Dark Planet (1997) - full transcript
Two sides, one known as the Alphas and the other the Rebels, struggle in a brutal war on Earth and in outer space. When a habitable planet is discovered in orbit around a star that is on the far side of a dangerous wormhole, the two sides mysteriously set aside their differences and send a joint mission to explore the planet. The mission of the starship Scylla is soon beset by political intrigue and treachery, jeopardizing not only the mission, but the lives of the entire crew.
>> [ rumbling ]
>> This is the Earth.
The year 2638.
Six world wars,
three of them in the last
200 years.
One-third of the population--
six billion people dead.
Radiation storms, disease,
famine claim another
one billion lives annually.
Two factions are still at war
for control of what remains.
Genetically-enhanced humans
called Alphas.
Mutants and non-altered humans
called Rebels.
This time it was called
This time it was called
"The Cleansing War."
"The Cleansing War."
>> Distance to contact?
>> Still running, sir.
20,000 meters. We're gaining.
>> Heading?
>> He's skirting the coast.
Probably heading for a base
in Tunisia.
>> Speculation is unnecessary.
>> Yes, sir.
>> Weapons officer,
intercept time?
>> 70 seconds, sir.
>> 70 seconds, sir.
>> Power up forward batteries.
>> Power up forward batteries.
>> Sir, we have two, I repeat,
two additional bogeys.
Three ships in all.
>> Hold your position.
Weapons officer,
prepare to fire, full pattern.
prepare to fire, full pattern.
>> Full pattern, sir.
>> Full pattern, sir.
>> Here they come.
>> Here they come.
>> Forward batteries.
>> Forward batteries.
>> Forward batteries.
Fire.
Fire.
>> They're stacking
their shields.
>> Full speed ahead.
Come to a heading of 2-7-0.
>> Yes, sir.
>> Commencing their attack run.
>> Commencing their attack run.
Brace for impact.
Brace for impact.
Brace for impact.
>> [ beeping ]
>> [ beeping ]
>> [ buzzer ]
>> Damage report.
>> Shields holding but barely.
We took over-pressure ruptures
in the port bay.
>> Ready on forward batteries,
sir.
>> Hold your fire!
We can't penetrate unless
we break their formation.
>> They're coming around
>> They're coming around
again, sir.
again, sir.
We're hit. Aft engineering,
section B. Casualties--
>> Evacuate forward sections
E-2 to E-4.
>> But the damage is not in--
>> Do it! Helm, at my command
come to a heading of 0-9-0,
maximum ascension.
>> Yes, sir.
>> Full power
to flank batteries.
>> Evacuation underway.
Estimated completion time--
15 seconds.
15 seconds.
>> Full speed ahead.
>> Full speed ahead.
>> Here they come.
>> Hold your course.
>> Sir?
>> Sir?
>> Hold your course.
>> Hold your course.
>> Sir?
>> Sir?
>> Hold.
>> Hold.
>> Sir!
>> Now! Full ascension!
>> Now! Full ascension!
>> Full ascension, sir.
>> Full ascension, sir.
>> Weapons, fire.
>> Weapons, fire.
>> Yes, sir!
>> Yes, sir!
>> Damage report.
>> Structural damage sustained
in evacuated areas only, sir.
No additional casualties.
>> Distance to Rebel target?
>> Last target fleeing,
now in range.
>> May I speculate, sir?
>> Go on.
>> Their communications are out.
They may be trying to surrender.
>> Noted.
>> Noted.
>> [ beeping ]
>> [ beeping ]
>> Priority transmission, sir.
It is a cease fire.
We are instructed to disengage.
>> Fire main batteries.
>> Fire main batteries.
>> Firing one and three.
>> Firing one and three.
>> Now, read me the message
>> Now, read me the message
we just received.
we just received.
Go on.
>> "Captain Winter is instructed
to disengage combat runs
and prepare for a priority
transmission."
transmission."
Top secret, sir.
Top secret, sir.
>> Set course for a low altitude
fly-by over the Tunisia
province.
province.
>> Course laid in, sir.
>> Course laid in, sir.
>> [ rumbling ]
>> [ rumbling ]
>> [ roaring above ]
>> [ roaring above ]
>> [ signal twitters ]
>> Sorry to wake you,
Colonel Brendan.
>> What is it?
>> We just received an automated
ground-based message for you.
Your operation has been
canceled. You are to report
immediately to Central
for new orders.
>> By whose command?
>> This is top priority.
Coded and verified. Out.
Coded and verified. Out.
>> [ signal twitters ]
>> [ signal twitters ]
>> Why did you pull me
off of combat assignment?
>> You're needed elsewhere.
>> A truce has been concluded
with the enemy forces.
There is no time to lose.
>> Please pay close attention
to your briefing, Commander.
There's a great deal for you
There's a great deal for you
to absorb.
to absorb.
>> Neural lock initiated.
5, 4, 3, 2...
>> Oh, no.
>> Oh, no.
>> Zero.
>> Zero.
>> All drives full reverse.
>> All drives full reverse.
>> Full reverse, now.
>> Full reverse, now.
>> Report.
>> It's got us, Hawke.
We're not pulling free.
We're on full reverse
and it isn't holding.
>> Don't fight it.
You can't beat the hole.
Give me full lateral power.
I'll take manual control.
>> You've got it.
Flame out. Drives one and three
are down.
>> Kill the remaining drive.
All I need is maneuvering power.
>> But the hole--
>> We're going through.
>> Through? It's only been done
with probes.
>> There's no other way.
Trust me, Cass.
Trust me, Cass.
It's our only chance.
It's our only chance.
>> No.
>> Watch your levels.
Let the hole do the work.
Put every last atom of juice
you can spare to the shields.
you can spare to the shields.
>> Oh, sweet mother...
>> Oh, sweet mother...
>> Try to calculate
our exit point.
>> All the instruments
are going crazy.
>> Give me anything.
Wait. Check gravitation.
>> It's off the dial.
>> Watch it. Tell me if it
goes flat for a moment.
>> Shields are crumbling.
Now! It is flat!
>> We're at midpoint.
Real space in T-minus
10 seconds.
>> Pressure dropping in EX-3.
We must have lost the shields.
We must have lost the shields.
>> Come on, baby!
>> Come on, baby!
>> All shields are out.
Power's failing.
The ship is breaking up.
>> We can do it. We can do it.
>> Hull is breached.
We're losing pressure fast.
>> Five more seconds.
>> Life support is under 20%.
>> Three seconds, two...
>> Three seconds, two...
Come on!
Come on!
Come on!
[ buzzing ]
[ buzzing ]
Good job, Cassian.
Good job, Cassian.
I told you we'd make it.
I told you we'd make it.
Damage report.
Oh, no. No.
Oh, no. No.
Uhh.
Uhh.
Uhh.
[ groans ]
[ groans ]
>> [ gasps ]
[ sighs ]
A mission of this importance
should not be compromised,
particularly by the addition
of enemy personnel.
>> Rebel forces
are in possession
of the same information.
They would certainly fight us
every meter of the way.
>> Without a joint force,
we couldn't guarantee ever
reaching our destination.
And time is of the essence.
>> Why Anson Hawke?
>> Anson Hawke is the only man
who has navigated the Wormhole
and survived.
>> Your briefing implies that
luck played a significant role.
This man is worse than a Rebel,
he's a war profiteer,
not aligned to any cause.
He makes a mockery
of our efforts.
>> Captain Winter, the success
of this mission is crucial.
It must be performed under the
strictures we have outlined.
>> The Dark Planet must be
reached.
The real reason for the truce
must remain a secret.
>> Understand us.
You have been carefully
selected for this mission.
Your allegiance to our
command is vital.
>> We trust that you will do
whatever is necessary for our
whatever is necessary for our
cause to be successful.
cause to be successful.
cause to be successful.
>> Understood.
>> Understood.
>> Colonel, look this way,
please.
>> Colonel Brendan began her
military service at the age of
seven in computer infiltration.
She was awarded Class-One
distinctions for valor
and ingenuity,
both on world and off.
She was given a ship's
command at the age of 23.
10 years later, she retired
her wings and became a colonel
in the Elite Forces Unit.
Thank you, Liz.
Nice to see you again.
I'll tell Niles you said hello.
I'll tell Niles you said hello.
>> Thank you.
>> Thank you.
>> Thank you.
>> General.
>> General.
>> What's wrong?
>> He's dying, isn't he?
>> Yes.
Rare disorder
of the lymphatic system.
Med-Corps can't find an antigen,
and the replacement parts
are scarce.
>> Off the record, General?
>> Of course.
>> I understand the particulars
of my orders, but why me?
>> You are ideally suited
to this situation.
I need somebody with brains
and loyalty.
Maybe I'm old-fashioned, but
I still believe in intuition.
>> Can we really
trust the Alphas?
>> We have no choice.
We've negotiated as many
precautions as time allowed.
The Stellar is a Rebel-built
ship produced with Mercedes.
It's fully automated and has
three backup systems which
shouldn't give you any problems.
You will share equal rank with
Alpha Commander Winter.
Each of you will choose
two crew personnel.
Rank and job description
is up to you.
>> I'd like to take
Lieutenant Byron with me.
>> Is he tough?
>> Yes, sir, and very creative.
>> I'll take care of him.
If I were you, I'd take the
other one from Med-Corps.
>> Personal defense?
>> Sidearms only.
Anything you want
below a Class-C.
We're trying to keep it simple,
Colonel.
>> My parents...
my entire village
was exterminated by an Alpha
ship commander.
He wanted to keep it
simple, too.
>> This damn war has killed
just about anybody of any worth.
What's right and wrong
is no longer the question.
Maybe this truce is a small step
in the right direction.
in the right direction.
But that is off the record.
But that is off the record.
The world is not always
what we wish it could be,
and wishes won't change it.
You are responsible to have
your men at Staging Area 16
at 0300 hours tomorrow morning.
And what you do between now
and then is none of my concern.
I have no doubt, Commander,
that you will do your very best
with this mission and ensure
the Rebel cause.
the Rebel cause.
Dismissed.
Dismissed.
Dismissed.
Anson Hawke?
Anson Hawke?
I'm Commander Winter.
This is my helmsperson Salera.
I've been ordered to offer you
a full reprieve contingent on
your navigational assistance
on a joint Alpha-Rebel mission.
>> The war's over? Go on.
>> We're working under
a negotiated armistice.
>> Oh.
>> What's wrong?
>> What's the matter?
Are both sides tired
or desperate?
>> Your criticism is misplaced,
Mr. Hawke.
Your contribution
to the war effort amounts
to precisely nothing.
>> I did my part.
>> The Rebels are outnumbered,
but at least they fight
honorably.
There's nothing I despise
so much as someone
who believes in nothing.
We'll see you in another
hundred years.
>> You don't think I believe
in something?
>> What do you believe in,
Mr. Hawke?
>> I believe in the future.
>> I believe in the future.
>> [ laughs ]
>> [ laughs ]
>> [ laughs ]
>> What's the mission?
>> What's the mission?
>> What's the mission?
>> The Wormhole.
>> The Wormhole.
You're still the only person
to have gone through it
and to have come back alive.
>> Why the hole?
>> If you accept, you'll sign on
>> If you accept, you'll sign on
as Astro Navigator.
as Astro Navigator.
>> If I get you through,
>> If I get you through,
I go free?
I go free?
>> My orders are to release you
to the Copia Project,
and independent agricultural
satellite.
There you'll spend
the rest of your life
tending your vegetable patch.
>> One more question.
>> Yes?
>> What's so important
>> What's so important
about the Dark Planet?
about the Dark Planet?
>> I haven't said anything
about the Dark Planet.
about the Dark Planet.
>> You didn't have to.
>> You didn't have to.
>> You'll be briefed
on the starship Seylla.
Restricted and confidential
information will be discussed
with you, and I doubt if you'll
still believe in your future
still believe in your future
then, Mr. Hawke.
then, Mr. Hawke.
then, Mr. Hawke.
>> [ hatch whirrs ]
>> [ hatch whirrs ]
>> Rebel craft docked, sir.
Commander Brendan and two crew.
>> Preflight checklist?
>> Completed, sir.
>> Consoles?
>> Consoles are active.
We are ready to proceed.
>> Very well.
When the shuttle disengages,
set a course for the Tanazaki
system.
You are cleared direct
to deep space and eight ergons
to deep space and eight ergons
light speed.
light speed.
Oh, and then, Salera,
you'll join us for the briefing.
>> [ computer beeps ]
Attention.
Viral detection procedures
are concluded.
Rebel party emerging
Rebel party emerging
from decontamination unit.
from decontamination unit.
>> Commander Winter,
analysis concluded.
Brendan and crew on their way
Brendan and crew on their way
to you now.
to you now.
>> Commander Brendan, Rebel--
>> I know. We've met.
>> Liberia. Five years ago.
You executed the 114th
at Monrovia.
>> Executed?
Commander, keep your
priorities straight.
Personal grudges are
a mistake in such close
quarters.
And I doubt you have
the stamina to make me
your enemy.
your enemy.
Are we clear?
Are we clear?
>> I'd like to tour the ship now
with my men.
with my men.
>> As you wish.
>> As you wish.
>> As you wish.
>> [ beeping ]
>> [ beeping ]
>> Why do you stare at me?
>> When were you enhanced?
>> I was 10.
>> How did it happen?
Were you forced?
>> The Alphas had taken over
our community.
My guardians
offered me to them.
>> Did you ever see your--
did you ever see your parents
again?
>> No. Rebel missiles
>> No. Rebel missiles
killed them.
killed them.
