Earth: Final Conflict s04e11 Episode Script
Lost Generation
Previously on Gene Roddenberry's EARTH FINAL CONFLICT Take a look at this.
Traces of radiation identify as those derived from taelons interdimentional travel we're found in the headers? You used interdimentional surgery to remove the babies from their mothers.
And then taelon technology to accelerate their growth.
- You are the victim here.
- Victim? We have been given the greatest gift we could have ever asked for.
Our scientists believe that the function of the CVIs maybe breaking down.
The agents serving as companion protectors do so because they're committed to the Taelons.
That may be true, but the CVIs are insurances.
Is your CVI functioning agent Sandoval? Uh I hope it's eatable honey.
If not, I order in anything you want.
- Ho! you're ok? - He's *** all of a sudden Come over here, and sitting up.
Why is a pregnant women always look so damn sexy? Why is it you always find the exact right thing to say? Oh God, he's feisty! Let me have a word with him.
Now listen to me little guy.
You know, it's hard enough for your mother to carry you around all the time.
Now listen, you don't have Talk Bob! What was that? It's my head, it's the implant, my CVI.
- God, Bob, BOB! - Please need help.
They have come to Earth with the promise of peace.
An alien race called the Taelons.
But there are those who resist these alien Companions.
For the Taelons' true mission the secrets they hide will forever alter our world.
VO transcription by: Team Trad EFC The fate of humanity now relies on those who dare challenge the future of Earth.
Pretty quiet here for a friday night, what's up? Check it out.
"Lost generation" Robert G.
Brody, age 35.
Retired from the companion Protectors service a year ago - full pension for medical.
- What happened to him? Well, the official Volunteer investigation report says brain aneurysm.
That may be a weather smoke.
- Obviously his head was burned.
- I think his CVI short it down on him.
Bob was a good man I met him a few times.
He just landed at this pretty cushy job.
Yeah, with "New Life" a family planning group.
He was head of security.
For the all operation? No, for the new D.
C.
center.
They call it the "Shannon Door Center" So why do you call me Sam? They close the file Major.
They expedited Bob to crematorium before the postmortem.
- That's ridiculous, this needs to be investigate.
- Tell me about it, but I've been with I.
U.
long enough to smell a cover up.
- Long enough to look the other way.
- But not this time.
His wife was 8 months pregnant, she went into labour trying to help him.
The baby is in neonatal ICU.
She's still in a coma.
Look I figured since he was one of your own.
You wanna check it out.
Thanks Sam, I appreciate it.
I'm on it.
And officially, I'm not.
Understood? I can't afford a delay.
Don't we have lobbies on the hill? why are we paying them for? - I take care of it Miss Palmer.
- Yeah, you do that.
- Hi! - Hi, can you take a time out? You bet.
- You wanted to hear about those new life centers, right? - Right, fire away.
Well! The good news is: They made it possible for thousands of couples who infertile to have children.
The first one opened up about 5 years ago, they're now 600 at the worldwide.
And a bad news? There is no bad news.
It's not a Tealon co-venture, so no patent claims or whatsover take, no advisory role.
After the Tealons gave them a jump start, they built out.
So now it's strictly human to human and the compagny is posted in Salador and even has a solid track record.
Bob Brody, had a solid track record too.
Take an early out when his companion ran low on core energy.
- It's getting more and more common.
- So what do you looking for here? I don't know! What about this Shannon Door Center he worked for.
That's their flag ship operation, the next generation.
They hired Brody, right around the time they opened.
Their P.
R campain told they're offering the latest in genetic screening, embryonic enhancements.
Brody's wife just delivered prematurely shock of his death I guess.
Now his records noted that she had two previous miscarriages.
Were they client at Shannon Door? Uh, let's check Yeah Brody, Robert and Sue, they had invitro fertilization, she stayed at the center for three weeks.
She was expecting next month.
What could be sader than becoming a new mom and a widow at the same time.
Not many things.
You think there's something for us here? The Taelons created Volunteer Investigations.
Sam Nepps as an inside track.
If he thinks Brody's death is a cover up then so do I! You telling me that you've never had a CVI malfunction In the early stages of implantation and adaptation, yes.
There were a number of anomalies so however we have eliminated those.
You forgot to mention the human immune system has made them inaffective.
Yes, they are past the usefulness.
But we believe the technology served its purpose smoothed the unification of our species.
Ex-protector Robert Brody's CVI just killed him.
Impossible! - I received no report.
- And you won't.
It's been written off, as a burst blood vessel.
However the CVI.
burn a hole through his head.
Protector Brody was implanted with XR2010 the most recent generation.
We have received no reported problems with it.
I saw his body Da'an it happened.
I cannot imagine how, each CVI is unique they adapt to the users inherent brain chemistry.
- No two are alike, I know, so - He could not happen.
This damage suggest an overdrive loop.
- Feedback? - Yes.
Which can only mean an energy lock with an identical CVI.
Identical, ok.
- So what if it was a clone of Brody implant? - Again impossible.
Every CVI is counted for, Liam and even if a duplicate was made, it would conform to its host neuro-matrix, it too it become unique.
Every picture tells a story.
- And you telling me it can't happen.
- I admit it is perplexing.
However we must take *** that the retrieval program is moving toward conclusion on schedule.
Not soon enough.
The IU plant close guards around the clock.
Looks like they don't want anyone talking to Sue Brody.
She's a witness, if the IU wants to burry the case that make sense.
What! Frank Tate.
Well, that can't be good.
