1 00:00:00,310 --> 00:00:04,700 With their miniscule families, humans are often forced to rely on a “state” or a “nation” for support. 2 00:00:04,850 --> 00:00:06,960 Pity them. 3 00:00:07,160 --> 00:00:09,850 Than-Thre-Kull Anthropology Text Approx. C.Y. 7956 4 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:14,710 Range to target? 5 00:00:15,190 --> 00:00:16,780 Fifty light seconds and moving away. 6 00:00:16,870 --> 00:00:17,690 Get me a heading. 7 00:00:17,760 --> 00:00:22,110 Getting. 040 minus 20 degrees. 8 00:00:26,060 --> 00:00:29,460 Maintain contact with the Castalian fleet. On my mark, come about 80 degrees. 9 00:00:30,030 --> 00:00:30,420 Mark. 10 00:00:30,620 --> 00:00:31,580 Mark. Mark. 11 00:00:33,770 --> 00:00:36,120 The Castalians are finally engaging the enemy. 12 00:00:37,610 --> 00:00:40,260 It's up to them now. All we can do is watch. 13 00:00:47,040 --> 00:00:48,670 Ah, crap, that's one fish down. 14 00:00:49,370 --> 00:00:50,150 Two fish. 15 00:00:50,770 --> 00:00:53,020 Red fish, blue fish - it's a freakin' fish fry. 16 00:00:53,060 --> 00:00:55,570 The Castalians aren't deploying countermeasures. They're being decimated. 17 00:00:55,610 --> 00:01:00,080 This is stupid. These water-breathers are hopeless. 18 00:01:07,480 --> 00:01:07,910 Missiles away. 19 00:01:08,440 --> 00:01:09,990 There, now. Objective destroyed. 20 00:01:10,120 --> 00:01:11,330 Damn it, Tyr. 21 00:01:11,770 --> 00:01:12,700 Andromeda, report. 22 00:01:12,840 --> 00:01:15,290 The enemy destroyer was eliminated, 23 00:01:16,070 --> 00:01:21,660 but Castalian casualties are still high. 5 of their ships are down, the planet was bombarded. 24 00:01:21,700 --> 00:01:22,830 That's a LOTTA sushi. 25 00:01:23,430 --> 00:01:25,540 It's *NOT* funny, Beka. 26 00:01:26,060 --> 00:01:27,580 Pretty darn funny from here. 27 00:01:30,670 --> 00:01:37,100 Look, if you're all finished insulting our allies, might I remind you that the point of 28 00:01:37,220 --> 00:01:39,730 these training exercises... is to improve their morale, not destroy it. 29 00:01:39,760 --> 00:01:44,740 Look, Dylan, if you think Aquaman and the Silver Surfer here, are gonna help you stop the Magog 30 00:01:44,840 --> 00:01:48,560 you may as well start basting yourself with steak sauce now and avoid the rush. 31 00:01:52,050 --> 00:01:52,910 I dunno. 32 00:01:52,970 --> 00:01:55,480 Aquaman. Silver Surfer...? 33 00:01:56,770 --> 00:02:00,450 Did you people ever go to school? No classical education whatsoever. 34 00:02:00,520 --> 00:02:01,500 Rommie, 35 00:02:02,010 --> 00:02:03,310 how many target drones did you deploy? 36 00:02:03,370 --> 00:02:04,360 Five, why? 37 00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:08,110 I'm reading an unidentified object. It just threaded its way through the entire Castalian fleet. 38 00:02:08,200 --> 00:02:11,290 And they didn't stop it? What a complete surprise. 39 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:15,810 Dylan, the bogey reads as a modified Alacritous Missive courier vessel. 40 00:02:16,980 --> 00:02:17,900 That's a High Guard ship. 41 00:02:17,960 --> 00:02:18,870 And it's hailing us. 42 00:02:19,840 --> 00:02:20,460 On-screen. 43 00:02:21,590 --> 00:02:25,870 This is Lieutenant Jamahl Rodriguez Hernandez Brown. I'm looking for Captain Dylan Hunt. 44 00:02:26,250 --> 00:02:27,510 This is Dylan Hunt. 45 00:02:27,700 --> 00:02:33,240 Oh, wow. OH, WOW!, Broat is gonna SPIT that I found you first! I mean, uh,... I'mroat sorry, SIR! 46 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:36,630 What is this all about, Lieutenant? 47 00:02:37,130 --> 00:02:41,160 I have a message for you, sir. It's from your fiancée, Sarah Riley. 48 00:02:42,050 --> 00:02:44,850 My fiancée has been dead for more than two hundred years. 49 00:02:45,010 --> 00:02:47,680 Yes, sir. I know, sir. It's a very old message, sir. 50 00:02:49,630 --> 00:02:50,520 Permission to come aboard, sir? I've been out here a long time. 51 00:02:50,580 --> 00:02:53,210 I think the Castalians are targeting me. 52 00:02:53,820 --> 00:02:54,180 Rommie? 53 00:02:54,220 --> 00:02:57,570 One pilot, no passengers, defensive weapons only. He looks clean. 54 00:03:00,270 --> 00:03:01,820 Bring him in and keep him under guard. 55 00:03:03,830 --> 00:03:05,470 Send that message to my quarters. 56 00:03:09,400 --> 00:03:10,370 Hello, Dylan. 57 00:03:11,740 --> 00:03:15,610 I probably shouldn't be doing this. 58 00:03:15,790 --> 00:03:19,120 I argued myself out of it a dozen times, but I wanted you to know 59 00:03:21,600 --> 00:03:23,310 ...I survived. And I did as you asked. 60 00:03:24,240 --> 00:03:25,600 I got on with my life. 61 00:03:26,560 --> 00:03:27,900 I got married. 62 00:03:29,640 --> 00:03:31,310 We have a good life... 63 00:03:38,710 --> 00:03:40,110 ...More than that. 64 00:03:44,440 --> 00:03:54,880 Dylan, it's bad out there. 65 00:03:57,170 --> 00:03:59,650 But knowing you'll be back someday 66 00:04:00,900 --> 00:04:02,290 to make things right helps. 67 00:04:04,440 --> 00:04:06,660 So I just wanted to say "Thank you". 68 00:04:10,250 --> 00:04:11,730 Be well, Dylan. 69 00:04:14,980 --> 00:04:17,160 I wish you every happiness. 70 00:04:23,980 --> 00:04:25,520 Do you want me to play it again? 