>> You've done well, Salera.
You've risen quickly
in your rank.
A helmsperson under
Winter's command is an...
enviable position.
>> I work hard.
>> I work hard.
My intelligence is high.
My intelligence is high.
>> But there must have been
others with more experience.
>> Mr. Hawke, it is absolutely
forbidden for an officer and his
subordinate to have a sexual
liaison.
Violation of this regulation
Violation of this regulation
is punishable by execution.
is punishable by execution.
is punishable by execution.
>> I see.
>> I see.
>> [ door opens ]
>> Hawke is a renegade bastard.
His navigation of the Wormhole
His navigation of the Wormhole
was sheer luck.
was sheer luck.
>> You better pray it wasn't,
sweetheart.
>> And who are you?
>> I'm that bastard you seem
to know so much about.
>> Anson Hawke,
I'm a Commander on this mission,
and I expect to be addressed
as such.
>> Of course.
Yes, sir.
>> You seem to be annoying
>> You seem to be annoying
everyone, Mr. Hawke.
everyone, Mr. Hawke.
everyone, Mr. Hawke.
Let's get on with the briefing.
Let's get on with the briefing.
This is our objective--
Wormhole 762.
A high inertia black hole
in the Tanazaki system.
Three years ago, an Alpha force
attempted to navigate 731,
a Wormhole of less
gravitational mass.
>> We weren't briefed on this.
>> It was to be a top secret
military option.
Disappear down the hole
and avoid pursuit.
Or hide a fleet on the other
side and burst through
with a surprise attack.
>> It's of no importance.
>> Because the mission failed.
The ship was crushed before
it even reached the midpoint
of the hole.
>> As I said,
it's of no consequence.
>> Reinforced ships
and Class-A computers
won't do the job.
In the hole, it's the
intangibles that come into play.
>> Such as?
>> The feel of the ship
when you're in the hole.
The navigator's moves
before there's a problem.
Neural computers are reactive,
defensive.
They can spot what's wrong
and try and correct it,
but by then it's too late.
The hole is one big ride.
You have to go along with that
ride and trust your instincts
to get you through.
>> You're juggling a lot
of unknowns, Mr. Hawke.
>> I've studied the Seylla.
I've flown her.
She reacts well.
She reacts well.
>> That's not what she meant.
>> That's not what she meant.
>> I've looked at your
medical reports.
>> An Alpha medical report.
I've seen it.
They think I'm nuts.
>> Are you?
>> Are you?
Are you nuts, Mr. Hawke?
Are you nuts, Mr. Hawke?
>> I lost a crewmember
flying the hole.
She was my wife.
There hasn't been an hour
in the past five years
I haven't thought about it.
>> You've resisted all
>> You've resisted all
behavioral reconditioning.
behavioral reconditioning.
>> You mean a brain wipe?
Robots do not make good
Robots do not make good
human beings, Commander.
human beings, Commander.
>> Can you get us through
the Wormhole...
the Wormhole...
and back?
and back?
>> I don't know.
I remember going in,
I remember going in,
but I don't remember coming out.
but I don't remember coming out.
>> This is our objective.
It was long suspected from
the gravitational pull within
the Wormhole that there
was a star in close orbit,
with a planet.
This has now been confirmed.
Mr. Hawke's Nav-computer
recorded the sphere.
>> Shields are crumbling.
>> In fact he used it
to slingshot around it
for his return.
Data retrieved from probes
indicate that this world
is inhabitable.
If it is, it will be the first
planet ever discovered capable
of sustaining life outside
of a controlled environment.
So, this mission boils down
to two basic questions.
Can the Dark Planet be reached?
And can its environment
And can its environment
sustain human life?
sustain human life?
Have you have anything to add?
>> Only that my crewmen and I
will carry out our duties
in good faith.
And I trust
that you and your crew
will do the same.
>> Our superiors negotiated
the peace for this purpose,
Commander.
I think it's time for us
to put our suspicions aside.
>> Agreed.
I saw that Beta holds
are restricted.
I'll need access
to all areas of the ship.
>> I'm afraid that when
the drive was engaged, we
suffered serious MDM leakage.
The Beta holds are contaminated,
and as you know, they cannot be
purged while in flight.
Oh, I have the duty to report
a casualty among my crew.
>> You lost one of your two
crewmen?
>> Yes. He was our physician.
>> Have you asked Command
for a replacement?
>> No. Unless you object,
I didn't think it was necessary.
There's still your doctor
aboard.
>> I'll have to verify
this event.
this event.
>> As expected.
>> As expected.
>> Where was this man
precisely?
>> Beta hold, Corridor B-5.
>> Beta hold, Corridor B-5.
>> How did it occur?
>> How did it occur?
>> I was completing
the flight list.
I powered down the drives
and had reengaged them
when the event occurred.
The ship's backup systems
contained the leak
to Section B-5.
>> It's MDM poisoning,
Commander, no doubt about it.
Once he inhaled the gas,
his whole system seized.
He had probably
less than 15 seconds to live.
>> Then you're verifying
the Alpha report?
>> Yes, Commander.
>> I'd like to study the event
in the ship's mem-banks.
>> Of course.
Now if I have allayed
all your fears,
I would like to return
to my report.
Salera, freeze the body
for autopsy on our return
to Command.
Also we shall need new
computations of ship's stores.
>> Sir?
>> With reference to our
>> With reference to our
diminished crew.
diminished crew.
>> Commander, are you familiar
with the bead game Samadhi?
>> Yes, it's a game of art
and spirit.
>> We have six hours
until we reach the perimeter.
I loaded the game
on the computer.
I thought we may get to know
each other, have some fun.
>> I have no intention
of playing games with you,
of playing games with you,
Mr. Hawke.
Mr. Hawke.
Your presentation was very
impressive, but I don't trust
war profiteers any more
than I trust Alphas.
>> Even jackals have to
make a living.
make a living.
>> You put that very well.
>> You put that very well.
>> You put that very well.
[ classical music plays ]
[ classical music plays ]
[ classical music plays ]
>> [ speaking faintly ]
>> [ speaking faintly ]
>> [ loud beep ]
>> Medical log
of the starship Seylla.
Helmsperson Salera reporting.
Dr. Theodore Templeton
was cryo-freezed for autopsy
at 1300 hours.
Log complete.
Log complete.
>> [ beeping ]
>> [ beeping ]
>> [ beeping ]
>> [ hissing ]
>> [ hissing ]
>> How long have you been
>> How long have you been
a telepath?
a telepath?
>> I don't know what you're
talking about.
>> You read my thoughts
on the bridge, Salera.
Tell me.
>> Mr. Hawke, it is my duty
to report all conversations
that I have with you and Rebel
personnel to Commander Winter.
For your own welfare,
For your own welfare,
leave me alone.
leave me alone.
>> Have you ever seen
>> Have you ever seen
an unaltered human before?
an unaltered human before?
>> What do you mean?
>> I mean up close,
in the flesh,
so you can smell him.
Have you ever breathed
the same air as a natural,
unenhanced human
unenhanced human
since becoming an Alpha?
since becoming an Alpha?
I didn't think so.
>> I fail to see the import--
>> You are highly trained,
Salera. Very intelligent.
Anybody can see that.
But you have so little
life experience.
>> So here you are,
a natural, unenhanced human,
and in spite of your experience,
inferior-- both physically
and mentally.
And lacking in the general
aspects of decorum
and deportment.
>> A woman's got a right
to be curious, even an Alpha.
>> I have work to do.
>> I have work to do.
>> [ computer beeps ]
>> [ computer beeps ]
>> [ computer beeps ]
>> Curious of what?
>> Curious of what?
>> Curious of what?
>> You are a woman, aren't you?
>> You are a woman, aren't you?
>> You are a woman, aren't you?
>> I am.
>> I am.
>> Answer my thoughts, Salera.
>> [ beeping ]
>> Anson Hawke,
please report to the comm.
Mr. Hawke, you are needed
on the comm.
>> I've never had a man
inside me.
inside me.
Do you understand?
Do you understand?
Please, Mr. Hawke, just...
Please, Mr. Hawke, just...
go to the bridge.
go to the bridge.
go to the bridge.
>> [ door opens, closes ]
>> [ door opens, closes ]
>> Well, Mr. Hawke,
>> Well, Mr. Hawke,
does that look familiar?
does that look familiar?
Set course.
>> Setting course.
Delta 1-9.
Delta 1-9.
>> Ahead 3/4, all engines.
>> Ahead 3/4, all engines.
>> Belay that.
>> Sir?
>> What is it, Mr. Hawke?
>> Slow engines one-quarter.
Salera, do a detailed sweep
of the region. I'm picking
something up out there.
>> Sir, I'm reading...
self-propelled mines.
self-propelled mines.
>> Ours or theirs?
>> Ours or theirs?
>> Rebel manufacture, sir.
>> How long to disarm?
Well, get Brendan up here.
>> Plugging in.
>> Engines one-quarter.
>> Engines one-quarter.
>> Yes, sir.
>> Yes, sir.
>> I confirm.
They're Rebel mines.
Not set for this quadrant.
They must have drifted--
but that's unlikely.
>> What do you mean?
>> They have been altered, sir.
>> How?
>> Unknown. I've no way
to disarm them.
>> Well, your Rebel mines
are between us and the hole.
How large is the field?
>> The mines surround the hole
to a depth of 200,000
kilometers, sir.
>> I'm reading approximately
>> I'm reading approximately
100,000 mines.
100,000 mines.
>> Mr. Hawke?
>> Head straight for 'em.
Rebel mines are sophisticated.
Too sophisticated.
They'll read evasive maneuvers
and attack.
Head straight at them,
they'll back away.
They'll think we're space junk.
>> Commander?
>> I don't know. I've never seen
that maneuver before.
>> Look, now, you can have me
navigate, or you can drop me off
at my tomato and cucumber
paradise.
paradise.
But you can't have both.
But you can't have both.
>> [ beeping ]
>> This is the Commander.
Shut down main reactors.
Dump all excess heat.
Reduce hull temperature
to absolute zero.
to absolute zero.
Down-cycle life support.
Down-cycle life support.
>> Now what?
>> Now what?
>> We wait.
>> We wait.
>> We're nearly blind like this.
>> It's scanning us.
>> Shouldn't we low-power
the reactor, at least put
the weapon systems back on line?
the weapon systems back on line?
>> Turn on one more thing and...
>> Turn on one more thing and...
>> As long as we drift
and use little energy,
we should be safe.
>> Can't the mines sense
the energy we're using now?
>> Hawke?
>> We'll find out.
>> You claim to have done this
before.
>> I was kidding.
>> I was kidding.
>> You are a bastard, Hawke.
>> You are a bastard, Hawke.
>> You've been lucky this time,
Hawke. But don't you ever
Hawke. But don't you ever
gamble with this mission again!
gamble with this mission again!
>> This is the last of
>> This is the last of
the hot tonic.
the hot tonic.
the hot tonic.
>> Flavor capsule?
>> Flavor capsule?
>> Flavor capsule?
Thank you.
Thank you.
>> [ cup rattles on floor ]
Don't worry, it cleans itself.
>> Automatically.
>> Maint-systems activated.
>> Maint-systems activated.
Activated.
Activated.
Activated.
>> Maybe we got lucky.
>> Maybe we got lucky.
>> Maybe we got lucky.
And maybe not.
And maybe not.
>> They've locked onto us.
>> Three bogeys--No, four.
>> Power up all drives.
>> They've armed themselves.
>> They've armed themselves.
>> Incoming!
>> Incoming!
>> All energy to the shields
until the drives come on line!
I want us out of here!
>> Yes, sir!
>> E-T-A?
>> Two minutes.
>> Not fast enough.
Eject a paddle.
Eject a paddle.
>> Paddle ejected.
>> Paddle ejected.
>> All I did was buy us some
time. Reactors?
>> Still coming on line.
>> Incoming.
>> [ alarm beeping ]
[ beeping stops ]
>> These damn things will bury
us. Prepare the clipper for
launch. Tear down the reactors.
>> Belay that!
>> I'm gonna lure the mines
away.
>> No, Mr. Hawke,
there's no contingency.
>> I concur. Your navigational
skills are needed at
the Wormhole.
>> I'm not trying to get myself
killed. I'm just trying to get
us out of this mess.
>> I have three mines tracking
us, sir.
>> I'm the only one that stands
a chance at succeeding.
>> Mines incoming, 10 seconds.
>> Okay. It's either one of you.
And 100-to-1 that person dies.
>> Seven seconds.
>> I'm the only one expendable!
>> Four seconds.
Two seconds.
>> Eject the paddle.
>> Eject the paddle.
>> Paddle ejected.
>> Paddle ejected.
Seven mines incoming, sir.
Impact in 60 seconds.
>> How many paddles left?
>> One paddle remaining.
>> I'm asking your permission
to launch the clipper with me
at the helm.
at the helm.
What is your command?
What is your command?
>> 45 seconds.
>> I hope you're the pilot
you say you are.
you say you are.
>> [ door opens and closes ]
>> [ door opens and closes ]
Prejudices die hard in war and
peace, don't they, Commander?
>> If either of us went,
our duty would be compromised.
Power down the reactors!
Power down the reactors!
>> Yes, sir.
>> Yes, sir.
Sir?
>> Yes?
>> Nothing, sir.
>> Nothing, sir.
He's on his way.
He's on his way.
>> This is the stupidest idea
yet, Hawke. Seals complete.
Disengage clipper.
Winter, don't try to contact me
once I'm off. One sniff that
you're alive, and they'll be
back to finish us all.
back to finish us all.
