[ominous music plays]
[rousing choral anthem plays]
[Jimmy] On the far edges of the Motherworld's reach,
circling the gas giant Mara, was the small moon of Veldt.
There, a village of humble farmers lived a simple life, born of the earth,
until the shadow of a warship fell upon their fields.
The ship's commander, Admiral Noble,
demanded more than Veldt's people could give.
So it was that a woman named Kora, and a man named Gunnar,
set forth from the village
to gather warriors to stand against the Dreadnought.
On Neu-Wodi, they were joined by the mighty Tarak.
In the mines of Daggus, the fierce Nemesis.
In the colosseum of Pollux, the wayward General Titus.
And on the planet Sharaan,
Darrian Bloodaxe and his lieutenant, Milius.
In an ambush on the floating docks of Gondival,
Kora triumphed over Admiral Noble,
leaving his shattered body on the rocky coastline.
The victorious warriors returned to Veldt to collect their pay,
the threat of a Dreadnought extinguished...
Or so they believed.
[electricity crackles]
[chief technician] Commander Cassius.
- He is alive? - [chief technician] He is.
Just.
But he's far from recovered.
- [switch clicks] - [Neurolink powers up]
[Neurolink hums]
He had no brain function for quite a while.
We don't know how bad the damage was.
We'll know what's left of him when we bring him out of the chrysalis.
[ominous music plays]
[liquid gurgles]
[cable whirs]
[machine beeps]
[breathes heavily]
[gasps for air]
His airways are clear.
- He's breathing on his own. - [Noble coughs]
Admiral.
Admiral, it's me.
Cassius?
[Cassius] Yes.
Where am I?
You're aboard your ship, sir.
The King's Gaze.
We have been holding in orbit around Gondival,
hoping for your recovery, sir.
And thank the old gods, our prayers have been answered.
Cassius, listen to me.
She's on Veldt.
Who?
Who is?
[coughs]
[inhales deeply]
The Scargiver.
She's on Veldt.
Set course for Veldt.
[Cassius] Yes, Admiral.
It will be done.
[dramatic choral music plays]
- [uraki bellows] - ["From Far" plays]
[female singer] ♪ From far ♪
♪ Over ever rolling fields ♪
♪ My heart is taken out of me ♪
♪ Fire within fire ♪
♪ My end will I meet ♪
[uraki bellows]
I'm Hagen.
This is Den.
We welcome you to our humble village.
You must be tired and hungry.
And thirsty.
Well, we have prepared food and drink for you in the Longhouse.
Come on. You'll see what great hosts my people can be.
Let's bring these urakis to the stable.
They've come back.
Well, how do they look?
Strong, like warriors, I guess.
- How many of them? - Six.
- With Kora and Gunnar. - [Aris] Six.
It won't matter how strong they are, will it?
[transmitter burrs rhythmically]
- [knobs click] - [frequency tunes]
[radio warbles]
Commander Cassius.
Soldier. All is as it should be, I trust.
Yes, sir. All is on target.
Nothing out of the ordinary?
- No, sir. - [Cassius] Very well.
Ensure that the harvest is brought in as planned,
and ready for our arrival in five days' time.
[gasps]
Five days?
[somber music plays]
[ethereal music plays]
[FLIR trills]
Come. [clears throat]
Now, please eat. You must all be very hungry.
Okay.
Our villagers have prepared a bounty of food and drink
to show their fealty and gratitude at your arrival.
But where is everyone?
[hesitates] How would you feel?
The lot of you, if you were not capable of standing to protect your own home?
[Hagen] Mmm-hmm.
If you had to ask others to lay down their lives for you.
[Milius] They should see there's no shame in our being here.
To swallow their pride to ask for help,
that is bravery itself.
- Thank you. - Yes.
And as it happens, nobody need lay down their lives.
A defense won't be necessary.
- Admiral Noble's dead. - [Hagen] What?
- He's dead? - Really?
[laughs]
You need to say it again. He doesn't believe it.
