The Outer Limits (1995) s06e14 Episode Script
Abaddon
1 [ WOMAN .]
: IN THE YEAR 2102, THE UNITED STATES OF NORTH AMERICA OFFICIALLY BECAME THE NORTH AMERICAN CORPORATION, OR "THE COMPANY", AS IT WAS COMMONLY CALLED, THE NORTH AMERICAN ELECTORATE BECAME SHAREHOLDERS WITH ALL OF THE RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES OF OWNERSHIP, THE TRUTH WAS THAT THE PEOPLE WERE THE COMPANY'S EMPLOYEES WITH NO REAL RIGHTS AND NO PRIVILEGES, IN 2291, THE COMPANY SENT FIVE SHIPS ON RECLAMATION PROJEC IN THE FAR REACHES OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM, ONE OF THOSE SHIPS WAS THE INTERPLANETARY HAULING VEHICLE, PEQUOD, THIS IS HOW IT WENT DOWN, [ COMPUTER .]
: ARTIFICIAL GRAVITY, ENGAGED, EARLY-WAKE SEQUENCE AC-AC-ACTIVATED, EA-EA-EARLY-WAKE SEQUENCE AC-AC-ACTIVATED, OW! DAMN THAT HURTS, ACTIVATED, AC-AC-ACTIVATED, WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON? EA-EA-EARLY WAKE SE-SEQUENCE AC-AC-ACTIVATED, WHY IS THE SHIP BRINGING US OUT OF HYPERSLEEP? ARE WE CLOSE TO THE TRANSFER STATION? I DON'T THINK SO, LOOKS LIKE WE'VE ENCOUNTERED ANOTHER VESSEL, HUTCH, GET IT IN GEAR, WE NEED INFO, I'M GEARING, I'M GEARING, WELL, DO IT FASTER, MR, KNIGHT AND I WILL BE TOPSIDE, OH, WHA A PLEASURE IT IS TO BE ALIVE, EA-EA-EARLY-WAKE SEQUENCE, SEQUENCE, SEQUENCE, ,, DIDN'T YOU FIX THAT DAMNED THING BEFORE WE SHUT DOWN? I THOUGHT I DID, SOMEBODY KICK IT, PLEASE! A LITTLE PERCUSSIVE MAINTENANCE COMING UP, EARLY-WAKE SEQUENCE, EA-EA-EARLY-WAKE-WAKE-WAKE SEQUENCE AC-AC-AC-AC-AC-AC, ,, WELL, I TRIED, BIX, FIX IT, OR I SWEAR I'LL PUT A BULLET IN IT, BIX, COME ON, HAVE SOME MERCY! AC, ,, YOU HAPPY? I WASN'T AWARE HAPPY WAS ON THE MENU, WHATEVER THAT OBJECT IS, IT'S TALKING TO US, SCREAMING MORE LIKE IT, DIGITAL CODING, EARTH ORIGIN, DID YOU SEE THE WAY THOSE HYDRAULIC LINES WERE FRAYING? WHILE WE WERE SLEEPING, THIS OLD CRATE WAS FALLING APART, THE WASTE SYSTEM'S LEAKING, TOO, TALK TO ME, HUTCH, HOW BIG IS THAT THING OUT THERE? OBJECT IS FOUR METERS LONG, TWO METERS WIDE, THAT'S TINY, PROBABLY FULL OF MEAN LITTLE SPACE MIDGETS, THE HULL IS MADE OF XENOTITANIUM, WOW, THAT'S EXPENSIVE STUFF, THE CODE IT'S SENDING IS ANCIENT, THEY HAVEN'T USED LANGUAGE LIKE THAT IN 200 YEARS, THE GRAPPLING BOT IS AWAY, THAT THING'S FROM EARTH, WHAT IS IT, AND HOW'D IT GET HERE? FIRST CHANCE YOU GET, BIX, I WANT A FULL REPOR ON WHERE WE ARE, WE'RE NOT LOST, ARE WE? WE'RE GOING TO BE LATE FOR THAT RENDEZVOUS AT THE TRANSFER STATION, OH, THAT'S GREAT, OBJECT HAS BEEN CAPTURED, RETRIEVAL PROCESS HAS BEGUN, WHAT THE HELL IS THAT THING? CAN'T WE JUS REEL IT IN FASTER? OH, MY GOD, DISENGAGE THE GRAPPLING BOT, WHAT? THAT THING IT'S A COFFIN! A COFFIN? MADE OF XENOTITANIUM? BRING IT IN, NO! THAT POD HAS THE DEVIL IN IT! WOO-HOO, BIX, WHAT'RE YOU SMOKING? GIVE ME SOME, ACCORDING TO THE MESSAGE, THAT POD IS THE CONFINEMENT CELL USED TO BLAST VIRGIL NYGARD'S BODY INTO DEEP-SPACE EXILE, VIRGIL WHO? I THINK I WAS ABSEN THE DAY THEY TAUGHT THAT, WHAT, YOU NEVER BUMPED INTO ANY OF HIS FOLLOWERS? THEY'RE STILL AROUND, HE WAS A RELIGIOUS FANATIC OF SOME KIND, WASN'T HE? MORE LIKE A SEPARATIST, AND THAT MAKES HIM THE DEVIL? 150 YEARS AGO, HE LED HIS PRIVATE MILITIA ON A MASSACRE OF MORE THAN A MILLION INNOCENT PEOPLE BEFORE HE WAS FINALLY CAPTURED AND CONVICTED OF CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY, WELL, THAT'LL GET YOU SOME HORNS AND A TAIL, CAPTAIN, PLEASE, LET'S JUST LEAVE THIS THING WHERE WE FOUND IT, YEAH, I HEAR YOU, YOU CAN'T GE XENOTITANIUM ANYMORE, MAKES THAT COFFIN WORTH A NICE CHUNK OF CHANGE, BRING IT ABOARD, JUST THINK ABOU THE CONSEQUENCES, OR WORSE, THE KARMA, I'D RATHER THINK ABOUT THIS TRIP AND HOW ALL WE HAVE TO SHOW FOR I IS A HOLD FULL OF JUNK, BE THAT AS IT MAY, GORD, I THINK WE SHOULD CUT THIS ONE LOOSE, IF WE TOOK A THING LIKE THAT HOME, WE'D BE STIRRING A LOT OF TROUBLE, THIS IS NO UP FOR DISCUSSION, I'M THE COMPANY REP HERE, YOU DO WHAT I'M TELLING YOU, THAT'S AN ORDER, IRA, BRING IT ABOARD, I'M A MEDICAL OFFICER, I DON'T DO THIS KIND OF WORK, YOU DO NOW, OPEN IT UP, COME ON, ALL RIGHT, EQUAL PRESSURE ON BOTH SIDES, COME ON, COME ON, COME ON, LET'S GO, LET'S GO, LET'S GO, LET'S GO, GORDON? WHAT, ,, WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO THE POD? KEEP GOING, KEEP GOING, CAPTAIN, HURRY! COME ON, BOYS, COME ON, WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING? WE AGREED TO BRING IT ONBOARD, NOT TO OPEN IT, WHOA! WELL, HERE'S YOUR BOGEYMAN, PEOPLE, ,, COLD AND DEAD AS THE DAY THEY SHOT HIM INTO SPACE, NO! GOD, FORGIVE US, [ .]
THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH YOUR TELEVISION, DO NOT ATTEMP TO ADJUST THE PICTURE, WE ARE NOW CONTROLLING THE TRANSMISSION, WE CONTROL THE HORIZONTAL, ,, AND THE VERTICAL, WE CAN DELUDE 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, WHO AMONG US DOES NOT THINK HE KNOWS EVIL WHEN HE SEES IT? BUT ARE SUCH DISTINCTIONS REALLY SO BLACK AND WHITE, OR IS MORALITY SIMPLY A MATTER OF PERSPECTIVE? HOW WAS I SUPPOSED TO KNOW THE GUY WAS ALIVE? I READ THE SAME HISTORY BOOKS YOU DID, THEY CONVICTED HIM, THEY EXECUTE HIM, THEY SENT HIM ON HIS WAY, FULL-BODY IMMERSION HYPERSLEEP, HOW BARBARIC, IT MUST BE TRIPPY FEELING LIKE YOU'RE DROWNING, I'M KIND OF CURIOUS, AREN'T YOU? IS THERE A DRUG-INDUCED EXPERIENCE THAT DOESN'T MAKE YOU CURIOUS? WE ALL HAVE OUR WAYS OF ESCAPING FROM REALITY, SOME OF US ARE JUST MORE SUCCESSFUL AT IT, UP YOURS, THAT TOO, WHY WASN' THAT MAN DEAD? THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO KNOW, HE'S SUPPOSED TO BE DEAD! THEY FIGURED A LIVING DEATH WOULD BE NASTIER, COULD BE THE COMPANY CHANGED THEIR MIND ABOUT KILLING HIM, I MEAN, WHY TURN THE GUY INTO A MARTYR WHEN YOU CAN SHIP HIM INTO COLD STORAGE? 'CAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN A MASS MURDERER MIGHT COME IN HANDY, I MEAN, THAT'S REALLY THE COMPANY'S STYLE, ISN'T IT? WE'RE ALL JUST ASSETS WAITING TO BE EXPLOITED, WORKERS OF THE WORLD, UNITE, IS THAT IT, CURTIS? SURE, WHY NOT? FOLLOW ME, COMRADES, AGAINST THE TRUE EVIL EMPIRE, BIX, SEND A MESSAGE TO THE COMPANY, TELL THEM WHAT HAPPENED AND ASK FOR INSTRUCTIONS, YES, SIR, EXCEPT, CONSIDERING WHERE WE ARE, IT MAY TAKE A WHILE TO GET THERE, AND WHO KNOWS HOW LONG BEFORE WE GET THEIR RESPONSE, WHAT I MEAN IS, WHILE WE'RE WAITING, DO WE REALLY NEED THIS GUY HERE AMONG US? MAYBE WE'D BE BETTER OFF FIXING THE POD, PUTTING HIM BACK INSIDE, AND SENDING HIM ON HIS WAY, UH, FORGET IT, WE'RE KEEPING THE POD, I DON'T CARE WHA YOU DO WITH THE GUY, THE COMPANY PROBABLY FORGOT ABOUT HIM EONS AGO, WELL, WHAT DO YOU SUGGEST, GORD, WE JUST PUSH HIM OUT THE AIRLOCK? SEE YOU LATER, PAL, HASTA LA PASTA? SURE, WHY NOT? THAT GUY KILLED ALL THOSE PEOPLE, HE'S A FRIGGING MONSTER AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, OH, AND YOU DON'T THINK IT'S EQUALLY MONSTROUS PUSHING HIM OUT THE AIRLOCK? WHAT'S THE ALTERNATIVE? WE KILL HIM, THEN SHOVE HIM OUT THE AIRLOCK? I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT KILLING, SO PUT HIM BACK INTO HYPERSLEEP, THEN PUSH HIM OUT THE DOOR? LOOK, YOU