Disengaging now.
Disengaging now.
Disengaging now.
Come on.
Come on.
>> Ejection procedure
initiated.
>> Better work.
>> 14, 13, 12,
11, 10...
>> Better work.
>> 9...
7, 6, 5,
4, 3, 2,
4, 3, 2,
1, zero.
1, zero.
1, zero.
>> Hawke!
>> Hawke!
>> How long--
[ clears throat ]
before we clear the field?
>> Um, at the current rate of
drift, four hours, sir.
>> I'll be in my quarters
studying the Wormhole
on the Nav-simulator.
Any help you can give me,
Commander, will be... welcome.
Commander, will be... welcome.
>> [ door opens and closes ]
>> [ door opens and closes ]
>> [ door opens and closes ]
>> Will you miss him, Commander?
>> Will you miss him, Commander?
>> Will you miss him, Commander?
>> [ door opens and closes ]
>> [ door opens and closes ]
>> [ beeps ]
>> Commander.
You wanted to see me?
>> Has Winter tried to contact
his command?
>> Negative.
All comm frequencies have been
silent since we left
Earth's orbit.
I checked to make sure
it was still operational.
Maybe the Alphas can be trusted
Maybe the Alphas can be trusted
after all.
after all.
>> Do you remember Reykjavik?
>> Your first field command.
>> I lost my ability to lead
that day.
>> We've been through too many
missions together, Commander.
You held your position.
You were the only one that did.
You made the difference.
>> I underestimated the enemy's
strengths.
>> Is this about Anson Hawke?
>> No.
>> No.
Yes.
Yes.
I thought I knew who he was.
>> And now?
>> I underestimated him.
My briefing did not prepare me
for what he demonstrated today.
Before this war,
he was a schoolteacher,
taught philosophy.
He dabbled in hydroponics.
I wish I had taken the time
I wish I had taken the time
to get to know him.
to get to know him.
>> [ groans ]
>> [ groans ]
[ breathing heavily ]
[ breathing heavily ]
[ breathing heavily ]
[ groans ]
[ groans ]
>> Warning. You have
entered a contaminated area.
Please evacuate immediately.
Warning. Please evacuate
immediately. Warning.
Please evacuate immediately.
Warning. Please evacuate
immediately.
immediately.
>> [ gasping for breath ]
>> [ gasping for breath ]
>> [ gasping for breath ]
I should be dead by now.
I should be dead by now.
>> We'll reach the Wormhole
in about two hours.
Maybe you should get some sleep.
>> No. With the ship powered
down, this is the ideal time
to get to know the enemy.
>> Meaning?
>> Meaning it's time I stop
underestimating people.
Winter has asked my suggestions
for flying the hole. I'd like to
think he was being sincere.
Don't worry. I'm just gonna
stretch my wings a little.
I'll be careful.
You're a champion, Byron.
>> Champion?
>> Champion?
>> It used to mean something.
>> It used to mean something.
>> It used to mean something.
>> [ men chatting, laughing ]
>> [ men chatting, laughing ]
>> [ men chatting, laughing ]
[ chatting ]
[ chatting ]
>> Returning from patrol,
Captain. Everything's clear.
>> Attention.
Warning. You are approaching
Warning. You are approaching
a contaminated area.
a contaminated area.
>> Hawke!
>> I see you missed me.
>> You're alive.
But the contamination--
>> There is no contamination.
Winter's got a squad of
stowaways down there, sitting,
polishing their hardware.
>> For what?
He'll use them to take over
the ship once we get through
the Wormhole.
>> That's what I thought,
but that's not what bothers me.
>> What do you mean?
>> There's something else
>> There's something else
down there.
down there.
>> We've cleared the minefield,
sir.
sir.
>> Power back up!
>> Power back up!
Lay in an approach course
for the hole.
>> Yes, sir.
>> Yes, sir.
E.T.A. one hour.
E.T.A. one hour.
E.T.A. one hour.
>> Good.
>> Good.
>> Good.
I'll be joining you on the conn.
I'll be joining you on the conn.
>> We must have cleared
the minefield by now.
>> We'll be needed on the bridge
soon. How far is it?
>> Just up ahead,
but the hold is sealed.
>> I'm not hard-wired as
>> I'm not hard-wired as
a fashion statement.
a fashion statement.
>> Won't they notice when
somebody tries to access
the hold?
>> This is a Mercedes-built
ship. The systems are
sophisticated but slow. I can
always stay one step ahead.
always stay one step ahead.
>> [ beeping ]
>> [ beeping ]
>> What were you dying of,
Commander?
>> You're very direct,
Mr. Hawke.
It was cerebral fever.
I'm a mutie.
I'm a mutie.
>> I never used that word.
>> I never used that word.
>> I keep underestimating you.
>> What happened?
>> Med-Corps removed the
damaged section of my cortex.
Psy-Corps analyzed my potential
and implanted the necessary
computer to be useful to
the cause.
>> Your cause or theirs?
>> My cause is theirs, Hawke.
I wouldn't be alive without
them.
>> You're been fighting your
whole life, haven't you?
>> Yes.
>> Have you ever just...
sat on the damp earth
and listened to things grow?
Made love under the stars
and howled at the moon?
>> I have no such appetites.
My life has a purpose.
>> Winter's life has purpose.
Salera's life has purpose.
Did you know her entire
community was destroyed
by Rebel night raids?
>> The Alphas have exterminated
billons of defenseless people.
We're just digits to them, to be
added, subtracted, and divided.
You cannot possibly compare us
to them.
>> You're reciting, Commander.
The side of angels is seldom
self-evident.
>> And doesn't that apply
to you, too, Mr. Hawke?
You were a captain in a Rebel
Insertion Squad, weren't you?
>> I was a Grade 15.
>> One of the highest
and most prestigious.
Insertion is the business
of death. You didn't achieve
your distinction without getting
blood on your hands, did you?
On your last mission, you were
inserted behind enemy lines
and disappeared. Why did you
desert your command, Mr. Hawke?
>> I didn't like who I'd become.
Like I said, robots don't make
good human beings.
>> You've had luxuries
most of us can't afford.
You were born without disease
and lucky enough not to carry
any recessives, either.
I was a Freakie Birth.
Children born like me were
thrown in the garbage pile,
alive. My parents begged
a Rebel squad to take me.
a Rebel squad to take me.
I owe them my life.
I owe them my life.
Now it all makes sense.
>> What is it?
>> A Benedict.
It's deployed like a satellite,
then it jams telemetry on
the narrow bands.
They're not that sophisticated
against new navigation systems.
>> Unless you were forced to
come in on a very narrow
trajectory.
>> Like entering a Wormhole.
>> With this in orbit, Winter
will control access to the hole.
>> And the Dark Planet.
>> What is so important about
>> What is so important about
the Dark Planet?
the Dark Planet?
Still can't trust me?
>> This is a black-out mission,
Mr. Hawke. Strictly "need to
know." Are you with me or not?
>> Let's go.
>> Find Byron.
He'll know what to do.
I'll get back to the bridge
and determine whether to seize
the ship before or after
you get us through the hole.
>> Be careful around Salera.
She's a telepath.
>> How do you know?
>> I asked.
>> She's very beautiful.
>> So are you, Liz.
I'll see you on the bridge.
>> [ weapon fired, thud ]
>> [ weapon fired, thud ]
[ weapon fired ]
[ weapon fired ]
>> Commander Winter?
>> This is Winter. Status.
>> Security's been breached,
Commander.
Brendan and Mr. Hawke found
outside Beta hold C-2.
>> Hawke?
Bring him to the bridge
and Brendan to my quarters.
Restrain them.
Mission is go.
Mission is go.
>> Roger. We are "go" mission.
>> Roger. We are "go" mission.
>> Roger. We are "go" mission.
>> [ alarm buzzes ]
>> [ alarm buzzes ]
>> Drop the weapon!
>> Drop the weapon!
Get on the deck!
Get on the deck!
Get on the deck!
Kiss the floor!
Now!
>> Uhh!
>> Uhh!
>> [ door opens, closes ]
>> [ door opens, closes ]
>> [ door opens, closes ]
>> Shackle him.
>> Shackle him.
And check the others.
Then secure the Beta hold
and await my orders.
>> Yes, sir.
>> Yes, sir.
>> [ door opens, closes ]
>> [ door opens, closes ]
>> How did you get back into
>> How did you get back into
the ship?
the ship?
You and Brendan were working
together from the start,
weren't you?
And these Rebel mines were just
a setup to get you outside
the ship, huh?
[ sighs ] I don't have
the luxury of developing a
conscience right now, Mr. Hawke.
One of you will talk.
>> What makes you think you can
trust me to get us through
the hole?
>> I don't trust you.
That's why we'll navigate it
together. We're 30 minutes
from the perimeter.
Check the coordinates
with Salera.
with Salera.
>> [ door opens, closes ]
>> [ door opens, closes ]
>> I support my captain's
actions, Mr. Hawke.
>> So you didn't know?
>> So you didn't know?
>> I await your orders.
>> I await your orders.
>> Is the prisoner secure?
>> Yes, sir!
>> The Beta hold.
Did you go into it?
>> I'm a prisoner of war.
I demand--
>> Your war is over.
You demand nothing.
[ snaps fingers ]
[ snaps fingers ]
Dismissed.
Dismissed.
The terms of the armistice
grant me plenipotentiary powers
to use force to ensure ship
safety if I can determine
that it has, in fact,
been threatened.
So just answer my questions,
and I promise you you'll feel
no pain.
no pain.
Pleasure.
Pleasure.
Pleasure.
>> [ moans ]
>> [ moans ]
>> Pain.
>> Pain.
>> [ screams ]
>> [ screams ]
>> [ screams ]
>> Pleasure.
>> Pleasure.
Pain.
Pain.
>> Uhh! Uhh!
>> Uhh! Uhh!
[ screaming ] No! No! No!
No! No! No! No!
No! No! No! No!
>> Pleasure!
>> Pleasure!
>> Pleasure!
Pain.
Pain.
Pain.
How long have you known Hawke?
How long have you known Hawke?
You're going to answer
my questions.
my questions.
>> [ groans ]
>> [ groans ]
>> How long have you known
>> How long have you known
Anson Hawke?
Anson Hawke?
Anson Hawke?
>> Screw you.
>> Screw you.
>> Screw you.
>> You'll die this way.
>> You'll die this way.
>> You'll die this way.
Life.
Life.
Death.
Death.
>> [ screams ]
>> [ screams ]
>> [ screams ]
>> Check the door.
>> Check the door.
>> Commander, the ship
is secure.
is secure.
>> Time to die, Byron.
>> Time to die, Byron.
>> Powering down.
>> Powering down.
It'll take a few seconds.
It'll take a few seconds.
It'll take a few seconds.
>> [ whirring ]
>> [ whirring ]
>> [ whirring ]
>> [ groaning ]
>> [ groaning ]
>> Emergency! Open up!
Damn it! Open up!
Damn it! Open up!
Got to get him to sick bay!
Got to get him to sick bay!
>> [ whirring ]
>> [ whirring ]
>> Come on, Byron. Come on.
>> Come on, Byron. Come on.
>> Come on, Byron. Come on.
Come on, Byron.
Come on, Byron.
You feeling better, buddy?
You feeling better, buddy?
>> Yeah.
>> Yeah.
Collect their weapons
and comm links...
and get dressed.
and get dressed.
>> Yes, sir.
>> Yes, sir.
>> Yes, sir.
>> [ door opens, closes ]
>> [ door opens, closes ]
>> Unit One, is the hold secure?
>> All secure, sir.
>> Unit Two, do you read?
>> Roger, Commander.
We're in position, sir.
>> And Unit Three?
>> All clear, Commander.
Brendan is secure.
>> All units, prepare for entry
into the Wormhole.
We are going in.
We are going in.
>> Unit One, out.
>> Unit One, out.
>> Unit Two, out, sir.
>> Unit Two, out, sir.
>> Roger that. Unit Three, out.
>> Roger that. Unit Three, out.
>> Salera, are we ready?
>> Coordinates set, sir.
ETA four minutes and counting.
>> Winter, when this is all
over, would you mind telling me
what it's all about?
I'm sure Salera would like
I'm sure Salera would like
to know as well.
to know as well.
to know as well.
>> You want something?
>> You want something?
>> Unplug her.
>> Uhh! Got it!
>> Set her down now.
>> Come on, Doc. Come on.
Okay, Commander.
Come on, Commander, breathe in.
What, Fletch, what?
>> Her neuro response is low.
>> What?
>> She's cataleptic.
Massage her heart.
>> Come on, Commander.
Come on.
Come on.
>> Clear!
>> Clear!
>> Final thoughts, Mr. Hawke?
>> Mr. Hawke, I need final
instructions.
>> Good job, Cassie.
>> Good job, Cassie.
I told you we would make it.
I told you we would make it.
No!
We gotta keep the ship
perpendicular to the axis.
There's a midpoint where there's
no gravity. We gotta keep
the ship vertical.
The exit's the hardest
to navigate.
>> What do you mean?
>> We can't let it slip 1/10
of a click off course.
The gravitation will tear us
to pieces.
The rest is up to me.
Shields up.
I'll take manual control.
>> [ whirring ]
>> [ beeping ]
>> I have a craft approaching!
100,000 meters and closing fast.
It's a frigate, M-Class
killer ship. No identification.
She's running dark.
>> Open up a frequency.
>> Yes, sir.
No response. She's jamming us.
>> Shields.
>> Shields are coming up.
>> Speculation, Mr. Hawke?
>> I know what it is.