- [Hagen exclaims happily] - He's dead.
[laughter]
You do not believe that they will return?
[Kora] I don't.
It's Imperial protocol in the event of an admiral's death
to return to the Motherworld at once.
Then we owe you an even deeper debt of gratitude--
[Aris] You're wrong.
I just received word.
[sighs] They'll be here in five days.
Is that true?
- [Den] Five days? - Yes.
I thought you said that you killed Admiral Noble.
I did kill him. His body was smashed on the rocks. He is dead.
It's against protocol to come without an admiral to command the ship, right?
That is true.
But death is not always deterrent enough for the designs of the Motherworld.
They must be more in need of this grain than we could have known.
- Hagen? - Yes.
Call your villagers. Let me talk to them.
Okay.
- [villagers murmur] - [somber music plays]
Dark days lie ahead of us all.
When the time comes...
we may all have to stand together,
in battle, as brothers.
To succeed,
there must be trust between us.
In time, we will teach you how to fight.
But first, you must show us your strength.
The way of the land.
If we do not act quickly, the destruction of your village...
is all but assured.
Now, how long does it take to bring in your crop?
Half a cycle around Mara.
No, it must be done in three days' time.
- What? - It can't be done.
[villagers murmur]
[Titus] We need every man and woman who's able.
The grain is our most powerful weapon.
Without it,
they are liable to blow us out of existence from orbit.
If we bring it in fast,
we can use it, both as a bartering tool and shield.
Now rest well.
The work begins at dawn.
[Hagen] You heard the man.
Dawn.
[villagers murmur]
[somber music plays]
You think they'll learn to trust one another?
They're frightened...
of outsiders, the battle to come, for their lives.
Trust? I don't know.
I just hope they all have the courage to stand and fight, if it comes to it.
I had no idea what it would be like to fight.
How much it would scare me.
- You are afraid to die. - [chuckles]
[chuckles] That's okay. Everyone is.
I didn't even think about dying in the moment.
If you would've asked me before how I feel,
I would have said I'd be petrified.
And I was scared.
The most afraid I've ever been in my life.
What was it you were so afraid of?
If it wasn't death?
It was you.
It was losing you.
[Kora breathes heavily]
- [birds sing] - [crickets chirp]
What Noble said...
about you being the most wanted criminal in the known universe.
[Gunnar scoffs]
You don't become that simply by running away.
[Kora sighs]
You remember how I told you I was raised by Balisarius?
[Gunnar] Mmm-hmm.
Regent of the Imperium?
And how I was the bodyguard to the Princess Issa?
Yes.
And that you were a decorated warrior.
Friend of the royal family.
What happened to them?
Under the healing influence of his daughter,
the King had begun to see many things in a different light.
[dramatic music plays]
[royal dropship whooshes]
It was the dedication of what would be
the last Dreadnought class battleship.
A symbolic end to an age of expansion.
In accordance with tradition, the King would dedicate every ship,
but not this time.
This would be the princess's first royal duty.
Her first official act.
The ship would be named Peacemaker and bear her royal seal.
Make no mistake.
I was the loyal daughter of my adopted father.
I could not betray him or defy him.
He had told me the princess must die.
And die she would.
[haunting choral music plays]
My father said he would not stand by
and watch this child dismantle the war machine
we sacrificed so much for.
I had faith that Balisarius would protect me
and the Empire he so loved.
[Guard of Honor] Attention!
[solemn adagio plays]
[King] Strange.
Something's wrong.
[door closes]
Balisarius.
Where is the Kali? Why aren't the furnaces lit?
Balisarius, I am talking to you.
Answer me, man!
- Issa, run! Issa! - [Issa gasps]
You bastard.
[tense music plays]
- No! - [man grunts]
[King yells]
- [men shout] - [guardian gun powers up]
- [dagger swishes] - [King yells]
[plays tense notes]
[Balisarius] Do it.
What are you waiting for?
[breath trembles]
What are you waiting for, child? Do it!
[King whimpers]
- Do it. - No.
