The Outer Limits (1995) s04e20 Episode Script

1 WE'RE IN AUTO-PILOT ORBI AROUND PLANET N184, ENTIRE CREW IS IN THE CARGO BAY NOW, AS SOON AS WE TOUCH DOWN, WE'LL BEGIN DEPLOYMENT PROTOCOL, THIS NEEDS ALL SIX OF US? THOSE ARE THE ORDERS, EVERY CREW MEMBER REPORT TO THE HOLD FOR INSTRUMEN DEPLOYMENT, DISPLAY OP, PLEASE, START DEPLOYMEN OF THE DEVICE, IT'S BEAUTIFUL, IT SEEMS LIKE A LONG WAY TO COME JUST FOR TARGET PRACTICE, WHAT MAKES YOU SO SURE IT'S A WEAPON? COULD JUST BE AN OVERSIZED MUSIC BOX, YEAH, RIGHT, HOW LONG DO YOU FIGURE TO DEPLOY THE PACKAGE? IF EVERYTHING GOES RIGHT, WE'LL HAVE I ON THE SURFACE AND OPERATIONAL INSIDE OF FIVE HOURS, WITH OUR WINDOW, THAT STILL LEAVES ALMOST HALF A DAY FOR SURVEY AND EXPLORATION, SOMEBODY TELL THE BOY SCOU WE DIDN'T SIGN ON FOR A PICNIC, WHAT DID WE SIGN ON FOR? YOU DON'T KNOW ANY MORE ABOUT THIS CARGO THAN I DO, DIFFERENCE IS I KNOW ENOUGH NOT TO GIVE A DAMN, TALK TO ME! LASER FIRE FROM THE SURFACE, DAMAGE IS AF OF MAIN THRUSTER, ALL CRITICAL SYSTEMS INTACT, SIGNATURE? EBONITE WEAPONRY, NO QUESTION ABOUT IT, THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A DEAD PLANET, WELL, THA CAN BE ARRANGED, ACTIVATE WEAPONS REMOTE, STAND BY TO LAUNCH, COMPUTER, THIS IS WEAPONS OFFICER DUMAR, ARM LASER TARGETING, RIGHT 40, UP 20, RIGHT TWO LOCK, WE'RE LOCKED ON THEIR TRACKING SYSTEM, CAPTAIN, JUST SAY THE WORD, LET 'EM KNOW WHAT WE'RE MADE OF, B-55 BORON LASER BANKS FIRE! RIGHT DOWN THEIR THROATS! NO ADDITIONAL ENERGY READINGS, LOOKS LIKE WE KNOCKED 'EM OUT, ALL QUIET, I LOVE IT WHEN YOU FIGHT DIRTY! WE DO WHAT WE CAN, BUDDY, ( alarm sounding ) HEY, CAPTAIN, ,, WHAT IS THIS PLACE? DAMN, I THOUGH I ASKED FOR A PRIVATE ROOM, WHAT THE HELL HIT US? THE IMPULSE IS MY GUESS, JUST ENOUGH TO KNOCK US OUT, LOOKS LIKE WE'VE BEEN ACCESSORIZED, SOME SORT OF METALLIC IMPLANT, AND STRIPPED OF OUR WEAPONS, IT MUST BE 100 DEGREES IN HERE, WHOEVER PUT US HERE MADE ONE MISTAKE, WHAT'S THAT, CAPTAIN? THEY LEFT US ALIVE, YOU GOT THAT RIGHT, MAJOR, IT'S 0800, IN TWO HOURS, I WANT OPTIONS FOR AN ESCAPE PLAN, I'M ON IT, SIR, ( electronic voice ) PRISONERS OF WAR, IDENTIFY YOURSELVES! WHO'S ASKING? IT'S ALL RIGHT, NAME AND RANK IS ALL THEY GET, KIMBRO, ROBERT R, CAPTAIN OF THE STARSHIP ARCHIPELAGO, NAGUCHI, MAJOR RONALD, LIEUTENAN CHRISTOPHER VALENTINE, DR, ELAYNA CHOMSKI, O'KEEFE, KRISTIN ANNE, CIVILIAN, SERGEANT WAYLON DEAD-EYE DUMAR, SCUMBAG EXTERMINATOR, YOU HAVE A BROUGH A DEVICE TO THIS PLANE IN THE STORAGE AREA OF YOUR SHIP, WE DEMAND A FULL ACCOUNTING OF ITS FUNCTION AND PURPOSE, WE DEMAND TO SEE YOUR UGLY MUG, SILENCE! OH, BITE ME! OW! OW! OH, GOD! OW! OH, ,, YOU ALL RIGHT, SARGE? YEAH, YEAH, IT'S GOING TO TAKE MORE THAN THAT, MAN, FURTHER DEFIANCE WILL BE DEALT WITH SWIFTLY AND HARSHLY, YOU HAVE ONE HOUR TO DESIGNATE ONE WHO WILL SPEAK FOR YOU, WE ARE DEHYDRATED, THIS MAN NEEDS WATER, WHEN OUR DEMANDS ARE MET, YOURS WILL BE CONSIDERED, IF YOU FAIL TO COOPERATE, YOU WILL MEET THE SAME FATE AS THE LAS UNFORTUNATE CREATURES TO TRESPASS IN THIS SECTOR, WHAT IS IT, CAPTAIN? I DON'T KNOW, BUT THEY RIPPED ITS GUTS OUT, ( Control Voice ) THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH YOUR TELEVISION, DO NOT ATTEMPT TO ADJUS THE PICTURE, WE ARE NOW CONTROLLING THE TRANSMISSION, WE CONTROL THE HORIZONTAL, AND