Where Tate goes, so does Sandoval.
What don't you see what you could find out about Sue Brody's condition.
I'll see what Frank Tate's up to.
Everything here is cool.
I have got new neo and all the general level five lock down.
Three shifts.
So search back to the VIU overturn found.
I've got a guard at the elevators, four on the stairway.
Hold on I have to call you back.
Hi, I'm Louise Jacoby senior birth consultant.
Welcome to Shannon Door a "New Life center".
- Mister and Mrs? - Carter Liam Carter, my Wife Renée.
- Nice to meet you.
- Please sit.
An old college buddy of mine, Bob Brody said you do wonderful work here.
- I hope you heard that - Yes, yes, but only when we read the newspaper this morning it's - just awful.
- Tragic.
I should explain Bob and I hadn't been in touch much since school but we knew he worked here - so we called when we - When we decided to have a family Thank God their baby's out of danger.
Oh Sue is almost full term.
- So you and Bob were at Notre Dame together? - Painstead.
Oh, right! Liam and I've been trying for a while, but it just hasn't been happening even we're both perfecly healthy.
And God knows we've given at the old college try.
Anyway Sue told me that after two miscarriages you and the staff you were a godsend.
Ho, that's very kind.
Then they're maybe many contributing factors to why you're not pregnant environement, stress, hormone levels.
So lets begin, shall we? Sandy, do you have a test kit? We start with a simple fertility test.
It only requires a small pin break and while we wait for your results, I'll give you a tour and explain our in-residence program.
Sound good? - It sounds great, right honey? - Great, honey.
Most of our couples, who experience difficulty conceiving, opt for a maximised fertilization method.
- It's an in vitro technic.
- You mean test tube conception? Yes, eggs are procured from the mother, sperm from the father we factor out disease, select your best physical and emotional traits creating what we call a geneticaly maximised embryo.
And is there taelon technology involve? We took what they gave us, thank them and said goodbye.
In five years we've built on it and made it not only human but safe.
This is our common room.
We hold a number of instructional seminars here but it's also a good place for a nice cup of tea and read.
Cosy Oh, excuse me for moment, will you? - Your lab results are back.
- Sure.
Seems on the open up.
Brody's CVI may have killed him, but it is not to relate to his job.
It relates to his wife and child or Tate wouldn't be all over that hospital.
Mr and Mrs Carter.
I'm use to telling couples all sorts of things so you might wonder why I don't find this so difficult.
But from where I stand it's absolutly manageable.
Your lab results confirm it.
You're unfertile.
What? But what does that mean? I mean, I know what that means but What it means the reason you haven't been able to conceive is organic.
But luckily you fall right on the main sucess curve of our methods.
So, if you wanna have a baby we can get you pregnant, no problem.
How long does that take to steep.
- Been holding it for about an hour.
- You care.
Maybe because I do.
But you can check it, can't you? I had a check-up, just six weeks ago.
I know, I'm healthy.
It's gonna take a better ---, than Louise Jacoby to convince me I need taelon technology to have a baby.
What reminds me, I've something I want to show you.
Intensive care unit at Baltimore general uses a metrax system I spied it while we were over there.
Sue Brody is connected to a central processing unit.
I have a Doors' technician to have it on line for me.
- That's great we can monitor her vital signs from here.
- Yeah.
What about that list of Shannon Door clients, Nepps gave you? Right now the centre had 71 prespective mothers as clients but you see this, only 8 are in residence waiting for a maximised embryo.
Eight? It cannot be right, I mean we saw maybe six in that yoga class another three in the *** group and it had to be at least a dozen or so who were lounging on the grounds.
I know, that's why I'm going back to take a look.
Do you wanna come? I don't think so, I think I could restrain myself with Louise.
Okay! - You sure you're alright? - Yeah, fine.
Go.
bye.
The malfunction of Brody's CVI was a fluke, which could not have been foreseen.
Fortunately the baby was unharmed and can go home with its mother.
- If she survives.
- If not we will find a suitable adoptive parent.
The elegance of this program is that from this point foward: There is no need for the parent to be aware of the child's unique qualities, or - for any supervision from us, whatsoever.
- I know.
- I devised the methodology, did I not? - Yes, indeed.
And we anticipate a birth rate of seventy children per week, once the next generation of New Life Centers are fully operational.
Which is why it is foolish to risk the outcome for this one child.
Please eradicate it and begin again.
A needless waste of time and resources Zo'or.
There is no chance that Brody's death can compromise the program.
As our first as the prototype, the baby has value, as a long term study.
A cogent argument, but not persuasive enough.
You have my orders.
I will act on them Zo'or as events dictate.
According to this results, you're infertile.
I'm infertile! I know, how you feel Renée.
Well at least I can sympathize, and I'm sorry.
But look, it really isn't the end of the world.
Bad choice of metaphor Doctor.
In this case it really isn't alien technology.
When the Taelons gave it to us, it was advanced genetic analysis but we've surpassed that technology on our own already.
It's perfectly tested.
- I'd use it myself if I had no other option.
- But you do.
So please don't preach to me 'cause I just I don't wanna hear it.
I'm talking as your physician.
Global birth rate have been on a down turn for decades, before the Taelons arrived.
It's partly a desire for smaller families partly polution and crowding.
It puts you in a lot of company, good company.
- I can give you the latest stat - wai.
.
wai.
.
wait! Go back! What kind of pollution? Electromagnetism, hormones used in live stock.
What about taelon technology? No, no data on that.