It's a hunter-killer vessel.
It wants this ship.
It wants this ship.
They're not gonna ask nicely.
They're not gonna ask nicely.
We're out-gunned.
Running is useless.
>> Can you outmaneuver?
>> Not for long. This ship is
designed for the hole,
not combat.
>> How did they get through
the minefield?
>> 10-to-1 they laid it.
They're moving between us and
the hole. Give me all the power
you can.
you can.
>> They're firing.
>> They're firing.
Shields holding, barely!
>> Hawke, buy me some time!
>> You better think of something
fast, Winter.
>> Pain.
>> No! No!
>> Easy. Easy. You're safe.
You're safe. You're safe.
>> It's okay, Commander.
You're safe now.
You're safe now.
The worst is over.
The worst is over.
The worst is over.
Hmm?
Hmm?
>> Am I really okay, Doc,
or did he scramble my brains?
>> Your heart rate's a little
high. Blood pressure's up there.
Other than that, you're stable.
>> Don't count on it.
How long was I unconscious?
>> Half hour.
>> Status?
>> We're at the perimeter
of the hole, but we're under
attack.
>> What?
>> Pirate vessel with
ship-killing systems on board.
>> Have we been able to get
an SOS to Central?
>> Negative. All frequencies
have been jammed ever since
Winter took over the ship.
>> [ rumbling ]
>> What now, Commander?
>> Winter's got Hawke up on
the bridge?
>> That's affirmative.
>> We're taking out
>> We're taking out
the Benedict.
the Benedict.
>> I'm running out of tricks
here.
>> Brace yourselves!
>> [ rumbling ]
>> Hawke saw eight troopers
below.
>> Affirmative.
>> We took out three.
>> And you said there were three
guarding the hold?
>> Yeah, that leaves--
>> Yeah, that leaves--
>> Two.
>> Two.
>> Structural damage on levels
two and four.
Forward batteries are charged,
ready to return fire.
>> Everything you've got to
forward shields! Hawke,
get inside their perimeter!
get inside their perimeter!
>> Ahead full.
>> Ahead full.
>> The hold is just beyond.
>> The hold is just beyond.
>> Cover me.
>> Cover me.
Uhh!
Uhh!
>> Doc!
>> Doc!
>> Doc!
Doc!
Doc!
Doc!
>> Commander!
>> Commander!
>> Damn it!
>> Damn it!
No!
No!
>> 2,000 meters and closing.
>> Hawke, watch it.
They'll manage another salvo.
>> Incoming!
>> [ rumbling ]
>> Drop shields.
Maximum power to engines.
>> Shields falling.
>> We got about 20 seconds
before their guns power out.
Hawke, get us inside their
Hawke, get us inside their
perimeter!
perimeter!
>> He's in there too tight.
>> Give me your weapon.
My arm malfunctioned
My arm malfunctioned
during the seizure.
during the seizure.
during the seizure.
Cover me.
Cover me.
It's all clear, Commander.
Come on.
>> Get down!
>> Get down!
>> Uhh!
>> Uhh!
>> Uhh!
>> [ weeping ]
>> [ weeping ]
>> 1,000 meters. They're still
backing, towards the hole.
>> We're inside their perimeter.
>> The instant they pull
lateral, fire.
lateral, fire.
>> Yes, sir.
>> Yes, sir.
They're pulling away!
They're pulling away!
>> Fire!
>> Fire!
Shields up!
Shields up!
>> We're going in!
>> We're going in!
>> Material in O-5 is
>> Material in O-5 is
compromised!
compromised!
Gravitation is flat!
Gravitation is flat!
We're nearing the exit!
We're nearing the exit!
We're nearing the exit!
>> [ inaudible dialogue ]
>> [ inaudible dialogue ]
>> [ inaudible dialogue ]
[ inaudible dialogue ]
[ inaudible dialogue ]
[ inaudible dialogue ]
>> We're losing power!
>> We're losing power!
>> We're losing power!
>> [ beeping ]
>> [ beeping ]
>> Unit One, do you copy?
>> Roger, sir, that's affirm.
>> Status report. Over.
>> We're in place.
We have five dead.
Three remain in hold.
At least two enemy caught.
>> Hawke has escaped from
custody and is on his way
to you now. The Benedict must be
to you now. The Benedict must be
guarded at all costs.
guarded at all costs.
I'm beginning countdown
and systems check of
and systems check of
the satellite now.
the satellite now.
Launch will occur in
10 minutes.
>> Attention.
Attention.
The Benedict system is now
activated. The satellite will
launch in T-minus 10 minutes.
Please evacuate Beta hold
and assume emergency positions.
Attention. The Benedict system
is now activated.
Please evacuate Beta hold--
>> Probes. I want them sent
to the planet surface,
and I need atmospheric
and soil analysis as soon as
you get them.
>> Yes, sir.
>> [ beeping ]
>> Hull breach. Decompression
imminent on C Deck.
>> Seal off all affected areas.
>> Yes, sir.
>> [ buzzer blares ]
>> Uhh!
>> Uhh!
Oh! Oh!
Oh! Oh!
Life.
Life.
[ gasps ]
[ gasps ]
[ gasps ]
>> Liz?
>> Liz?
>> Liz?
Brendan, do you copy?
Brendan, do you copy?
Brendan, do you copy?
Liz, come on!
Liz, come on!
Liz, come on!
>> Hawke, is that you?
>> Hawke, is that you?
>> Yeah.
I'm on my way to you.
>> Don't say another word,
Hawke.
Channels are open on all decks.
They can hear everything
we say.
>> I know.
>> Hawke?
>> Yeah?
>> Yeah?
>> Be careful.
>> Be careful.
>> Be careful.
>> Hawke out.
>> Hawke out.
>> Receiving preliminary
analysis on the probe, sir.
>> Well, what is it?
>> Sensors show carbon,
nitrogen and water.
With oxygen, too.
Richer than on Earth.
And hydrogen.
Soil probes show worms
and microorganisms.
Planet is habitable
Planet is habitable
and life-bearing.
and life-bearing.
and life-bearing.
>> Override seal.
>> Override seal.
>> Stop right there.
Turn around. Slowly.
Turn around. Slowly.
Drop your gun. Now!
Drop your gun. Now!
Raise your hands.
Raise your hands.
>> Drop to the deck!
>> Drop to the deck!
>> Drop to the deck!
Uhh!
Uhh!
>> Uhh!
>> Hawke!
>> Hawke!
>> Come on!
>> Come on!
Go! Go! Go!
How much time?
>> Six and counting.
>> Six and counting.
We gotta stop it.
We gotta stop it.
>> Unit One, status.
>> They're inside. We have
a defensive perimeter around
the Benedict. They won't get
through it.
through it.
>> Take them out.
>> Take them out.
>> Attention. Danger.
The Benedict satellite will
launch in T-minus five minutes.
launch in T-minus five minutes.
>> Can you stop the countdown?
>> Can you stop the countdown?
>> Cover me?
>> Cover me?
>> Go.
>> Go.
>> Can she do it?
Answer me!
>> Yes, sir.
I can keep overriding her
commands, but this Benedict's
own fail-safe system will
eventually take over.
It will interpret the sporadic
countdown as an error and shut
the satellite down before
launch.
launch.
>> No, it won't.
>> No, it won't.
>> Hawke!
>> The bay isn't sealed.
The entire hold will
depressurize.
Everyone will be killed.
>> Open the hold doors, now.
>> You cannot murder your
>> You cannot murder your
whole crew. I will not allow it.
whole crew. I will not allow it.
whole crew. I will not allow it.
You'd kill me, too?
You'd kill me, too?
Ow!
>> Winter's gonna depressurize
the hold.
>> Can you stop him?
>> I can override any computer
function, but I can't stop him
from just throwing a switch.
from just throwing a switch.
>> Uhh!
>> Uhh!
>> We gotta get to that airlock.
Can you patch into the
navigation systems from here?
>> Sure.
>> Do it.
>> All set.
>> All set.
>> Get ready.
>> Get ready.
>> Hyah!
>> Uhh!
>> Attention.
Evasive lateral attention.
Evasive lateral attention.
Evasive lateral--
Evasive lateral--
Evasive lateral--
>> [ buzzer blares ]
>> [ buzzer blares ]
>> [ buzzer blares ]
>> Uhh!
>> Uhh!
>> How much time?
>> How much time?
>> Less than four minutes.
>> Less than four minutes.
>> Less than four minutes.
>> [ inhaling, exhaling ]
>> [ inhaling, exhaling ]
>> [ inhaling, exhaling ]
>> You okay?
>> You okay?
If we can decouple the launch
doors, they won't open.
The satellite will explode
when it smashes into them.
>> Danger. Danger.
The Benedict satellite will
launch in T-minus three
minutes. Please evacuate
the Beta hold immediately.
Danger. Please evacuate
the Beta hold immediately.
Danger. Please evacuate
the Beta hold immediately.
the Beta hold immediately.
>> Come on.
>> Come on.
>> Come on.
Almost there.
Almost there.
Almost there.
Let's get out of here.
Let's get out of here.
Give it up, Winter.
We gotta get out of here.
This place is gonna blow.
>> No.
The Benedict has a fail-safe.
With the doors compromised,
it won't launch.
>> You've lost it, Winter.
>> You've lost it, Winter.
It's gotta stop.
It's gotta stop.
>> Danger. Danger.
You now have T-minus one minute
You now have T-minus one minute
to evacuate the Beta hold.
to evacuate the Beta hold.
>> [ buzzer ]
>> Danger. Danger.
You now have T-minus
30 seconds to evacuate
the Beta hold.
28, 27, 26, 25, 24,
23, 22, 21, 20.
19, 18, 17, 16, 15,
14, 13--
Launch in 10, 9--
>> Winter.
>> 6, 5, 4...
>> Oh.
>> Oh.
Aah!
Aah!
Aah!
>> Hawke!
>> Hawke!
>> Hawke!
>> Can you help her?
>> Can you help her?
>> Can you help her?
>> Hello, Mr. Hawke.
>> Hello, Mr. Hawke.
>> We're friends now, Salera.
>> We're friends now, Salera.
It's just Hawke.
It's just Hawke.
It's just Hawke.
>> Okay, Hawke.
>> Okay, Hawke.
>> I think it's time you told us
why we came to this planet.
why we came to this planet.
>> Put us in orbit.
>> Put us in orbit.
>> Put us in orbit.
>> Orbit established.
>> Orbit established.
>> This tape has been
prerecorded to be played for
the crew of the Seylla upon
reaching stable orbit of
the Dark Planet.
What you are about to hear has
only been known to your
commanders Winter and Brendan
and to the governing bodies of
the Alpha and Rebel forces.
>> Eight months ago, Rebel
units utilized chemical agents
in the defense of Mauritania.
Such agents were designed to
remain active for a short time,
usually less than a few hours.
This time there was a mutation,
caused by interaction with
biological weapons employed by
the Alpha opposition.
>> A viral organism was
produced which is not
restricted to human or even
mammalian life.
It acts as an exterminate,
destroying everything down to
the soil bacteria.
The organism is now airborne
and has distributed itself
over all continents.
>> Neural computer projections
indicate that Earth will be
indicate that Earth will be
uninhabitable in two years.
uninhabitable in two years.
>> Attention.
Attention. Please prepare for
a live transmission.
Attention. Please prepare for
a live transmission.
Live transmission initiated.
6, 5, 4,
3, 2, 1, zero.
>> Captain Winter?
>> This is Hawke. Anson Hawke.
I have Commander Brendan with me
and Helmsperson Salera.
>> Hello, Liz.
>> General.
Commander Winter is dead.
He broke the truce by bringing
a satellite onboard and died
with his squad trying to defend
it. I regret to report two
casualties among my crew.
>> Distressing. The mission
must take precedence.
>> Since your departure,
the virus has killed over
one billion people,
one-sixth of the population.
By our best estimates, we'll be
able to save less than half
that number. Earth eventually
will not be able to sustain
those who stay behind.
>> As a result, an uninfected
military contingent, comprised
of both Alpha and Rebel forces,
will be sent to you to begin
recolonizing survivors on
the Dark Planet as soon as
possible. This undertaking is
nothing less than starting up
a whole new world from scratch.
Class systems, population
distribution as to age,
genetic background, military--
>> No!
>> Hawke?
>> They're sending a war
machine, Liz. A system oriented
more towards death than life.
They've already destroyed one
world. They're capable of
destroying this one as well.
>> What are you saying?
>> I don't know.
But maybe it's time to see what
being human really can mean.
The Benedict is operational.
A legacy of your own deceit.
I know Winter was not acting
alone.
We have the chance to make this
planet the haven it should be,
free of your politics
and your war.
>> You're being naive, Hawke.
You'll never get away
with this.
>> Oh, I think he will, Harry.
>> I have two intelligent,
dedicated and beautiful women
with me. They represent the best
that both worlds have to offer.
Between us, the Benedict, and
the Wormhole, we can stop you.
The survivors will come in
peace, in partnership,
and in friendship...
or they won't come at all.
>> And so?
>> And so finally,
>> And so finally,
the war is over.
the war is over.
Don't take too long getting
Don't take too long getting
used to it. We'll be in touch.
used to it. We'll be in touch.
Funny. It doesn't look so dark
Funny. It doesn't look so dark
anymore, does it?
anymore, does it?
Salera, set coordinates
for landing.
Liz, one-quarter speed ahead.
>> Course plotted, Hawke.
>> Ahead one-quarter power.
>> The stars are shining,
>> The stars are shining,
and the day is full of promise.
and the day is full of promise.
and the day is full of promise.