THE VERTICAL, WE CAN DELUGE YOU WITH A THOUSAND CHANNELS OR EXPAND ONE SINGLE IMAGE TO CRYSTAL CLARITY, ,, AND BEYOND, WE CAN SHAPE YOUR VISION TO ANYTHING OUR IMAGINATION CAN CONCEIVE, FOR THE NEXT HOUR, WE WILL CONTROL ALL THAT YOU SEE AND HEAR, YOU ARE ABOUT TO EXPERIENCE THE AWE AND MYSTERY WHICH REACHES FROM THE DEEPEST INNER MIND TO THE OUTER LIMITS, ( Control Voice ) WHILE SOME PRISONERS OF WAR SHOW BRAVERY BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY, OTHERS SUCCUMB TO AN ENEMY OFTEN MORE FORMIDABLE THAN THE ONE WHICH CAPTURED THEM, FRONT AND CENTER, WOULD YOU CARE TO JOIN US, LIEUTENANT? ASSESSMENT, DOCTOR, IT'S EBONITE ALL RIGHT, DOWN THE LINE CLASS FIVE P, O, W, COMPOUND, THE ALIENS BUILD 'EM TO LAST, STRUCTURAL ASSAY, MAJOR? ( Naguchi ) NON-FERROUS ALLOY, CORDITE AMALGAM IT'S NOT GOING ANYWHERE UNLESS YOU'RE PACKING AN SYNTH-8 TORCH, WHAT'S THE PLAN, CAPTAIN? SAME AS WHEN WE WERE OUTNUMBERED BY THE EBONITES ON PETAVIUS, WE HUNKER DOWN, CLAM UP AND WAI FOR OUR MOMENT, ALL OUR DATA SHOWS WE'RE A GOOD PARSEC AWAY FROM ANY KNOWN EBONITE OUTPOST, THAT PLANE SHOULD BE UNINHABITED, WOULDN'T BE THE FIRST TIME HQ UNDERESTIMATED THE ENEMY'S REACH, FLEET COMMAND SENDS US TO PLANT A BOMB RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF A HORNET'S NEST, I WAS TOLD THE DEVICE WAS STRICTLY TELEMETRY AND RECON, WHO KNOWS? BEST CREW OF THE FLEET, THEY DON'T EVEN TRUST US WITH THE SKINNY, IF I DID HAVE THE FACTS, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS PLACE WIRED NINE WAYS FROM SUNDAY, SO THE LESS WE SAY ABOUT THE DEVICE, THE BETTER, EVER HEAR NO, BUT IT DOESN'T SURPRISE ME, WE'RE NOT THE FIRST HUMANS THEY'VE CAPTURED, MAYBE THEY PICKED UP THE LINGO FROM OTHER PRISONERS, COULD BE ONE CELL OF A PENAL COLONY, ( Valentine ) THERE COULD BE OTHER PRISONERS HERE LIKE US, HELLO! IS ANYBODY OUT THERE?! YOU KNOW, THE EBONITES WILL RIP A MAN'S HEART OU AND FEED IT TO HIM JUST TO GET WHAT THEY WANT, THEN I GUESS YOU'RE SAFE, SARGE, LET'S JUST HOPE THA THEY DON'T SEE OUR CIVILIAN HERE AS AN ACHILLES' HEEL, I'M SWORN TO SECRECY LIKE YOU, I'VE BEEN BRIEFED ON DEPLOYMENT PROCEDURE, NO MORE, NO LESS NOT THAT I HAVEN'T HEARD RUMORS, WHAT HAVE YOU HEARD? THAT IT'S SOME KIND OF DEEP-SPACE BIO-SENSOR, IT'S SUPPOSED TO LOOK FOR ALIEN LIFEFORMS, WELL, WHAT DO YOU KNOW? THE DAMN THING WORKS, THE LAS ISF CONFERENCE, THERE WAS TALK ABOU A DOOMSDAY DEVICE, IF IT'S THE WEAPONS SYSTEM BEING WHISPERED ABOUT, WE JUST BETTER HOPE TO GOD WE HAVEN' PUT IT IN ENEMY HANDS, I'M TELLING YOU, SCREWED, BLUED AND TATTOOED, LISTEN UP, WHATEVER DIFFERENCES WE HAVE ON HOW FLEET COMMAND HANDLED THIS, WE PUT 'EM ASIDE RIGHT NOW, IF WE'RE GOING TO SURVIVE, WE ACT AS ONE, AN ASSAULT ON ONE OF US IS AN ASSAULT ON ALL OF US, WE STICK TOGETHER, RIGHT? YES, SIR, YES, SIR, SERGEANT? WE LIVE TOGETHER, WE DIE TOGETHER, IF WE'RE PRISONERS OF WAR, THEY CAN'T JUST KILL US IN COLD BLOOD, YOU HAVEN'T GONE AGAINS THESE BASTARDS HAND TO HAND, YOU HAVE NO CLUE WHAT KIND OF SAVAGES WE'RE DEALING WITH, IS ANYBODY OUT THERE?! SOMEBODY PLEASE HELP US! HEY, BOY SCOUT, TAKE IT EASY, NO ONE CAN HEAR YOU THAT DOESN'T WANT YOU DEAD, VALENTINE! WATCH YOUR BACKS! OH, MY GOD! VALENTINE! OH, JESUS, EASY, VALENTINE, LOOK WHAT THEY DID TO HIS MOUTH, BOY SCOUT, SETTLE