Alright, what about your gut instincts, what did they tell you? What if we don't have a way to measure it yet but it's somehow killing us.
Portals, data streams I'm on that mothership twice a week.
I've commumed with Da'an, carry these energy inside me maybe that why I can't have children anymore.
I don't know Renée.
I don't know but I read a paper in the "American journal of medecine".
There may be, and I stress "may" be a trend for new infertility spikes in some major US cities.
- But we can't assumed it.
- Is D.
C.
one of them? Is it? They take the woman down for doing a neural scan this morning.
Some progress but she's still taking a big nap.
If she comes around I want either you or me to be first person she talks to.
- I need her to understand that silence is gold.
- Copy that.
How much silence are we talking about? I want her to raise her own child, Tate.
The child itself should be **** enough for her to find off any curiosity.
- When can I be believe the near natal would? - Day, or two.
Might have to be sooner.
Give me some privacy, please.
Louise Louise where am I? My baby! Where is my baby? Everything's fine, you're at Baltimore general.
You're in good hands.
And the best news of all you're a mummy! A son, he's in the nursery, he's stable.
- You just get some rest alright? - Ok.
Congratulations Mrs Brody, you gave birth to a healthy babyboy.
You could take him home today if you'd like.
My husband? Where is my husband? That's something I need to talk to you about.
Unfortunatly your husband suffered a brain aneurism about the same time you went into labour.
- I'm afraid he never recovered.
- No! I don't believe you! That can't be true.
It wasn't a brain aneurismen.
It was something else, something electrical.
He said is was the CVI, his implant.
I felt it too, right here.
It was like right inside full on fire, and I believe you Mrs Brody, I do.
Now, I want you to forget about everything that happened the other night.
Everything.
Then you can leave here with your baby.
Do you understand? You're not a Doctor.
Who are you? I'm a friend of the family.
A very good friend.
I know where you live.
What time you stop at that little bakery on your way to work.
I even know that you won a portrait contest in a fifth grade Mrs Brody.
Tate! - This little guy has got the same eyes as you.
- My God he's so beautiful.
He's a special little boy.
I'll be watching over both of you Mrs Brody every day, every night.
Please don't do anything that would force me to take him away from you.
Because if I have to I will You don't answer your global? Maybe I didn't want to.
Can I get a beer? Yeah.
What's the matter? I'm gonna need some time to sort this out.
Sorry to say, but we don't have time.
Tapping into the metrax system paid off.
Sue Brody's vitals return to normal this morning.
They just discharged her with her baby.
That's good, that's good.
She could talk to you.
- I'm gonna need your help.
- I just told you, I'm gonna need some time.
Look, I haven't been sick a day in my life.
- And all of a sudden out the blue I'm defective - It's not irreversible.
Doctor Duprée told you - there's a way to treat this.
- I don't want to be treated.
Don't you get it? Ok.
Alright, now, you won't stall me there.
You didn't even know, if you'd ever have kids 'cause you aren't sure you want to bring them into a world like this.
I want the option! I want the decision to be mine, I want I want a be able to choose the way I want to do it.
I could never let the Taelons, help me, it would be like letting them win.
I want them off the planet.
I want them to stop infecting our lifes.
I want them dead.
Just leave me alone.
Ok.
Fair enough.
Ho, I almost forgot Nepps got me Louise Jacoby dossier before she took over at New Life she was a biotech engineer.
She was involved in early CVI research as a Taleon coventure.
Why am I not surprised? Da'an said that the only thing that would burn a hole in Brody's brain is a feedback from another CVI tune to the same frequency as his own.
We've been through of this.
Brody was alone with his wife when it happened, she doesn't have a CVI.
They were three of them in the house remember: husband, wife an unborn child.
Now, I heard Tate say something about the baby having had neurological kicks.
An unborn baby with a CVI! She's a specialist in CVI technology and she runs a fertility clinic.
She's implanting foetuses with built-in CVI, the technology doesn't even exist.
You know that for a fact? Hi, Sue! I'm Liam Kincaid.
- Is this a bad time? - No, no I'm I'm glad you came.
I'm just waiting for the visiting nurse from the hospital.
We met at Quantico Bob and you were in the same group right? That's right! - Ho! This is Renee Palmer.
- Hello! I, I heard about your husband from Liam, so sorry - we don't take up your time? - No, really so many of Bob's old friends are calling and it's gratifying, see them all at the funeral Please, come on in.
It is Bob's son, Robert junior.
- He's gorgeous.
- Specialy when he isn't crying.
I'm doing enough of that for both of us.
We just wanted to pay our respects, we should leave.
Forgive me I didn't fix anything.
The doctor wants me to stay off of my feet.
Is there anything we can do for you? As long as my baby is alright I'll be fine.
Mrs Brody I know this isn't right to talk about, but do you remember what happened to your husband, the night you went into labour? He had a caesura I guess.
The doctors tell me I was so upset, that I went into early labour.
I passed out when I woke up, I was at the hospital.
Listen I'm still a little weak.
I hate to cut this short but Are you sure there isn't - anything else than we can do for you? - No, not well, my wedding ring.
I promise Bob I never take it off, and with all that's happened I've looked I can't find it anywhere.
What about your things from hospital they should put them in a bag for you? They're in the kitchen, I haven't had the strength to unpack.
- Do you like me to go take a look? - Would you, thanks.
It's right over here.
It's gonna be ok.
Did you find it? Yes I did.
Thanks.
If you need to talk I'll be fine.
Alright, you know where to reach me.
Alright.