- No, no. - [Belisarius] Do it. Kill her.
[exhales heavily]
- Kill her! - No!
[whimpers]
[music stops]
I forgive you.
Don't.
- [inhales] - [guardian gun fires]
[divine resonance]
[gasps]
- [thud echoes] - [coronet clatters]
- [pants] - [King sobs]
[King groans loudly]
- [Balisarius grunts] - [dagger clatters]
[pants]
What have you done?
Seize her!
[Kora grunts]
There she is, gentlemen.
The assassin of the royal family.
An off-worlder.
[Kora cries out]
A cancer of ethnic impurities.
[shouts] Murderer.
- [senator] Murderer! - [general] Murderer!
- Murderer! - Killer!
- Traitor! - [senator] Snake!
[man] Scum!
- [Kora grunts] - [guardian gun fires]
[officer screams]
[yells]
- [tense notes play] - [breathing shakily]
[yells]
[Kora yells]
[breathes heavily]
[Kora] I fought my way to the shuttle.
And I've been living life as an outlaw ever since.
I thought about letting them kill me or just not fighting.
But somehow, the last words of the child...
Her forgiveness.
I felt the only way to honor her was to run.
And try to be, I don't know...
more than a weapon.
More than a weapon.
It's what we're all trying to be.
It's what you are.
[Hagen] Good morning!
- [bell clangs] - [Sam] Morning!
This is the wake-up call. Wake up, everyone.
People, get up.
It's time to work.
Come on, you lazy people! Wake up!
- [groans] - We don't have much time!
["From Far" plays]
[female singer] ♪ From far ♪
♪ I hear my homeland cry ♪
[female singer vocalizes]
♪ Under ever gloaming skies ♪
♪ Fire within fire ♪
♪ I follow your feet ♪
[female chorus harmonizes]
[chorus] ♪ Far from far Your wandering soul ♪
♪ Under stars I'll never hold ♪
♪ Must I let you go ♪
♪ Far from far My heart, my home ♪
[female singer] ♪ Far from far ♪
♪ My heart, my home ♪
[King's Gaze engine thrums]
Commander, I have the chief medical technician.
Put him through.
- [hologram buzzes] - [Noble] Release me!
[chief technician] You should come down here.
[Noble] This is treason. I command this ship.
By the old gods, I'll have each and every one of you court marshalled!
I swear it! Every one of you will die! I need none of you!
[chief technician] Come down here now.
On my way.
[Noble] I'll murder every one of you myself!
[chief technician] Admiral, you're not ready for this.
[Noble] I am still commander of this ship!
Why do you stand there staring at me? Cowards!
- This is treachery! - Welcome back, sir.
Are you ready to resume your command?
Yes, of course I am. Now tell these idiots to release me.
[chief technician] Sir, as I've already told you,
there are protocols before you can be cleared to resume command.
Tests that need to be conducted to see if you are mentally and--
- [chief technician groans] - [sinister music plays]
Let me help you with your evaluation. [grunts loudly]
Unhook him!
How far are we from Veldt?
A few days, sir.
[cables whirs]
Admiral, my apologies for the scar that was left
by this incompetent medical team.
I'm sure it can be removed.
No.
No, leave it.
She gave it to me.
When I deliver her to Balisarius
and her body is displayed in the rotunda of the Senate,
I shall bare my chest.
And it will stand as a symbol
that it is I who brought to justice the Scargiver,
as it is I that stands before my people as a savior.
[dramatic choral music plays]
[birds call and coo]
[intense music plays]
[straw rustles]
[male voice vocalizes]
[female voice vocalizes]
[female chorus harmonizes]
[children laugh]
[boy laughs]
[uraki bellows]
[boy gasps, pants]
[children laugh]
[chuckles softly]
[solemn folk music plays]
[hologram buzzes]
How's the harvest been going? Any protests from the villagers?
[Aris] No, sir.
All is to schedule.
I've not seen Faunus or Marcus during your reports.