DOWN, EASY, SON, EASY, INSTANTANEOUS FUSION IN THE EPIDERMAL LAYER, ONE OF THE EBONITES' FAVORITE TOYS, COMMAND HAS KNOWN ABOUT I SINCE THEY CAPTURED THAT T-CLASS SCOUT SHIP IN THE PROCYON SKIRMISHES, IT'S THE FIRST TIME I'VE SEEN IT USED THOUGH, CAPTAIN, I'M PRETTY SURE I'VE LOCATED THE VID AND AUDIO SENSORS, IF YOU WANT, I CAN TRY AND DISABLE THEM, DO IT, THE TIME IS UP! HAVE YOU CHOSEN A SPOKESMAN? WE HAVE, WAIT, NOT YET, WHY DON'T YOU LET ME GO? JUST IN CASE THEY DECIDE TO GET UGLY RIGHT OFF THE BAT, YOU KNOW, SET AN EXAMPLE, CAN'T AFFORD TO LOSE OUR COMMANDER, THANKS, SARGE, BUT I WANT THEM TO KNOW THEY'VE PICKED THE WRONG SQUADRON TO MESS WITH, BESIDES, IF ANYONE'S GOING TO TAKE A HIGH HARD ONE FOR THE TEAM, IT OUGHT TO BE ME, STEP FORWARD, CAPTAIN KIMBRO, GIVE 'EM HELL, STEP INTO THE LIGHT, CAPTAIN KIMBRO, WATER, WE HAVE BUT A FEW QUESTIONS, ANSWER THEM TRUTHFULLY, AND YOU WILL BE RETURNED TO YOUR COMRADES UNHARMED, WE HAVE RECOVERED THE WEAPON OF WAR FROM YOUR SHIP, WHY DID YOU BRING I TO OUR PLANET? I WASN'T AWARE THIS WAS YOUR PLANET, ARE WE STILL ON N184, OR DID YOU MOVE US? WE WILL ASK THE QUESTIONS, WHY DID YOU BRING THE DEVICE? IT'S A TOOL FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, WHAT KIND OF RESEARCH? WE WEREN'T GIVEN THE PARTICULARS, WHAT ABOUT FOOD AND WATER FOR MY CREW? YOU WILL GET NOTHING IF YOU DON'T COOPERATE, YOU WANT TO SCORE POINTS, BRING YOUR COMMAND MY HEAD, JUST LET THE REST OF MY CREW GO, I SWEAR THEY DON'T KNOW ANYTHING, WHAT WERE YOUR ORDERS? TO DEPLOY THE DEVICE AND RETURN HOME, THEN YOU MUST BE ABLE TO ACCESS ITS CONTROLS, IT'S SELF-ACTIVATING, SO, ,, IT'S A BOMB, IT'S NOT A BOMB, I TOLD YOU, IT'S A RESEARCH INSTRUMENT, TORTURING PRISONERS VIOLATES THE GENEVA AND ALPHA AQUILAE CONVENTIONS, AND IT WON'T GET YOU SQUAT, WHATEVER YOU THINK YOU'RE PROTECTING, CAPTAIN, KNOW THIS: EITHER SATISFY ME WITH THE TRUTH BY THE TIME OUR SECOND SUN RISES, OR YOU'LL WATCH YOUR CREW DIE, IT WON'T BE THE FIRST TIME YOU'VE SEEN THAT, WILL IT, CAPTAIN? YOU KNOW HOW THIS WORKS, DON'T YOU? THEY START QUESTIONING US ONE BY ONE UNTIL SOMEBODY BUCKLES, EVEN IF THE CAPTAIN KNEW SOMETHING, HE WON'T SAY ANYTHING, DON'T BET THE FARM ON THAT, AND WHY IS THAT? I LIKE THE CAPTAIN, IT'S JUST YOU CAN' COUNT OU A MAN'S HISTORY, WAIT, YOU'RE NO BRINGING UP THAT B, S, ABOUT THE FIRS EBONITE INVASION, I THOUGH THE CAPTAIN WAS DECORATED, HE WAS, MAYBE SO, BUT HE ABANDONED SHIP BEFORE HIS CREW WAS ACCOUNTED FOR, HIS ESCAPE CAPSULE JETTISONED SAFELY, BUT THE SECOND POD MALFUNCTIONED, FOUR CREW MEMBERS ON THE OUTBOUND DIED INCLUDING YOUR CAPTAIN'S BEST FRIEND, YOU CAN LOOK IT UP, WHAT ARE YOU SAYING? KIMBRO WOULD SELL US OU TO SAVE HIMSELF? WE SHOULDN'T MAKE ANY BLANKET ASSUMPTIONS, THEN DON'T, THIS IS THE LAST THING WE NEED RIGHT NOW, YOU HEARD WHAT THE CAPTAIN SAID, WE EITHER HANG TOGETHER OR WE HANG SEPARATELY, CAPTAIN, SO? YOU ALL RIGHT? FULL METAL INTERROGATION, HUH? SAME VOICE OVER AND OVER, THEY WANT ACCESS CODES TO THE DEVICE, WHAT DID YOU TELL THEM? THE TRUTH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS, TOOK YOUR TIME SAYING NOTHING, WANT TO SEE MY SOUVENIRS? IT'S WATER, BEATS DYING OF THIRST, YEAH, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT VALENTINE? I'LL JUST HAVE TO HYDRATE HIM THROUGH HIS SKIN, LIEUTENANT