Let's go home.
Let's go home.
>> On June 4, 2638,
the starship Seylla landed
on the Dark Planet.
My name is Salera Elizabeth
Hawke, and I was born
Hawke, and I was born
12 months later.
>> This is the Earth.
The year 2638.
Six world wars,
three of them in the last
200 years.
One-third of the population--
six billion people dead.
Radiation storms, disease,
famine claim another
one billion lives annually.
Two factions are still at war
for control of what remains.
Genetically-enhanced humans
called Alphas.
Mutants and non-altered humans
called Rebels.
This time it was called
This time it was called
"The Cleansing War."
"The Cleansing War."
>> Distance to contact?
>> Still running, sir.
20,000 meters. We're gaining.
>> Heading?
>> He's skirting the coast.
Probably heading for a base
in Tunisia.
>> Speculation is unnecessary.
>> Yes, sir.
>> Weapons officer,
intercept time?
>> 70 seconds, sir.
>> 70 seconds, sir.
>> Power up forward batteries.
>> Power up forward batteries.
>> Sir, we have two, I repeat,
two additional bogeys.
Three ships in all.
>> Hold your position.
Weapons officer,
prepare to fire, full pattern.
prepare to fire, full pattern.
>> Full pattern, sir.
>> Full pattern, sir.
>> Here they come.
>> Here they come.
>> Forward batteries.
>> Forward batteries.
>> Forward batteries.
Fire.
Fire.
>> They're stacking
their shields.
>> Full speed ahead.
Come to a heading of 2-7-0.
>> Yes, sir.
>> Commencing their attack run.
>> Commencing their attack run.
Brace for impact.
Brace for impact.
Brace for impact.
>> [ beeping ]
>> [ beeping ]
>> [ buzzer ]
>> Damage report.
>> Shields holding but barely.
We took over-pressure ruptures
in the port bay.
>> Ready on forward batteries,
sir.
>> Hold your fire!
We can't penetrate unless
we break their formation.
>> They're coming around
>> They're coming around
again, sir.
again, sir.
We're hit. Aft engineering,
section B. Casualties--
>> Evacuate forward sections
E-2 to E-4.
>> But the damage is not in--
>> Do it! Helm, at my command
come to a heading of 0-9-0,
maximum ascension.
>> Yes, sir.
>> Full power
to flank batteries.
>> Evacuation underway.
Estimated completion time--
15 seconds.
15 seconds.
>> Full speed ahead.
>> Full speed ahead.
>> Here they come.
>> Hold your course.
>> Sir?
>> Sir?
>> Hold your course.
>> Hold your course.
>> Sir?
>> Sir?
>> Hold.
>> Hold.
>> Sir!
>> Now! Full ascension!
>> Now! Full ascension!
>> Full ascension, sir.
>> Full ascension, sir.
>> Weapons, fire.
>> Weapons, fire.
>> Yes, sir!
>> Yes, sir!
>> Damage report.
>> Structural damage sustained
in evacuated areas only, sir.
No additional casualties.
>> Distance to Rebel target?
>> Last target fleeing,
now in range.
>> May I speculate, sir?
>> Go on.
>> Their communications are out.
They may be trying to surrender.
>> Noted.
>> Noted.
>> [ beeping ]
>> [ beeping ]
>> Priority transmission, sir.
It is a cease fire.
We are instructed to disengage.
>> Fire main batteries.
>> Fire main batteries.
>> Firing one and three.
>> Firing one and three.
>> Now, read me the message
>> Now, read me the message
we just received.
we just received.
Go on.
>> "Captain Winter is instructed
to disengage combat runs
and prepare for a priority
transmission."
transmission."
Top secret, sir.
Top secret, sir.
>> Set course for a low altitude
fly-by over the Tunisia
province.
province.
>> Course laid in, sir.
>> Course laid in, sir.
>> [ rumbling ]
>> [ rumbling ]
>> [ roaring above ]
>> [ roaring above ]
>> [ signal twitters ]
>> Sorry to wake you,
Colonel Brendan.
>> What is it?
>> We just received an automated
ground-based message for you.
Your operation has been
canceled. You are to report
immediately to Central
for new orders.
>> By whose command?
>> This is top priority.
Coded and verified. Out.
Coded and verified. Out.
>> [ signal twitters ]
>> [ signal twitters ]
>> Why did you pull me
off of combat assignment?
>> You're needed elsewhere.
>> A truce has been concluded
with the enemy forces.
There is no time to lose.
>> Please pay close attention
to your briefing, Commander.
There's a great deal for you
There's a great deal for you
to absorb.
to absorb.
>> Neural lock initiated.
5, 4, 3, 2...
>> Oh, no.
>> Oh, no.
>> Zero.
>> Zero.
>> All drives full reverse.
>> All drives full reverse.
>> Full reverse, now.
>> Full reverse, now.
>> Report.
>> It's got us, Hawke.
We're not pulling free.
We're on full reverse
and it isn't holding.
>> Don't fight it.
You can't beat the hole.
Give me full lateral power.
I'll take manual control.
>> You've got it.
Flame out. Drives one and three
are down.
>> Kill the remaining drive.
All I need is maneuvering power.
>> But the hole--
>> We're going through.
>> Through? It's only been done
with probes.
>> There's no other way.
Trust me, Cass.
Trust me, Cass.
It's our only chance.
It's our only chance.
>> No.
>> Watch your levels.
Let the hole do the work.
Put every last atom of juice
you can spare to the shields.
you can spare to the shields.
>> Oh, sweet mother...
>> Oh, sweet mother...
>> Try to calculate
our exit point.
>> All the instruments
are going crazy.
>> Give me anything.
Wait. Check gravitation.
>> It's off the dial.
>> Watch it. Tell me if it
goes flat for a moment.
>> Shields are crumbling.
Now! It is flat!
>> We're at midpoint.
Real space in T-minus
10 seconds.
>> Pressure dropping in EX-3.
We must have lost the shields.
We must have lost the shields.
>> Come on, baby!
>> Come on, baby!
>> All shields are out.
Power's failing.
The ship is breaking up.
>> We can do it. We can do it.
>> Hull is breached.
We're losing pressure fast.
>> Five more seconds.
>> Life support is under 20%.
>> Three seconds, two...
>> Three seconds, two...
Come on!
Come on!
Come on!
[ buzzing ]
[ buzzing ]
Good job, Cassian.
Good job, Cassian.
I told you we'd make it.
I told you we'd make it.
Damage report.
Oh, no. No.
Oh, no. No.
Uhh.
Uhh.
Uhh.
[ groans ]
[ groans ]
>> [ gasps ]
[ sighs ]
A mission of this importance
should not be compromised,
particularly by the addition
of enemy personnel.
>> Rebel forces
are in possession
of the same information.
They would certainly fight us
every meter of the way.
>> Without a joint force,
we couldn't guarantee ever
reaching our destination.
And time is of the essence.
>> Why Anson Hawke?
>> Anson Hawke is the only man
who has navigated the Wormhole
and survived.
>> Your briefing implies that
luck played a significant role.
This man is worse than a Rebel,
he's a war profiteer,
not aligned to any cause.
He makes a mockery
of our efforts.
>> Captain Winter, the success
of this mission is crucial.
It must be performed under the
strictures we have outlined.
>> The Dark Planet must be
reached.
The real reason for the truce
must remain a secret.
>> Understand us.
You have been carefully
selected for this mission.
Your allegiance to our
command is vital.
>> We trust that you will do
whatever is necessary for our
whatever is necessary for our
cause to be successful.
cause to be successful.
cause to be successful.
>> Understood.
>> Understood.
>> Colonel, look this way,
please.
>> Colonel Brendan began her
military service at the age of
seven in computer infiltration.
She was awarded Class-One
distinctions for valor
and ingenuity,
both on world and off.
She was given a ship's
command at the age of 23.
10 years later, she retired
her wings and became a colonel
in the Elite Forces Unit.
Thank you, Liz.
Nice to see you again.
I'll tell Niles you said hello.
I'll tell Niles you said hello.
>> Thank you.
>> Thank you.
>> Thank you.
>> General.
>> General.
>> What's wrong?
>> He's dying, isn't he?
>> Yes.
Rare disorder
of the lymphatic system.
Med-Corps can't find an antigen,
and the replacement parts
are scarce.
>> Off the record, General?
>> Of course.
>> I understand the particulars
of my orders, but why me?
>> You are ideally suited
to this situation.
I need somebody with brains
and loyalty.
Maybe I'm old-fashioned, but
I still believe in intuition.
>> Can we really
trust the Alphas?
>> We have no choice.
We've negotiated as many
precautions as time allowed.
The Stellar is a Rebel-built
ship produced with Mercedes.
It's fully automated and has
three backup systems which
shouldn't give you any problems.
You will share equal rank with
Alpha Commander Winter.
Each of you will choose
two crew personnel.
Rank and job description
is up to you.
>> I'd like to take
Lieutenant Byron with me.
>> Is he tough?
>> Yes, sir, and very creative.
>> I'll take care of him.
If I were you, I'd take the
other one from Med-Corps.
>> Personal defense?
>> Sidearms only.
Anything you want
below a Class-C.
We're trying to keep it simple,
Colonel.
>> My parents...
my entire village
was exterminated by an Alpha
ship commander.
He wanted to keep it
simple, too.
>> This damn war has killed
just about anybody of any worth.
What's right and wrong
is no longer the question.
Maybe this truce is a small step
in the right direction.
in the right direction.
But that is off the record.
But that is off the record.
The world is not always
what we wish it could be,
and wishes won't change it.
You are responsible to have
your men at Staging Area 16
at 0300 hours tomorrow morning.
And what you do between now
and then is none of my concern.
I have no doubt, Commander,
that you will do your very best
with this mission and ensure
the Rebel cause.
the Rebel cause.
Dismissed.
Dismissed.
Dismissed.
Anson Hawke?
Anson Hawke?
I'm Commander Winter.
This is my helmsperson Salera.
I've been ordered to offer you
a full reprieve contingent on
your navigational assistance
on a joint Alpha-Rebel mission.
>> The war's over? Go on.
>> We're working under
a negotiated armistice.
>> Oh.
>> What's wrong?
>> What's the matter?
Are both sides tired
or desperate?
>> Your criticism is misplaced,
Mr. Hawke.
Your contribution
to the war effort amounts
to precisely nothing.
>> I did my part.
>> The Rebels are outnumbered,
but at least they fight
honorably.
There's nothing I despise
so much as someone
who believes in nothing.
We'll see you in another
hundred years.
>> You don't think I believe
in something?
>> What do you believe in,
Mr. Hawke?
>> I believe in the future.
>> I believe in the future.
>> [ laughs ]
>> [ laughs ]
>> [ laughs ]
>> What's the mission?
>> What's the mission?
>> What's the mission?
>> The Wormhole.
>> The Wormhole.
You're still the only person
to have gone through it
and to have come back alive.
>> Why the hole?
>> If you accept, you'll sign on
>> If you accept, you'll sign on
as Astro Navigator.
as Astro Navigator.
>> If I get you through,
>> If I get you through,
I go free?
I go free?
>> My orders are to release you
to the Copia Project,
and independent agricultural
satellite.
There you'll spend
the rest of your life
tending your vegetable patch.
>> One more question.
>> Yes?
>> What's so important
>> What's so important
about the Dark Planet?
about the Dark Planet?
>> I haven't said anything
about the Dark Planet.
about the Dark Planet.
>> You didn't have to.
>> You didn't have to.
>> You'll be briefed
on the starship Seylla.
Restricted and confidential
information will be discussed
with you, and I doubt if you'll
still believe in your future
still believe in your future
then, Mr. Hawke.
then, Mr. Hawke.
then, Mr. Hawke.
>> [ hatch whirrs ]
>> [ hatch whirrs ]
>> Rebel craft docked, sir.
Commander Brendan and two crew.
>> Preflight checklist?
>> Completed, sir.
>> Consoles?
>> Consoles are active.
We are ready to proceed.
>> Very well.
When the shuttle disengages,
set a course for the Tanazaki
system.
You are cleared direct
to deep space and eight ergons
to deep space and eight ergons
light speed.
light speed.
Oh, and then, Salera,
you'll join us for the briefing.
>> [ computer beeps ]
Attention.
Viral detection procedures
are concluded.
Rebel party emerging
Rebel party emerging
from decontamination unit.
from decontamination unit.
>> Commander Winter,
analysis concluded.
Brendan and crew on their way
Brendan and crew on their way
to you now.
to you now.
>> Commander Brendan, Rebel--
>> I know. We've met.
>> Liberia. Five years ago.
You executed the 114th
at Monrovia.
>> Executed?
Commander, keep your
priorities straight.
Personal grudges are
a mistake in such close
quarters.
And I doubt you have
the stamina to make me
your enemy.
your enemy.
Are we clear?
Are we clear?
>> I'd like to tour the ship now
with my men.
with my men.
>> As you wish.
>> As you wish.
>> As you wish.
>> [ beeping ]
>> [ beeping ]
>> Why do you stare at me?
>> When were you enhanced?
>> I was 10.
>> How did it happen?
Were you forced?
>> The Alphas had taken over
our community.
My guardians
offered me to them.
>> Did you ever see your--
did you ever see your parents
again?
>> No. Rebel missiles
>> No. Rebel missiles
killed them.
killed them.
>> You've done well, Salera.
You've risen quickly
in your rank.
A helmsperson under
Winter's command is an...
enviable position.
>> I work hard.
>> I work hard.
My intelligence is high.
My intelligence is high.
>> But there must have been
others with more experience.