KILL HIM, YOU DUMP HIM, TAKE HIM BACK TO EARTH IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT, ALL I CARE ABOUT IS THE POD, YOU TOUCH THAT, YOU'RE MESSING WITH THE COMPANY, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE COMEDY STYLINGS OF MR, GORDO KNIGHT! WHAT AN ASSHOLE! I SAY WE TAKE KNIGHT AND NYGARD, STICK THEM BOTH ON THE POD AND KICK THEM BOTH OUT INTO SPACE, PEOPLE, THE WALLS HAVE EARS ON THIS DRAFTY, OLD BOAT, YOU SHOULDN' HAVE LET HIM DO THAT TO US, CAPTAIN, WHO SAYS HE'S DONE ANYTHING? WHAT COURSE DID YOU SE WHEN WE STARTED FOR THE TRANSFER STATION, HUTCH? WE SHOULD'VE BEEN THERE BY NOW, INSTEAD, WE'RE PRACTICALLY ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DAMNED SOLAR SYSTEM! ARE YOU ACCUSING ME OF SENDING US OUT HERE? ALL I KNOW IS WE'RE HERE, ,, AND IT'S NO ACCIDENT, WELL, MAYBE GORDO DID IT, HE DOESN'T KNOW A THING ABOUT THE SHIP'S SYSTEMS, ARE YOU CERTAIN OF THAT, CAPTAIN? MM-HMM, MAYBE HE'S THE COMPANY BOY WE THINK HE IS, MAYBE HE'S GO SOME OTHER PURPOSE, WHAT IF THE COMPANY CHANGED COURSES ON US, LIKE CURTIS SAID, MAYBE THEY NEED NYGARD FOR SOMETHING, LIKE WHAT? TO MASSACRE A FEW MORE PEOPLE? I DON'T KNOW, SOMEONE CHANGED COURSE TO INTERCEPT THAT COFFIN, AND IF NONE OF US DID IT, LET'S JUST SAY SO, I MEAN, TRUTHFULLY, AND IF ONE OF US DID DO IT? LET'S TALK ABOUT IT, I DIDN'T DO IT, I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHO THE GUY WAS! SO YOU SAY, ,, JUNKIE, OH, FUCK YOU, BERGER, I DIDN'T DO IT, WE ALL KNOW HOW MUCH YOU HATE YOUR JOB, AND THE COMPANY, AND YOUR LIFE, RIGHT, LIKE I'M ALONE IN THAT DEPARTMENT! OKAY! HERE'S WHA WE'RE GOING TO DO, WE'RE GOING TO FIX THAT POD, WE'RE GOING TO PU MR, NYGARD IN THAT POD, AND WE'RE GOING TO GET I OFF OF THIS SHIP, AND WHAT IF THE COMPANY WANTS NYGARD AND THE POD? WE'LL DRIVE OFF THAT BRIDGE WHEN WE GET TO IT, IS THIS A READOU OF ALL THE NAVIGATIONAL DATABASE? PLEASE WAI WHILE I SEARCH THE DATABASE FOR ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, I'M SORRY, BUT I FIND NO OTHER NAVIGATIONAL INPUT, BUT HOW CAN THAT BE? THE COURSE DESCRIBED IS NOT THE COURSE WE TOOK, COULD I SEE A LIS OF ALL OVERRIDES INPUT INTO THE NAVIGATIONAL DATABASE? THE INFORMATION YOU REQUESTED IS PASSWORD PROTECTED, COULD I SEE A LIS OF ALL SLEEP-CHAMBER ACTIVITY, INCLUDING ALL DATES AND TIMES OF HYPERSLEEP COMMENCEMEN AND RELINQUISHMENT? THE INFORMATION YOU REQUESTED IS PASSWORD PROTECTED, NOW YOU'RE PISSING ME OFF, WHO ARE YOU? MY NAME'S GORDON KNIGHT, I'M THE COMPANY REP ON THIS SHIP, COMPANY? IT'S STILL AROUND, BIGGER AND BADDER THAN EVER, WHERE AM I? I'LL MAKE THIS EASY FOR YOU, IT'S NOW 2298 ON EARTH, YOUR 15 MINUTES OF FAME CAME AND WEN IN 2142, SO FOR THE LAS 150 YEARS, YOU'VE BEEN DRIFTING IN A LITTLE METAL BOX THAT THEY SHOT OFF INTO NOWHERE, THEY DIDN'T KILL ME? APPARENTLY NOT, HOW OFTEN DO YOU RUN EQUIPMENT DIAGNOSTICS? DIAGNOSTICS ARE RUN ON A CONTINUAL BASIS, DURING ALL PHASES OF DATA ENTRY AND RETRIEVAL, THANK YOU, COULD I SEE A LIS OF ALL THE DIAGNOSTICS YOU'VE RUN FOR THE PAST FOUR MONTHS, INCLUDING ALL TERMINAL I, D, s? PLEASE WAI WHILE I RETRIEVE THAT LIS FOR YOU, LIST COMPILATION COMPLETED, GOTCHA, WOULD YOU LIKE THE LIST PRINTED? PRINTED, PRINTED, PRINTED, PRINTED, ,, HMM, YOU'RE A LITTLE ELEVATED, DR, FEELGOOD'S GOT A LITTLE SOMETHING FOR YOU, HE'S GOT A LITTLE SOMETHING FOR ME, TOO, ARE YOU FRIEND OR ARE YOU FOE? GET AWAY FROM ME! NOCTURNAL DEMONS, WHAT'S THE MATTER? BAD TRIP? YEAH, EXCEPT I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE THAT IT'S OVER YET, THAT'S A SHAME, I WANTED TO ASK YOU SOME QUESTIONS, I'M HAVING TROUBLE REMEMBERING WHAT HAPPENED TO ME, YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE, DON'T YOU? I'M VIRGIL NYGARD, I LED A COMMUNE IN THE MOUNTAINS ABOVE THE COLUMBIA RIVER, AND DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DID, WHY THEY SENT YOU ALL THE WAY OUT HERE? I SAVED THE LIVES OF THE PEOPLE WHO CHOSE TO FOLLOW ME, AND MURDERED A MILLION IN THE PROCESS, A MILLION? IS THAT WHAT THEY SAY I DID? WHAT IS THIS, SEMANTICS? I KILLED A FEW HUNDRED THOUSAND, BUT AS FOR THE REST YOU WEREN'T EVEN ALIVE THEN, YOU CAN'T POSSIBLY KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, I SAW THE HISTORIOGRAPH ON THE SHIP'S COMPUTER, YOU STARTED A WAR WITH THE COMPANY, AND WHEN THE PEOPLE LIVING OUTSIDE THE COMMUNE DIDN'T JOIN IN, YOU SLAUGHTERED THEM ALL MEN, WOMEN, CHILDREN, [ LAUGHING .]
YOU'RE SICK, I'M SORRY, I DON'T MEAN TO LAUGH, BUT WHAT YOU'RE CALLING HISTORY BEARS SUCH LITTLE RESEMBLANCE TO WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED, TELL ME, WHAT DOES YOUR HISTORY SAY THAT I DID TO THOSE CHILDREN? DID I ROAST THEM ALIVE, AND THEN DID I, ,, EAT THEM? AFTER ALL, IT IS THE COMPANY, ,, THAT WROTE THE HISTORY, ISN'T IT? ARE YOU SAYING THAT YOU DIDN'T KILL ANYONE? I KILLED THEM, THERE IS BLOOD ALL OVER MY HANDS, AND THE HANDS OF THOSE WHO FOLLOWED ME, BUT WE DIDN'T KILL BECAUSE WE WANTED TO, WE KILLED BECAUSE WE HAD TO, IT WAS A MATTER OF OUR VERY SURVIVAL, YOU MURDERED A MILLION PEOPLE IN ORDER TO SURVIVE? A MILLION, ,, THERE WERE NO MILLION, THERE WEREN'T HALF THAT MANY WITHIN A THOUSAND MILES, WHAT DID I DO? DID I KILL THE SAME THREE AND FOUR PEOPLE OVER AND OVER AND OVER? OKAY, SO MAYBE THE COMPANY EMBELLISHED THE BODY COUN A LITTLE BIT, MAYBE IT WASN' A MILLION, MAYBE YOU'RE SPLITTING HAIRS, DOES THE HISTORY SAY WHY WE DECLARED WAR ON THE COMPANY? LIKE THAT MATTERS, IF IT'S ANY CONSOLATION, THE PEOPLE THAT SURVIVED WHAT YOU DID, THEY JOINED FORCES AND THEY'VE BEEN KICKING THE ASSES OF EVERY ONE OF YOUR FOLLOWERS WHEREVER THEY CAN FIND THEM, TO THIS VERY DAY, I TELL YOU, THAT NYGARD, WHAT A PISSER, THE GUY'S PROBABLY GOT AN EXCUSE FOR EVERYTHING LIKE, "I BUTCHERED THE BABIES 'CAUSE THEY WERE TOO SHORT, "AND THE WOMEN, I KILLED THEM 'CAUSE THEY WERE WEARING DRESSES," HOW'S OUR MONSTER DOING? HE'S ALIVE, YOU KNOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT YOU GETTING HIGH ON THE JOB, RIGHT? YOU KNOW WHAT THE COMPANY DID TO HIM? WHAT THE COMPANY DID TO HIM? THERE WERE SOME MINERAL DEPOSITS UNDERNEATH THE COMMUNE THAT NYGARD STARTED, NYGARD WOULDN' LET THEM MINE THERE, WHAT ARE YOU, HIS MOUTHPIECE ALL OF A SUDDEN? WELL, THIS IS WHAT HE SAYS, I JUST NEVER HEARD HIS SIDE OF THE STORY, THE COMPANY MANIPULATED THOSE PEOPLE INTO HATING NYGARD, CAN YOU BLAME THEM? ARE WE STILL TALKING ABOUT THIS? IN THE FIRST PLACE, NYGARD SAYS THE MOS THAT COULD HAVE DIED IS 10,000 PEOPLE, AND A LOT OF THOSE WERE HIS FOLLOWERS, THIS WHOLE THING STARTED BECAUSE THE COMPANY PUT A PRICE ON HIS HEAD, I'M NOT EVEN GOING TO LISTEN TO THIS ANYMORE, WHAT IF NYGARD'S TELLING THE TRUTH? LIKE YOU SAY, THE COMPANY'S HEARTLESS, WE ALL KNOW THAT, NYGARD SAYS THE COMPANY TOOK YEARS DOING WHAT IT DID, PLAYING THE ENDS AGAINST THE MIDDLE, BUILDING HATRED BETWEEN HIS FOLLOWERS AND PEOPLE OUTSIDE THE COMMUNE, GETTING THEM ALL WORRIED THAT MAYBE NYGARD WAS UP TO SOMETHING, I CAN SEE THE COMPANY DOING THAT, CAN'T YOU? SO DOES THAT JUSTIFY WHAT HE DID, CURTIS? WELL, IT EXPLAINS IT, DOES IT JUSTIFY IT? PEOPLE