VALENTINE, ENTER, VALENTINE, YOU WISH TO REGAIN YOUR SPEECH, DON'T YOU? WE CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN, BUT UNDERSTAND WE EXPEC SOMETHING IN RETURN, IS THAT BETTER, LIEUTENANT? YES, THE DEVICE IN THE CARGO BAY, LIEUTENANT VALENTINE, WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT IT IS, I SWEAR I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T THINK ANYONE ELSE DOES EITHER, IT WOULD BE A SHAME IF FLEET COMMAND NOTIFIED YOUR MOTHER HER OTHER SON DIED IN COMBAT TOO, WHO TOLD YOU ABOUT MY BROTHER? YOUR CAPTAIN, ( Kimbro's voice ) VALENTINE'S YOUR BASIC EAGER BEAVER, HE GREW UP IN THE SHADOWS OF HIS OLDER BROTHER BILLY, BIG WAR HERO, IT'S NOT THA I DON'T LIKE HIM, BUT HE'S NO A SOLDIER YOU'D TRUS WITH YOUR LIFE, NOT LIKE HIS BROTHER, HE JUST DOESN' HAVE WHAT IT TAKES, HE'S RIGHT, I'LL NEVER BE THE MAN MY BROTHER WAS, BILLY SACRIFICED HIS LIFE TO SAVE HIS PLATOON, THAT'S A CROCK, OH, GOD ALMIGHTY, BILLY, I STUMBLED ON THAT PULSE MINE, I WASN'T TRYING TO SAVE ANYBODY, I DON'T UNDERSTAND, YOU'RE ALIVE? MORE ALIVE THAN YOU'LL BE IF YOU DON'T PLAY BALL, NO, THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING, I'M DREAMING THIS, DOES THA FEEL LIKE A DREAM, CHRIS? LOOK, YOU SAID YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO BE LIKE ME, YOU CAN BE THE REAL HERO, LITTLE BROTHER, NOT A FRAUD LIKE ME, YOU CAN MAKE A LIAR OUT OF THAT CAPTAIN, SAVE YOUR OWN LIFE AND THE LIVES OF EVERYONE IN YOUR CREW, OH, THANK GOD, ( Dumar ) WHAT DO YOU KNOW, KID GOT HIS MOUTH BACK, ,, SORT OF, THEY HAD TO REVERSE THE DAMAGE IF THEY WANTED HIM TO TALK, WELL, DID YOU? OF COURSE NOT, MY BROTHER, ,, MY BROTHER BILLY WAS THERE, YOUR BROTHER'S DEAD, LIEUTENANT, THEY PULLED THE IMAGE FROM YOUR MIND, I HEARD WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT ME, CAPTAIN, THEY PLAYED IT BACK, WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? ABOUT HOW YOU COULDN'T TRUST ME, THAT I WASN' HALF THE SOLDIER MY BROTHER WAS, I NEVER SAID ANY OF THOSE THINGS, EBONITES MUST HAVE SIMULATED MY VOICE, THEY COULD HAVE DOWNLOADED THE PERSONNEL FILES FROM THE SHIP, THEN THEY'D KNOW EVERYTHING, MAYBE MORE THAN WE KNOW, LET'S HOPE THEY DIDN'T GIVE HIM HIS VOICE BACK SO HE COULD SQUEAL, I DIDN'T TELL THEM ANYTHING! DID YOUR BROTHER THE IMAGE OF YOUR BROTHER, DID HE ENCOURAGE YOU TO TALK? IT'S NO BILLY'S FAULT! THEY MADE HIM SAY THOSE THINGS, THERE WAS NO BILLY! AND I NEVER SAID THOSE THINGS ABOUT YOU, DON'T YOU SEE WHAT THEY'RE DOING? DON'T YOU SEE? THEY'RE MESSING WITH OUR MINDS, CAPTAIN, THIS SHOULD KNOCK OUT THEIR SURVEILLANCE, WHAT DID THEY DO TO ME? WHAT DID THEY DO!? MY EYES, HERE, HAVE SOME FOOD, YOU KNOW, THEY SAID THEY WOULDN'T EVEN CONSIDER GIVING US FOOD OR WATER UNTIL THEIR DEMANDS WERE MET FIRST, WHAT'S THA SUPPOSED TO MEAN? OH, I DON'T KNOW, I JUST CAN'T HELP THINKING MAYBE, MAYBE THEY'VE ALREADY HEARD SOMETHING THEY LIKE, MAKES SENSE TO ME, CAN'T YOU SEE WHAT'S GOING ON HERE? IT'S INTERMITTENT REINFORCEMENT, ALTERNATING PUNISHMENT WITH REWARD, THE FIRST RULE OF BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION, AND WHAT WAS YOUR REWARD, CAPTAIN? WHAT HAVEN'T YOU TOLD US? I SAW YOUR REACTION WHEN VALENTINE TOLD US ABOUT HIS BROTHER, WHAT DID THEY SHOW YOU? WHO DID YOU SEE? BOBBY? BOBBY, WAKE UP, IT'S