Bye.
There was an identical CVI in the room the night Bob Brody's head caved in.
It was in the brain of his unborn child.
That's why Brody's CVI run into a failure feedback loop.
I scanned Sue Brody's baby.
He's three days old and emitting a CVI frequency identical to his father's.
This is what she was wearing the night it happened.
It's burned from the feedback.
Burned out from her body through the cloth.
- And this evidence suggest what? - Don't play games Da'an.
You're putting CVIs in unborn children.
You found a way to sterilize a vast number of women including myself just to get us into your birth centers.
New Live is no longer ours.
We once did the research with genes from a human cerebral cortex.
They were altered to include a CVI pulse.
You're saying you found a way to give our brains organic CVIs.
CNI would be a more apt term.
Cerebral Neural Implants.
The new DNA would be passed to the next generation, and the next.
But we abandoned the project as incompatible with our core mission on earth.
Humans breeding humans with neural implants generation after generation.
It's requires maximizing the embryo in an incubation chamber, it has not been done.
We didn't seen any incubation chamber at Shannon Door.
Maybe we did, but we didn't know it.
- I shall make discrete inquiries to ascertain our involvement.
- Forget discrete.
This is an unspeakable crime.
And you better be able to undo whatever it is you have done to us.
These two aren't on Nepps' list.
Wich mean they never registred.
They're human, but they have no brain activity in the frontal lobes.
- They carrying human babies? - Yeah.
So they're what? Androids? No, androids have primitive thoughts, these are only humanoids.
Flesh and blood but operating totally on their *** systems.
- Living incubators and not a trace of tealon technoly in sight.
What could be more natural to put an embryo in a womb.
And who'd know it's only a fake human.
It's a DNA scan tech lock.
I might be able to override it with the reading, I took of the humanoid.
I' picking up something in the new corridor.
Must control the basement.
I've got two bio targets but no acces transponders.
Advise? I have unauthorized personnel here, do you copy? Hi! We're a little lost.
- Where are we? - You're in restricted area Ma'am.
Where is your access transponder? - He'll be out for a while.
- Come on, they'll find him soon.
Any idea what that is? Some kind of feeder scanner energy emerging system.
Still not getting any thought with readings.
Space *** singularity functions.
What's up? Hope it's *** Purification system activated.
10% argon.
Argon, it's inert.
We'll suffocated.
We got to get out of here.
Security breach.
Countainment measures activated.
Up there.
Come on.
20% argon.
Renée.
Renée! It's the only way out of here.
30% argon.
Chamber access initiated.
Authorization granted.
Shutting down all purification and energy systems.
Liam look out! I got you.
I got you.
Alright.
That's it.
Swing, hold.
Emerging terminated.
Unsealing chamber.
Security breach still in effect.
- It seems there has been a series of radiation leaks.
- Inadvertent leaks.
Leaks nonetheless during the purging of our main drive coolant.
Which occurs every fifth orbit.
Well call it what you want, it was aimed at the a eastern seaboard.
Aimed implies intend there was none.
The purge of coolant simply occured once a day over the same part of North America.
- The mistake has been corrected.
- The mistake has made thousand of women infertile.
Thousand, correct that! A gravous result.
No Tealon would intentionally wish this to happen.
- Do you agree? - Indeed.
But I have it on good medical authority that the effect will naturally reverse itself in time.
Meanwhile your New Life centers will be doing a booming business, won't they? I suppose that's not intentional either.
They are not ours.
They belong to humanity.
Unlike our unfortunate species humanity is blessed with an abundance of new lives.
Then for once I guess the news isn't all bad.
Is it? Miss Palmer.
- Renée a moment.
- I don't care.
Da'an I don't care what the company line is.
That radiation was blasted down from this infernal ship.
You wanted more women in those centers so you could implant them with CNI.
Period.
I believe you are right.
Though I was not involved.
But I am asking you to trust me now.
It has stopped.
I don't have to trust you Da'an.
You must accept this from me.
As the only way that I that we ***.
It is a rejuvenation lattice which will restore your fertility.
More tealon voodoo.
It is the one sure way to cleanse your system.
Please, take it.
Do you have enough for everyone? Regrettably no.
Then keep it, I'll take my chances.
And if it turns out I'm unlucky, I never have children of my own.
At least I'll know I never took a favor from a Taelon.
- Thanks again for comming.
- You're welcome.
Take care.
We've got to make a decision Liam.
Is it in the best interest of the mother and child to know everything? About the Cyber Neural Implant normally I'd say no, but you'll have to weight the medical risk.
I didn't mean the CNI.
- It's the other thing.
- What other thing, you've lost me.
I did a standard genome search.
That baby has two strands of inserted DNA.
A Cyber Neural Implant and what's known as the persona suede of genes.
A predisposition to things like violence, aggressiveness, criminal tendency.
- Gene modification of behaviour? - Exactly.
- I match it against global DNA data for an ID.
- And you find a match.
And how can that boy's DNA belong to somebody else? It's been cloned Liam.
And put into every baby maximized at the Shannon Door Center.
It was isolated from the persona suede of a living individual Ronald Sandoval.
- Do they all accounted for? - Yes and I did find enough host mothers in developing countries for all the embryos.
Here are the names.
Excellent.
But our orders are to eradicate the entire program.
- We won't need the humanoids, correct? - Correct.
Zo'or is concerned with public reaction overexpose, once all the embryos destroyed.
Shame really, but I suppose that's best.
What will you do with them? Same thing I'm going to do with you Louise.