71 00:04:27,500 --> 00:04:29,160 No, that'll be all. 72 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:37,074 Watch Movies, Series & LiveTV www.flixify.app 73 00:05:32,110 --> 00:05:33,770 She was a remarkable woman. Yes. 74 00:05:37,780 --> 00:05:40,790 She, uh, she was. 75 00:05:42,050 --> 00:05:44,290 Rev Bem is in hydroponics. Do you want me to... 76 00:05:44,390 --> 00:05:47,110 I don't need counseling, Rommie. I'm fine. 77 00:05:48,160 --> 00:05:48,970 You don't look fine. 78 00:05:49,030 --> 00:05:50,760 Then have Harper check your visual sensors, 79 00:05:50,760 --> 00:05:55,410 because that was the best message I could have gotten. 80 00:05:58,820 --> 00:06:01,390 I mean, after all this time I can stop worrying about her. 81 00:06:01,580 --> 00:06:02,670 She's OK. *WAS* OK. You know what I mean. 82 00:06:03,370 --> 00:06:06,910 Send the, uh, Lieutenant to my quarters. I have a few questions I want to ask him. 83 00:06:15,030 --> 00:06:22,640 It's called Terazed. It's the fourth rock out from a yellow dwarf at the ass end of the Triangulum galaxy. 84 00:06:24,030 --> 00:06:25,210 Excuse my Vedran. Excused. 85 00:06:26,510 --> 00:06:27,800 I've never heard of Terazed. 86 00:06:27,840 --> 00:06:30,180 Who has? They get more visitors on Gehenna. 87 00:06:30,340 --> 00:06:37,680 Anyway, as far as I know, we're the last refuge of the Systems Commonwealth. 88 00:06:38,280 --> 00:06:39,520 Uh, we've got a conclave, triumvirs, a Home Guard - everything but the Vedran Empress... 89 00:06:39,560 --> 00:06:44,720 One planet coming through the chaos intact. How? 90 00:06:44,760 --> 00:06:52,170 Beats me. I wasn't there. But my great-great-great-great-grandparents were. 91 00:06:52,190 --> 00:06:54,360 They were war refugees - from here, mostly. Survivors from the Andromeda Ascendant... 92 00:06:54,400 --> 00:07:00,160 And from the Starry Wisdom. And their wives and their kids and their cousins and their uncles and... 93 00:07:00,730 --> 00:07:06,660 well, Sarah Riley rounded up anybody who's ever even heard of you and settled them on Terazed. 94 00:07:06,960 --> 00:07:08,500 And we've been waiting for you ever since. Waiting for him to do what? 95 00:07:09,650 --> 00:07:16,150 Restart the Commonwealth, of course. Sarah Riley said you'd be back, and she was right. 96 00:07:44,360 --> 00:07:45,440 Beka, status. 97 00:07:45,720 --> 00:07:49,290 This isn't a slipstream route, it's a rabbit hole. How do these people get mail? 98 00:07:49,890 --> 00:07:53,230 Jamahl says Terazed's hard to find. It's why they've survived all this time. 99 00:07:53,460 --> 00:07:58,360 Yeah, sure, that explains everything. No chance they've been left alone because... 100 00:07:58,590 --> 00:07:59,250 they're a bunch of cannibals or killer robots or... Harper! 101 00:07:59,310 --> 00:08:04,060 What?! You gonna say I'm wrong? Come on, every single High Guard remnant 102 00:08:04,110 --> 00:08:06,420 we've encountered has been psychotic, evil, or both. 103 00:08:08,350 --> 00:08:09,860 Present company excluded, of course. 104 00:08:09,900 --> 00:08:10,520 Of course. 105 00:08:10,550 --> 00:08:12,840 He has a point, Dylan. Once bitten...you know. 106 00:08:12,920 --> 00:08:18,450 I - I mean, I'm just saying that we shouldn't get all kissy-huggy-smoochy-woochy just because... 107 00:08:18,490 --> 00:08:22,400 ...we like the cut of their uniforms. Point taken. We'll go in with our eyes open, but we *are* going in. 108 00:08:31,500 --> 00:08:36,100 Assuming normal cruising speed. I'm detecting a Sol-like system with 12 planets, 1 inhabitable. 109 00:08:37,690 --> 00:08:40,840 Uh, guys? We've got company. They look like warships. 110 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:44,760 Oh, I knew it. I knew it! We're surrounded... ...thirty-six slipfighters. 111 00:08:44,780 --> 00:08:46,100 Pull yourself together, Mr. Harper. 112 00:08:46,170 --> 00:08:48,560 Oh, sure, take your time. Don't shoot at them or anything. 113 00:08:48,600 --> 00:08:50,270 Dylan, they're moving into formation. 114 00:08:59,990 --> 00:09:03,170 It's not an attack. It's an honor guard. 115 00:09:03,230 --> 00:09:04,310 Incoming message. 116 00:09:04,350 --> 00:09:05,110 On-screen. 117 00:09:06,120 --> 00:09:09,040 Captain Hunt, welcome. 118 00:09:09,840 --> 00:09:13,330 I am Rakel Ben-Tzion, first Triumvir of Terazed. 119 00:09:13,640 --> 00:09:18,050 We've taken the liberty of sending Argosy Squadron Alpha to escort you planetside. 120 00:09:19,380 --> 00:09:20,990 I hope you like marching bands. 121 00:09:24,500 --> 00:09:29,100 Andromeda, analysis. Is the Madame Triumvir a killer android or not? 122 00:09:29,170 --> 00:09:30,700 Who cares? What a babe. 123 00:09:30,730 --> 00:09:32,130 Stop being so predictable. 124 00:09:32,260 --> 00:09:34,750 Intercepting planetary communications and analyzing. Free press. They're talking about a local election. 125 00:09:36,920 --> 00:09:43,570 From all evidence, Terazed seems to be exactly what it seems to be: 126 00:09:43,740 --> 00:09:45,280 a peaceful, productive democracy. 127 00:09:45,350 --> 00:09:46,580 Your Commonwealth. 128 00:09:48,640 --> 00:09:49,760 Take us in. 129 00:10:03,510 --> 00:10:08,140 Ok, it's official. I like this place. I liked the conclave, I liked the Grand Plaza, 130 00:10:08,200 --> 00:10:12,310 and I *really* liked all those Home Guard lancers lined up for my personal inspection. 