>> Mr. Hawke, it is absolutely
forbidden for an officer and his
subordinate to have a sexual
liaison.
Violation of this regulation
Violation of this regulation
is punishable by execution.
is punishable by execution.
is punishable by execution.
>> I see.
>> I see.
>> [ door opens ]
>> Hawke is a renegade bastard.
His navigation of the Wormhole
His navigation of the Wormhole
was sheer luck.
was sheer luck.
>> You better pray it wasn't,
sweetheart.
>> And who are you?
>> I'm that bastard you seem
to know so much about.
>> Anson Hawke,
I'm a Commander on this mission,
and I expect to be addressed
as such.
>> Of course.
Yes, sir.
>> You seem to be annoying
>> You seem to be annoying
everyone, Mr. Hawke.
everyone, Mr. Hawke.
everyone, Mr. Hawke.
Let's get on with the briefing.
Let's get on with the briefing.
This is our objective--
Wormhole 762.
A high inertia black hole
in the Tanazaki system.
Three years ago, an Alpha force
attempted to navigate 731,
a Wormhole of less
gravitational mass.
>> We weren't briefed on this.
>> It was to be a top secret
military option.
Disappear down the hole
and avoid pursuit.
Or hide a fleet on the other
side and burst through
with a surprise attack.
>> It's of no importance.
>> Because the mission failed.
The ship was crushed before
it even reached the midpoint
of the hole.
>> As I said,
it's of no consequence.
>> Reinforced ships
and Class-A computers
won't do the job.
In the hole, it's the
intangibles that come into play.
>> Such as?
>> The feel of the ship
when you're in the hole.
The navigator's moves
before there's a problem.
Neural computers are reactive,
defensive.
They can spot what's wrong
and try and correct it,
but by then it's too late.
The hole is one big ride.
You have to go along with that
ride and trust your instincts
to get you through.
>> You're juggling a lot
of unknowns, Mr. Hawke.
>> I've studied the Seylla.
I've flown her.
She reacts well.
She reacts well.
>> That's not what she meant.
>> That's not what she meant.
>> I've looked at your
medical reports.
>> An Alpha medical report.
I've seen it.
They think I'm nuts.
>> Are you?
>> Are you?
Are you nuts, Mr. Hawke?
Are you nuts, Mr. Hawke?
>> I lost a crewmember
flying the hole.
She was my wife.
There hasn't been an hour
in the past five years
I haven't thought about it.
>> You've resisted all
>> You've resisted all
behavioral reconditioning.
behavioral reconditioning.
>> You mean a brain wipe?
Robots do not make good
Robots do not make good
human beings, Commander.
human beings, Commander.
>> Can you get us through
the Wormhole...
the Wormhole...
and back?
and back?
>> I don't know.
I remember going in,
I remember going in,
but I don't remember coming out.
but I don't remember coming out.
>> This is our objective.
It was long suspected from
the gravitational pull within
the Wormhole that there
was a star in close orbit,
with a planet.
This has now been confirmed.
Mr. Hawke's Nav-computer
recorded the sphere.
>> Shields are crumbling.
>> In fact he used it
to slingshot around it
for his return.
Data retrieved from probes
indicate that this world
is inhabitable.
If it is, it will be the first
planet ever discovered capable
of sustaining life outside
of a controlled environment.
So, this mission boils down
to two basic questions.
Can the Dark Planet be reached?
And can its environment
And can its environment
sustain human life?
sustain human life?
Have you have anything to add?
>> Only that my crewmen and I
will carry out our duties
in good faith.
And I trust
that you and your crew
will do the same.
>> Our superiors negotiated
the peace for this purpose,
Commander.
I think it's time for us
to put our suspicions aside.
>> Agreed.
I saw that Beta holds
are restricted.
I'll need access
to all areas of the ship.
>> I'm afraid that when
the drive was engaged, we
suffered serious MDM leakage.
The Beta holds are contaminated,
and as you know, they cannot be
purged while in flight.
Oh, I have the duty to report
a casualty among my crew.
>> You lost one of your two
crewmen?
>> Yes. He was our physician.
>> Have you asked Command
for a replacement?
>> No. Unless you object,
I didn't think it was necessary.
There's still your doctor
aboard.
>> I'll have to verify
this event.
this event.
>> As expected.
>> As expected.
>> Where was this man
precisely?
>> Beta hold, Corridor B-5.
>> Beta hold, Corridor B-5.
>> How did it occur?
>> How did it occur?
>> I was completing
the flight list.
I powered down the drives
and had reengaged them
when the event occurred.
The ship's backup systems
contained the leak
to Section B-5.
>> It's MDM poisoning,
Commander, no doubt about it.
Once he inhaled the gas,
his whole system seized.
He had probably
less than 15 seconds to live.
>> Then you're verifying
the Alpha report?
>> Yes, Commander.
>> I'd like to study the event
in the ship's mem-banks.
>> Of course.
Now if I have allayed
all your fears,
I would like to return
to my report.
Salera, freeze the body
for autopsy on our return
to Command.
Also we shall need new
computations of ship's stores.
>> Sir?
>> With reference to our
>> With reference to our
diminished crew.
diminished crew.
>> Commander, are you familiar
with the bead game Samadhi?
>> Yes, it's a game of art
and spirit.
>> We have six hours
until we reach the perimeter.
I loaded the game
on the computer.
I thought we may get to know
each other, have some fun.
>> I have no intention
of playing games with you,
of playing games with you,
Mr. Hawke.
Mr. Hawke.
Your presentation was very
impressive, but I don't trust
war profiteers any more
than I trust Alphas.
>> Even jackals have to
make a living.
make a living.
>> You put that very well.
>> You put that very well.
>> You put that very well.
[ classical music plays ]
[ classical music plays ]
[ classical music plays ]
>> [ speaking faintly ]
>> [ speaking faintly ]
>> [ loud beep ]
>> Medical log
of the starship Seylla.
Helmsperson Salera reporting.
Dr. Theodore Templeton
was cryo-freezed for autopsy
at 1300 hours.
Log complete.
Log complete.
>> [ beeping ]
>> [ beeping ]
>> [ beeping ]
>> [ hissing ]
>> [ hissing ]
>> How long have you been
>> How long have you been
a telepath?
a telepath?
>> I don't know what you're
talking about.
>> You read my thoughts
on the bridge, Salera.
Tell me.
>> Mr. Hawke, it is my duty
to report all conversations
that I have with you and Rebel
personnel to Commander Winter.
For your own welfare,
For your own welfare,
leave me alone.
leave me alone.
>> Have you ever seen
>> Have you ever seen
an unaltered human before?
an unaltered human before?
>> What do you mean?
>> I mean up close,
in the flesh,
so you can smell him.
Have you ever breathed
the same air as a natural,
unenhanced human
unenhanced human
since becoming an Alpha?
since becoming an Alpha?
I didn't think so.
>> I fail to see the import--
>> You are highly trained,
Salera. Very intelligent.
Anybody can see that.
But you have so little
life experience.
>> So here you are,
a natural, unenhanced human,
and in spite of your experience,
inferior-- both physically
and mentally.
And lacking in the general
aspects of decorum
and deportment.
>> A woman's got a right
to be curious, even an Alpha.
>> I have work to do.
>> I have work to do.
>> [ computer beeps ]
>> [ computer beeps ]
>> [ computer beeps ]
>> Curious of what?
>> Curious of what?
>> Curious of what?
>> You are a woman, aren't you?
>> You are a woman, aren't you?
>> You are a woman, aren't you?
>> I am.
>> I am.
>> Answer my thoughts, Salera.
>> [ beeping ]
>> Anson Hawke,
please report to the comm.
Mr. Hawke, you are needed
on the comm.
>> I've never had a man
inside me.
inside me.
Do you understand?
Do you understand?
Please, Mr. Hawke, just...
Please, Mr. Hawke, just...
go to the bridge.
go to the bridge.
go to the bridge.
>> [ door opens, closes ]
>> [ door opens, closes ]
>> Well, Mr. Hawke,
>> Well, Mr. Hawke,
does that look familiar?
does that look familiar?
Set course.
>> Setting course.
Delta 1-9.
Delta 1-9.
>> Ahead 3/4, all engines.
>> Ahead 3/4, all engines.
>> Belay that.
>> Sir?
>> What is it, Mr. Hawke?
>> Slow engines one-quarter.
Salera, do a detailed sweep
of the region. I'm picking
something up out there.
>> Sir, I'm reading...
self-propelled mines.
self-propelled mines.
>> Ours or theirs?
>> Ours or theirs?
>> Rebel manufacture, sir.
>> How long to disarm?
Well, get Brendan up here.
>> Plugging in.
>> Engines one-quarter.
>> Engines one-quarter.
>> Yes, sir.
>> Yes, sir.
>> I confirm.
They're Rebel mines.
Not set for this quadrant.
They must have drifted--
but that's unlikely.
>> What do you mean?
>> They have been altered, sir.
>> How?
>> Unknown. I've no way
to disarm them.
>> Well, your Rebel mines
are between us and the hole.
How large is the field?
>> The mines surround the hole
to a depth of 200,000
kilometers, sir.
>> I'm reading approximately
>> I'm reading approximately
100,000 mines.
100,000 mines.
>> Mr. Hawke?
>> Head straight for 'em.
Rebel mines are sophisticated.
Too sophisticated.
They'll read evasive maneuvers
and attack.
Head straight at them,
they'll back away.
They'll think we're space junk.
>> Commander?
>> I don't know. I've never seen
that maneuver before.
>> Look, now, you can have me
navigate, or you can drop me off
at my tomato and cucumber
paradise.
paradise.
But you can't have both.
But you can't have both.
>> [ beeping ]
>> This is the Commander.
Shut down main reactors.
Dump all excess heat.
Reduce hull temperature
to absolute zero.
to absolute zero.
Down-cycle life support.
Down-cycle life support.
>> Now what?
>> Now what?
>> We wait.
>> We wait.
>> We're nearly blind like this.
>> It's scanning us.
>> Shouldn't we low-power
the reactor, at least put
the weapon systems back on line?
the weapon systems back on line?
>> Turn on one more thing and...
>> Turn on one more thing and...
>> As long as we drift
and use little energy,
we should be safe.
>> Can't the mines sense
the energy we're using now?
>> Hawke?
>> We'll find out.
>> You claim to have done this
before.
>> I was kidding.
>> I was kidding.
>> You are a bastard, Hawke.
>> You are a bastard, Hawke.
>> You've been lucky this time,
Hawke. But don't you ever
Hawke. But don't you ever
gamble with this mission again!
gamble with this mission again!
>> This is the last of
>> This is the last of
the hot tonic.
the hot tonic.
the hot tonic.
>> Flavor capsule?
>> Flavor capsule?
>> Flavor capsule?
Thank you.
Thank you.
>> [ cup rattles on floor ]
Don't worry, it cleans itself.
>> Automatically.
>> Maint-systems activated.
>> Maint-systems activated.
Activated.
Activated.
Activated.
>> Maybe we got lucky.
>> Maybe we got lucky.
>> Maybe we got lucky.
And maybe not.
And maybe not.
>> They've locked onto us.
>> Three bogeys--No, four.
>> Power up all drives.
>> They've armed themselves.
>> They've armed themselves.
>> Incoming!
>> Incoming!
>> All energy to the shields
until the drives come on line!
I want us out of here!
>> Yes, sir!
>> E-T-A?
>> Two minutes.
>> Not fast enough.
Eject a paddle.
Eject a paddle.
>> Paddle ejected.
>> Paddle ejected.
>> All I did was buy us some
time. Reactors?
>> Still coming on line.
>> Incoming.
>> [ alarm beeping ]
[ beeping stops ]
>> These damn things will bury
us. Prepare the clipper for
launch. Tear down the reactors.
>> Belay that!
>> I'm gonna lure the mines
away.
>> No, Mr. Hawke,
there's no contingency.
>> I concur. Your navigational
skills are needed at
the Wormhole.
>> I'm not trying to get myself
killed. I'm just trying to get
us out of this mess.
>> I have three mines tracking
us, sir.
>> I'm the only one that stands
a chance at succeeding.
>> Mines incoming, 10 seconds.
>> Okay. It's either one of you.
And 100-to-1 that person dies.
>> Seven seconds.
>> I'm the only one expendable!
>> Four seconds.
Two seconds.
>> Eject the paddle.
>> Eject the paddle.
>> Paddle ejected.
>> Paddle ejected.
Seven mines incoming, sir.
Impact in 60 seconds.
>> How many paddles left?
>> One paddle remaining.
>> I'm asking your permission
to launch the clipper with me
at the helm.
at the helm.
What is your command?
What is your command?
>> 45 seconds.
>> I hope you're the pilot
you say you are.
you say you are.
>> [ door opens and closes ]
>> [ door opens and closes ]
Prejudices die hard in war and
peace, don't they, Commander?
>> If either of us went,
our duty would be compromised.
Power down the reactors!
Power down the reactors!
>> Yes, sir.
>> Yes, sir.
Sir?
>> Yes?
>> Nothing, sir.
>> Nothing, sir.
He's on his way.
He's on his way.
>> This is the stupidest idea
yet, Hawke. Seals complete.
Disengage clipper.
Winter, don't try to contact me
once I'm off. One sniff that
you're alive, and they'll be
back to finish us all.
back to finish us all.
Disengaging now.
Disengaging now.
Disengaging now.
Come on.
Come on.
>> Ejection procedure
initiated.
>> Better work.
>> 14, 13, 12,
11, 10...
>> Better work.
>> 9...