Shut them down.
But first I'm taking the embryos with me.
Team Trad EFC
Traces of radiation identify as those derived from taelons interdimentional travel we're found in the headers? You used interdimentional surgery to remove the babies from their mothers.
And then taelon technology to accelerate their growth.
- You are the victim here.
- Victim? We have been given the greatest gift we could have ever asked for.
Our scientists believe that the function of the CVIs maybe breaking down.
The agents serving as companion protectors do so because they're committed to the Taelons.
That may be true, but the CVIs are insurances.
Is your CVI functioning agent Sandoval? Uh I hope it's eatable honey.
If not, I order in anything you want.
- Ho! you're ok? - He's *** all of a sudden Come over here, and sitting up.
Why is a pregnant women always look so damn sexy? Why is it you always find the exact right thing to say? Oh God, he's feisty! Let me have a word with him.
Now listen to me little guy.
You know, it's hard enough for your mother to carry you around all the time.
Now listen, you don't have Talk Bob! What was that? It's my head, it's the implant, my CVI.
- God, Bob, BOB! - Please need help.
They have come to Earth with the promise of peace.
An alien race called the Taelons.
But there are those who resist these alien Companions.
For the Taelons' true mission the secrets they hide will forever alter our world.
VO transcription by: Team Trad EFC The fate of humanity now relies on those who dare challenge the future of Earth.
Pretty quiet here for a friday night, what's up? Check it out.
"Lost generation" Robert G.
Brody, age 35.
Retired from the companion Protectors service a year ago - full pension for medical.
- What happened to him? Well, the official Volunteer investigation report says brain aneurysm.
That may be a weather smoke.
- Obviously his head was burned.
- I think his CVI short it down on him.
Bob was a good man I met him a few times.
He just landed at this pretty cushy job.
Yeah, with "New Life" a family planning group.
He was head of security.
For the all operation? No, for the new D.
C.
center.
They call it the "Shannon Door Center" So why do you call me Sam? They close the file Major.
They expedited Bob to crematorium before the postmortem.
- That's ridiculous, this needs to be investigate.
- Tell me about it, but I've been with I.
U.
long enough to smell a cover up.
- Long enough to look the other way.
- But not this time.
His wife was 8 months pregnant, she went into labour trying to help him.
The baby is in neonatal ICU.
She's still in a coma.
Look I figured since he was one of your own.
You wanna check it out.
Thanks Sam, I appreciate it.
I'm on it.
And officially, I'm not.
Understood? I can't afford a delay.
Don't we have lobbies on the hill? why are we paying them for? - I take care of it Miss Palmer.
- Yeah, you do that.
- Hi! - Hi, can you take a time out? You bet.
- You wanted to hear about those new life centers, right? - Right, fire away.
Well! The good news is: They made it possible for thousands of couples who infertile to have children.
The first one opened up about 5 years ago, they're now 600 at the worldwide.
And a bad news? There is no bad news.
It's not a Tealon co-venture, so no patent claims or whatsover take, no advisory role.
After the Tealons gave them a jump start, they built out.
So now it's strictly human to human and the compagny is posted in Salador and even has a solid track record.
Bob Brody, had a solid track record too.
Take an early out when his companion ran low on core energy.
- It's getting more and more common.
- So what do you looking for here? I don't know! What about this Shannon Door Center he worked for.
That's their flag ship operation, the next generation.
They hired Brody, right around the time they opened.
Their P.
R campain told they're offering the latest in genetic screening, embryonic enhancements.
Brody's wife just delivered prematurely shock of his death I guess.
Now his records noted that she had two previous miscarriages.
Were they client at Shannon Door? Uh, let's check Yeah Brody, Robert and Sue, they had invitro fertilization, she stayed at the center for three weeks.
She was expecting next month.
What could be sader than becoming a new mom and a widow at the same time.
Not many things.
You think there's something for us here? The Taelons created Volunteer Investigations.
Sam Nepps as an inside track.
If he thinks Brody's death is a cover up then so do I! You telling me that you've never had a CVI malfunction In the early stages of implantation and adaptation, yes.
There were a number of anomalies so however we have eliminated those.
You forgot to mention the human immune system has made them inaffective.
Yes, they are past the usefulness.
But we believe the technology served its purpose smoothed the unification of our species.
Ex-protector Robert Brody's CVI just killed him.
Impossible! - I received no report.
- And you won't.
It's been written off, as a burst blood vessel.
However the CVI.
burn a hole through his head.
Protector Brody was implanted with XR2010 the most recent generation.
We have received no reported problems with it.
I saw his body Da'an it happened.
I cannot imagine how, each CVI is unique they adapt to the users inherent brain chemistry.
- No two are alike, I know, so - He could not happen.
This damage suggest an overdrive loop.
- Feedback? - Yes.
Which can only mean an energy lock with an identical CVI.
Identical, ok.
- So what if it was a clone of Brody implant? - Again impossible.
Every CVI is counted for, Liam and even if a duplicate was made, it would conform to its host neuro-matrix, it too it become unique.
Every picture tells a story.
- And you telling me it can't happen.
- I admit it is perplexing.
However we must take *** that the retrieval program is moving toward conclusion on schedule.
Not soon enough.
The IU plant close guards around the clock.
Looks like they don't want anyone talking to Sue Brody.
She's a witness, if the IU wants to burry the case that make sense.
What! Frank Tate.
Well, that can't be good.
Where Tate goes, so does Sandoval.
What don't you see what you could find out about Sue Brody's condition.