DON'T EVER HAVE TO BEHAVE LIKE THAT, BUT THE FAC THAT THEY DO AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN, IT'S WHY PEOPLE LIKE ME STAY AS FAR AWAY FROM EARTH AS POSSIBLE, WELL, MAYBE IF YOU GAVE THE GUY TWO SECONDS GIVE THE GUY TWO SECONDS? THE FACT THAT HE'S ON OUR GARBAGE SCOW MAKES ME FEEL DIRTY, AND THE FACT THAT YOU KEEP DEFENDING HIM, WELL, MAYBE YOU AND NYGARD HAVE A LITTLE MORE IN COMMON THAN WE THOUGHT, THAT'S IT! THIS CONVERSATION IS OVER, YOU'RE THE ONE THAT HATES EVERYBODY, WHAT DO YOU CARE IF THERE'S A FEW LESS PEOPLE WALKING AROUND? COMPARED TO HER, NYGARD'S ABRAHAM LINCOLN, YOU SON OF A BITCH! THAT'S ENOUGH! NOW, LOOK, FROM THIS POINT ON, I DON'T WANT TO HEAR ANYTHING FROM ANYBODY EXCEPT HOW TO FIX THAT POD, AND IF I MIGHT JUST ADD NO, YOU CAN'T, ,, BECAUSE AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, YOU'RE AS MUCH OF A SUSPEC AS ANYBODY, OH, AND YOU'RE NOT? WELL, ISN'T THAT CONVENIENT? UNTIL WE GE TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS, ALL ORDERS COME FROM ME, IS THAT CLEAR? IS EVERYBODY CLEAR? YES, SIR, WELL? CRYSTAL, WHERE THE HELL'S BIX? CAPTAIN, LOOK, I KNOW YOU'VE GOT A TON ON YOUR MIND, BUT I'VE BEEN THINKING A LOT ABOUT THIS, AUGIE, I DON' WANT YOUR THEORIES, THANKS ANYWAY, LOOK, WHOEVER'S DOING THIS IS PROBABLY AFRAID, WELL, THEY SHOULD BE, 'CAUSE I'M VERY ANGRY ABOUT THIS, HEY, BIX, I HATE TO BREAK UP THIS PRIVATE MOMENT, WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING UP IN THERE? LISTEN UP, BIX IS DEAD, WHAT? SOMEBODY CUT HER THROAT, WHY? LOOK, CURTIS, WE'RE PUTTING NYGARD BACK ON THAT POD, I WANT HIM OFF THIS SHIP, THE POD'S STILL DAMAGED, YOU WANT TO GO WITH HIM, CURTIS? FINE, WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT? THERE IS A FIRE IN THE AIRLOCK, OH, HELL, COME ON, I WANT THESE DAMNED DOORS OPEN NOW! CAPTAIN, THE SHIP SEALED THE DOORS, IF WE TRY AND OPEN THEM NOW GIVE ME THAT, HUTCH IS RIGHT, SIR, IF THERE IS A FIRE IN THERE AND YOU OPEN OH, DAMNIT, ,, IT'S DESTROYED, NOW WE'RE SCREWED, WE'VE GOT TO RUN A DIAGNOSTIC, CURTIS, I WANT A FULL FORENSIC ANALYSIS ON THE DOUBLE, CAPTAIN, I KNOW DICK ABOUT FORENSICS, FOR ONCE, LEARN HOW TO TAKE AN ORDER, I HEARD AN EXPLOSION, IS THE POD DESTROYED? IS THAT WHAT HAPPENED? AS IF YOU DON'T KNOW, WHAT, YOU GOING TO ACCUSE HIM OF DOING IT, HUTCH? YOU GOING TO DEFEND HIM IF SHE DOES? I'M QUITE CAPABLE OF DEFENDING MYSELF, I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO HEAR ANYTHING FROM YOU, SO SAYS THE COMPANY MAN, WELL, ,, NOW I KNOW I HAVE AT LEAST ONE ALLY ABOARD THIS SHIP, MAYBE MORE, CAN YOU SAY THE SAME THING, COMPANY MAN? LET'S JUST SOLVE THIS PROBLEM RIGHT NOW, IRA, LET'S KILL HIM, AH, ANOTHER DEATH SENTENCE, YOU KNOW, LAST TIME I HAD A TRIAL FIRST, IF YOU COULD CALL IT THAT, DO I HAVE A CHANCE TO SPEAK, CAPTAIN, OR IS JUSTICE ONE MORE THING THE COMPANY HAS DONE AWAY WITH? WHO DIVERTED THE SHIP? I WANT TO KNOW NOW, WELL, I'M SURE YOU DO, BUT I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER TO THAT, THOUGH I CAN TELL YOU SOMETHING ABOUT THEM, THEY HAVE GONE TO A GREAT DEAL OF TROUBLE AND EXTREME PERSONAL RISK TO DO THIS, THEY HAVE DEDICATED THEMSELVES, THEY HAVE BEEN PREPARING FOR YEARS, THEY HAVE WAITED FOR THE STARS TO ALIGN, AND NOW THAT THEY HAVE, THERE IS NO TURNING BACK, FOR THEM, THE STAKES ARE LIFE AND DEATH, AS THEY ARE FOR YOU, I WASN'T WHA YOU'D CALL RELIGIOUS, BUT I COULD NEVER PICK UP A BIBLE WITHOUT FINDING SOMETHING THAT DIDN'T MAKE ME UNDERSTAND THE WORLD A LITTLE BETTER, REVELATIONS, CHAPTER NINE "AND THEY HAD AS A KING ABOVE THEM, THE ANGEL OF THE ABYSS WHOSE NAME IS ABADDON," WHAT THE HELL IS THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN? THE ANGEL IS HERE, HE'S ALIVE ON THIS SHIP, WHOEVER BROUGHT YOU HERE IS DESPERATE, THEIR MISSION WILL NOT BE DONE UNTIL I RETURN HOME AND MY PEOPLE ARE RESCUED FROM EXTINCTION, LET ME ASSURE YOU, AND THEM, WE'RE NOT TAKING YOU HOME, AND YOU WOULD STAND IN OUR WAY EVEN IF IT MEANT THOUSANDS OF LIVES WERE AT STAKE? I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT LIVES BEING AT STAKE, WELL, THEN, YOU'RE NOT MUCH OF A LEADER, ARE YOU, IF YOU DON'T THINK THAT YOUR LIVES ARE INCLUDED, ARE YOU THREATENING US? THREATENING? I'M THE ONLY PERSON THAT CAN SAVE YOU, WE'LL SEE ABOUT THAT, AUGIE, GET HIM OUT OF HERE! DON'T DO THIS, CAPTAIN, NOW! I HAVE BEEN REBORN! I WILL GO HOME TO MY PEOPLE, GET HIM OUT OF HERE, AUGIE, YOU CANNOT STOP ME! GET HIM OUT OF HERE, YOU! GET GOING ON THIS AUTOPSY, WHILE HE'S DOING THAT, I WANT YOU UP ON THE BRIDGE, I WANT THIS SHIP IN A HOLDING PATTERN, LOCKED IN A HOLDING PATTERN, UNTIL WE HEAR FROM THE COMPANY, WE'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE, WE'RE STAYING RIGHT HERE, ONE OF YOU HAS ALREADY PERISHED, HOW MANY MORE OF YOU MUST DIE BEFORE YOU SEE THE TRUTH? ENOUGH, I'M GETTING A HEADACHE, COME ON, RIGHT HERE, ALL I CAN REALLY CONCLUDE FROM THE WOUND IS THAT THE KILLER WAS LEFT-HANDED, I THINK, WELL, THAT'S REALLY HELPFUL, WE'RE ALL RIGHT-HANDED, WHICH HAND DOES NYGARD USE? WHAT'S THA GOING TO PROVE? NYGARD DIDN'T KILL BIX, HOW DO YOU KNOW? NYGARD DOESN'T KNOW HIS WAY AROUND THE SHIP, EVEN IF HE DID KILL BIX, HE'S NOT THE ONE THAT REPROGRAMMED THE SHIP'S COMPUTER, HUTCH, WHAT? SHE'S AMBIDEXTROUS, AND SHE CAN REPROGRAM THE COMPUTER, REVISED FLIGHT COORDINATES ACCEPTED AND IMPLEMENTED, GOOD, NOW I'D LIKE YOU TO LOCK THOSE COORDINATES, PLEASE, THANK YOU, COORDINATES ARE NOW LOCKED, LOCKED, LOCKED, LOCKED, ,, YOU'RE WELCOME, CAPTAIN? CAPTAIN! AUGIE, I'M HERE, NYGARD HAS ESCAPED, HE JUMPED ME, I'M LOCKED IN THE SICK BAY, AUGIE, ARE YOU THERE? GORD, HEAD FOR THE ARSENAL, BRING BACK AS MANY ARTILLERY CANNONS AS YOU CAN CARRY, DO IT! CURTIS, LOAD A SYRINGE WITH DOPAMINE, WE WANT TO TAKE NYGARD ALIVE IF WE CAN, IRA, WE'VE GOT A PROBLEM, WHAT? THE DOOR WON'T OPEN, HUTCH, WHAT'S UP WITH THESE DOORS? NOTHING'S UP WITH THE DOORS, CAPTAIN, I'VE JUST CHOSEN TO LOCK THEM DOWN, YOU SEE, I'M IN CHARGE NOW, ,, AND IF WE'VE ALL READ OUR HISTORY BOOKS, WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENS, ,, WHEN I'M IN CHARGE, MR, BERGER, STILL WITH US? YEAH, I'M HERE, GOOD, VERY GOOD, WHAT'S YOUR NAME? LIEUTENANT HUTCHINSON, LIEUTENANT, PLEASE TELL THE OTHERS THAT YOU'RE OKAY, CAPTAIN, IT'S HUTCH, I'M SORRY, I DIDN' SEE HIM COMING, DON'T BLAME HER, IRA, SHE'S A GOOD SOLDIER, WHICH IS MORE THAN I CAN SAY FOR, ,, AUGIE, IS IT? DAMN! NONE OF THE OVERRIDE CODES ARE WORKING, IT'S GOT TO BE THE FIRE-CONTROL SYSTEM, MR, NYGARD, LISTEN TO ME, AH, I'M MR, NYGARD NOW, AT LAST, SOME RESPECT, THIS SHIP IS A HIGHLY COMPLEX PIECE OF MACHINERY, MEANING, IF I GO TOUCHING BUTTONS LIKE THE ONE FOR THE FIRE-CONTROL SYSTEM, YES, ,, SOUNDS LIKE YOU'VE HAD A SOME HELP? ALL THE SAME, IT IS COMPLEX, NOW I SUGGEST YOU LISTEN TO ME, SO WE CAN ALL GET OUT OF HERE, I SHOULD LISTEN? OH, THAT'S GOOD, CAPTAIN, I'M THE ONE WHO HAS YOU BY THE THROAT, AND YOU'RE THE ONE WHO IS ISSUING TERMS? THIS IS NOT A NEGOTIATION! BUT IT IS! YOU WILL DO EXACTLY AS I SAY, YOU WILL SET THE QUICKES POSSIBLE COURSE FOR OUR