They've been busy driving the villagers, sir.
Getting that extra bit of work out of them.
Very well.
The work has continued around the clock.
We should have all the grain milled into flour
just in time for your arrival.
Excellent, Private.
And if the villagers have held up their end,
maybe some mercy's in order.
These dogs deserve nothing but our boot.
Is that right?
We'll see...
when the job is done.
For the slain King.
[Noble] Well, it's clear that Faunus and Marcus
and the rest of their men are dead.
The Scargiver's among them.
And it seems our young private has chosen a side.
[scoffs]
[spirited music plays]
[man grunts]
["From Far" plays]
[they chatter]
[female singer] ♪ Far from far ♪
♪ My heart ♪
♪ My home ♪
[bell clangs]
Everyone, if I could just...
I wanted to welcome our new friends.
I want to give you these small gifts I've made.
I know you all come from places
much richer and more sophisticated than here,
so I hope my gifts don't insult you with their simplicity.
But I've made them with gratitude.
When I first saw you all ride into our village,
I felt like General Titus was like the mountains themselves.
Strong and unmoving.
Thank you.
[Sam] Tarak.
Your spirit is untamable...
[chuckles]
...but your nobility is undeniable.
Like the snow elk.
Thank you. Thank you.
Young Milius...
who shines as the sun upon our faces,
warming us and bringing us comfort,
steadfast and true.
Thank you.
[Sam] Nemesis.
Fierce as a storm with its flashes of lightning,
but with its life-giving rain.
That is the source of life.
The storm is the mother of us all.
Thank you.
[Sam] Gunnar.
You are our heart.
You give us hope.
[Gunnar chuckles]
It's beautiful. Thank you.
[Kora kisses]
Look at this.
And Kora.
You are our guardian wolf with bared teeth.
You stand between us and annihilation.
The strength of all of us together.
[uplifting music plays]
[villagers applaud]
[upbeat folk music plays]
[villagers cheer]
[villager] Let's eat!
[villagers whistle]
[lively chatter]
[both laugh]
[upbeat folk music continues]
[all cheer]
You all right?
[both chuckle]
[Kora sniffles]
- Okay? - Yes. Yeah.
Skoal.
[Kora exclaims]
[villagers whoop and cheer]
- Den, show us that move again! - [Den] You ready?
- [Gunnar] That's it! [chuckles] - [Den whoops]
[upbeat folk music continues]
[villagers clap]
[they chatter]
[chatter stops]
[breathes deeply]
[Titus sings in Fon] ♪ Maman tché... ♪
♪ Do atchê djitché ♪
♪ Wan gnigni toé ni wrlin mi gan ♪
♪ Dada sêgbo tché Lê ♪
♪ Wan gnigni toé ni wrlin mi gan ♪
[in distance] ♪ Wan gnigni toé ni wrlin mi ♪
♪ Do atchê djitché ♪
♪ Wan gnigni toé ni wrlin mi gan ♪
♪ Wan gnigni toé ni wrlin mi gan... ♪
- [bell tolls loudly] - [grunts]
[villagers murmur]
[Titus] All right.
Today, we begin the preparation for our defense.
We start by moving the grain into the village,
so that they can't shoot us from orbit without risking its destruction.
Now the weapons left behind by the Imperium
will help us hold our ground.
[Aris] Armor-piercing high-explosive detonators.
- We've got some comms. - [Kora] Good.
The blood won't come out easy, but we can try.
No, it's perfect. Leave it. Do we have more?
[Gunnar] Sure.
[Titus] Gather and account for every hunting rifle.
Every knife.
Every round of ammunition in the village.
[uplifting music plays]
We'll need to dig defensive positions to give us the element of surprise.
All right.
Astrid. Let's see what you got.
[Astrid] Mmm-hmm.
Wait.
Tuck your elbow.
Keep both eyes open.
[gun powers up]
[Tarak] Okay. Today we're going to learn the basics of attack and defense.
We have turned your harvesting tools into weapons.