I'll see what Frank Tate's up to.
Everything here is cool.
I have got new neo and all the general level five lock down.
Three shifts.
So search back to the VIU overturn found.
I've got a guard at the elevators, four on the stairway.
Hold on I have to call you back.
Hi, I'm Louise Jacoby senior birth consultant.
Welcome to Shannon Door a "New Life center".
- Mister and Mrs? - Carter Liam Carter, my Wife Renée.
- Nice to meet you.
- Please sit.
An old college buddy of mine, Bob Brody said you do wonderful work here.
- I hope you heard that - Yes, yes, but only when we read the newspaper this morning it's - just awful.
- Tragic.
I should explain Bob and I hadn't been in touch much since school but we knew he worked here - so we called when we - When we decided to have a family Thank God their baby's out of danger.
Oh Sue is almost full term.
- So you and Bob were at Notre Dame together? - Painstead.
Oh, right! Liam and I've been trying for a while, but it just hasn't been happening even we're both perfecly healthy.
And God knows we've given at the old college try.
Anyway Sue told me that after two miscarriages you and the staff you were a godsend.
Ho, that's very kind.
Then they're maybe many contributing factors to why you're not pregnant environement, stress, hormone levels.
So lets begin, shall we? Sandy, do you have a test kit? We start with a simple fertility test.
It only requires a small pin break and while we wait for your results, I'll give you a tour and explain our in-residence program.
Sound good? - It sounds great, right honey? - Great, honey.
Most of our couples, who experience difficulty conceiving, opt for a maximised fertilization method.
- It's an in vitro technic.
- You mean test tube conception? Yes, eggs are procured from the mother, sperm from the father we factor out disease, select your best physical and emotional traits creating what we call a geneticaly maximised embryo.
And is there taelon technology involve? We took what they gave us, thank them and said goodbye.
In five years we've built on it and made it not only human but safe.
This is our common room.
We hold a number of instructional seminars here but it's also a good place for a nice cup of tea and read.
Cosy Oh, excuse me for moment, will you? - Your lab results are back.
- Sure.
Seems on the open up.
Brody's CVI may have killed him, but it is not to relate to his job.
It relates to his wife and child or Tate wouldn't be all over that hospital.
Mr and Mrs Carter.
I'm use to telling couples all sorts of things so you might wonder why I don't find this so difficult.
But from where I stand it's absolutly manageable.
Your lab results confirm it.
You're unfertile.
What? But what does that mean? I mean, I know what that means but What it means the reason you haven't been able to conceive is organic.
But luckily you fall right on the main sucess curve of our methods.
So, if you wanna have a baby we can get you pregnant, no problem.
How long does that take to steep.
- Been holding it for about an hour.
- You care.
Maybe because I do.
But you can check it, can't you? I had a check-up, just six weeks ago.
I know, I'm healthy.
It's gonna take a better ---, than Louise Jacoby to convince me I need taelon technology to have a baby.
What reminds me, I've something I want to show you.
Intensive care unit at Baltimore general uses a metrax system I spied it while we were over there.
Sue Brody is connected to a central processing unit.
I have a Doors' technician to have it on line for me.
- That's great we can monitor her vital signs from here.
- Yeah.
What about that list of Shannon Door clients, Nepps gave you? Right now the centre had 71 prespective mothers as clients but you see this, only 8 are in residence waiting for a maximised embryo.
Eight? It cannot be right, I mean we saw maybe six in that yoga class another three in the *** group and it had to be at least a dozen or so who were lounging on the grounds.
I know, that's why I'm going back to take a look.
Do you wanna come? I don't think so, I think I could restrain myself with Louise.
Okay! - You sure you're alright? - Yeah, fine.
Go.
bye.
The malfunction of Brody's CVI was a fluke, which could not have been foreseen.
Fortunately the baby was unharmed and can go home with its mother.
- If she survives.
- If not we will find a suitable adoptive parent.
The elegance of this program is that from this point foward: There is no need for the parent to be aware of the child's unique qualities, or - for any supervision from us, whatsoever.
- I know.
- I devised the methodology, did I not? - Yes, indeed.
And we anticipate a birth rate of seventy children per week, once the next generation of New Life Centers are fully operational.
Which is why it is foolish to risk the outcome for this one child.
Please eradicate it and begin again.
A needless waste of time and resources Zo'or.
There is no chance that Brody's death can compromise the program.
As our first as the prototype, the baby has value, as a long term study.
A cogent argument, but not persuasive enough.
You have my orders.
I will act on them Zo'or as events dictate.
According to this results, you're infertile.
I'm infertile! I know, how you feel Renée.
Well at least I can sympathize, and I'm sorry.
But look, it really isn't the end of the world.
Bad choice of metaphor Doctor.
In this case it really isn't alien technology.
When the Taelons gave it to us, it was advanced genetic analysis but we've surpassed that technology on our own already.
It's perfectly tested.
- I'd use it myself if I had no other option.
- But you do.
So please don't preach to me 'cause I just I don't wanna hear it.
I'm talking as your physician.
Global birth rate have been on a down turn for decades, before the Taelons arrived.
It's partly a desire for smaller families partly polution and crowding.
It puts you in a lot of company, good company.
- I can give you the latest stat - wai.
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wai.
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wait! Go back! What kind of pollution? Electromagnetism, hormones used in live stock.
What about taelon technology? No, no data on that.
Alright, what about your gut instincts, what did they tell you? What if we don't have a way to measure it yet but it's somehow killing us.