131 00:10:12,420 --> 00:10:14,120 I'm glad you enjoyed the parade. 132 00:10:14,180 --> 00:10:17,050 Well, even the aerial displays... it was all a little overwhelming. 133 00:10:17,260 --> 00:10:22,990 Well, if it was up to me, there would have been midtoks and elephants. But expenditures like that... 134 00:10:23,050 --> 00:10:24,710 ...have to be approved by the full counsel. Well, maybe next time, Madame Triumvir. 135 00:10:25,050 --> 00:10:27,600 Please, call me Rakel. 136 00:10:28,080 --> 00:10:29,240 And you can call me Dylan. 137 00:10:29,270 --> 00:10:30,770 "Dylan" it is. Which is the furthest? 138 00:10:31,170 --> 00:10:34,950 The most distant world in the new Commonwealth? 139 00:10:35,730 --> 00:10:38,120 Well, distance is relative in slipstream. Why? 140 00:10:38,200 --> 00:10:41,830 I want to go there. Do you know, I've never been off this planet? 141 00:10:42,670 --> 00:10:44,250 Well, I think we can arrange a trip. 142 00:10:47,260 --> 00:10:51,510 Dylan, may I steal you away for a moment? Privately. 143 00:10:51,530 --> 00:11:00,340 Ooooh. Oh. Oh, Ok. Ok, this is where you, uh, you get him away from us so your pals there can, 144 00:11:00,370 --> 00:11:01,080 uh, whip out laser mind-probes and crack our skulls open, huh? Am I right? 145 00:11:02,230 --> 00:11:05,190 He's sweet. Paranoid, but sweet. 146 00:11:05,270 --> 00:11:07,550 It's, uh, been a tough year. 147 00:11:07,670 --> 00:11:12,530 Yeah, my crew's used to having the other shoe drop. And frankly, so am I. 148 00:11:15,260 --> 00:11:16,210 Dismissed. 149 00:11:19,560 --> 00:11:25,930 Five minutes. Draw your weapon if it makes you feel better. But there are some people I want you to meet. 150 00:11:28,840 --> 00:11:29,850 Five minutes. 151 00:11:36,460 --> 00:11:41,940 Ladies and gentleman, it is my great privilege to present...Captain Dylan Hunt. 152 00:11:42,870 --> 00:11:45,690 Dylan, the descendants of Sarah Riley. 153 00:11:53,660 --> 00:11:56,450 Captain, I believe you've met Lieutenant Brown? 154 00:11:56,720 --> 00:11:57,950 Yes, I have. 155 00:11:58,320 --> 00:11:59,240 Excuse me a moment. 156 00:11:59,980 --> 00:12:05,400 Really the whole Andromeda Association wanted to meet you, but Madame Triumvir said that 157 00:12:05,910 --> 00:12:07,550 ...there wasn't a room big enough in the whole city. Jamahl, you're descended from Sarah? 158 00:12:07,640 --> 00:12:10,610 I'm her great-grandson, cubed. Nine generations, direct line. 159 00:12:10,670 --> 00:12:11,510 And all these people? 160 00:12:11,700 --> 00:12:15,680 These are her kids' kids'.... kids' kids' kids' kids 161 00:12:15,770 --> 00:12:18,680 but this is nothing. You should see the Society of Starry Wisdom. 162 00:12:18,730 --> 00:12:20,280 There were that many survivors. 163 00:12:20,340 --> 00:12:27,110 There are survivors and the families of those who didn't make it. Lieutenant Refractions of Dawn 164 00:12:27,850 --> 00:12:29,130 must've had a thousand descendants, but then she was a Than. This is unbelievable. 165 00:12:29,190 --> 00:12:31,440 I just had my genealogy downloaded. Do you wanna see it? 166 00:12:31,470 --> 00:12:33,430 Yes. Yes, I would like that. 167 00:12:33,990 --> 00:12:37,830 Lieutenant, are you monopolizing the guest of honor? 168 00:12:37,980 --> 00:12:41,590 No, ma'am. At least I didn't think that I was. 169 00:12:41,650 --> 00:12:42,650 Madame Triumvir. 170 00:12:54,340 --> 00:12:55,120 Rhade! 171 00:12:55,330 --> 00:12:56,230 I tried to warn you. 172 00:12:58,570 --> 00:13:03,210 I hate to barge in on such a historic event, but I couldn't get away from my staff meeting. 173 00:13:03,350 --> 00:13:08,030 Not at all, Admiral. Dylan, this is the commander of Terazed's Home Guard, 174 00:13:08,610 --> 00:13:10,420 Admiral Telemachus Rhade. 175 00:13:10,890 --> 00:13:11,690 Rhade. 176 00:13:11,860 --> 00:13:14,180 Captain. It's an honor. 177 00:13:23,440 --> 00:13:28,740 I've heard of Nietzschean genetic reincarnation. I've just never seen a documented case. 178 00:13:29,630 --> 00:13:32,040 It's quite rare, but it does happen. 179 00:13:32,790 --> 00:13:38,320 My own father had almost identical DNA to a Kodiak alpha... Suleiman. 180 00:13:39,210 --> 00:13:44,910 And according to legend, one day Drago Museveni himself will be reincarnated and reunite the Nietzschean people. 181 00:13:44,960 --> 00:13:46,560 Come on, Tyr, what are the odds? 182 00:13:46,740 --> 00:13:51,930 My own first officer reincarnated on a planet settled by my fiancée? 183 00:13:52,970 --> 00:13:58,570 The chance of a specific human DNA combination reoccurring is approximately 1 : 3x10 to the fifteenth power. 184 00:13:59,410 --> 00:14:01,730 Telemachus Rhade isn't just any human. 185 00:14:03,260 --> 00:14:06,560 He's the product of sixteen centuries of selective breeding. 186 00:14:06,920 --> 00:14:11,700 Homo sapiens invictus have the same number of chromosomes as unmodified homo sapiens. 187 00:14:11,850 --> 00:14:13,920 Yes, but a smaller sampling. 188 00:14:14,830 --> 00:14:21,340 No Nietzschean carries the gene for astigmatism, acromegalia, arterial sclerosis. 