RETURN TO EARTH, YOU WILL DELIVER ME TO MY PEOPLE, AND ONCE YOU HAVE AGREED TO THAT, THEN, AND ONLY THEN, WILL I RETURN YOUR SHIP TO YOU, JUST SAY YES, AND WE'LL GRAB THE SON OF A BITCH AS FAST AS WE CAN, OF COURSE YOU WILL, GORD, WHICH IS WHY ALL BUT ONE OF YOU WILL RETURN TO YOUR HYPERSLEEP CHAMBERS FIRST, SO, ,, SO WE SLEEP, ALL BUT ONE OF US, AND WHICH ONE WOULD THAT BE, MR, NYGARD? TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, CAPTAIN, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY, BUT I'M SURE ONCE I HAVE YOU ALL ASSEMBLED IN THE SLEEP BAY, MY GUESS IS WE'LL SORT THAT OU RATHER QUICKLY, I DON'T HEAR AN ANSWER, CAPTAIN, I NEED AN ANSWER, WE'RE THINKING, JUST SAY YES, GIVE HIM WHAT HE WANTS, NO, I AM ORDERING YOU, YOUR FAILURE TO ANSWER MUST MEAN YOU REJECT MY TERMS, I SAID WE'RE THINKING, THINKING IS NO AN OPTION, CLEARLY, I NEED TO IMPRESS YOU WITH HOW SERIOUS I AM, CAPTAIN? HE'S SHUTTING DOWN THE LIFE-SUPPORT SYSTEM! THEY'RE SUCKING OU THE AIR SUPPLY, NYGARD, YOU SON OF A BITCH, DON'T DO THIS! GIVE ME WHAT I WANT, CAPTAIN, IT'S THE ONLY WAY, CAPTAIN, LISTEN TO ME, AND YOU LISTEN TO ME, THEIR LIVES ARE IN YOUR HANDS, YOUR LIFE IS IN THEIR HANDS, I SUGGES YOU THINK ABOUT YOUR ACTIONS VERY CAREFULLY, WHAT EXACTLY IS I YOU'RE TRYING TO DO? HAVE YOU EVER LOVED ANYBODY, HUTCH? WHAT? HAVE YOU EVER LOVED ANYBODY? A PERSON? A GROUP OF PEOPLE? NOT ENOUGH TO KILL FOR THEM, THEN YOU ARE NOT FI TO JUDGE ME, SO IT'S LEFT AT THE FIRST HOLE, RIGHT AT THE SECOND? RIGHT AT THE FIRST HOLE, RIGHT AT THE FIRST HOLE, I'M TELLING YOU GUYS, GOING INTO THE WASTE-DISPOSAL SYSTEM IS A BAD IDEA, YOU WANT US TO LET AUGIE DIE? AUGIE'S ALREADY DEAD, YOU'RE JUST GOING TO END UP KILLING YOURSELVES, SUIT YOURSELF, GORD, I'LL TAKE IT OU OF YOUR HIDE LATER, YOU'VE GOT THREE MINUTES TO GET TO AUGIE, I'LL MEET YOU BY THE HATCH BY THE MAIN HOLDING TANKS IN FIVE, WHY DO YOU EVEN CARE WHAT I THINK ABOUT IT? BECAUSE YOU'RE A REASONABLE PERSON, WHAT I DID, ,, IT WAS BAD, IT WAS CRUEL, BUT IT WAS NO UNREASONABLE, IT WAS EVIL, SOMETIMES THE CHOICES YOU'RE HANDED ARE TERRIBLY COMPLEX, GOOD AND EVIL DO NOT NECESSARILY SI ON OPPOSITE SIDES FROM ONE ANOTHER, THEY'RE HOPELESSLY INTERTWINED, AND AS MUCH AS YOU WAN ONE THING FOR YOURSELF AND FOR YOUR LOVED ONES, THE ONLY WAY TO ACHIEVE I IS BY WAY OF THE OTHER, CAN YOU UNDERSTAND THIS, HUTCH? IF I HAD DONE NOTHING, ,, MY PEOPLE WOULD HAVE DIED, IN YOUR EYES, WOULD THAT HAVE BEEN ANY LESS EVIL? I DON'T KNOW, WHY DID IT HAVE TO COME DOWN TO THAT? AND THERE IS THE REAL QUESTION, WAS IT EVIL THAT I DID THE ANGEL'S BIDDING, OR WAS IT MORE EVIL THAT I HAD NO CHOICE? AUGIE! AUGIE, ARE YOU THERE? FUCK! CURTIS? WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU? DUDE, GET INTO THE PIPE, IT WAS THE CAPTAIN'S IDEA, HE'S HEADING THROUGH ONE OF THE OTHER LINES TRYING TO REACH MAIN CONTROL, WHY THE HELL ARE YOU DOING THIS, MAN? YOU HEARD WHAT NYGARD SAID, WHAT? I'M TRYING TO SAVE YOU! AUGIE? AUGIE! VIRGIL, THIS IS AUGIE, THEY'RE COMING THROUGH THE WASTE PIPES, THEY'RE TRYING TO STOP US, AUGIE, WHAT ARE YOU DOING, MAN? I'M NOT THE ENEMY, DAMNIT! IS THERE A WAY TO LOCK THEM IN? EVEN IF WE COULD, THEY'D KEEP COMING, THEY JUST DON'T WANT TO LISTEN, THEY SHOULD NO HAVE DONE THIS, DON'T KILL THEM, PLEASE? WHAT SHALL WE DO, AUGIE? THEY'RE YOUR FRIENDS, AUGIE, COME ON, MAN, OPEN UP THE PIPE, AUGIE, OPEN UP THE PIPE, WE KEEP GOING, WE HAVE TO, I'LL PURGE THE WASTE SYSTEM FROM HERE, AUGIE, YOU SON OF A BITCH! PLEASE, PLEASE DON'T DO THIS, AND IF I DON' AND THEY STOP US? THAT TWO SHALL LIVE, THOUSANDS MAY DIE, WHICH IS MORE EVIL? TELL ME, I'M PURGING THE SYSTEM NOW, I AM SORRY, HUTCH, CURTIS? CAPTAIN! HELP ME! HELP ME, PLEASE! GRAB ON TO ME, CURTIS! DO IT! I CAN'T HOLD ON, JUST DO WHAT I'M TELLING YOU, CURTIS, I CAN'T HOLD ON, HELP ME! HELP ME, COME ON, PULL UP, HOLD ON! CURTIS! CURTIS? HELLO? OH, AUGIE, OH, THANK GOD, YOU'RE ALIVE! I HEARD THE WASTE-DISPOSAL SYSTEM FLUSHING, I THOUGHT YOU, ,, YOU? YOU'RE ONE OF NYGARD'S PEOPLE? THERE'S NOWHERE TO HIDE, GORDO! THERE'S NOWHERE TO HIDE! WHAT IS THIS? WHAT IS THIS? IT'S A COMMUNIQUE, FROM THE COMPANY, THE FATE OF MY PEOPLE IS IN YOUR HANDS, HUTCH, THERE'S NOTHING MORE I CAN DO FOR THEM EXCEPT PRAY THA YOU DO THE RIGHT THING, IF THEY ARE TO SURVIVE, IT WILL BE BECAUSE YOU WILL IT SO, NO, NO, NO, I DO NOT ACCEPT THAT, WHAT HAPPENS TO THOSE PEOPLE IS NO MY RESPONSIBILITY! BECAUSE LETTING THOUSANDS DIE MIGHT MAKE YOU EVIL, AND YOU DON'T THINK YOU'RE CAPABLE OF THAT? YOU WILL MAKE A CHOICE, HUTCH, AND LIKE I SAID, YOU'RE A REASONABLE PERSON, AND IF YOU THINK IT'S REASONABLE THAT THOUSANDS MUST DIE, I ACCEPT THAT, AUGIE, PLEASE! PLEASE, AUGIE! I'M BEGGING YOU HERE, I CAN HELP YOU, CAN YOU BRING MY FAMILY BACK FROM THE DEAD, GORDO? CAN YOU? I'M GOING TO TELL YOU SOMETHING, I FEEL REAL HORRIBLE ABOUT KILLING BIX, AND THE CAPTAIN, AND CURTIS, ,, BUT YOU, ON THE OTHER HAND, ,, PLEASE, AUGIE, I'M BEGGING YOU HERE, GET OFF OF ME! GET OFF! PUT THE AX DOWN, AUGIE, CAPTAIN, ,, I TRIED TO TELL YOU, CAPTAIN, I TRIED, BUT YOU WOULDN'T LISTEN TO ME, PUT IT DOWN, AUGIE, COME WITH US, PLEASE, THE COMPANY DOESN'T CARE ABOUT YOU! LOOK AROUND YOU! AUGIE, ,, YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, AND THIS IS WHAT THEY'VE GIVEN YOU! PUT IT DOWN, DON'T MAKE ME DO THIS! YOU'VE BEEN RUNNING YOUR WHOLE LIFE, HUTCH, DON'T YOU THINK IT'S TIME YOU STOPPED? HUTCH, ARE YOU OKAY? I'M OKAY, YOU ASKED YOURSELF A QUESTION BEFORE HOW DID IT COME TO THIS? HAVE YOU ANSWERED IT? I'VE HAD JUST ABOUT MY FILL OF YOU, CAPTAIN, ,, WITH EVERYTHING, YOU'D THINK MR, NYGARD DESERVES NOTHING, MR, NYGARD DESERVES JUST WHAT THE COMPANY SAYS HE DESERVES, WHAT IF THE COMPANY IS WRONG? WHAT ARE YOU ASKING ME THIS FOR? HE DIDN'T KILL AUGIE, THIS WHOLE THING WAS A RUSE TO TRY AND GET US TO DO WHAT HE WANTED WITHOUT ANY OF US DYING, WE DID THIS TO OURSELVES NOT HIM US, WE WERE JUST DOING WHAT THE COMPANY WANTED US TO DO, AND WE WERE WRONG, SO IF WE JUST GO AROUND DOING WHAT THE COMPANY WANTS US TO WHAT SHE'S TRYING TO SAY IS THAT YOUR COMMUNIQUE ARRIVED, AND IT SAID? "TO CAPTAIN IRA MERIT, "WITH REGARDS TO ONE VIRGIL NYGARD "AND PROCEDURES TO FOLLOW: "TERMINATE, ,, WITH EXTREME PREJUDICE," CAPTAIN, ,, DON'T STAR WITH ME, HUTCH, YOU'VE GOT A JOB TO DO, YOU DO IT, IT'S NOT THAT SIMPLE! YES, IT IS, ARE YOU PROUD OF THIS? THAT YOU WOULD JUST KILL A MAN BECAUSE THE COMPANY TELLS US TO AND YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW THE WHOLE TRUTH? THIS IS THE ABYSS THIS SHIP, THIS WORLD, EVERYTHING THE COMPANY TOUCHES, WE HAVE A CHOICE HERE, CAPTAIN, WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THIS, NO, WE DON'T! NO! PUT THE GUN DOWN, HUTCH, PUT THE GUN DOWN, THAT'S AN ORDER, THEY WOULD HAVE DONE THE SAME DAMN THING TO HIM THE MOMENT HE STEPPED OUT ON EARTH, HE KNEW THAT, SO I DID US ALL A FAVOR, TRUST ME, DO YOU EVER FEEL, ,, LIKE YOUR HANDS ARE DIRTY, ,, AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHY? NOW I KNOW WHY, MADNESS, MADNESS, MADNESS, I GUESS THAT DEPENDS ON YOUR POINT OF VIEW, [ HUTCH .]