ME, DENNIS? IT'S IMPOSSIBLE, NOW IS THAT ANY WAY TO GREET YOUR BEST FRIEND? BUT, ,,YOU DIED, YOU, YOU DIED UP THERE, YOU DIDN'T STICK AROUND TO FIND OU WHAT HAPPENED TO ANY OF US, NOT THA I BLAME YOU, THE OUTBOUND DISINTEGRATED, HOW DID YOU SURVIVE? THE EBONITES, ,, DEPLOYED A MOP-UP TEAM JUST BEFORE THEY, ,,JUS BEFORE THEY BLEW UP THE SHIP, I'VE BEEN A PRISONER HERE EVER SINCE, WHAT ABOUT THE OTHERS? THEY STONE-WALLED, ALL DEAD? MERCIFULLY, YES, DENNIS, ,, YOU GOT TO BELIEVE ME, MY INSTRUMENTS SHOWED YOUR POD FREE AND CLEAR OF THE SHIP, I WOULD NEVER HAVE LEFT YOU BEHIND, HEY, YOU DID WHAT YOU HAD TO DO, YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME, FEAR'S A POWERFUL THING, BOBBY, NO MATTER WHAT WE WAN TO BELIEVE ABOUT OURSELVES, BUT I THINK WE BOTH KNOW WHAT'S MOTIVATING YOU NOW FEAR OF LOSING MORE PEOPLE ON YOUR WATCH, DENNIS, ,, I'M SORRY, IF ONLY I COULD HAVE TRADED PLACES WITH YOU, MAYBE YOU'LL BE GIVEN THE CHANCE, BOBBY, YOU NEVER KNOW, I'M NOT GOING TO TALK, I DON'T CARE WHAT THEY DO TO ME, I FELT THE SAME WAY FOR THE LONGEST TIME, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO GET THE INFORMATION ONE WAY, ,, OR ANOTHER, DON'T MAKE I ANY HARDER THAN IT HAS TO BE, YOU'RE POSITIVE IT WAS IN YOUR MIND? IT MUST HAVE BEEN, HE WAS TRYING TO GET ME TO TALK, IN A MILLION YEARS, DENNIS WOULD NEVER HAVE DONE THAT, HE WAS THE BEST DAMN SOLDIER I'VE EVER KNOWN, WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL US, CAPTAIN? LIVING IT ONCE WAS HARD ENOUGH, THE COMMANDER IS SUPPOSED TO LOOK OU FOR THE SOLDIERS UNDER HIM, ONE OF THEM DIES, ,, SO DOES A PART OF YOU, JUST ASK THE MAJOR, CAPTAIN, DON'T YOU THINK RONNY'S BEEN THROUGH ENOUGH? LOOK AT HIM, YOU LOST GUYS IN COMBAT? IF IT WAS COMBAT, MAYBE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN EASIER, WHAT HAPPENED? HEY! BACK OFF! I DIDN'T BRING IT UP, CAPTAIN, ,, I'M PRETTY SURE I CAN FINISH WHA NAGUCHI STARTED, ( Valentine ) RON, ,,RONNY, IT'S WORSE LIKE THIS, ,, IN THE DARK, WHAT'S, ,, WHAT'S WORSE? I CAN'T STOP SEEING THEIR FACES, HE'S TALKING ABOUT THE AIR SHOW ACCIDENT, IT WAS NO ACCIDENT, IT WAS COCKINESS, STUPIDITY, MY STUPIDITY! WE WERE CIRCLING TO RETURN TO THE BASE, SO I SAID, "HOW ABOUT A CURTAIN CALL?" I CLIMBED TO 2,000 FEE AND BEGAN MY LOOP, THEY TOOK MY LEAD, I THOUGHT WE HAD ENOUGH ROOM, I SKIMMED THE TOP OF THE TREES, SO DID AZINGER, BUT THE REST OF THEM COULDN'T PULL UP, I LED 'EM STRAIGHT TO HELL, HOW MANY DIED? TWO OF THE BEST PILO IN THE COMMAND, FOUR PEOPLE WERE INJURED BY THE BURNING DEBRIS, ,, INCLUDING A 6-YEAR-OLD GIRL, SHE WAS, ,, SHE WAS BLINDED, LAST ONE, ( Dumar ) WHAT THE HELL IS IT? ( O'Keefe ) YOU TRIPPED A FAILSAFE, NOW YOU'VE DONE IT! SOME TOUGH GUY, I'M JUST SICK OF YOUR BULL, ALL THIS BLUSTER, IT'S JUS A COVER FOR A SCARED LITTLE BOY, SHUT UP, I WON'T TAKE ANY MORE! DUMAR! SERGEANT, STAND DOWN! ARE YOU CRAZY? SHE'S BEEN LYING SINCE THIS MISSION STARTED, BOTH OF YOU HAVE! IF WE'RE GOING TO DIE 20 TRILLION MILES FROM HOME, THE LEAST WE DESERVE TO KNOW IS WHY, HUH? WHY? GOD, YOU DON'T WANT THIS, YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN READY TO LAY YOUR LIFE DOWN, THAT WAS THEN! ALL RIGHT, GO AHEAD, O'KEEFE, I'M OFFICIALLY DECLASSIFYING THE INFORMATION, THERE'S NOTHING THEY CAN USE EVEN IF THEY CAN HEAR US, GIVE ME THE