189 00:14:21,680 --> 00:14:24,600 You combine that with extensive safeguards against mutation and what you've got is... 190 00:14:24,670 --> 00:14:26,940 ...And the odds are STILL in the trillions. 191 00:14:27,900 --> 00:14:29,270 It's a big universe. 192 00:14:29,340 --> 00:14:31,040 Yeah, and a bigger coincidence. 193 00:14:31,930 --> 00:14:35,550 You know, I don't trust coincidences... especially ones named Rhade. 194 00:14:35,580 --> 00:14:37,830 You should never trust any Nietzschean. 195 00:14:42,090 --> 00:14:43,550 Except me. 196 00:14:46,340 --> 00:14:51,230 And while the Vedran Empress was the System Commonwealth's titular ruler, 197 00:14:51,610 --> 00:14:59,250 actual authority was exercised by three elected triumvirs, which is still the case in Terazed today. 198 00:14:59,330 --> 00:15:04,690 But, as with the original Commonwealth, the triumvir's power was not absolute. 199 00:15:05,100 --> 00:15:11,540 The people also elected a tricameral legislative body called a Conclave. 200 00:15:11,570 --> 00:15:16,550 That is why there must be a general election if Terazed is going to sign Dylan's charter. 201 00:15:17,090 --> 00:15:23,190 Yeesh. Gimme a nice simple dictatorship any day. Then, at least when things go wrong, you know who to hang. 202 00:15:24,160 --> 00:15:28,090 You're just saying that because you've never lived in a democracy. I think free elections sound like fun. 203 00:15:28,150 --> 00:15:34,340 Please! There is no such thing as a free election. Inexpensive, maybe - occasionally. But free? Never. 204 00:15:34,520 --> 00:15:35,080 Harper, you're so... 205 00:15:35,130 --> 00:15:37,640 ...Cynical? Jaded? Realistic? 206 00:15:37,680 --> 00:15:41,090 No, I was going to say "...cute when you're paranoid." 207 00:15:42,060 --> 00:15:46,060 Wait a minute. That's a compliment. You're trying to distract me. 208 00:15:47,240 --> 00:15:51,450 You know how this election's gonna turn out, don't you, Trance? Come on, spill it. 209 00:15:51,510 --> 00:15:54,880 Everyone knows how the election's going to turn out. It's a slam dunk. 210 00:15:55,050 --> 00:16:00,700 They've been waiting generations to rejoin the Commonwealth. I can't imagine them going against Dylan. 211 00:16:01,120 --> 00:16:07,740 Yeah? Well there's nothing wrong with a little insurance. I say I jack into their VR matrix and, uh, rig a few tallies 212 00:16:07,780 --> 00:16:12,240 stuff some ballot boxes. Hey, it is a time honored system. 213 00:16:12,400 --> 00:16:15,290 It's an integral part of the democracies I've read about. 214 00:16:18,740 --> 00:16:20,490 Fine. Fine. 215 00:16:22,470 --> 00:16:24,280 But I woulda made a great king. 216 00:16:25,890 --> 00:16:31,260 It doesn't have to be a long speech. You wouldn't have to write it yourself. I have people for that sort of thing. 217 00:16:32,220 --> 00:16:36,050 Would your people really care what I have to say? I'm just a stranger here. 218 00:16:36,640 --> 00:16:38,220 You're much more than that, Dylan. 219 00:16:38,620 --> 00:16:39,710 You're a legend. 220 00:16:40,560 --> 00:16:47,300 And, uh, if I may be so bold, an extremely charismatic and attractive individual. 221 00:16:47,880 --> 00:16:49,650 Who better to champion this referendum? 222 00:16:49,980 --> 00:16:53,480 Why do we even need to do this? I thought the outcome was assured. 223 00:16:54,590 --> 00:17:00,990 The truth is, there's a strong isolationist movement on Terazed. 224 00:17:01,900 --> 00:17:05,180 We have a good life here and some people don't want to send their sons and daughters 225 00:17:05,290 --> 00:17:06,820 ...away to die in your war. Well, then the war will come to them. 226 00:17:06,880 --> 00:17:08,680 Then you have to tell them that, Dylan. 227 00:17:09,470 --> 00:17:16,060 Because right now the election is too close to call and I could use your help. 228 00:17:25,670 --> 00:17:26,950 Nicely done, Captain Hunt. 229 00:17:28,420 --> 00:17:30,970 Your speech was very impressive. 230 00:17:31,910 --> 00:17:36,040 Thank you. I'm, uh, not much of a politician. I'm just a soldier. 231 00:17:36,740 --> 00:17:38,820 Don't underestimate your powers as a leader. 232 00:17:41,680 --> 00:17:43,110 Do you have a moment? 233 00:17:53,320 --> 00:17:54,440 Do you have a moment? 234 00:17:54,910 --> 00:17:58,200 For my best man? Always. 235 00:17:58,780 --> 00:18:01,500 About that. 236 00:18:02,550 --> 00:18:03,320 There must be better candidates. 237 00:18:03,370 --> 00:18:04,830 What about Refractions of Dawn? Best man? Best insectoid hermaphrodite. 238 00:18:04,890 --> 00:18:14,090 You know, it just doesn't have quite the same ring to it, does it? 239 00:18:16,770 --> 00:18:25,100 Look, there is no one on this ship... Hell, there's no one in the known worlds that I trust more. 240 00:18:27,840 --> 00:18:29,340 I want you at my side at my wedding. Think you can take me? 241 00:18:30,540 --> 00:18:31,250 Magog. 242 00:18:35,890 --> 00:18:37,190 Yes. 243 00:18:43,420 --> 00:18:46,100 Yeah, "best insectoid hermaphrodite" sounds a lot better. 244 00:18:49,370 --> 00:18:50,530 Commander? 245 00:18:57,790 --> 00:18:58,500 Rhade! 246 00:18:58,530 --> 00:18:59,720 I tried to warn you. 247 00:19:01,640 --> 00:19:02,620 Dylan. 248 00:19:04,670 --> 00:19:06,420 I asked if you wanted a drink. 