: AND THAT IS HOW I LEARNED THE TRUTH ABOUT VIRGIL NYGARD, AND WHY IT IS I CHOSE TO COME TO YOU, ,, AS BOTH A MESSENGER AND COMRADE-IN-ARMS, ,, AND YET, ,, DESPITE THIS TRAGEDY, ,, I BRING YOU GOOD NEWS, ,, VIRGIL NYGARD DID NOT DIE IN VAIN, POWERFUL IDEAS DO NOT DIE WITH THOSE WHO GAVE THEM BIRTH, SO LONG AS THE SEEDS OF THOSE IDEAS
: IN THE YEAR 2102, THE UNITED STATES OF NORTH AMERICA OFFICIALLY BECAME THE NORTH AMERICAN CORPORATION, OR "THE COMPANY", AS IT WAS COMMONLY CALLED, THE NORTH AMERICAN ELECTORATE BECAME SHAREHOLDERS WITH ALL OF THE RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES OF OWNERSHIP, THE TRUTH WAS THAT THE PEOPLE WERE THE COMPANY'S EMPLOYEES WITH NO REAL RIGHTS AND NO PRIVILEGES, IN 2291, THE COMPANY SENT FIVE SHIPS ON RECLAMATION PROJEC IN THE FAR REACHES OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM, ONE OF THOSE SHIPS WAS THE INTERPLANETARY HAULING VEHICLE, PEQUOD, THIS IS HOW IT WENT DOWN, [ COMPUTER .]
: ARTIFICIAL GRAVITY, ENGAGED, EARLY-WAKE SEQUENCE AC-AC-ACTIVATED, EA-EA-EARLY-WAKE SEQUENCE AC-AC-ACTIVATED, OW! DAMN THAT HURTS, ACTIVATED, AC-AC-ACTIVATED, WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON? EA-EA-EARLY WAKE SE-SEQUENCE AC-AC-ACTIVATED, WHY IS THE SHIP BRINGING US OUT OF HYPERSLEEP? ARE WE CLOSE TO THE TRANSFER STATION? I DON'T THINK SO, LOOKS LIKE WE'VE ENCOUNTERED ANOTHER VESSEL, HUTCH, GET IT IN GEAR, WE NEED INFO, I'M GEARING, I'M GEARING, WELL, DO IT FASTER, MR, KNIGHT AND I WILL BE TOPSIDE, OH, WHA A PLEASURE IT IS TO BE ALIVE, EA-EA-EARLY-WAKE SEQUENCE, SEQUENCE, SEQUENCE, ,, DIDN'T YOU FIX THAT DAMNED THING BEFORE WE SHUT DOWN? I THOUGHT I DID, SOMEBODY KICK IT, PLEASE! A LITTLE PERCUSSIVE MAINTENANCE COMING UP, EARLY-WAKE SEQUENCE, EA-EA-EARLY-WAKE-WAKE-WAKE SEQUENCE AC-AC-AC-AC-AC-AC, ,, WELL, I TRIED, BIX, FIX IT, OR I SWEAR I'LL PUT A BULLET IN IT, BIX, COME ON, HAVE SOME MERCY! AC, ,, YOU HAPPY? I WASN'T AWARE HAPPY WAS ON THE MENU, WHATEVER THAT OBJECT IS, IT'S TALKING TO US, SCREAMING MORE LIKE IT, DIGITAL CODING, EARTH ORIGIN, DID YOU SEE THE WAY THOSE HYDRAULIC LINES WERE FRAYING? WHILE WE WERE SLEEPING, THIS OLD CRATE WAS FALLING APART, THE WASTE SYSTEM'S LEAKING, TOO, TALK TO ME, HUTCH, HOW BIG IS THAT THING OUT THERE? OBJECT IS FOUR METERS LONG, TWO METERS WIDE, THAT'S TINY, PROBABLY FULL OF MEAN LITTLE SPACE MIDGETS, THE HULL IS MADE OF XENOTITANIUM, WOW, THAT'S EXPENSIVE STUFF, THE CODE IT'S SENDING IS ANCIENT, THEY HAVEN'T USED LANGUAGE LIKE THAT IN 200 YEARS, THE GRAPPLING BOT IS AWAY, THAT THING'S FROM EARTH, WHAT IS IT, AND HOW'D IT GET HERE? FIRST CHANCE YOU GET, BIX, I WANT A FULL REPOR ON WHERE WE ARE, WE'RE NOT LOST, ARE WE? WE'RE GOING TO BE LATE FOR THAT RENDEZVOUS AT THE TRANSFER STATION, OH, THAT'S GREAT, OBJECT HAS BEEN CAPTURED, RETRIEVAL PROCESS HAS BEGUN, WHAT THE HELL IS THAT THING? CAN'T WE JUS REEL IT IN FASTER? OH, MY GOD, DISENGAGE THE GRAPPLING BOT, WHAT? THAT THING IT'S A COFFIN! A COFFIN? MADE OF XENOTITANIUM? BRING IT IN, NO! THAT POD HAS THE DEVIL IN IT! WOO-HOO, BIX, WHAT'RE YOU SMOKING? GIVE ME SOME, ACCORDING TO THE MESSAGE, THAT POD IS THE CONFINEMENT CELL USED TO BLAST VIRGIL NYGARD'S BODY INTO DEEP-SPACE EXILE, VIRGIL WHO? I THINK I WAS ABSEN THE DAY THEY TAUGHT THAT, WHAT, YOU NEVER BUMPED INTO ANY OF HIS FOLLOWERS? THEY'RE STILL AROUND, HE WAS A RELIGIOUS FANATIC OF SOME KIND, WASN'T HE? MORE LIKE A SEPARATIST, AND THAT MAKES HIM THE DEVIL? 150 YEARS AGO, HE LED HIS PRIVATE MILITIA ON A MASSACRE OF MORE THAN A MILLION INNOCENT PEOPLE BEFORE HE WAS FINALLY CAPTURED AND CONVICTED OF CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY, WELL, THAT'LL GET YOU SOME HORNS AND A TAIL, CAPTAIN, PLEASE, LET'S JUST LEAVE THIS THING WHERE WE FOUND IT, YEAH, I HEAR YOU, YOU CAN'T GE XENOTITANIUM ANYMORE, MAKES THAT COFFIN WORTH A NICE CHUNK OF CHANGE, BRING IT ABOARD, JUST THINK ABOU THE CONSEQUENCES, OR WORSE, THE KARMA, I'D RATHER THINK ABOUT THIS TRIP AND HOW ALL WE HAVE TO SHOW FOR I IS A HOLD FULL OF JUNK, BE THAT AS IT MAY, GORD, I THINK WE SHOULD CUT THIS ONE LOOSE, IF WE TOOK A THING LIKE THAT HOME, WE'D BE STIRRING A LOT OF TROUBLE, THIS IS NO UP FOR DISCUSSION, I'M THE COMPANY REP HERE, YOU DO WHAT I'M TELLING YOU, THAT'S AN ORDER, IRA, BRING IT ABOARD, I'M A MEDICAL OFFICER, I DON'T DO THIS KIND OF WORK, YOU DO NOW, OPEN IT UP, COME ON, ALL RIGHT, EQUAL PRESSURE ON BOTH SIDES, COME ON, COME ON, COME ON, LET'S GO, LET'S GO, LET'S GO, LET'S GO, GORDON? WHAT, ,, WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO THE POD? KEEP GOING, KEEP GOING, CAPTAIN, HURRY! COME ON, BOYS, COME ON, WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING? WE AGREED TO BRING IT ONBOARD, NOT TO OPEN IT, WHOA! WELL, HERE'S YOUR BOGEYMAN, PEOPLE, ,, COLD AND DEAD AS THE DAY THEY SHOT HIM INTO SPACE, NO! GOD, FORGIVE US, [ .]
THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH YOUR TELEVISION, DO NOT ATTEMP TO ADJUST THE PICTURE, WE ARE NOW CONTROLLING THE TRANSMISSION, WE CONTROL THE HORIZONTAL, ,, AND THE VERTICAL, WE CAN DELUDE 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, WHO AMONG US DOES NOT THINK HE KNOWS EVIL WHEN HE SEES IT? BUT ARE SUCH DISTINCTIONS REALLY SO BLACK AND WHITE, OR IS MORALITY SIMPLY A MATTER OF PERSPECTIVE? HOW WAS I SUPPOSED TO KNOW THE GUY WAS ALIVE? I READ THE SAME HISTORY BOOKS YOU DID, THEY CONVICTED HIM, THEY EXECUTE HIM, THEY SENT HIM ON HIS WAY, FULL-BODY IMMERSION HYPERSLEEP, HOW BARBARIC, IT MUST BE TRIPPY FEELING LIKE YOU'RE DROWNING, I'M KIND OF CURIOUS, AREN'T YOU? IS THERE A DRUG-INDUCED EXPERIENCE THAT DOESN'T MAKE YOU CURIOUS? WE ALL HAVE OUR WAYS OF ESCAPING FROM REALITY, SOME OF US ARE JUST MORE SUCCESSFUL AT IT, UP YOURS, THAT TOO, WHY WASN' THAT MAN DEAD? THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO KNOW, HE'S SUPPOSED TO BE DEAD! THEY FIGURED A LIVING DEATH WOULD BE NASTIER, COULD BE THE COMPANY CHANGED THEIR MIND ABOUT KILLING HIM, I MEAN, WHY TURN THE GUY INTO A MARTYR WHEN YOU CAN SHIP HIM INTO COLD STORAGE? 'CAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN A MASS MURDERER MIGHT COME IN HANDY, I MEAN, THAT'S REALLY THE COMPANY'S STYLE, ISN'T IT? WE'RE ALL JUST ASSETS WAITING TO BE EXPLOITED, WORKERS OF THE WORLD, UNITE, IS THAT IT, CURTIS? SURE, WHY NOT? FOLLOW ME, COMRADES, AGAINST THE TRUE EVIL EMPIRE, BIX, SEND A MESSAGE TO THE COMPANY, TELL THEM WHAT HAPPENED AND ASK FOR INSTRUCTIONS, YES, SIR, EXCEPT, CONSIDERING WHERE WE ARE, IT MAY TAKE A WHILE TO GET THERE, AND WHO KNOWS HOW LONG BEFORE WE GET THEIR RESPONSE, WHAT I MEAN IS, WHILE WE'RE WAITING, DO WE REALLY NEED THIS GUY HERE AMONG US? MAYBE WE'D BE BETTER OFF FIXING THE POD, PUTTING HIM BACK INSIDE, AND SENDING HIM ON HIS WAY, UH, FORGET IT, WE'RE KEEPING THE POD, I DON'T CARE WHA YOU DO WITH THE GUY, THE COMPANY PROBABLY FORGOT ABOUT HIM EONS AGO, WELL, WHAT DO YOU SUGGEST, GORD, WE JUST PUSH HIM OUT THE AIRLOCK? SEE YOU LATER, PAL, HASTA LA PASTA? SURE, WHY NOT? THAT GUY KILLED ALL THOSE PEOPLE, HE'S A FRIGGING MONSTER AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, OH, AND YOU DON'T THINK IT'S EQUALLY MONSTROUS PUSHING HIM OUT THE AIRLOCK? WHAT'S THE ALTERNATIVE? WE KILL HIM, THEN SHOVE HIM OUT THE