7, 6, 5,
4, 3, 2,
4, 3, 2,
1, zero.
1, zero.
1, zero.
>> Hawke!
>> Hawke!
>> How long--
[ clears throat ]
before we clear the field?
>> Um, at the current rate of
drift, four hours, sir.
>> I'll be in my quarters
studying the Wormhole
on the Nav-simulator.
Any help you can give me,
Commander, will be... welcome.
Commander, will be... welcome.
>> [ door opens and closes ]
>> [ door opens and closes ]
>> [ door opens and closes ]
>> Will you miss him, Commander?
>> Will you miss him, Commander?
>> Will you miss him, Commander?
>> [ door opens and closes ]
>> [ door opens and closes ]
>> [ beeps ]
>> Commander.
You wanted to see me?
>> Has Winter tried to contact
his command?
>> Negative.
All comm frequencies have been
silent since we left
Earth's orbit.
I checked to make sure
it was still operational.
Maybe the Alphas can be trusted
Maybe the Alphas can be trusted
after all.
after all.
>> Do you remember Reykjavik?
>> Your first field command.
>> I lost my ability to lead
that day.
>> We've been through too many
missions together, Commander.
You held your position.
You were the only one that did.
You made the difference.
>> I underestimated the enemy's
strengths.
>> Is this about Anson Hawke?
>> No.
>> No.
Yes.
Yes.
I thought I knew who he was.
>> And now?
>> I underestimated him.
My briefing did not prepare me
for what he demonstrated today.
Before this war,
he was a schoolteacher,
taught philosophy.
He dabbled in hydroponics.
I wish I had taken the time
I wish I had taken the time
to get to know him.
to get to know him.
>> [ groans ]
>> [ groans ]
[ breathing heavily ]
[ breathing heavily ]
[ breathing heavily ]
[ groans ]
[ groans ]
>> Warning. You have
entered a contaminated area.
Please evacuate immediately.
Warning. Please evacuate
immediately. Warning.
Please evacuate immediately.
Warning. Please evacuate
immediately.
immediately.
>> [ gasping for breath ]
>> [ gasping for breath ]
>> [ gasping for breath ]
I should be dead by now.
I should be dead by now.
>> We'll reach the Wormhole
in about two hours.
Maybe you should get some sleep.
>> No. With the ship powered
down, this is the ideal time
to get to know the enemy.
>> Meaning?
>> Meaning it's time I stop
underestimating people.
Winter has asked my suggestions
for flying the hole. I'd like to
think he was being sincere.
Don't worry. I'm just gonna
stretch my wings a little.
I'll be careful.
You're a champion, Byron.
>> Champion?
>> Champion?
>> It used to mean something.
>> It used to mean something.
>> It used to mean something.
>> [ men chatting, laughing ]
>> [ men chatting, laughing ]
>> [ men chatting, laughing ]
[ chatting ]
[ chatting ]
>> Returning from patrol,
Captain. Everything's clear.
>> Attention.
Warning. You are approaching
Warning. You are approaching
a contaminated area.
a contaminated area.
>> Hawke!
>> I see you missed me.
>> You're alive.
But the contamination--
>> There is no contamination.
Winter's got a squad of
stowaways down there, sitting,
polishing their hardware.
>> For what?
He'll use them to take over
the ship once we get through
the Wormhole.
>> That's what I thought,
but that's not what bothers me.
>> What do you mean?
>> There's something else
>> There's something else
down there.
down there.
>> We've cleared the minefield,
sir.
sir.
>> Power back up!
>> Power back up!
Lay in an approach course
for the hole.
>> Yes, sir.
>> Yes, sir.
E.T.A. one hour.
E.T.A. one hour.
E.T.A. one hour.
>> Good.
>> Good.
>> Good.
I'll be joining you on the conn.
I'll be joining you on the conn.
>> We must have cleared
the minefield by now.
>> We'll be needed on the bridge
soon. How far is it?
>> Just up ahead,
but the hold is sealed.
>> I'm not hard-wired as
>> I'm not hard-wired as
a fashion statement.
a fashion statement.
>> Won't they notice when
somebody tries to access
the hold?
>> This is a Mercedes-built
ship. The systems are
sophisticated but slow. I can
always stay one step ahead.
always stay one step ahead.
>> [ beeping ]
>> [ beeping ]
>> What were you dying of,
Commander?
>> You're very direct,
Mr. Hawke.
It was cerebral fever.
I'm a mutie.
I'm a mutie.
>> I never used that word.
>> I never used that word.
>> I keep underestimating you.
>> What happened?
>> Med-Corps removed the
damaged section of my cortex.
Psy-Corps analyzed my potential
and implanted the necessary
computer to be useful to
the cause.
>> Your cause or theirs?
>> My cause is theirs, Hawke.
I wouldn't be alive without
them.
>> You're been fighting your
whole life, haven't you?
>> Yes.
>> Have you ever just...
sat on the damp earth
and listened to things grow?
Made love under the stars
and howled at the moon?
>> I have no such appetites.
My life has a purpose.
>> Winter's life has purpose.
Salera's life has purpose.
Did you know her entire
community was destroyed
by Rebel night raids?
>> The Alphas have exterminated
billons of defenseless people.
We're just digits to them, to be
added, subtracted, and divided.
You cannot possibly compare us
to them.
>> You're reciting, Commander.
The side of angels is seldom
self-evident.
>> And doesn't that apply
to you, too, Mr. Hawke?
You were a captain in a Rebel
Insertion Squad, weren't you?
>> I was a Grade 15.
>> One of the highest
and most prestigious.
Insertion is the business
of death. You didn't achieve
your distinction without getting
blood on your hands, did you?
On your last mission, you were
inserted behind enemy lines
and disappeared. Why did you
desert your command, Mr. Hawke?
>> I didn't like who I'd become.
Like I said, robots don't make
good human beings.
>> You've had luxuries
most of us can't afford.
You were born without disease
and lucky enough not to carry
any recessives, either.
I was a Freakie Birth.
Children born like me were
thrown in the garbage pile,
alive. My parents begged
a Rebel squad to take me.
a Rebel squad to take me.
I owe them my life.
I owe them my life.
Now it all makes sense.
>> What is it?
>> A Benedict.
It's deployed like a satellite,
then it jams telemetry on
the narrow bands.
They're not that sophisticated
against new navigation systems.
>> Unless you were forced to
come in on a very narrow
trajectory.
>> Like entering a Wormhole.
>> With this in orbit, Winter
will control access to the hole.
>> And the Dark Planet.
>> What is so important about
>> What is so important about
the Dark Planet?
the Dark Planet?
Still can't trust me?
>> This is a black-out mission,
Mr. Hawke. Strictly "need to
know." Are you with me or not?
>> Let's go.
>> Find Byron.
He'll know what to do.
I'll get back to the bridge
and determine whether to seize
the ship before or after
you get us through the hole.
>> Be careful around Salera.
She's a telepath.
>> How do you know?
>> I asked.
>> She's very beautiful.
>> So are you, Liz.
I'll see you on the bridge.
>> [ weapon fired, thud ]
>> [ weapon fired, thud ]
[ weapon fired ]
[ weapon fired ]
>> Commander Winter?
>> This is Winter. Status.
>> Security's been breached,
Commander.
Brendan and Mr. Hawke found
outside Beta hold C-2.
>> Hawke?
Bring him to the bridge
and Brendan to my quarters.
Restrain them.
Mission is go.
Mission is go.
>> Roger. We are "go" mission.
>> Roger. We are "go" mission.
>> Roger. We are "go" mission.
>> [ alarm buzzes ]
>> [ alarm buzzes ]
>> Drop the weapon!
>> Drop the weapon!
Get on the deck!
Get on the deck!
Get on the deck!
Kiss the floor!
Now!
>> Uhh!
>> Uhh!
>> [ door opens, closes ]
>> [ door opens, closes ]
>> [ door opens, closes ]
>> Shackle him.
>> Shackle him.
And check the others.
Then secure the Beta hold
and await my orders.
>> Yes, sir.
>> Yes, sir.
>> [ door opens, closes ]
>> [ door opens, closes ]
>> How did you get back into
>> How did you get back into
the ship?
the ship?
You and Brendan were working
together from the start,
weren't you?
And these Rebel mines were just
a setup to get you outside
the ship, huh?
[ sighs ] I don't have
the luxury of developing a
conscience right now, Mr. Hawke.
One of you will talk.
>> What makes you think you can
trust me to get us through
the hole?
>> I don't trust you.
That's why we'll navigate it
together. We're 30 minutes
from the perimeter.
Check the coordinates
with Salera.
with Salera.
>> [ door opens, closes ]
>> [ door opens, closes ]
>> I support my captain's
actions, Mr. Hawke.
>> So you didn't know?
>> So you didn't know?
>> I await your orders.
>> I await your orders.
>> Is the prisoner secure?
>> Yes, sir!
>> The Beta hold.
Did you go into it?
>> I'm a prisoner of war.
I demand--
>> Your war is over.
You demand nothing.
[ snaps fingers ]
[ snaps fingers ]
Dismissed.
Dismissed.
The terms of the armistice
grant me plenipotentiary powers
to use force to ensure ship
safety if I can determine
that it has, in fact,
been threatened.
So just answer my questions,
and I promise you you'll feel
no pain.
no pain.
Pleasure.
Pleasure.
Pleasure.
>> [ moans ]
>> [ moans ]
>> Pain.
>> Pain.
>> [ screams ]
>> [ screams ]
>> [ screams ]
>> Pleasure.
>> Pleasure.
Pain.
Pain.
>> Uhh! Uhh!
>> Uhh! Uhh!
[ screaming ] No! No! No!
No! No! No! No!
No! No! No! No!
>> Pleasure!
>> Pleasure!
>> Pleasure!
Pain.
Pain.
Pain.
How long have you known Hawke?
How long have you known Hawke?
You're going to answer
my questions.
my questions.
>> [ groans ]
>> [ groans ]
>> How long have you known
>> How long have you known
Anson Hawke?
Anson Hawke?
Anson Hawke?
>> Screw you.
>> Screw you.
>> Screw you.
>> You'll die this way.
>> You'll die this way.
>> You'll die this way.
Life.
Life.
Death.
Death.
>> [ screams ]
>> [ screams ]
>> [ screams ]
>> Check the door.
>> Check the door.
>> Commander, the ship
is secure.
is secure.
>> Time to die, Byron.
>> Time to die, Byron.
>> Powering down.
>> Powering down.
It'll take a few seconds.
It'll take a few seconds.
It'll take a few seconds.
>> [ whirring ]
>> [ whirring ]
>> [ whirring ]
>> [ groaning ]
>> [ groaning ]
>> Emergency! Open up!
Damn it! Open up!
Damn it! Open up!
Got to get him to sick bay!
Got to get him to sick bay!
>> [ whirring ]
>> [ whirring ]
>> Come on, Byron. Come on.
>> Come on, Byron. Come on.
>> Come on, Byron. Come on.
Come on, Byron.
Come on, Byron.
You feeling better, buddy?
You feeling better, buddy?
>> Yeah.
>> Yeah.
Collect their weapons
and comm links...
and get dressed.
and get dressed.
>> Yes, sir.
>> Yes, sir.
>> Yes, sir.
>> [ door opens, closes ]
>> [ door opens, closes ]
>> Unit One, is the hold secure?
>> All secure, sir.
>> Unit Two, do you read?
>> Roger, Commander.
We're in position, sir.
>> And Unit Three?
>> All clear, Commander.
Brendan is secure.
>> All units, prepare for entry
into the Wormhole.
We are going in.
We are going in.
>> Unit One, out.
>> Unit One, out.
>> Unit Two, out, sir.
>> Unit Two, out, sir.
>> Roger that. Unit Three, out.
>> Roger that. Unit Three, out.
>> Salera, are we ready?
>> Coordinates set, sir.
ETA four minutes and counting.
>> Winter, when this is all
over, would you mind telling me
what it's all about?
I'm sure Salera would like
I'm sure Salera would like
to know as well.
to know as well.
to know as well.
>> You want something?
>> You want something?
>> Unplug her.
>> Uhh! Got it!
>> Set her down now.
>> Come on, Doc. Come on.
Okay, Commander.
Come on, Commander, breathe in.
What, Fletch, what?
>> Her neuro response is low.
>> What?
>> She's cataleptic.
Massage her heart.
>> Come on, Commander.
Come on.
Come on.
>> Clear!
>> Clear!
>> Final thoughts, Mr. Hawke?
>> Mr. Hawke, I need final
instructions.
>> Good job, Cassie.
>> Good job, Cassie.
I told you we would make it.
I told you we would make it.
No!
We gotta keep the ship
perpendicular to the axis.
There's a midpoint where there's
no gravity. We gotta keep
the ship vertical.
The exit's the hardest
to navigate.
>> What do you mean?
>> We can't let it slip 1/10
of a click off course.
The gravitation will tear us
to pieces.
The rest is up to me.
Shields up.
I'll take manual control.
>> [ whirring ]
>> [ beeping ]
>> I have a craft approaching!
100,000 meters and closing fast.
It's a frigate, M-Class
killer ship. No identification.
She's running dark.
>> Open up a frequency.
>> Yes, sir.
No response. She's jamming us.
>> Shields.
>> Shields are coming up.
>> Speculation, Mr. Hawke?
>> I know what it is.
It's a hunter-killer vessel.
It wants this ship.
It wants this ship.
They're not gonna ask nicely.
They're not gonna ask nicely.
We're out-gunned.
Running is useless.
>> Can you outmaneuver?