249 00:19:09,220 --> 00:19:12,040 I suspect you wanted to ask me something else. 250 00:19:16,780 --> 00:19:22,670 My ancestor, Gaheris Rhade. Here on Terazed, he's something of a hero, 251 00:19:22,960 --> 00:19:27,000 you know, a loyal Commonwealth officer, dead in that first terrible battle. 252 00:19:27,330 --> 00:19:30,640 I lost a lot of good people that day. 253 00:19:30,690 --> 00:19:38,400 The Nietzscheans tell a different story. That he betrayed the Commonwealth. 254 00:19:40,700 --> 00:19:42,810 You're the only person alive who knows the truth. 255 00:19:42,840 --> 00:19:45,990 You know, I, uh, I think I'll take that drink. 256 00:19:47,080 --> 00:19:48,270 You were there. 257 00:19:50,550 --> 00:19:52,090 At least tell me what happened. 258 00:19:58,100 --> 00:19:59,460 Tell me what he did. 259 00:20:05,240 --> 00:20:13,990 He tried to warn me. For what it's worth, he tried to warn me about the rebellion, and by the time I listened, it was too late. 260 00:20:16,680 --> 00:20:18,800 So he was a hero after all. 261 00:20:20,210 --> 00:20:22,860 That means a lot to me. Thank you. I just wish we weren't on opposite sides. 262 00:20:25,760 --> 00:20:27,320 So he was a hero after all. That means a lot to me. Thank you. 263 00:20:28,120 --> 00:20:29,480 I just wish we weren't on opposite sides. Opposite sides of what? 264 00:20:30,300 --> 00:20:31,490 I thought you knew. 265 00:20:32,050 --> 00:20:33,760 I'm opposed to the Commonwealth referendum. 266 00:20:34,270 --> 00:20:35,640 But you are Commonwealth. All of you. 267 00:20:36,110 --> 00:20:39,020 Terazed has been waiting for this day for three hundred years. 268 00:20:39,440 --> 00:20:45,140 And we're still here after three hundred years. Because we haven't let the chaos out there touch us. 269 00:20:45,630 --> 00:20:46,750 Because no one knows we exist. 270 00:20:46,820 --> 00:20:48,670 Yeah, for now, but that will change sooner or later. 271 00:20:48,780 --> 00:20:50,500 The later the better, as far as I'm concerned. 272 00:20:51,700 --> 00:20:53,310 You have powerful enemies, Captain. 273 00:20:53,680 --> 00:20:55,220 So do you, Admiral. 274 00:20:59,430 --> 00:21:03,810 The Magog are coming. You can't deny them out of existence. 275 00:21:03,930 --> 00:21:04,540 No, but I can keep us out of their crosshairs. 276 00:21:05,640 --> 00:21:12,120 I'm sorry. It's my duty to protect Terazed and I'm not going to let anyone compromise that. 277 00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:16,690 You should see the armaments they have stockpiled. 278 00:21:19,160 --> 00:21:22,300 Dozens of shrike fighters just sitting in hangars. 279 00:21:22,680 --> 00:21:28,710 Janus light attack drones, Oracles, Centaurs. 280 00:21:29,060 --> 00:21:30,990 But you know what it is that I really want? 281 00:21:31,350 --> 00:21:33,600 An avatar unencumbered by cleavage? 282 00:21:34,880 --> 00:21:39,920 A real crew. I used to have 800 lancers stationed on me. 283 00:21:40,100 --> 00:21:42,270 Yes, and I can imagine the eavesdropping potential. 284 00:21:42,450 --> 00:21:49,760 I never eavesdrop. I monitor. For security purposes. And besides... oh no. 285 00:21:50,980 --> 00:21:51,590 What is it? 286 00:21:53,570 --> 00:21:55,100 The election results just came in. 287 00:21:58,170 --> 00:22:03,960 Dylan, they voted against your restored Commonwealth. We lost. 288 00:22:06,390 --> 00:22:07,590 That's just great. 289 00:22:18,520 --> 00:22:20,610 You can't just leave. My people need you. 290 00:22:20,730 --> 00:22:22,540 Well, that's not what they said yesterday. 291 00:22:22,590 --> 00:22:25,840 They were misled - misinformed. You can talk to them. 292 00:22:26,010 --> 00:22:28,930 I already did. I don't have any more time to waste here. 293 00:22:29,100 --> 00:22:31,590 Dylan, you're not wasting your time. I promise. 294 00:22:31,600 --> 00:22:32,980 I can call another election. 295 00:22:33,040 --> 00:22:35,370 Yeah, in a year. I read your constitution. Your hands are tied. 296 00:22:35,580 --> 00:22:38,710 Not necessarily. I can declare a planetary emergency. 297 00:22:41,220 --> 00:22:47,350 Under what cause? Rakel, I appreciate your efforts, but I have three years to build an alliance against the Magog. 298 00:22:47,550 --> 00:22:50,350 When things start to get serious, your people will change their minds. 299 00:22:50,710 --> 00:22:56,950 Please. A day or two - that's all I need. Don't give up on us now. 300 00:22:57,350 --> 00:23:00,700 Talk to him. Talk to Rhade. 301 00:23:12,670 --> 00:23:17,260 I didn't realize this "basketball" was so violent. 302 00:23:17,860 --> 00:23:22,050 Perhaps there is a more productive way to express your disappointment. 303 00:23:22,240 --> 00:23:24,820 Give it up, Rev. I'm NOT going to talk to him. 304 00:23:25,550 --> 00:23:33,310 Why? Because Telemachus Rhade's great-great-great-grandfather betrayed you? 305 00:23:33,380 --> 00:23:41,520 No! Because Telemachus betrayed me. He broadsided me by campaigning against the 306 00:23:41,710 --> 00:23:45,960 restored Commonwealth. Rev, you know what? I'm getting a little tired of... 307 00:23:45,990 --> 00:23:51,420 being stabbed in the back by Rhade's. Perhaps. But maybe you should try to 308 00:23:51,790 --> 00:23:52,890 see things through his eyes. Oh, please! 309 00:23:52,970 --> 00:23:58,290 Telemachus Rhade was wounded twice defending Terazed against Kalderan raiders. 