DAMN KNIFE, NOW, NOW TALK! FIRST OF ALL, YOU WERE KEPT OUT OF THE LOOP TO PROTECT YOU, THE LESS YOU KNEW, THE SAFER YOU'D BE, IF YOU HAD A BRAIN, YOU'D KEEP IT THAT WAY, WELL, I'LL TAKE MY CHANCES, THE INSTRUMEN IS A WEAPON OF WAR, THE MOST AWESOME MANKIND HAS EVER DEVELOPED, ONCE DEPLOYED, IT CAN BE PROGRAMMED TO TRAIN ITS FIREPOWER ON ANY COORDINATES IN THE KNOWN UNIVERSE, YOU KNEW ABOUT THIS ALL ALONG? IT WAS DESIGNED TO BE THE ULTIMATE DETERRENT, WE WERE GOING TO TARGE AN UNINHABITED WORLD AND HAVE THE ENEMY MONITOR THE TEST, IT'S INSANITY! SO WHAT? CAN THEY GET IT UP AND RUNNING WITHOUT US? IT'LL BLOW A HOLE IN THIS PLANE FIVE MILES ACROSS IF THEY TRY AND DISMANTLE IT, SO WE GET VAPORIZED? HAD YOU GIVEN ANY THOUGH TO WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THEY TORTURE YOU? I'M CARRYING AN L CAPSULE, IF I MUST, I'LL SWALLOW I BEFORE I GIVE UP ANY SECRETS ON HOW TO DISMANTLE OR USE THE BOMB, DR, CHOMKSI, PREPARE TO ENTER THE INTERROGATION ROOM, SO WHOSE BRIGHT IDEA WAS I TO SEND OUR SUPER WEAPON TO AN EBONITE PLANET? THERE WEREN' SUPPOSED TO BE EBONITES, WHAT HAPPENED? SOMEBODY TIP THEM OFF WE WERE COMING? ARE YOU ACCUSING SOMEONE OF BEING A TRAITOR? IT'S A LONG MISSION, TIME TO CONTACT THE ENEMY, COME ON, SARGE, THIS IS HOW IT STARTS, PARANOIA, SUSPICION, THEY'RE VIRUSES, THEY BREED, AND ONCE THEY GET HOLD, YOU CAN'T KILL 'EM, DR, CHOMKSI, LIEUTENANT VALENTINE TOLD US YOU USED TO EXPERIMEN ON CHILDREN, ( Valentine's voice ) IT WASN'T EASY HIDING MY CONTEMPT FOR THAT BUTCHER, THEY WERE TERMINALLY ILL, IS THAT WHA YOU WANT, DOCTOR? MORE SUFFERING? MORE DYING? HAVEN'T YOU SEEN ENOUGH DEATH? THIS WAR WAS NOT OF MY MAKING! PROLONGING IT, THAT'S IN ALL OUR HANDS, ISN'T IT? NO! WHY DID YOU HURT US? WE DIDN'T WANT TO DIE, PLEASE, DON'T LET IT START AGAIN, STOP IT! STOP IT! ATTENTION CREW OF THE ARCHIPELAGO, WE REGRET TO INFORM YOU THAT SCIENCE OFFICER ELAYNA CHOMKSI WILL NOT RETURN, I WANT TO SEE HER, TAKE ME TO HER NOW! HER BODY EXPIRED, WE MADE EVERY EFFOR TO RESUSCITATE HER, BUT WE WERE UNSUCCESSFUL, NO, YOU TORTURED HER TO DEATH! IT'S UP TO THE REST OF YOU NOW, MAJOR NAGUCHI, PLEASE COME FORWARD, YOU'RE NOT TAKING ANY MORE, DO YOU HEAR ME? NOT ONE! NOW, MAJOR, OR YOUR CAPTAIN DIES, ( Naguchi ) LEAD ME TO THE DOOR, ARE YOU SURE? ( Kimbro ) NO, MAJOR! STOP! PERHAPS YOU'D LIKE TO HEAR WHAT VALENTINE SAID ABOUT YOU, ( Valentine's voice ) AT THE AIR SHOW, MAJOR NAGUCHI LED THEM TO THEIR DEATHS, THEN HE TRIED TO BLAME THEM FOR THE ACCIDENT, NO, I DID NO SUCH THING! YOU WANT TO REMAIN LIKE THIS FOR THE RES OF YOUR LIFE? THEN AGAIN, WHY SHOULD YOU SEE WHEN THAT LITTLE GIRL NEVER WILL? PLEASE! I WANT MY EYES BACK, WHY? SO YOU CAN CRY, MAJOR? OR SO YOU CAN SEE? PERHAPS YOU'D LIKE TO SEE DR, CHOMKSI, ELAYNA? LOOKS LIKE SOMEBODY DID SOME TRADING, WHAT WAS IT? AN EYE FOR AN EYE? VALENTINE, YOU BASTARD! I NEVER TOLD 'EM ANYTHING! BACK OFF, IT WASN'T THE BOY SCOUT, YOU WANT TO JUMP ON SOMEBODY, COME GET A PIECE OF ME, WHAT? ARE YOU IN IT TOGETHER? WHAT HAPPENED IN THERE? THEY MADE ME LOOK AT THE DOC, DEAD? THEY RIPPED HER WIDE OPEN, CUT OUT HER HEART, WHY'D THEY TREAT YOU SO WELL? WHAT'S THIS ABOUT? I'M THE ONE WHO WAS BETRAYED! PRISONERS OF WAR, YOUR ORDEAL IS ALMOST OVER, WE'RE CURRENTLY REVIEWING THE INFORMATION YOU'VE PROVIDED, IF