Portals, data streams I'm on that mothership twice a week.
I've commumed with Da'an, carry these energy inside me maybe that why I can't have children anymore.
I don't know Renée.
I don't know but I read a paper in the "American journal of medecine".
There may be, and I stress "may" be a trend for new infertility spikes in some major US cities.
- But we can't assumed it.
- Is D.
C.
one of them? Is it? They take the woman down for doing a neural scan this morning.
Some progress but she's still taking a big nap.
If she comes around I want either you or me to be first person she talks to.
- I need her to understand that silence is gold.
- Copy that.
How much silence are we talking about? I want her to raise her own child, Tate.
The child itself should be **** enough for her to find off any curiosity.
- When can I be believe the near natal would? - Day, or two.
Might have to be sooner.
Give me some privacy, please.
Louise Louise where am I? My baby! Where is my baby? Everything's fine, you're at Baltimore general.
You're in good hands.
And the best news of all you're a mummy! A son, he's in the nursery, he's stable.
- You just get some rest alright? - Ok.
Congratulations Mrs Brody, you gave birth to a healthy babyboy.
You could take him home today if you'd like.
My husband? Where is my husband? That's something I need to talk to you about.
Unfortunatly your husband suffered a brain aneurism about the same time you went into labour.
- I'm afraid he never recovered.
- No! I don't believe you! That can't be true.
It wasn't a brain aneurismen.
It was something else, something electrical.
He said is was the CVI, his implant.
I felt it too, right here.
It was like right inside full on fire, and I believe you Mrs Brody, I do.
Now, I want you to forget about everything that happened the other night.
Everything.
Then you can leave here with your baby.
Do you understand? You're not a Doctor.
Who are you? I'm a friend of the family.
A very good friend.
I know where you live.
What time you stop at that little bakery on your way to work.
I even know that you won a portrait contest in a fifth grade Mrs Brody.
Tate! - This little guy has got the same eyes as you.
- My God he's so beautiful.
He's a special little boy.
I'll be watching over both of you Mrs Brody every day, every night.
Please don't do anything that would force me to take him away from you.
Because if I have to I will You don't answer your global? Maybe I didn't want to.
Can I get a beer? Yeah.
What's the matter? I'm gonna need some time to sort this out.
Sorry to say, but we don't have time.
Tapping into the metrax system paid off.
Sue Brody's vitals return to normal this morning.
They just discharged her with her baby.
That's good, that's good.
She could talk to you.
- I'm gonna need your help.
- I just told you, I'm gonna need some time.
Look, I haven't been sick a day in my life.
- And all of a sudden out the blue I'm defective - It's not irreversible.
Doctor Duprée told you - there's a way to treat this.
- I don't want to be treated.
Don't you get it? Ok.
Alright, now, you won't stall me there.
You didn't even know, if you'd ever have kids 'cause you aren't sure you want to bring them into a world like this.
I want the option! I want the decision to be mine, I want I want a be able to choose the way I want to do it.
I could never let the Taelons, help me, it would be like letting them win.
I want them off the planet.
I want them to stop infecting our lifes.
I want them dead.
Just leave me alone.
Ok.
Fair enough.
Ho, I almost forgot Nepps got me Louise Jacoby dossier before she took over at New Life she was a biotech engineer.
She was involved in early CVI research as a Taleon coventure.
Why am I not surprised? Da'an said that the only thing that would burn a hole in Brody's brain is a feedback from another CVI tune to the same frequency as his own.
We've been through of this.
Brody was alone with his wife when it happened, she doesn't have a CVI.
They were three of them in the house remember: husband, wife an unborn child.
Now, I heard Tate say something about the baby having had neurological kicks.
An unborn baby with a CVI! She's a specialist in CVI technology and she runs a fertility clinic.
She's implanting foetuses with built-in CVI, the technology doesn't even exist.
You know that for a fact? Hi, Sue! I'm Liam Kincaid.
- Is this a bad time? - No, no I'm I'm glad you came.
I'm just waiting for the visiting nurse from the hospital.
We met at Quantico Bob and you were in the same group right? That's right! - Ho! This is Renee Palmer.
- Hello! I, I heard about your husband from Liam, so sorry - we don't take up your time? - No, really so many of Bob's old friends are calling and it's gratifying, see them all at the funeral Please, come on in.
It is Bob's son, Robert junior.
- He's gorgeous.
- Specialy when he isn't crying.
I'm doing enough of that for both of us.
We just wanted to pay our respects, we should leave.
Forgive me I didn't fix anything.
The doctor wants me to stay off of my feet.
Is there anything we can do for you? As long as my baby is alright I'll be fine.
Mrs Brody I know this isn't right to talk about, but do you remember what happened to your husband, the night you went into labour? He had a caesura I guess.
The doctors tell me I was so upset, that I went into early labour.
I passed out when I woke up, I was at the hospital.
Listen I'm still a little weak.
I hate to cut this short but Are you sure there isn't - anything else than we can do for you? - No, not well, my wedding ring.
I promise Bob I never take it off, and with all that's happened I've looked I can't find it anywhere.
What about your things from hospital they should put them in a bag for you? They're in the kitchen, I haven't had the strength to unpack.
- Do you like me to go take a look? - Would you, thanks.
It's right over here.
It's gonna be ok.
Did you find it? Yes I did.
Thanks.
If you need to talk I'll be fine.
Alright, you know where to reach me.
Alright.
Bye.
There was an identical CVI in the room the night Bob Brody's head caved in.