AIRLOCK? I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT KILLING, SO PUT HIM BACK INTO HYPERSLEEP, THEN PUSH HIM OUT THE DOOR? LOOK, YOU KILL HIM, YOU DUMP HIM, TAKE HIM BACK TO EARTH IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT, ALL I CARE ABOUT IS THE POD, YOU TOUCH THAT, YOU'RE MESSING WITH THE COMPANY, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE COMEDY STYLINGS OF MR, GORDO KNIGHT! WHAT AN ASSHOLE! I SAY WE TAKE KNIGHT AND NYGARD, STICK THEM BOTH ON THE POD AND KICK THEM BOTH OUT INTO SPACE, PEOPLE, THE WALLS HAVE EARS ON THIS DRAFTY, OLD BOAT, YOU SHOULDN' HAVE LET HIM DO THAT TO US, CAPTAIN, WHO SAYS HE'S DONE ANYTHING? WHAT COURSE DID YOU SE WHEN WE STARTED FOR THE TRANSFER STATION, HUTCH? WE SHOULD'VE BEEN THERE BY NOW, INSTEAD, WE'RE PRACTICALLY ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DAMNED SOLAR SYSTEM! ARE YOU ACCUSING ME OF SENDING US OUT HERE? ALL I KNOW IS WE'RE HERE, ,, AND IT'S NO ACCIDENT, WELL, MAYBE GORDO DID IT, HE DOESN'T KNOW A THING ABOUT THE SHIP'S SYSTEMS, ARE YOU CERTAIN OF THAT, CAPTAIN? MM-HMM, MAYBE HE'S THE COMPANY BOY WE THINK HE IS, MAYBE HE'S GO SOME OTHER PURPOSE, WHAT IF THE COMPANY CHANGED COURSES ON US, LIKE CURTIS SAID, MAYBE THEY NEED NYGARD FOR SOMETHING, LIKE WHAT? TO MASSACRE A FEW MORE PEOPLE? I DON'T KNOW, SOMEONE CHANGED COURSE TO INTERCEPT THAT COFFIN, AND IF NONE OF US DID IT, LET'S JUST SAY SO, I MEAN, TRUTHFULLY, AND IF ONE OF US DID DO IT? LET'S TALK ABOUT IT, I DIDN'T DO IT, I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHO THE GUY WAS! SO YOU SAY, ,, JUNKIE, OH, FUCK YOU, BERGER, I DIDN'T DO IT, WE ALL KNOW HOW MUCH YOU HATE YOUR JOB, AND THE COMPANY, AND YOUR LIFE, RIGHT, LIKE I'M ALONE IN THAT DEPARTMENT! OKAY! HERE'S WHA WE'RE GOING TO DO, WE'RE GOING TO FIX THAT POD, WE'RE GOING TO PU MR, NYGARD IN THAT POD, AND WE'RE GOING TO GET I OFF OF THIS SHIP, AND WHAT IF THE COMPANY WANTS NYGARD AND THE POD? WE'LL DRIVE OFF THAT BRIDGE WHEN WE GET TO IT, IS THIS A READOU OF ALL THE NAVIGATIONAL DATABASE? PLEASE WAI WHILE I SEARCH THE DATABASE FOR ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, I'M SORRY, BUT I FIND NO OTHER NAVIGATIONAL INPUT, BUT HOW CAN THAT BE? THE COURSE DESCRIBED IS NOT THE COURSE WE TOOK, COULD I SEE A LIS OF ALL OVERRIDES INPUT INTO THE NAVIGATIONAL DATABASE? THE INFORMATION YOU REQUESTED IS PASSWORD PROTECTED, COULD I SEE A LIS OF ALL SLEEP-CHAMBER ACTIVITY, INCLUDING ALL DATES AND TIMES OF HYPERSLEEP COMMENCEMEN AND RELINQUISHMENT? THE INFORMATION YOU REQUESTED IS PASSWORD PROTECTED, NOW YOU'RE PISSING ME OFF, WHO ARE YOU? MY NAME'S GORDON KNIGHT, I'M THE COMPANY REP ON THIS SHIP, COMPANY? IT'S STILL AROUND, BIGGER AND BADDER THAN EVER, WHERE AM I? I'LL MAKE THIS EASY FOR YOU, IT'S NOW 2298 ON EARTH, YOUR 15 MINUTES OF FAME CAME AND WEN IN 2142, SO FOR THE LAS 150 YEARS, YOU'VE BEEN DRIFTING IN A LITTLE METAL BOX THAT THEY SHOT OFF INTO NOWHERE, THEY DIDN'T KILL ME? APPARENTLY NOT, HOW OFTEN DO YOU RUN EQUIPMENT DIAGNOSTICS? DIAGNOSTICS ARE RUN ON A CONTINUAL BASIS, DURING ALL PHASES OF DATA ENTRY AND RETRIEVAL, THANK YOU, COULD I SEE A LIS OF ALL THE DIAGNOSTICS YOU'VE RUN FOR THE PAST FOUR MONTHS, INCLUDING ALL TERMINAL I, D, s? PLEASE WAI WHILE I RETRIEVE THAT LIS FOR YOU, LIST COMPILATION COMPLETED, GOTCHA, WOULD YOU LIKE THE LIST PRINTED? PRINTED, PRINTED, PRINTED, PRINTED, ,, HMM, YOU'RE A LITTLE ELEVATED, DR, FEELGOOD'S GOT A LITTLE SOMETHING FOR YOU, HE'S GOT A LITTLE SOMETHING FOR ME, TOO, ARE YOU FRIEND OR ARE YOU FOE? GET AWAY FROM ME! NOCTURNAL DEMONS, WHAT'S THE MATTER? BAD TRIP? YEAH, EXCEPT I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE THAT IT'S OVER YET, THAT'S A SHAME, I WANTED TO ASK YOU SOME QUESTIONS, I'M HAVING TROUBLE REMEMBERING WHAT HAPPENED TO ME, YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE, DON'T YOU? I'M VIRGIL NYGARD, I LED A COMMUNE IN THE MOUNTAINS ABOVE THE COLUMBIA RIVER, AND DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DID, WHY THEY SENT YOU ALL THE WAY OUT HERE? I SAVED THE LIVES OF THE PEOPLE WHO CHOSE TO FOLLOW ME, AND MURDERED A MILLION IN THE PROCESS, A MILLION? IS THAT WHAT THEY SAY I DID? WHAT IS THIS, SEMANTICS? I KILLED A FEW HUNDRED THOUSAND, BUT AS FOR THE REST YOU WEREN'T EVEN ALIVE THEN, YOU CAN'T POSSIBLY KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, I SAW THE HISTORIOGRAPH ON THE SHIP'S COMPUTER, YOU STARTED A WAR WITH THE COMPANY, AND WHEN THE PEOPLE LIVING OUTSIDE THE COMMUNE DIDN'T JOIN IN, YOU SLAUGHTERED THEM ALL MEN, WOMEN, CHILDREN, [ LAUGHING .]
YOU'RE SICK, I'M SORRY, I DON'T MEAN TO LAUGH, BUT WHAT YOU'RE CALLING HISTORY BEARS SUCH LITTLE RESEMBLANCE TO WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED, TELL ME, WHAT DOES YOUR HISTORY SAY THAT I DID TO THOSE CHILDREN? DID I ROAST THEM ALIVE, AND THEN DID I, ,, EAT THEM? AFTER ALL, IT IS THE COMPANY, ,, THAT WROTE THE HISTORY, ISN'T IT? ARE YOU SAYING THAT YOU DIDN'T KILL ANYONE? I KILLED THEM, THERE IS BLOOD ALL OVER MY HANDS, AND THE HANDS OF THOSE WHO FOLLOWED ME, BUT WE DIDN'T KILL BECAUSE WE WANTED TO, WE KILLED BECAUSE WE HAD TO, IT WAS A MATTER OF OUR VERY SURVIVAL, YOU MURDERED A MILLION PEOPLE IN ORDER TO SURVIVE? A MILLION, ,, THERE WERE NO MILLION, THERE WEREN'T HALF THAT MANY WITHIN A THOUSAND MILES, WHAT DID I DO? DID I KILL THE SAME THREE AND FOUR PEOPLE OVER AND OVER AND OVER? OKAY, SO MAYBE THE COMPANY EMBELLISHED THE BODY COUN A LITTLE BIT, MAYBE IT WASN' A MILLION, MAYBE YOU'RE SPLITTING HAIRS, DOES THE HISTORY SAY WHY WE DECLARED WAR ON THE COMPANY? LIKE THAT MATTERS, IF IT'S ANY CONSOLATION, THE PEOPLE THAT SURVIVED WHAT YOU DID, THEY JOINED FORCES AND THEY'VE BEEN KICKING THE ASSES OF EVERY ONE OF YOUR FOLLOWERS WHEREVER THEY CAN FIND THEM, TO THIS VERY DAY, I TELL YOU, THAT NYGARD, WHAT A PISSER, THE GUY'S PROBABLY GOT AN EXCUSE FOR EVERYTHING LIKE, "I BUTCHERED THE BABIES 'CAUSE THEY WERE TOO SHORT, "AND THE WOMEN, I KILLED THEM 'CAUSE THEY WERE WEARING DRESSES," HOW'S OUR MONSTER DOING? HE'S ALIVE, YOU KNOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT YOU GETTING HIGH ON THE JOB, RIGHT? YOU KNOW WHAT THE COMPANY DID TO HIM? WHAT THE COMPANY DID TO HIM? THERE WERE SOME MINERAL DEPOSITS UNDERNEATH THE COMMUNE THAT NYGARD STARTED, NYGARD WOULDN' LET THEM MINE THERE, WHAT ARE YOU, HIS MOUTHPIECE ALL OF A SUDDEN? WELL, THIS IS WHAT HE SAYS, I JUST NEVER HEARD HIS SIDE OF THE STORY, THE COMPANY MANIPULATED THOSE PEOPLE INTO HATING NYGARD, CAN YOU BLAME THEM? ARE WE STILL TALKING ABOUT THIS? IN THE FIRST PLACE, NYGARD SAYS THE MOS THAT COULD HAVE DIED IS 10,000 PEOPLE, AND A LOT OF THOSE WERE HIS FOLLOWERS, THIS WHOLE THING STARTED BECAUSE THE COMPANY PUT A PRICE ON HIS HEAD, I'M NOT EVEN GOING TO LISTEN TO THIS ANYMORE, WHAT IF NYGARD'S TELLING THE TRUTH? LIKE YOU SAY, THE COMPANY'S HEARTLESS, WE ALL KNOW THAT, NYGARD SAYS THE COMPANY TOOK YEARS DOING WHAT IT DID, PLAYING THE ENDS AGAINST THE MIDDLE, BUILDING HATRED BETWEEN HIS FOLLOWERS AND PEOPLE OUTSIDE THE COMMUNE, GETTING THEM ALL WORRIED THAT MAYBE NYGARD WAS UP TO SOMETHING, I CAN SEE THE COMPANY DOING THAT, CAN'T YOU? SO DOES THAT JUSTIFY WHAT HE DID, CURTIS? WELL, IT EXPLAINS IT, DOES IT JUSTIFY IT? PEOPLE DON'T EVER HAVE TO BEHAVE LIKE