- So, what we're going to try and do is... - [bolo blade slashes]
that.
Yeah.
[gun powers up]
[Gunnar chuckles]
[Titus] Like a professional.
[grunts]
[Tarak] Great.
- Really good. - [grunts]
We've got a natural.
[blunderbuss powers up]
[explosion]
[blunderbuss powers down]
[villager] Here.
Go!
[Tarak] Coming down.
[pulley squeaks]
[Hagen] That's Kora's dropship.
She was in bad shape when I dragged her out.
How long has it been here?
- Two seasons. - [Den] Let's go.
[Titus] The ship Kora was found in still rests in the mountains to the east.
[dropship creaks]
Now, with sweat and working together, we could pull it out.
It could be a powerful asset.
[birds twitter]
[grunts softly]
- [switch clicks] - [system powers up]
[Aris] Wow, it still works.
[system trills and beeps]
[dropship engine starts]
Hold on.
[thrusters blast]
[dropship engine roars]
[urakis bellow]
[dropship warbles overhead]
[wind gusts]
[dropship powers down, engine stops]
- [Tarak] How many? - [Kora] Look, you have 15 rifles--
[Gunnar] But it doesn't matter how many we have.
[Kora] How many people know how to work--
- [Milius] Ivar should not have a weapon. - [Gunnar] I completely agree.
We'll sharpen all the blades.
We just need to figure out what--
Listen. Listen.
[conversation stops]
I've never been one for making confessions.
[Gunnar] Mmm.
Now we know what each of us must do.
You're all here because I want you to know who the hell you're fighting with.
Everyone must share the truth.
I'll go first.
Sarawu.
[somber music plays]
The Regent Balisarius had sent me
and my ship as a show of force
to hover above the parliament of Sarawu,
so the choice of whether or not to vote for independence from the Realm
would be obvious.
But the brave people of that world defiantly voted for freedom,
and in answer, I was ordered to open fire on the capitol.
I refused, and my ship was shot down.
Crawling from the wreckage,
we fought the forces of the Motherworld till our guns were dry.
I knew my men would fight with me to the death.
So I struck a deal.
My men's lives for the surrender of my own.
I begged for mercy from the Regent to spare them.
But mercy is not known to the Regent Balisarius.
[crackling]
[somber music continues]
To punish me, my men were executed before my eyes.
The decision to defy Balisarius had been mine alone.
Not a day passes that I don't think of those men that died for me.
How my surrender betrayed their courage and condemned them to their fate.
[somber music continues]
Never again.
I'll never surrender.
You should understand that today before you choose to follow me tomorrow.
[somber music fades]
I've, uh, never fought in a battle like the one that's coming.
But I was raised in a place that was much like this.
When the ships appeared in the sky above my world,
I looked to my tribal elders for how we would respond.
They cowered,
submitting and giving them everything because they were too scared to fight.
They said, "What can we do against the might of the Motherworld?"
Those who were too weak or too old to work were killed.
The rest of us were scattered to labor camps all over the universe.
Families torn apart.
It was as if my people never existed.
[tense music plays]
[explosion]
[tense music continues]
[explosion]
[gunfire]
[music swells]
[Milius] My camp was liberated by the Resistance.
And I found a new family who showed me another way.
So when the time comes...
I'll give my life to protect this village if need be.
To stand and die for a place to call home.
What more honorable end could one ever hope for?
I had a life before.
[quavering] Long before...
[chuckles]
It seems.
[melancholy music plays]
We were a little fishing village.
The Imperium troops slaughtered everything and everyone.
We were a peaceful people.
But we hadn't always been.
[lid thuds loudly]
Once, long ago...
we were a people of war.
I had never killed before,
never spilled blood,
until I spilled my own.
- My pain became rage. - [gauntlet whirs]
[gauntlet clicks]
- And my rage became revenge. - [gauntlet powers up]
But the bloodlust of my ancestors still lived in those ancient gauntlets.
My blood awakened them.
They showed me how to fight.
And I was reborn.