IT BEARS OUT, YOU'LL BE PERMITTED TO RETURN TO YOUR SHIP AND BEGIN YOUR JOURNEY HOME, WHAT? DID YOU HEAR THAT? WE'RE GOING HOME, WE'RE GOING HOME! WE'RE GOING HOME! YOU MADE A DEAL, YOU MADE A DEAL, DIDN'T YOU? I DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING, I DIDN'T TELL THEM ANYTHING! SORRY, BUT THAT DOG DON'T HUNT HERE, I HATE TO SAY IT, BUT THE SERGEAN MIGHT BE RIGHT, WHAT ELSE WOULD MAKE 'EM TURN AROUND? IT COULD HAVE BEEN CHOMKSI, FUNNY HOW EASY IT IS TO ACCUSE A CORPSE INSTEAD OF A LIVING TRAITOR! YOU HAVEN' BEEN INTERROGATED YET, IT COULD BE YOU WON'T BE AS BRAVE AS YOU THINK, AFTER THE ACCIDENT, YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN STRIPPED OF YOUR BARS, INSTEAD YOU'RE PROMOTED SIX MONTHS LATER, CAPTAIN, HE HAD ONE MEETING JUST BEFORE WE LEFT, THAT BRIEFING WAS STRICTLY NAVIGATIONS AND INTERSTELLAR PROTOCOLS! ( Dumar ) YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, I THOUGHT WE WERE FRIENDS, SO DID I, YOU CAN'T JUST RUSH TO JUDGMENT, NOT WHEN WE KNOW THEY'RE DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO TURN US AGAINST ONE ANOTHER, CAPTAIN, TREASON IS A CAPITAL OFFENSE, AND I, FOR ONE, INTEND THAT THIS SENTENCE BE CARRIED OUT, YOU WANT TO TAKE YOUR ANGER OUT ON THIS MAN, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO COME THROUGH ME, I THINK HE'S GUILTY TOO, BUT THAT'S FOR A MILITARY COUR TO DETERMINE, THIS FAR FROM HOME, WE EITHER CARRY OUR JUSTICE WITH US, OR IT DOESN'T EXIST, ALL THESE YEARS, ,, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY MISSIONS, WE'VE ALWAYS STUCK BY EACH OTHER, WE WERE A UNIT, ,,A TEAM! HOW MANY TIMES HAS ONE OF US SAVED THE LIFE OF THE SOLDIER IN THE TRENCH BESIDE HIM? NOT BECAUSE IT WAS IN THE BOOK! BUT BECAUSE IT WAS IN HIS HEART! NOW LOOK AT US, SERGEANT DUMAR, COME FORWARD, I'M NOT FINISHED WITH YOU, YOU SPINELESS SACK OF GARBAGE, NOT BY A LONG SHOT, WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU, YOU COWARDS? COWARDS, SERGEANT? WHO'S THE REAL COWARD? ALL THIS TIME? ONE OF YOU KNOWS THE CODES, AND WE'VE INTERROGATED ALL THE MILITARY PERSONNEL BUT YOU, OUR SECOND SUN RISES IN LESS THAN ONE OF YOUR HOURS, AS PAINFUL AS DR, CHOMSKI'S DEATH WAS, YOURS WILL BE MORE PAINFUL, NOT ME, THEN WHO, SERGEANT? WHO HAS THE ANSWERS? SOMEBODY HELP ME, I'M NOT GOING TO ASK YOU AGAIN, FORGIVE ME, ( screaming ) I CAN'T TAKE IT! CIVILIAN O'KEEFE, ENTER, WHERE IS DUMAR? WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO HIM? O'KEEFE! O'KEEFE, NO! WHAT'S HAPPENING? IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE INSTANTANEOUS, NOW, O'KEEFE, NO! THERE'S NO POIN IN RESISTING, O'KEEFE, THE SERGEANT TOLD US IT WAS YOU WHO HOLDS THE ANSWERS, WHERE IS DUMAR? YOU KILLED HIM? SERGEANT DUMAR HAS BEEN DETAINED, TIME IS SHORT, WE WANT YOU TO DISABLE THE ARMAMENT'S PROTECTIVE ELECTRONICS, DO IT OR PAY THE PRICE, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FREE MY HANDS IF YOU EXPECT ME TO DEFEAT THE BOOBY TRAPS, OH, GOD, OH, WE THOUGHT YOU WERE A GONER, HE'S NOT HUMAN, I SAW HIM IN THERE, HE'S AN EBONITE, CAPTAIN, HE'S GONE OFF THE EDGE, I'M NO MORE AN ALIEN THAN YOU ARE! THEY'VE GOT O'KEEFE IN THERE, YOU TOLD THEM, DIDN'T YOU? I CAN READ I ALL OVER YOUR FACE, NAGUCHI TOLD 'EM, I JUST CONFIRMED IT, CAPTAIN, THEY WERE GOING TO KILL ME, KILL