14,417
I wasn't on the line,
but...
844
00:39:14,485 --> 00:39:15,919
I did my share.
845
00:39:15,987 --> 00:39:17,921
I know a lot of guys
846
00:39:17,989 --> 00:39:20,423
who came out of the war
changed.
847
00:39:20,491 --> 00:39:23,492
Some came out better.
Some came out worse.
848
00:39:25,430 --> 00:39:28,298
A lot of them
have this problem.
849
00:39:28,366 --> 00:39:33,069
The war gave them
definition, direction, purpose.
850
00:39:33,138 --> 00:39:34,904
Without it, they don't know
how to fit in anymore,
851
00:39:34,973 --> 00:39:37,740
so they keep looking for ways
to go out in a Blaze of glory.
852
00:39:37,809 --> 00:39:39,242
Some people call that
being a hero.
853
00:39:39,311 --> 00:39:44,147
Maybe so. I don't know.
I've...Never been one.
854
00:39:46,484 --> 00:39:50,386
Me...i think they're looking
for something worth dying for
855
00:39:50,455 --> 00:39:53,289
because it's easier than finding
something worth living for.
856
00:39:57,495 --> 00:39:58,361
Finished?
857
00:40:01,333 --> 00:40:03,499
Yeah.
858
00:40:03,568 --> 00:40:05,301
I guess that covers it.
859
00:40:09,440 --> 00:40:10,306
Michael...
860
00:40:12,610 --> 00:40:16,179
I don't have
an answer for you.
861
00:40:16,248 --> 00:40:19,715
And...
862
00:40:19,784 --> 00:40:22,451
I think maybe
I should.
863
00:40:25,023 --> 00:40:26,890
Thanks.
864
00:40:46,211 --> 00:40:48,211
You seem troubled,
doctor.
865
00:40:48,280 --> 00:40:50,446
No. I'm just thinking.
866
00:40:52,717 --> 00:40:54,650
The ikarran fought
against invaders
867
00:40:54,719 --> 00:40:57,053
just like we fought
against the Minbari.
868
00:40:57,122 --> 00:40:59,389
They became
obsessed with it.
869
00:40:59,457 --> 00:41:02,725
Back home, there's a growing
pro-Earth movement,
870
00:41:02,794 --> 00:41:06,329
rumors of hate groups
targeting aliens.
871
00:41:06,398 --> 00:41:08,831
And on all sides,
the fanatics,
872
00:41:08,900 --> 00:41:11,700
who think that society
has to be protected
873
00:41:11,769 --> 00:41:14,870
against anyone
who's different.
874
00:41:14,940 --> 00:41:17,373
I'm starting to wonder
if what we just saw
875
00:41:17,442 --> 00:41:19,943
is a preview
of things to come.
876
00:41:20,011 --> 00:41:21,710
No. I can't believe
we'd be that foolish.
877
00:41:23,415 --> 00:41:26,182
Santayana--those who
do not remember the past
878
00:41:26,251 --> 00:41:28,051
are condemned
to repeat it.
879
00:41:28,119 --> 00:41:29,185
Ahem.
880
00:41:29,254 --> 00:41:30,453
Yes?
881
00:41:30,521 --> 00:41:33,189
Dr. Franklin, I have orders
to confiscate the artifacts
882
00:41:33,258 --> 00:41:34,190
and transfer them
to Earth Central.
883
00:41:34,259 --> 00:41:35,524
On whose authority?
884
00:41:35,593 --> 00:41:37,427
Earthforce defense,
bioweapons division--
885
00:41:37,495 --> 00:41:38,995
something about
studying them
886
00:41:39,064 --> 00:41:41,464
for planetary
security reasons.
887
00:41:41,532 --> 00:41:43,899
It would seem no one
reads santayana anymore.
888
00:41:43,969 --> 00:41:45,401
You'll excuse me.
If you need me,
889
00:41:45,470 --> 00:41:46,702
I'll be over there,
890
00:41:46,771 --> 00:41:49,339
getting drunk with
the rest of the aliens.
891
00:41:56,448 --> 00:42:01,217
Cramer: So, Commander, after
all you've just gone through,
892
00:42:01,286 --> 00:42:02,551
I have to ask you
the same question
893
00:42:02,620 --> 00:42:04,320
a lot of people
back home are asking
894
00:42:04,389 --> 00:42:05,888
about space these days.
895
00:42:05,957 --> 00:42:07,390
Is it worth it?
896
00:42:07,459 --> 00:42:09,392
Should we
just pull back,
897
00:42:09,461 --> 00:42:12,328
forget the whole thing
as a bad idea,
898
00:42:12,397 --> 00:42:15,331
and take care of our
own problems at home?
899
00:42:15,400 --> 00:42:18,667
No. We have to stay here,
900
00:42:18,736 --> 00:42:21,170
and there's
a simple reason why.
901
00:42:21,239 --> 00:42:24,140
Ask 10 different scientists
about the environment,
902
00:42:24,209 --> 00:42:26,376
population control,
genetics,
903
00:42:26,444 --> 00:42:28,744
and you'll get
10 different answers.
904
00:42:28,813 --> 00:42:29,745
But there's one thing
905
00:42:29,814 --> 00:42:32,348
every scientist
on the planet agrees on.
906
00:42:32,417 --> 00:42:35,851
Whether it happens
in 100 years or 1,000 years
907
00:42:35,920 --> 00:42:37,353
or a million years,
908
00:42:37,422 --> 00:42:41,624
eventually, our sun will
grow cold and go out.
909
00:42:41,692 --> 00:42:46,729
When that happens,
it won't just take us.
910
00:42:46,797 --> 00:42:49,065
It'll take
Marilyn Monroe...
911
00:42:49,134 --> 00:42:53,336
And Lao-tzu and Einstein
and Morabuto and...
912
00:42:53,405 --> 00:42:57,173
Buddy Holly and
Aristophanes, and...
913
00:42:57,242 --> 00:42:59,842
All of this...
914
00:42:59,911 --> 00:43:03,846
All of this...
Was for nothing...
915
00:43:03,915 --> 00:43:06,449
Unless we go
to the stars.