THAT, BUT THE FAC THAT THEY DO AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN, IT'S WHY PEOPLE LIKE ME STAY AS FAR AWAY FROM EARTH AS POSSIBLE, WELL, MAYBE IF YOU GAVE THE GUY TWO SECONDS GIVE THE GUY TWO SECONDS? THE FACT THAT HE'S ON OUR GARBAGE SCOW MAKES ME FEEL DIRTY, AND THE FACT THAT YOU KEEP DEFENDING HIM, WELL, MAYBE YOU AND NYGARD HAVE A LITTLE MORE IN COMMON THAN WE THOUGHT, THAT'S IT! THIS CONVERSATION IS OVER, YOU'RE THE ONE THAT HATES EVERYBODY, WHAT DO YOU CARE IF THERE'S A FEW LESS PEOPLE WALKING AROUND? COMPARED TO HER, NYGARD'S ABRAHAM LINCOLN, YOU SON OF A BITCH! THAT'S ENOUGH! NOW, LOOK, FROM THIS POINT ON, I DON'T WANT TO HEAR ANYTHING FROM ANYBODY EXCEPT HOW TO FIX THAT POD, AND IF I MIGHT JUST ADD NO, YOU CAN'T, ,, BECAUSE AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, YOU'RE AS MUCH OF A SUSPEC AS ANYBODY, OH, AND YOU'RE NOT? WELL, ISN'T THAT CONVENIENT? UNTIL WE GE TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS, ALL ORDERS COME FROM ME, IS THAT CLEAR? IS EVERYBODY CLEAR? YES, SIR, WELL? CRYSTAL, WHERE THE HELL'S BIX? CAPTAIN, LOOK, I KNOW YOU'VE GOT A TON ON YOUR MIND, BUT I'VE BEEN THINKING A LOT ABOUT THIS, AUGIE, I DON' WANT YOUR THEORIES, THANKS ANYWAY, LOOK, WHOEVER'S DOING THIS IS PROBABLY AFRAID, WELL, THEY SHOULD BE, 'CAUSE I'M VERY ANGRY ABOUT THIS, HEY, BIX, I HATE TO BREAK UP THIS PRIVATE MOMENT, WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING UP IN THERE? LISTEN UP, BIX IS DEAD, WHAT? SOMEBODY CUT HER THROAT, WHY? LOOK, CURTIS, WE'RE PUTTING NYGARD BACK ON THAT POD, I WANT HIM OFF THIS SHIP, THE POD'S STILL DAMAGED, YOU WANT TO GO WITH HIM, CURTIS? FINE, WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT? THERE IS A FIRE IN THE AIRLOCK, OH, HELL, COME ON, I WANT THESE DAMNED DOORS OPEN NOW! CAPTAIN, THE SHIP SEALED THE DOORS, IF WE TRY AND OPEN THEM NOW GIVE ME THAT, HUTCH IS RIGHT, SIR, IF THERE IS A FIRE IN THERE AND YOU OPEN OH, DAMNIT, ,, IT'S DESTROYED, NOW WE'RE SCREWED, WE'VE GOT TO RUN A DIAGNOSTIC, CURTIS, I WANT A FULL FORENSIC ANALYSIS ON THE DOUBLE, CAPTAIN, I KNOW DICK ABOUT FORENSICS, FOR ONCE, LEARN HOW TO TAKE AN ORDER, I HEARD AN EXPLOSION, IS THE POD DESTROYED? IS THAT WHAT HAPPENED? AS IF YOU DON'T KNOW, WHAT, YOU GOING TO ACCUSE HIM OF DOING IT, HUTCH? YOU GOING TO DEFEND HIM IF SHE DOES? I'M QUITE CAPABLE OF DEFENDING MYSELF, I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO HEAR ANYTHING FROM YOU, SO SAYS THE COMPANY MAN, WELL, ,, NOW I KNOW I HAVE AT LEAST ONE ALLY ABOARD THIS SHIP, MAYBE MORE, CAN YOU SAY THE SAME THING, COMPANY MAN? LET'S JUST SOLVE THIS PROBLEM RIGHT NOW, IRA, LET'S KILL HIM, AH, ANOTHER DEATH SENTENCE, YOU KNOW, LAST TIME I HAD A TRIAL FIRST, IF YOU COULD CALL IT THAT, DO I HAVE A CHANCE TO SPEAK, CAPTAIN, OR IS JUSTICE ONE MORE THING THE COMPANY HAS DONE AWAY WITH? WHO DIVERTED THE SHIP? I WANT TO KNOW NOW, WELL, I'M SURE YOU DO, BUT I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER TO THAT, THOUGH I CAN TELL YOU SOMETHING ABOUT THEM, THEY HAVE GONE TO A GREAT DEAL OF TROUBLE AND EXTREME PERSONAL RISK TO DO THIS, THEY HAVE DEDICATED THEMSELVES, THEY HAVE BEEN PREPARING FOR YEARS, THEY HAVE WAITED FOR THE STARS TO ALIGN, AND NOW THAT THEY HAVE, THERE IS NO TURNING BACK, FOR THEM, THE STAKES ARE LIFE AND DEATH, AS THEY ARE FOR YOU, I WASN'T WHA YOU'D CALL RELIGIOUS, BUT I COULD NEVER PICK UP A BIBLE WITHOUT FINDING SOMETHING THAT DIDN'T MAKE ME UNDERSTAND THE WORLD A LITTLE BETTER, REVELATIONS, CHAPTER NINE "AND THEY HAD AS A KING ABOVE THEM, THE ANGEL OF THE ABYSS WHOSE NAME IS ABADDON," WHAT THE HELL IS THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN? THE ANGEL IS HERE, HE'S ALIVE ON THIS SHIP, WHOEVER BROUGHT YOU HERE IS DESPERATE, THEIR MISSION WILL NOT BE DONE UNTIL I RETURN HOME AND MY PEOPLE ARE RESCUED FROM EXTINCTION, LET ME ASSURE YOU, AND THEM, WE'RE NOT TAKING YOU HOME, AND YOU WOULD STAND IN OUR WAY EVEN IF IT MEANT THOUSANDS OF LIVES WERE AT STAKE? I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT LIVES BEING AT STAKE, WELL, THEN, YOU'RE NOT MUCH OF A LEADER, ARE YOU, IF YOU DON'T THINK THAT YOUR LIVES ARE INCLUDED, ARE YOU THREATENING US? THREATENING? I'M THE ONLY PERSON THAT CAN SAVE YOU, WE'LL SEE ABOUT THAT, AUGIE, GET HIM OUT OF HERE! DON'T DO THIS, CAPTAIN, NOW! I HAVE BEEN REBORN! I WILL GO HOME TO MY PEOPLE, GET HIM OUT OF HERE, AUGIE, YOU CANNOT STOP ME! GET HIM OUT OF HERE, YOU! GET GOING ON THIS AUTOPSY, WHILE HE'S DOING THAT, I WANT YOU UP ON THE BRIDGE, I WANT THIS SHIP IN A HOLDING PATTERN, LOCKED IN A HOLDING PATTERN, UNTIL WE HEAR FROM THE COMPANY, WE'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE, WE'RE STAYING RIGHT HERE, ONE OF YOU HAS ALREADY PERISHED, HOW MANY MORE OF YOU MUST DIE BEFORE YOU SEE THE TRUTH? ENOUGH, I'M GETTING A HEADACHE, COME ON, RIGHT HERE, ALL I CAN REALLY CONCLUDE FROM THE WOUND IS THAT THE KILLER WAS LEFT-HANDED, I THINK, WELL, THAT'S REALLY HELPFUL, WE'RE ALL RIGHT-HANDED, WHICH HAND DOES NYGARD USE? WHAT'S THA GOING TO PROVE? NYGARD DIDN'T KILL BIX, HOW DO YOU KNOW? NYGARD DOESN'T KNOW HIS WAY AROUND THE SHIP, EVEN IF HE DID KILL BIX, HE'S NOT THE ONE THAT REPROGRAMMED THE SHIP'S COMPUTER, HUTCH, WHAT? SHE'S AMBIDEXTROUS, AND SHE CAN REPROGRAM THE COMPUTER, REVISED FLIGHT COORDINATES ACCEPTED AND IMPLEMENTED, GOOD, NOW I'D LIKE YOU TO LOCK THOSE COORDINATES, PLEASE, THANK YOU, COORDINATES ARE NOW LOCKED, LOCKED, LOCKED, LOCKED, ,, YOU'RE WELCOME, CAPTAIN? CAPTAIN! AUGIE, I'M HERE, NYGARD HAS ESCAPED, HE JUMPED ME, I'M LOCKED IN THE SICK BAY, AUGIE, ARE YOU THERE? GORD, HEAD FOR THE ARSENAL, BRING BACK AS MANY ARTILLERY CANNONS AS YOU CAN CARRY, DO IT! CURTIS, LOAD A SYRINGE WITH DOPAMINE, WE WANT TO TAKE NYGARD ALIVE IF WE CAN, IRA, WE'VE GOT A PROBLEM, WHAT? THE DOOR WON'T OPEN, HUTCH, WHAT'S UP WITH THESE DOORS? NOTHING'S UP WITH THE DOORS, CAPTAIN, I'VE JUST CHOSEN TO LOCK THEM DOWN, YOU SEE, I'M IN CHARGE NOW, ,, AND IF WE'VE ALL READ OUR HISTORY BOOKS, WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENS, ,, WHEN I'M IN CHARGE, MR, BERGER, STILL WITH US? YEAH, I'M HERE, GOOD, VERY GOOD, WHAT'S YOUR NAME? LIEUTENANT HUTCHINSON, LIEUTENANT, PLEASE TELL THE OTHERS THAT YOU'RE OKAY, CAPTAIN, IT'S HUTCH, I'M SORRY, I DIDN' SEE HIM COMING, DON'T BLAME HER, IRA, SHE'S A GOOD SOLDIER, WHICH IS MORE THAN I CAN SAY FOR, ,, AUGIE, IS IT? DAMN! NONE OF THE OVERRIDE CODES ARE WORKING, IT'S GOT TO BE THE FIRE-CONTROL SYSTEM, MR, NYGARD, LISTEN TO ME, AH, I'M MR, NYGARD NOW, AT LAST, SOME RESPECT, THIS SHIP IS A HIGHLY COMPLEX PIECE OF MACHINERY, MEANING, IF I GO TOUCHING BUTTONS LIKE THE ONE FOR THE FIRE-CONTROL SYSTEM, YES, ,, SOUNDS LIKE YOU'VE HAD A SOME HELP? ALL THE SAME, IT IS COMPLEX, NOW I SUGGEST YOU LISTEN TO ME, SO WE CAN ALL GET OUT OF HERE, I SHOULD LISTEN? OH, THAT'S GOOD, CAPTAIN, I'M THE ONE WHO HAS YOU BY THE THROAT, AND YOU'RE THE ONE WHO IS ISSUING TERMS? THIS IS NOT A NEGOTIATION! BUT IT IS! YOU WILL DO EXACTLY AS I SAY, YOU WILL SET THE QUICKES POSSIBLE COURSE FOR OUR RETURN TO EARTH, YOU WILL DELIVER ME TO MY PEOPLE, AND ONCE YOU HAVE AGREED TO THAT, THEN, AND ONLY THEN, WILL I RETURN YOUR SHIP TO YOU, JUST SAY YES, AND WE'LL GRAB THE SON OF A BITCH