It was in the brain of his unborn child.
That's why Brody's CVI run into a failure feedback loop.
I scanned Sue Brody's baby.
He's three days old and emitting a CVI frequency identical to his father's.
This is what she was wearing the night it happened.
It's burned from the feedback.
Burned out from her body through the cloth.
- And this evidence suggest what? - Don't play games Da'an.
You're putting CVIs in unborn children.
You found a way to sterilize a vast number of women including myself just to get us into your birth centers.
New Live is no longer ours.
We once did the research with genes from a human cerebral cortex.
They were altered to include a CVI pulse.
You're saying you found a way to give our brains organic CVIs.
CNI would be a more apt term.
Cerebral Neural Implants.
The new DNA would be passed to the next generation, and the next.
But we abandoned the project as incompatible with our core mission on earth.
Humans breeding humans with neural implants generation after generation.
It's requires maximizing the embryo in an incubation chamber, it has not been done.
We didn't seen any incubation chamber at Shannon Door.
Maybe we did, but we didn't know it.
- I shall make discrete inquiries to ascertain our involvement.
- Forget discrete.
This is an unspeakable crime.
And you better be able to undo whatever it is you have done to us.
These two aren't on Nepps' list.
Wich mean they never registred.
They're human, but they have no brain activity in the frontal lobes.
- They carrying human babies? - Yeah.
So they're what? Androids? No, androids have primitive thoughts, these are only humanoids.
Flesh and blood but operating totally on their *** systems.
- Living incubators and not a trace of tealon technoly in sight.
What could be more natural to put an embryo in a womb.
And who'd know it's only a fake human.
It's a DNA scan tech lock.
I might be able to override it with the reading, I took of the humanoid.
I' picking up something in the new corridor.
Must control the basement.
I've got two bio targets but no acces transponders.
Advise? I have unauthorized personnel here, do you copy? Hi! We're a little lost.
- Where are we? - You're in restricted area Ma'am.
Where is your access transponder? - He'll be out for a while.
- Come on, they'll find him soon.
Any idea what that is? Some kind of feeder scanner energy emerging system.
Still not getting any thought with readings.
Space *** singularity functions.
What's up? Hope it's *** Purification system activated.
10% argon.
Argon, it's inert.
We'll suffocated.
We got to get out of here.
Security breach.
Countainment measures activated.
Up there.
Come on.
20% argon.
Renée.
Renée! It's the only way out of here.
30% argon.
Chamber access initiated.
Authorization granted.
Shutting down all purification and energy systems.
Liam look out! I got you.
I got you.
Alright.
That's it.
Swing, hold.
Emerging terminated.
Unsealing chamber.
Security breach still in effect.
- It seems there has been a series of radiation leaks.
- Inadvertent leaks.
Leaks nonetheless during the purging of our main drive coolant.
Which occurs every fifth orbit.
Well call it what you want, it was aimed at the a eastern seaboard.
Aimed implies intend there was none.
The purge of coolant simply occured once a day over the same part of North America.
- The mistake has been corrected.
- The mistake has made thousand of women infertile.
Thousand, correct that! A gravous result.
No Tealon would intentionally wish this to happen.
- Do you agree? - Indeed.
But I have it on good medical authority that the effect will naturally reverse itself in time.
Meanwhile your New Life centers will be doing a booming business, won't they? I suppose that's not intentional either.
They are not ours.
They belong to humanity.
Unlike our unfortunate species humanity is blessed with an abundance of new lives.
Then for once I guess the news isn't all bad.
Is it? Miss Palmer.
- Renée a moment.
- I don't care.
Da'an I don't care what the company line is.
That radiation was blasted down from this infernal ship.
You wanted more women in those centers so you could implant them with CNI.
Period.
I believe you are right.
Though I was not involved.
But I am asking you to trust me now.
It has stopped.
I don't have to trust you Da'an.
You must accept this from me.
As the only way that I that we ***.
It is a rejuvenation lattice which will restore your fertility.
More tealon voodoo.
It is the one sure way to cleanse your system.
Please, take it.
Do you have enough for everyone? Regrettably no.
Then keep it, I'll take my chances.
And if it turns out I'm unlucky, I never have children of my own.
At least I'll know I never took a favor from a Taelon.
- Thanks again for comming.
- You're welcome.
Take care.
We've got to make a decision Liam.
Is it in the best interest of the mother and child to know everything? About the Cyber Neural Implant normally I'd say no, but you'll have to weight the medical risk.
I didn't mean the CNI.
- It's the other thing.
- What other thing, you've lost me.
I did a standard genome search.
That baby has two strands of inserted DNA.
A Cyber Neural Implant and what's known as the persona suede of genes.
A predisposition to things like violence, aggressiveness, criminal tendency.
- Gene modification of behaviour? - Exactly.
- I match it against global DNA data for an ID.
- And you find a match.
And how can that boy's DNA belong to somebody else? It's been cloned Liam.
And put into every baby maximized at the Shannon Door Center.
It was isolated from the persona suede of a living individual Ronald Sandoval.
- Do they all accounted for? - Yes and I did find enough host mothers in developing countries for all the embryos.
Here are the names.
Excellent.
But our orders are to eradicate the entire program.
- We won't need the humanoids, correct? - Correct.
Zo'or is concerned with public reaction overexpose, once all the embryos destroyed.
Shame really, but I suppose that's best.
What will you do with them? Same thing I'm going to do with you Louise.
Shut them down.
But first I'm taking the embryos with me.
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