US ALL! HE'S AN ALIEN! DON'T YOU GET IT?! THEY PLAYED YOU FOR ALL YOU WERE WORTH, YOU DON'T HAVE THE SENSE OR THE COURAGE YOU WERE BORN WITH, YOU ARE A PATHETIC EXCUSE FOR A SOLDIER! I'LL KILL YOU! DIE, YOU! DIE! YOU TRAITOR! HE KILLED HIM, HE KILLED HIM, ( Kimbro ) WHAT HAVE YOU DONE? THAT'S IT! PULL THE PLUG! GET THE PARAMEDICS IN HERE, WHAT THE HELL? WAIT A MINUTE, OH, SWEE MOTHER OF GOD! MEDICS, GET IN HERE NOW! THIS WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN! ( PA announcer ) CODE BLUE, EMERGENCY MEDICAL TEAM TO THE SIMULATION CHAMBER, IS EVERYONE SEEING WHAT I'M SEEING? IT'S NO HALLUCINATION, LIEUTENANT, GENERAL SEAWELL? WHAT'S GOING ON HERE? WHERE THE HELL ARE WE? AT THE STAR FLEET RESEARCH LAB AT FORT DIX, WHAT? WE WERE ON EARTH? AND HAVE BEEN EVER SINCE WE BROUGHT THE ARCHIPELAGO BACK FROM DEEP SPACE AND ALL OF YOU OUT OF SEDATION, YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME, WELL, THEN MAYBE YOU SHOULD ASK DR, CHOMSKI, NAGUCHI SWORE YOU WERE DEAD, A LIFE CAST WITH SOME GRUESOME TOUCHES, YOU'RE PART OF IT? I ONLY FOUND OU AFTER THE INTERROGATION, I BEGGED THEM TO STOP IT, THEY WOULDN'T, ( doctor ) WE'RE LOSING HIM, AND MAJOR NAGUCHI? WE USED HIS HOLOGRAPHIC IMAGE IN DUMAR'S INTERROGATION AS THE LAST PHASE OF THE EXPERIMENT, I ONLY WISH HIS ASSAUL WAS PART OF THE SIMULATION, WHAT THE HELL'S GOING ON HERE? WE ARE AT WAR, SOLDIER, WITH AN ALIEN RACE OF SUCH ADVANCED CAPABILITY, WE WON'T PREVAIL UNLESS WE KNOW THE PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL LIMITS OF OUR MEN AND WOMEN IN THE FIELD, WE FABRICATED YOUR CAPTURE BY THE EBONITES, USED STATE-OF-THE-ART IMAGING TO GASLIGHT YOU, ALL TO TEST YOUR SNAP THRESHOLD, THE WEAPON WE WERE CARRYING, IT WASN'T REAL, OH, IT'S VERY REAL, ONE DAY YOU'LL DEPLOY I JUST AS YOU EXPECTED TO, BUT WE COULDN'T RISK IT GETTING INTO ENEMY HANDS, UNFORTUNATELY, WE FOUND OUT JUS HOW HUMAN YOU ALL REALLY ARE, NO, NO, THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING, WE'RE NOT ON EARTH, TELL ME WE'RE NOT ON EARTH, ( Kimbro ) WE'RE HOME, O'KEEFE, WE HAVE BEEN ALL THIS TIME, DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND? I DIDN' DISENGAGE THE BOOBY TRAPS, I JUST PRETENDED TO, I SET THE DEVICE TO DETONATE IN EXACTLY ONE MINUTE, OH, THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE, WE SAFEGUARDED AGAINS ANY ACCIDENTAL TRIGGERING BEFORE YOU WENT INTO SPACE, WE EVEN ADDED AN ELECTRONIC FIREWALL, NO, NO, I BYPASSED ALL FIVE LEVELS OF SAFEGUARDS, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE, YOU COULDN'T HAVE, I'M THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN, I DESIGNED THE DAMN THING! BELIEVE ME, I KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, IT'S GOING OFF IN 40 SECONDS, GOD ALMIGHTY! WELL, DON'T JUST STAND THERE! STOP THE COUNTDOWN! THAT THING GOES OFF, HALF THE HEMISPHERE GOES WITH IT! IT'S TOO LATE, THEY CAN'T, NO ONE CAN, IT'S BEEN GIVEN THE FINAL COMMAND, WE WERE IN ENEMY TERRITORY, WE WERE GOING TO DIE ANYWAY, GENERAL, TELL ME THIS IS PART OF THE SIMULATION, O'KEEFE, DO SOMETHING! OH, GOD, WHAT HAVE THEY DONE? WHAT HAVE I DONE? ( control voice ) IN OUR EFFORTS TO PLUMB THE DEPTHS OF OUR PSYCHOLOGICAL ENDURANCE, WE MAY DO MORE THAN DRIVE OURSELVES TO THE BREAKING POINT, WE MAY DESTROY THE VERY WORLD