310 00:23:58,320 --> 00:24:01,010 Well, you know, then maybe I should give him a call, huh? 311 00:24:01,530 --> 00:24:07,790 Dylan, one of those raids resulted in the deaths of thousands of people. 312 00:24:08,230 --> 00:24:13,030 The isolationists are not evil. They are merely afraid. 313 00:24:14,420 --> 00:24:19,340 Code Blue. All hands report to Command. Magog swarm ships have been sighted in the outer system. 314 00:24:19,430 --> 00:24:21,460 You have GOT to be kidding. 315 00:24:24,390 --> 00:24:25,340 Andromeda, report. 316 00:24:25,640 --> 00:24:29,110 Four unknown targets with rad signatures identical to Magog swarm ships. 317 00:24:29,380 --> 00:24:34,480 Terazed's sensor satellites just picked them up doing a fly-by of the fifth planet 318 00:24:35,080 --> 00:24:40,090 Hello, Fate... God... whoever...I just want to officially note it on my personal record 319 00:24:40,240 --> 00:24:44,500 that, uh, mentally, I am not ready for another round of Magog-a-Go-Go. 320 00:24:44,590 --> 00:24:47,650 Focus, Harper. Nothing's buried itself in our hull yet. 321 00:24:47,770 --> 00:24:50,080 YET. Three little letters, so much pain. 322 00:24:50,140 --> 00:24:51,760 Trance, get the Home Guard commander on-screen. 323 00:24:51,810 --> 00:24:52,410 Getting. 324 00:24:54,870 --> 00:24:57,230 Admiral, there are four Mago swarm ships in the outer system. 325 00:24:57,390 --> 00:24:58,710 I know. You led them right to us. 326 00:24:58,720 --> 00:25:01,730 A: That is not true, and B: We can point fingers later. 327 00:25:01,780 --> 00:25:05,580 Right now, I'm launching everything we've got, and it's not going to be enough. 328 00:25:06,300 --> 00:25:06,870 I need your help. 329 00:25:06,990 --> 00:25:08,010 That's why we're still here. 330 00:25:09,060 --> 00:25:14,760 I'm transferring Triumvir's Honor Guard to your command - ships and lancers. 331 00:25:15,560 --> 00:25:18,660 Beka, best speed to the outer system. Tell the triumvir's fighters to... 332 00:25:18,690 --> 00:25:21,240 Captain, what's going on? My pilots... 333 00:25:21,360 --> 00:25:26,150 Your pilots are responding to a military emergency, and if you've got a problem with that then get off my Command Center. 334 00:25:30,230 --> 00:25:42,070 Attention. Attention. All hands report to battle stations. 335 00:25:42,120 --> 00:25:44,160 You. Assist on fire control. 336 00:25:44,210 --> 00:25:45,950 What are you doing? He's in my Honor Guard. 337 00:25:46,090 --> 00:25:49,650 Your troops are training in a High Guard simulator. It's time to put that training to use. 338 00:25:50,030 --> 00:25:52,650 Unless, of course, you wanted to invite the Magog in for dinner? 339 00:25:59,340 --> 00:26:00,580 Eighty light-seconds, Captain. 340 00:26:00,610 --> 00:26:01,640 Deploy fighters. 341 00:26:01,680 --> 00:26:02,140 Understood. 342 00:26:02,170 --> 00:26:03,240 Aye-Aye. 343 00:26:11,960 --> 00:26:14,380 Here we go, baby. This is the one. 344 00:26:16,560 --> 00:26:18,920 You can't just go in there blasting. What about casualties? 345 00:26:18,970 --> 00:26:20,320 Magog casualties? 346 00:26:20,380 --> 00:26:22,360 Our casualties. Those boys out there. 347 00:26:22,370 --> 00:26:23,800 They're guardsmen. This is what they do. 348 00:26:23,820 --> 00:26:26,310 Captain, the swarm ships appear to be moving off. 349 00:26:26,740 --> 00:26:28,150 Vectoring away. Three-one-two degrees. 350 00:26:28,180 --> 00:26:30,290 Magog scampering? That's too easy. 351 00:26:30,430 --> 00:26:31,790 Hey, I like gift horses! 352 00:26:31,900 --> 00:26:32,810 Full sensor scan. 353 00:26:36,360 --> 00:26:38,180 Break it off. We're standing down. 354 00:26:38,230 --> 00:26:39,290 What? Are you serious? 355 00:26:39,330 --> 00:26:40,690 Come on! At least let's blow one up. 356 00:26:40,710 --> 00:26:41,630 They're leaving! 357 00:26:45,000 --> 00:26:45,900 Standing down. 358 00:26:47,650 --> 00:26:52,050 Dylan, one of the fighters is pealing off. It's chasing the Magog. 359 00:26:52,250 --> 00:26:53,160 And it's hailing us. 360 00:26:54,350 --> 00:26:57,870 Lieutenant Brown reporting. I've engaged the enemy, sir. 361 00:26:58,000 --> 00:27:00,470 Return to the Andromeda, Jamahl. We're breaking off pursuit. 362 00:27:00,490 --> 00:27:02,230 I can take 'em, Captain. Just give me the word. 363 00:27:02,270 --> 00:27:03,480 The word is "No". 364 00:27:04,920 --> 00:27:08,410 I'm not some outworld hick. I'm the one who found you, remember? 365 00:27:08,440 --> 00:27:12,970 I said "Stand down". Do you copy, Lieutenant? 366 00:27:15,240 --> 00:27:20,690 Tyr, I want covering fire... point defense lasers. Andromeda, plot an intercept course. Harper, bucky cables at the ready. 367 00:27:44,830 --> 00:27:45,790 Nice shot, kid. 368 00:27:45,880 --> 00:27:48,480 Uh-oh. He's headed straight for that piece of junk. 369 00:27:51,990 --> 00:27:54,710 Jamahl, pull up! Reverse thrusters! 370 00:27:55,050 --> 00:27:56,370 Amateur. 371 00:28:04,250 --> 00:28:07,280 Andromeda. Andromeda, do you read me? Condition's critical. 372 00:28:07,340 --> 00:28:08,400 Get him back now! 373 00:28:08,430 --> 00:28:09,590 That is our objective. 374 00:28:09,640 --> 00:28:11,020 He's in an uncontrolled spin. 375 00:28:11,080 --> 00:28:13,410 We're within 500 thousand kilometers of the slipfighter. 