But since that day,
I've been a creature of revenge.
And yes...
Yes, I will kill them.
None of us get to choose our parents.
And mine happened to be a king and queen.
My father, the king,
insisted on presenting our terms to the armies of the Motherworld himself.
And their answer was to return his body with the promise of invasion.
My mother told me then, "A boy doesn't become a man
until his father dies."
"Then a prince becomes a king."
[bennu screeches softly]
That was the last time I cried.
[bennus screech]
Soon after, their ships darkened our skies.
[somber music plays]
[female singer vocalizes]
And my mother, for honor's sake, she would not run.
I wanted to stay to protect her,
but the Queen knew to preserve the bloodline and the throne.
[bennus screech in distance]
I lost my mother...
and my world that day.
[distant explosions]
[somber music continues]
I was smuggled off-planet,
hidden in a refugee transport headed for a near bright star.
I ran for duty's sake,
for the preservation of a kingdom and a bloodline that no longer exists.
I was robbed of my opportunity to defend them.
But no more. When we finish here,
that is where I'll go.
Home.
To atone for the...
mistake of misplaced honor.
[Titus] Kora.
We haven't heard from you. What is your story?
I am a war orphan.
The discipline of a military life suited me.
I served on a ship very much like the King's Gaze.
Never having a family, I believed I had found one.
That is until I arrived here on Veldt.
This place taught me what a home and family could really be.
Anything else you'd like to add?
Hm?
No.
Sure?
How's the spring water?
[Tarak] What?
[Kora] For several days now,
Titus pretends to drink,
because he doesn't want us to know how much he cares about the coming battle.
[cork opens]
[Kora scoffs]
It really is water.
[Milius chuckles]
Old stories can be hard to give up.
Yes, they can.
[Gunnar] Friends...
I can only say...
thank you for coming to this village,
and giving us hope.
Thank you.
I don't know what will come of all of us by end of day tomorrow.
I can only pray that your pasts will burden you less.
Well said. We'll drink to that.
The village is ready.
[Titus] Good. Whatever handful of officers
they send down to collect the grain,
we take them.
With all our strength in the field, with no mercy,
sparing none who set foot on your land.
[Hagen] Then what?
Negotiate a trade?
You think they would listen?
I do.
But should all go wrong, as it well may,
you see to it that the dropship is still in working order
and first thing in the morning hidden from view.
I will.
[Tarak] Water.
Really, Titus?
And that's General Titus.
- Of course. - To you.
- [punches] - [Tarak groans, chuckles]
[sinister music plays]
[rousing choral anthem plays]
[dropship rumbles]
[dropship engine stops]
[system powers down]
[machinery beeps, powers down]
[suspenseful music builds]
[gasps, exhales]
Hello, James.
[Jimmy] You know, the last person who called me that
was the old commander of the Mechanicas Militarium
as he died in my arms.
Oh, I'm sorry.
It's all right. I like the way it sounds.
It makes me feel something other than hopelessness.
You see...
I was given memories of a world I will never see,
loyalty to a king I cannot serve
and love for a child I could not save.
But the sound of that name as you say it
lets me feel, even in the smallest way...
why I exist at all.
Is that why you saved Sam?
I'm not certain.
I know only that the thought of her being hurt or destroyed
opened a part of me that had been closed.
[ethereal music plays]
You're choosing a side, James.
You and I are alike, designed to kill for them.
Understand, their nightmare is you and I fighting together.
Not because we are ordered or commanded,
but to defend something we love.
You must know you cannot win.
[explosive clicks, beeps]
[breathes heavily]
[explosive trills, beeps]
[exhales nervously]
All set. [grunts]
[King's Gaze rumbles overhead]
[dramatic music plays]
Dreadnought.
Finish it! Finish up! Finish up! Come on!
Quick, quick, quick!
Finish your work! Find your positions!
[Hagen] Cover it up!
[villagers grunt]
[bell tolls]
[Cassius] These are the new formations.
It's the grain.