AS FAST AS WE CAN, OF COURSE YOU WILL, GORD, WHICH IS WHY ALL BUT ONE OF YOU WILL RETURN TO YOUR HYPERSLEEP CHAMBERS FIRST, SO, ,, SO WE SLEEP, ALL BUT ONE OF US, AND WHICH ONE WOULD THAT BE, MR, NYGARD? TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, CAPTAIN, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY, BUT I'M SURE ONCE I HAVE YOU ALL ASSEMBLED IN THE SLEEP BAY, MY GUESS IS WE'LL SORT THAT OU RATHER QUICKLY, I DON'T HEAR AN ANSWER, CAPTAIN, I NEED AN ANSWER, WE'RE THINKING, JUST SAY YES, GIVE HIM WHAT HE WANTS, NO, I AM ORDERING YOU, YOUR FAILURE TO ANSWER MUST MEAN YOU REJECT MY TERMS, I SAID WE'RE THINKING, THINKING IS NO AN OPTION, CLEARLY, I NEED TO IMPRESS YOU WITH HOW SERIOUS I AM, CAPTAIN? HE'S SHUTTING DOWN THE LIFE-SUPPORT SYSTEM! THEY'RE SUCKING OU THE AIR SUPPLY, NYGARD, YOU SON OF A BITCH, DON'T DO THIS! GIVE ME WHAT I WANT, CAPTAIN, IT'S THE ONLY WAY, CAPTAIN, LISTEN TO ME, AND YOU LISTEN TO ME, THEIR LIVES ARE IN YOUR HANDS, YOUR LIFE IS IN THEIR HANDS, I SUGGES YOU THINK ABOUT YOUR ACTIONS VERY CAREFULLY, WHAT EXACTLY IS I YOU'RE TRYING TO DO? HAVE YOU EVER LOVED ANYBODY, HUTCH? WHAT? HAVE YOU EVER LOVED ANYBODY? A PERSON? A GROUP OF PEOPLE? NOT ENOUGH TO KILL FOR THEM, THEN YOU ARE NOT FI TO JUDGE ME, SO IT'S LEFT AT THE FIRST HOLE, RIGHT AT THE SECOND? RIGHT AT THE FIRST HOLE, RIGHT AT THE FIRST HOLE, I'M TELLING YOU GUYS, GOING INTO THE WASTE-DISPOSAL SYSTEM IS A BAD IDEA, YOU WANT US TO LET AUGIE DIE? AUGIE'S ALREADY DEAD, YOU'RE JUST GOING TO END UP KILLING YOURSELVES, SUIT YOURSELF, GORD, I'LL TAKE IT OU OF YOUR HIDE LATER, YOU'VE GOT THREE MINUTES TO GET TO AUGIE, I'LL MEET YOU BY THE HATCH BY THE MAIN HOLDING TANKS IN FIVE, WHY DO YOU EVEN CARE WHAT I THINK ABOUT IT? BECAUSE YOU'RE A REASONABLE PERSON, WHAT I DID, ,, IT WAS BAD, IT WAS CRUEL, BUT IT WAS NO UNREASONABLE, IT WAS EVIL, SOMETIMES THE CHOICES YOU'RE HANDED ARE TERRIBLY COMPLEX, GOOD AND EVIL DO NOT NECESSARILY SI ON OPPOSITE SIDES FROM ONE ANOTHER, THEY'RE HOPELESSLY INTERTWINED, AND AS MUCH AS YOU WAN ONE THING FOR YOURSELF AND FOR YOUR LOVED ONES, THE ONLY WAY TO ACHIEVE I IS BY WAY OF THE OTHER, CAN YOU UNDERSTAND THIS, HUTCH? IF I HAD DONE NOTHING, ,, MY PEOPLE WOULD HAVE DIED, IN YOUR EYES, WOULD THAT HAVE BEEN ANY LESS EVIL? I DON'T KNOW, WHY DID IT HAVE TO COME DOWN TO THAT? AND THERE IS THE REAL QUESTION, WAS IT EVIL THAT I DID THE ANGEL'S BIDDING, OR WAS IT MORE EVIL THAT I HAD NO CHOICE? AUGIE! AUGIE, ARE YOU THERE? FUCK! CURTIS? WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU? DUDE, GET INTO THE PIPE, IT WAS THE CAPTAIN'S IDEA, HE'S HEADING THROUGH ONE OF THE OTHER LINES TRYING TO REACH MAIN CONTROL, WHY THE HELL ARE YOU DOING THIS, MAN? YOU HEARD WHAT NYGARD SAID, WHAT? I'M TRYING TO SAVE YOU! AUGIE? AUGIE! VIRGIL, THIS IS AUGIE, THEY'RE COMING THROUGH THE WASTE PIPES, THEY'RE TRYING TO STOP US, AUGIE, WHAT ARE YOU DOING, MAN? I'M NOT THE ENEMY, DAMNIT! IS THERE A WAY TO LOCK THEM IN? EVEN IF WE COULD, THEY'D KEEP COMING, THEY JUST DON'T WANT TO LISTEN, THEY SHOULD NO HAVE DONE THIS, DON'T KILL THEM, PLEASE? WHAT SHALL WE DO, AUGIE? THEY'RE YOUR FRIENDS, AUGIE, COME ON, MAN, OPEN UP THE PIPE, AUGIE, OPEN UP THE PIPE, WE KEEP GOING, WE HAVE TO, I'LL PURGE THE WASTE SYSTEM FROM HERE, AUGIE, YOU SON OF A BITCH! PLEASE, PLEASE DON'T DO THIS, AND IF I DON' AND THEY STOP US? THAT TWO SHALL LIVE, THOUSANDS MAY DIE, WHICH IS MORE EVIL? TELL ME, I'M PURGING THE SYSTEM NOW, I AM SORRY, HUTCH, CURTIS? CAPTAIN! HELP ME! HELP ME, PLEASE! GRAB ON TO ME, CURTIS! DO IT! I CAN'T HOLD ON, JUST DO WHAT I'M TELLING YOU, CURTIS, I CAN'T HOLD ON, HELP ME! HELP ME, COME ON, PULL UP, HOLD ON! CURTIS! CURTIS? HELLO? OH, AUGIE, OH, THANK GOD, YOU'RE ALIVE! I HEARD THE WASTE-DISPOSAL SYSTEM FLUSHING, I THOUGHT YOU, ,, YOU? YOU'RE ONE OF NYGARD'S PEOPLE? THERE'S NOWHERE TO HIDE, GORDO! THERE'S NOWHERE TO HIDE! WHAT IS THIS? WHAT IS THIS? IT'S A COMMUNIQUE, FROM THE COMPANY, THE FATE OF MY PEOPLE IS IN YOUR HANDS, HUTCH, THERE'S NOTHING MORE I CAN DO FOR THEM EXCEPT PRAY THA YOU DO THE RIGHT THING, IF THEY ARE TO SURVIVE, IT WILL BE BECAUSE YOU WILL IT SO, NO, NO, NO, I DO NOT ACCEPT THAT, WHAT HAPPENS TO THOSE PEOPLE IS NO MY RESPONSIBILITY! BECAUSE LETTING THOUSANDS DIE MIGHT MAKE YOU EVIL, AND YOU DON'T THINK YOU'RE CAPABLE OF THAT? YOU WILL MAKE A CHOICE, HUTCH, AND LIKE I SAID, YOU'RE A REASONABLE PERSON, AND IF YOU THINK IT'S REASONABLE THAT THOUSANDS MUST DIE, I ACCEPT THAT, AUGIE, PLEASE! PLEASE, AUGIE! I'M BEGGING YOU HERE, I CAN HELP YOU, CAN YOU BRING MY FAMILY BACK FROM THE DEAD, GORDO? CAN YOU? I'M GOING TO TELL YOU SOMETHING, I FEEL REAL HORRIBLE ABOUT KILLING BIX, AND THE CAPTAIN, AND CURTIS, ,, BUT YOU, ON THE OTHER HAND, ,, PLEASE, AUGIE, I'M BEGGING YOU HERE, GET OFF OF ME! GET OFF! PUT THE AX DOWN, AUGIE, CAPTAIN, ,, I TRIED TO TELL YOU, CAPTAIN, I TRIED, BUT YOU WOULDN'T LISTEN TO ME, PUT IT DOWN, AUGIE, COME WITH US, PLEASE, THE COMPANY DOESN'T CARE ABOUT YOU! LOOK AROUND YOU! AUGIE, ,, YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, AND THIS IS WHAT THEY'VE GIVEN YOU! PUT IT DOWN, DON'T MAKE ME DO THIS! YOU'VE BEEN RUNNING YOUR WHOLE LIFE, HUTCH, DON'T YOU THINK IT'S TIME YOU STOPPED? HUTCH, ARE YOU OKAY? I'M OKAY, YOU ASKED YOURSELF A QUESTION BEFORE HOW DID IT COME TO THIS? HAVE YOU ANSWERED IT? I'VE HAD JUST ABOUT MY FILL OF YOU, CAPTAIN, ,, WITH EVERYTHING, YOU'D THINK MR, NYGARD DESERVES NOTHING, MR, NYGARD DESERVES JUST WHAT THE COMPANY SAYS HE DESERVES, WHAT IF THE COMPANY IS WRONG? WHAT ARE YOU ASKING ME THIS FOR? HE DIDN'T KILL AUGIE, THIS WHOLE THING WAS A RUSE TO TRY AND GET US TO DO WHAT HE WANTED WITHOUT ANY OF US DYING, WE DID THIS TO OURSELVES NOT HIM US, WE WERE JUST DOING WHAT THE COMPANY WANTED US TO DO, AND WE WERE WRONG, SO IF WE JUST GO AROUND DOING WHAT THE COMPANY WANTS US TO WHAT SHE'S TRYING TO SAY IS THAT YOUR COMMUNIQUE ARRIVED, AND IT SAID? "TO CAPTAIN IRA MERIT, "WITH REGARDS TO ONE VIRGIL NYGARD "AND PROCEDURES TO FOLLOW: "TERMINATE, ,, WITH EXTREME PREJUDICE," CAPTAIN, ,, DON'T STAR WITH ME, HUTCH, YOU'VE GOT A JOB TO DO, YOU DO IT, IT'S NOT THAT SIMPLE! YES, IT IS, ARE YOU PROUD OF THIS? THAT YOU WOULD JUST KILL A MAN BECAUSE THE COMPANY TELLS US TO AND YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW THE WHOLE TRUTH? THIS IS THE ABYSS THIS SHIP, THIS WORLD, EVERYTHING THE COMPANY TOUCHES, WE HAVE A CHOICE HERE, CAPTAIN, WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THIS, NO, WE DON'T! NO! PUT THE GUN DOWN, HUTCH, PUT THE GUN DOWN, THAT'S AN ORDER, THEY WOULD HAVE DONE THE SAME DAMN THING TO HIM THE MOMENT HE STEPPED OUT ON EARTH, HE KNEW THAT, SO I DID US ALL A FAVOR, TRUST ME, DO YOU EVER FEEL, ,, LIKE YOUR HANDS ARE DIRTY, ,, AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHY? NOW I KNOW WHY, MADNESS, MADNESS, MADNESS, I GUESS THAT DEPENDS ON YOUR POINT OF VIEW, [ HUTCH .]
: AND THAT IS HOW I LEARNED THE TRUTH ABOUT VIRGIL NYGARD, AND WHY IT IS I CHOSE TO COME TO YOU, ,, AS BOTH A MESSENGER AND COMRADE-IN-ARMS, ,, AND YET, ,, DESPITE THIS TRAGEDY, ,, I BRING YOU GOOD NEWS, ,, VIRGIL NYGARD DID NOT DIE IN VAIN, POWERFUL IDEAS DO NOT DIE WITH THOSE WHO GAVE THEM BIRTH, SO LONG AS THE SEEDS OF THOSE IDEAS