376 00:28:13,690 --> 00:28:14,490 Launch harpoon. 377 00:28:14,530 --> 00:28:15,320 He's losing it. 378 00:28:31,140 --> 00:28:33,790 Gone. He's gone. 379 00:28:37,910 --> 00:28:43,440 Beka, get us out of here. Trance, take the triumvir back... 380 00:28:43,460 --> 00:28:44,520 ... to guest quarters, please. But, I... 381 00:28:47,730 --> 00:28:51,140 ... Thank you. I'm sorry. 382 00:28:53,110 --> 00:28:58,660 Andromeda, I want a full analysis of that debris - electromagnetic, spectrographic, hell - get me a breathalyzer test on its pilot. 383 00:28:58,700 --> 00:28:59,260 What's up, boss? 384 00:28:59,380 --> 00:29:02,520 Swarm ships come out of nowhere, do nothing, then leave for no reason? 385 00:29:03,420 --> 00:29:04,900 Magog don't sightsee. 386 00:29:04,960 --> 00:29:10,200 Dylan, those swarm ships...the rad signature was correct, but the one Lieutenant Brown destroyed... 387 00:29:10,350 --> 00:29:13,690 ...it had no pilot. Also, no slip drive and no weapons. 388 00:29:13,850 --> 00:29:14,700 A drone. 389 00:29:14,770 --> 00:29:16,940 No. It's a dummy. 390 00:29:16,960 --> 00:29:22,290 There's more. Analysis of the debris indicates the vessel was constructed in the local star system. 391 00:29:22,510 --> 00:29:27,550 That attack didn't come from the Magog world ship. It was launched from Terazed itself. 392 00:29:35,550 --> 00:29:36,360 You sure about that? 393 00:29:36,410 --> 00:29:43,270 I've checked and rechecked and double-rechecked the trajectories and... 394 00:29:43,350 --> 00:29:44,780 the Magog swarm ships came from Argosy Station Terazed. The Home Guard's command center. 395 00:29:44,970 --> 00:29:46,800 And Telemachus Rhade's home base. 396 00:29:46,840 --> 00:29:51,000 Have Triumvir Ben-Tzion meet me in my quarters immediately. 397 00:29:55,380 --> 00:29:56,710 That poor child. 398 00:29:57,990 --> 00:29:59,090 He was one of Sarah's. 399 00:29:59,150 --> 00:29:59,930 Yes, I know. 400 00:30:02,640 --> 00:30:08,370 Maybe Telemachus was right. It is too dangerous. Maybe I should just let him take over. 401 00:30:13,200 --> 00:30:15,310 Let him take over? 402 00:30:16,850 --> 00:30:18,210 Rakel, what's going on here? Something's happening down on Terazed. 403 00:30:18,580 --> 00:30:26,400 I can't reach the High Council. Second Triumvir Cooper is "in conference". 404 00:30:27,140 --> 00:30:29,110 Cooper never confers with anyone. 405 00:30:29,460 --> 00:30:30,320 Andromeda? 406 00:30:31,590 --> 00:30:35,270 Communications channels to Terazed are still open, but none of the government offices are responding. 407 00:30:35,450 --> 00:30:36,380 Communications freeze. My sources on the ground tell me 408 00:30:36,420 --> 00:30:40,950 they're mobilizing the Home Guard. There are troops on the street in the Capitol. 409 00:30:40,990 --> 00:30:45,120 So you're saying Telemachus faked that attack so he'd have a reason to mobilize his troops. 410 00:30:45,200 --> 00:30:46,850 And now he's mounting a military coup. 411 00:30:48,140 --> 00:30:54,020 This is my fault. I should have been ready for this. But I didn't want to believe the reports. 412 00:30:54,070 --> 00:30:55,040 What reports? 413 00:30:56,670 --> 00:31:01,740 My operations department intercepted a number of coded transmissions from Telemachus's secured line, 414 00:31:02,570 --> 00:31:05,300 including one right before the fake Magog attack. 415 00:31:05,940 --> 00:31:06,800 Launch commands. 416 00:31:08,100 --> 00:31:12,080 I can't believe Rhade would do something like this. He's loyal as a dog. 417 00:31:15,040 --> 00:31:16,570 Yeah, maybe. 418 00:31:23,280 --> 00:31:27,870 Troops in the street, the triumvirate held incommunicado. Gaheris Rhade destroyed the Commonwealth once. 419 00:31:27,920 --> 00:31:30,540 I'm not gonna stand by and watch another Rhade destroy it all over again. 420 00:31:30,620 --> 00:31:31,980 So, what are you going to do? 421 00:31:32,050 --> 00:31:38,850 The same thing General Sani nax Rifati did 6000 years ago. I'm gonna get the military out of the republic. 422 00:31:39,330 --> 00:31:42,190 Time to give Telemachus Rhade a little history lesson. 423 00:31:50,700 --> 00:31:55,680 I told you before. Pessimism is not a survival trait. 424 00:32:15,210 --> 00:32:18,220 Dylan, incoming message from Admiral Rhade. 425 00:32:18,820 --> 00:32:19,730 On my way. 426 00:32:23,480 --> 00:32:25,100 Andromeda, on-screen. 427 00:32:27,460 --> 00:32:28,510 We have to talk. 428 00:32:29,310 --> 00:32:31,140 I would call that an understatement. 429 00:32:31,710 --> 00:32:34,580 What the hell's going on down there? You've got troops in the conclave. 430 00:32:34,680 --> 00:32:37,010 I can explain everything. Let me come on board. 431 00:32:37,080 --> 00:32:39,740 You and the Third Lancer Regiment? Not likely. 432 00:32:39,740 --> 00:32:41,660 I can't argue with Mr. Anasazi. 433 00:32:41,850 --> 00:32:44,770 No lancers, Dylan. Just the two of us. 434 00:32:48,080 --> 00:32:49,600 Andromeda, hold transmission. 435 00:32:49,660 --> 00:32:50,700 Transmission held. 436 00:32:52,320 --> 00:32:53,900 If we can manage to bring him up... 437 00:32:53,990 --> 00:32:55,110 Clear the deck. 438 00:32:56,320 --> 00:32:57,210 Dylan, no offense, but... 439 00:32:57,250 --> 00:32:58,390 I know what I'm doing. 