>> Not for long. This ship is
designed for the hole,
not combat.
>> How did they get through
the minefield?
>> 10-to-1 they laid it.
They're moving between us and
the hole. Give me all the power
you can.
you can.
>> They're firing.
>> They're firing.
Shields holding, barely!
>> Hawke, buy me some time!
>> You better think of something
fast, Winter.
>> Pain.
>> No! No!
>> Easy. Easy. You're safe.
You're safe. You're safe.
>> It's okay, Commander.
You're safe now.
You're safe now.
The worst is over.
The worst is over.
The worst is over.
Hmm?
Hmm?
>> Am I really okay, Doc,
or did he scramble my brains?
>> Your heart rate's a little
high. Blood pressure's up there.
Other than that, you're stable.
>> Don't count on it.
How long was I unconscious?
>> Half hour.
>> Status?
>> We're at the perimeter
of the hole, but we're under
attack.
>> What?
>> Pirate vessel with
ship-killing systems on board.
>> Have we been able to get
an SOS to Central?
>> Negative. All frequencies
have been jammed ever since
Winter took over the ship.
>> [ rumbling ]
>> What now, Commander?
>> Winter's got Hawke up on
the bridge?
>> That's affirmative.
>> We're taking out
>> We're taking out
the Benedict.
the Benedict.
>> I'm running out of tricks
here.
>> Brace yourselves!
>> [ rumbling ]
>> Hawke saw eight troopers
below.
>> Affirmative.
>> We took out three.
>> And you said there were three
guarding the hold?
>> Yeah, that leaves--
>> Yeah, that leaves--
>> Two.
>> Two.
>> Structural damage on levels
two and four.
Forward batteries are charged,
ready to return fire.
>> Everything you've got to
forward shields! Hawke,
get inside their perimeter!
get inside their perimeter!
>> Ahead full.
>> Ahead full.
>> The hold is just beyond.
>> The hold is just beyond.
>> Cover me.
>> Cover me.
Uhh!
Uhh!
>> Doc!
>> Doc!
>> Doc!
Doc!
Doc!
Doc!
>> Commander!
>> Commander!
>> Damn it!
>> Damn it!
No!
No!
>> 2,000 meters and closing.
>> Hawke, watch it.
They'll manage another salvo.
>> Incoming!
>> [ rumbling ]
>> Drop shields.
Maximum power to engines.
>> Shields falling.
>> We got about 20 seconds
before their guns power out.
Hawke, get us inside their
Hawke, get us inside their
perimeter!
perimeter!
>> He's in there too tight.
>> Give me your weapon.
My arm malfunctioned
My arm malfunctioned
during the seizure.
during the seizure.
during the seizure.
Cover me.
Cover me.
It's all clear, Commander.
Come on.
>> Get down!
>> Get down!
>> Uhh!
>> Uhh!
>> Uhh!
>> [ weeping ]
>> [ weeping ]
>> 1,000 meters. They're still
backing, towards the hole.
>> We're inside their perimeter.
>> The instant they pull
lateral, fire.
lateral, fire.
>> Yes, sir.
>> Yes, sir.
They're pulling away!
They're pulling away!
>> Fire!
>> Fire!
Shields up!
Shields up!
>> We're going in!
>> We're going in!
>> Material in O-5 is
>> Material in O-5 is
compromised!
compromised!
Gravitation is flat!
Gravitation is flat!
We're nearing the exit!
We're nearing the exit!
We're nearing the exit!
>> [ inaudible dialogue ]
>> [ inaudible dialogue ]
>> [ inaudible dialogue ]
[ inaudible dialogue ]
[ inaudible dialogue ]
[ inaudible dialogue ]
>> We're losing power!
>> We're losing power!
>> We're losing power!
>> [ beeping ]
>> [ beeping ]
>> Unit One, do you copy?
>> Roger, sir, that's affirm.
>> Status report. Over.
>> We're in place.
We have five dead.
Three remain in hold.
At least two enemy caught.
>> Hawke has escaped from
custody and is on his way
to you now. The Benedict must be
to you now. The Benedict must be
guarded at all costs.
guarded at all costs.
I'm beginning countdown
and systems check of
and systems check of
the satellite now.
the satellite now.
Launch will occur in
10 minutes.
>> Attention.
Attention.
The Benedict system is now
activated. The satellite will
launch in T-minus 10 minutes.
Please evacuate Beta hold
and assume emergency positions.
Attention. The Benedict system
is now activated.
Please evacuate Beta hold--
>> Probes. I want them sent
to the planet surface,
and I need atmospheric
and soil analysis as soon as
you get them.
>> Yes, sir.
>> [ beeping ]
>> Hull breach. Decompression
imminent on C Deck.
>> Seal off all affected areas.
>> Yes, sir.
>> [ buzzer blares ]
>> Uhh!
>> Uhh!
Oh! Oh!
Oh! Oh!
Life.
Life.
[ gasps ]
[ gasps ]
[ gasps ]
>> Liz?
>> Liz?
>> Liz?
Brendan, do you copy?
Brendan, do you copy?
Brendan, do you copy?
Liz, come on!
Liz, come on!
Liz, come on!
>> Hawke, is that you?
>> Hawke, is that you?
>> Yeah.
I'm on my way to you.
>> Don't say another word,
Hawke.
Channels are open on all decks.
They can hear everything
we say.
>> I know.
>> Hawke?
>> Yeah?
>> Yeah?
>> Be careful.
>> Be careful.
>> Be careful.
>> Hawke out.
>> Hawke out.
>> Receiving preliminary
analysis on the probe, sir.
>> Well, what is it?
>> Sensors show carbon,
nitrogen and water.
With oxygen, too.
Richer than on Earth.
And hydrogen.
Soil probes show worms
and microorganisms.
Planet is habitable
Planet is habitable
and life-bearing.
and life-bearing.
and life-bearing.
>> Override seal.
>> Override seal.
>> Stop right there.
Turn around. Slowly.
Turn around. Slowly.
Drop your gun. Now!
Drop your gun. Now!
Raise your hands.
Raise your hands.
>> Drop to the deck!
>> Drop to the deck!
>> Drop to the deck!
Uhh!
Uhh!
>> Uhh!
>> Hawke!
>> Hawke!
>> Come on!
>> Come on!
Go! Go! Go!
How much time?
>> Six and counting.
>> Six and counting.
We gotta stop it.
We gotta stop it.
>> Unit One, status.
>> They're inside. We have
a defensive perimeter around
the Benedict. They won't get
through it.
through it.
>> Take them out.
>> Take them out.
>> Attention. Danger.
The Benedict satellite will
launch in T-minus five minutes.
launch in T-minus five minutes.
>> Can you stop the countdown?
>> Can you stop the countdown?
>> Cover me?
>> Cover me?
>> Go.
>> Go.
>> Can she do it?
Answer me!
>> Yes, sir.
I can keep overriding her
commands, but this Benedict's
own fail-safe system will
eventually take over.
It will interpret the sporadic
countdown as an error and shut
the satellite down before
launch.
launch.
>> No, it won't.
>> No, it won't.
>> Hawke!
>> The bay isn't sealed.
The entire hold will
depressurize.
Everyone will be killed.
>> Open the hold doors, now.
>> You cannot murder your
>> You cannot murder your
whole crew. I will not allow it.
whole crew. I will not allow it.
whole crew. I will not allow it.
You'd kill me, too?
You'd kill me, too?
Ow!
>> Winter's gonna depressurize
the hold.
>> Can you stop him?
>> I can override any computer
function, but I can't stop him
from just throwing a switch.
from just throwing a switch.
>> Uhh!
>> Uhh!
>> We gotta get to that airlock.
Can you patch into the
navigation systems from here?
>> Sure.
>> Do it.
>> All set.
>> All set.
>> Get ready.
>> Get ready.
>> Hyah!
>> Uhh!
>> Attention.
Evasive lateral attention.
Evasive lateral attention.
Evasive lateral--
Evasive lateral--
Evasive lateral--
>> [ buzzer blares ]
>> [ buzzer blares ]
>> [ buzzer blares ]
>> Uhh!
>> Uhh!
>> How much time?
>> How much time?
>> Less than four minutes.
>> Less than four minutes.
>> Less than four minutes.
>> [ inhaling, exhaling ]
>> [ inhaling, exhaling ]
>> [ inhaling, exhaling ]
>> You okay?
>> You okay?
If we can decouple the launch
doors, they won't open.
The satellite will explode
when it smashes into them.
>> Danger. Danger.
The Benedict satellite will
launch in T-minus three
minutes. Please evacuate
the Beta hold immediately.
Danger. Please evacuate
the Beta hold immediately.
Danger. Please evacuate
the Beta hold immediately.
the Beta hold immediately.
>> Come on.
>> Come on.
>> Come on.
Almost there.
Almost there.
Almost there.
Let's get out of here.
Let's get out of here.
Give it up, Winter.
We gotta get out of here.
This place is gonna blow.
>> No.
The Benedict has a fail-safe.
With the doors compromised,
it won't launch.
>> You've lost it, Winter.
>> You've lost it, Winter.
It's gotta stop.
It's gotta stop.
>> Danger. Danger.
You now have T-minus one minute
You now have T-minus one minute
to evacuate the Beta hold.
to evacuate the Beta hold.
>> [ buzzer ]
>> Danger. Danger.
You now have T-minus
30 seconds to evacuate
the Beta hold.
28, 27, 26, 25, 24,
23, 22, 21, 20.
19, 18, 17, 16, 15,
14, 13--
Launch in 10, 9--
>> Winter.
>> 6, 5, 4...
>> Oh.
>> Oh.
Aah!
Aah!
Aah!
>> Hawke!
>> Hawke!
>> Hawke!
>> Can you help her?
>> Can you help her?
>> Can you help her?
>> Hello, Mr. Hawke.
>> Hello, Mr. Hawke.
>> We're friends now, Salera.
>> We're friends now, Salera.
It's just Hawke.
It's just Hawke.
It's just Hawke.
>> Okay, Hawke.
>> Okay, Hawke.
>> I think it's time you told us
why we came to this planet.
why we came to this planet.
>> Put us in orbit.
>> Put us in orbit.
>> Put us in orbit.
>> Orbit established.
>> Orbit established.
>> This tape has been
prerecorded to be played for
the crew of the Seylla upon
reaching stable orbit of
the Dark Planet.
What you are about to hear has
only been known to your
commanders Winter and Brendan
and to the governing bodies of
the Alpha and Rebel forces.
>> Eight months ago, Rebel
units utilized chemical agents
in the defense of Mauritania.
Such agents were designed to
remain active for a short time,
usually less than a few hours.
This time there was a mutation,
caused by interaction with
biological weapons employed by
the Alpha opposition.
>> A viral organism was
produced which is not
restricted to human or even
mammalian life.
It acts as an exterminate,
destroying everything down to
the soil bacteria.
The organism is now airborne
and has distributed itself
over all continents.
>> Neural computer projections
indicate that Earth will be
indicate that Earth will be
uninhabitable in two years.
uninhabitable in two years.
>> Attention.
Attention. Please prepare for
a live transmission.
Attention. Please prepare for
a live transmission.
Live transmission initiated.
6, 5, 4,
3, 2, 1, zero.
>> Captain Winter?
>> This is Hawke. Anson Hawke.
I have Commander Brendan with me
and Helmsperson Salera.
>> Hello, Liz.
>> General.
Commander Winter is dead.
He broke the truce by bringing
a satellite onboard and died
with his squad trying to defend
it. I regret to report two
casualties among my crew.
>> Distressing. The mission
must take precedence.
>> Since your departure,
the virus has killed over
one billion people,
one-sixth of the population.
By our best estimates, we'll be
able to save less than half
that number. Earth eventually
will not be able to sustain
those who stay behind.
>> As a result, an uninfected
military contingent, comprised
of both Alpha and Rebel forces,
will be sent to you to begin
recolonizing survivors on
the Dark Planet as soon as
possible. This undertaking is
nothing less than starting up
a whole new world from scratch.
Class systems, population
distribution as to age,
genetic background, military--
>> No!
>> Hawke?
>> They're sending a war
machine, Liz. A system oriented
more towards death than life.
They've already destroyed one
world. They're capable of
destroying this one as well.
>> What are you saying?
>> I don't know.
But maybe it's time to see what
being human really can mean.
The Benedict is operational.
A legacy of your own deceit.
I know Winter was not acting
alone.
We have the chance to make this
planet the haven it should be,
free of your politics
and your war.
>> You're being naive, Hawke.
You'll never get away
with this.
>> Oh, I think he will, Harry.
>> I have two intelligent,
dedicated and beautiful women
with me. They represent the best
that both worlds have to offer.
Between us, the Benedict, and
the Wormhole, we can stop you.
The survivors will come in
peace, in partnership,
and in friendship...
or they won't come at all.
>> And so?
>> And so finally,
>> And so finally,
the war is over.
the war is over.
Don't take too long getting
Don't take too long getting
used to it. We'll be in touch.
used to it. We'll be in touch.
Funny. It doesn't look so dark
Funny. It doesn't look so dark
anymore, does it?
anymore, does it?
Salera, set coordinates
for landing.
Liz, one-quarter speed ahead.
>> Course plotted, Hawke.
>> Ahead one-quarter power.
>> The stars are shining,
>> The stars are shining,
and the day is full of promise.
and the day is full of promise.
and the day is full of promise.
Let's go home.
Let's go home.
>> On June 4, 2638,
the starship Seylla landed
on the Dark Planet.
My name is Salera Elizabeth
Hawke, and I was born
Hawke, and I was born
12 months later.