440 00:32:58,820 --> 00:33:00,450 I strongly doubt that. 441 00:33:01,490 --> 00:33:04,290 Let me stay. Maybe he'll listen to his triumvir. 442 00:33:04,320 --> 00:33:06,540 This isn't a debate. I have questions and... 443 00:33:06,570 --> 00:33:09,890 ... I'm gonna get answers. Now get off my deck! 444 00:33:27,790 --> 00:33:30,360 Andromeda, activate screen. 445 00:33:30,420 --> 00:33:31,950 Transmission reestablished. 446 00:33:33,020 --> 00:33:34,960 Admiral, about that meeting you wanted... 447 00:33:36,530 --> 00:33:38,070 ...permission granted. 448 00:33:44,540 --> 00:33:45,050 Status. 449 00:33:46,180 --> 00:33:48,160 He's outside the door, Dylan. And he's alone. 450 00:33:49,100 --> 00:33:49,870 Is he armed? 451 00:33:50,020 --> 00:33:51,440 One High Guard force lance. 452 00:33:52,630 --> 00:33:54,500 Let him in. Initiate privacy mode. 453 00:33:54,590 --> 00:33:55,060 But Dylan... 454 00:33:55,210 --> 00:33:57,160 Don't start with me. 455 00:34:06,060 --> 00:34:09,290 I understand why you did it, Dylan. Believe me, I do. 456 00:34:09,440 --> 00:34:10,650 You've got this all wrong. 457 00:34:10,740 --> 00:34:13,730 Do I? I know how important that election was to you. 458 00:34:13,760 --> 00:34:17,360 You know, last I looked, I wasn't the one with troops in the streets. 459 00:34:19,090 --> 00:34:20,030 Is that how you want to play this? 460 00:34:20,190 --> 00:34:21,950 I am not playing at anything. 461 00:34:22,880 --> 00:34:23,790 Neither am I. 462 00:34:37,140 --> 00:34:39,560 Rhade! Listen to me! 463 00:36:39,120 --> 00:36:43,690 You could have killed me. You didn't. Why not? 464 00:36:44,500 --> 00:36:50,470 Same reason you didn't kill me. Because we both know who the real criminal is. 465 00:37:00,550 --> 00:37:06,590 Ceremonial visits to the shipyard, coded transmissions on her private line, 466 00:37:07,020 --> 00:37:09,460 and cargo manifests in her brother's name. 467 00:37:09,690 --> 00:37:13,420 If the information your A.I. uncovered is true, she's been planning this for months. 468 00:37:13,940 --> 00:37:18,150 She knew that her scouts would locate me eventually and bring me to Terazed... 469 00:37:18,600 --> 00:37:23,640 And instituted a contingency plan in case it didn't go her way. 470 00:37:24,300 --> 00:37:26,340 Think you can verify this evidence independently? 471 00:37:27,100 --> 00:37:31,190 Terazed is with free press. It's hard to hide things. It's harder to fake them. 472 00:37:35,400 --> 00:37:43,130 Rommie could falsify data like this easily. Hell, if I wanted to, I could make it... 473 00:37:45,590 --> 00:37:51,460 look like you were behind the whole thing. And then you'd get everything you wanted, wouldn't you? 474 00:37:52,010 --> 00:37:55,530 The isolationists would be disgraced. There'd be a new election. Terazed would join the new Commonwealth. 475 00:37:55,670 --> 00:37:57,020 And you'd go to prison. 476 00:37:58,970 --> 00:38:03,400 As cost-benefit ratios go, it's got a lot to recommend it. 477 00:38:04,810 --> 00:38:12,100 Betray an innocent me, gain the world, and lose... lose what, Mr. Rhade? 478 00:38:13,910 --> 00:38:16,140 It's what I would do. 479 00:38:17,730 --> 00:38:20,120 All right, let's end this. 480 00:38:48,870 --> 00:38:52,200 Triumvir Ben-Tzion, you're under arrest. 481 00:38:55,060 --> 00:38:59,280 Dylan, please. We want the same thing. 482 00:39:00,030 --> 00:39:03,190 No, we don't. 483 00:39:34,960 --> 00:39:40,420 Eternal life grant unto him and may perpetual life shine upon him. 484 00:39:58,070 --> 00:40:00,750 I think I finally understand what happened to my ancestor. 485 00:40:02,980 --> 00:40:06,860 Good. So do I. 486 00:40:09,440 --> 00:40:13,450 And tell your Aunt Connie it is fine with me if she wants to give you away, 487 00:40:13,510 --> 00:40:20,340 but I am not going to salute her if she insists on wearing pink taffeta. And I... Come. 488 00:40:25,940 --> 00:40:27,510 About this best man job. 489 00:40:27,600 --> 00:40:28,970 Uh, yes? 490 00:40:29,010 --> 00:40:33,270 Does it always involve drunken bachelor parties and half-naked dancing girls? 491 00:40:39,480 --> 00:40:40,720 Pretty much, yeah. 492 00:40:42,970 --> 00:40:47,280 Hmmm. In that case, I accept. 493 00:40:47,550 --> 00:40:51,400 Good. I'm glad. 494 00:40:52,830 --> 00:41:00,180 Thank you, Dylan. It's an honor to serve with you. And an honor to be your friend. 495 00:41:10,060 --> 00:41:11,680 Did I do the right thing, Rommie? 496 00:41:12,820 --> 00:41:14,350 Throwing it all away like that. 497 00:41:16,130 --> 00:41:20,400 You mean by arresting Rakel Ben-Tzion instead of Telemachus Rhade. 498 00:41:21,050 --> 00:41:21,630 Yeah. 499 00:41:24,380 --> 00:41:28,890 I try not to dwell on what's right and what's wrong. It slows my processors. 500 00:41:32,710 --> 00:41:37,580 Still, one innocent man convicted, one guilty woman set free 501 00:41:37,750 --> 00:41:44,220 in exchange for a fleet, a crew, the ability to protect Terazed and a thousand other worlds from a genuine horror. 502 00:41:46,140 --> 00:41:48,920 One act of betrayal to save the universe. 503 00:41:51,370 --> 00:41:54,140 It seems a small price to pay, doesn't it? 504 00:41:58,480 --> 00:42:00,140 Be well, Dylan. 505 00:42:02,990 --> 00:42:12,360 I'm doing my best, Sarah. 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