Look, they piled it against a building so we can't destroy them.
And there and there, they've stacked it as cover to shoot from.
[Cassius] Clever.
[Noble] Hmm.
Certainly not the plans of a farmer.
It seems General Titus hasn't drunk away his wits just yet.
Look here.
Thermal imaging shows clusters of people in the Longhouse
at the top of the village.
No doubt they're women and children.
Hmm. Good. We'll do our best to forestall a pitched battle in the village.
While I negotiate, we'll dispatch the Krypteia
to capture the women and children.
We'll land a small contingent of armor.
We won't need it when they see blades at the throat of their most vulnerable.
Then we'll see how motivated they are to fight.
[tense music builds]
[foreboding music plays]
[water bubbles]
[haunting choral music plays]
[scissor snips]
[ominous music plays]
[Mech carrier engines blast]
[dropship engines sputter]
[fighter ship engines rumble]
[Den] Everybody inside now!
- Let's go. Come on. - [villager] Come on, everybody. Faster.
Get inside. Let's go. Move, move!
[King's Gaze engine hums overhead]
[sinister music plays]
[dropship engines rumble]
[dropships power down]
[dramatic choral music plays]
- [wind gusts] - [dropship engine rumbles]
[boarding ramp whirs, thuds]
[Noble] No village welcome, no?
Where's my warm embrace? [scoffs]
I was never given that cup of ale, you know.
Arthelais.
Tell me what we're trying to achieve here.
The same thing as the last time we met.
I kill you.
Yes.
What an honor it was.
A scar. From the Scargiver herself.
[Kora] No blood need be spilled here today.
I will offer you one chance to avoid slaughter.
You do understand what the Regent Balisarius will give me
when I bring you to your knees before him?
A seat in the Senate is what you seek, I would imagine.
It's what I deserve.
If so, take the grain you need to feed your men
on your voyage back to the Motherworld.
No more and no less.
You leave the villagers unharmed.
Report to Balisarius that the warriors you sought evaded capture.
And I should take nothing, yes?
Nothing at all?
You take your lives.
This is your choice.
Disgrace and relegation, or your head cleaved from your shoulders.
Your ship serving as your tomb.
Your families and all of the Motherworld to know
that you were slaughtered by the peasants of Veldt.
I've been tasked with bringing honor to the Motherworld.
I intend to see that task through to its end.
What amuses me most about all of this?
You think you have any power with which to negotiate? You do not.
You think I don't know you're hiding your women and children?
As you stand there talking to me, your plan is already failing.
Well, unless of course a different arrangement could be made, perhaps.
I could take the grain you offered.
I could do as you asked and leave the villagers their lives.
There would be one cost to this concession, however.
And that cost is you.
Of course every member of your band would be greatly treasured by the Imperium,
but there is no denying the one most sought after
by the Honorable Regent is you.
Arthelais herself.
[exclaims, inhales deeply]
So herein lies your choice.
Arthelais, surrender to me.
And I'll permit the villagers to live.
However, if you refuse,
those this village holds most dear,
the elderly, the children,
currently sheltered up in that Longhouse,
will be slaughtered by my men on their way now.
Has enough blood not been spilt in that beautiful building already?
Are you truly prepared to allow this to continue in your name?
It's time, Arthelais.
What?
Kora.
Kora, what are you doing?
[Noble] I thought so.
Why don't you say goodbye to your friend?
Your father awaits you.
[Gunnar] Kora, look at me.
Huh?
- [Kora sniffles] - What's happening, huh?
[Kora, softly] I'm sorry.
I won't allow this place to die for me.
I know what I'm doing.
He's lying to you.
- Just let me go. Just let me go! - [Gunnar] No!
[tense music plays]
[guardian gun powers up]
No. No.
No!
[bell tolls]
[gasps]
- [soldiers shout] - [soldier 1] Huh?
[Noble gasps]
- No. No! - Come on.
[Javelin powers up]
[explosion pulses]
[soldiers scream]
[explosion continues]
[man grunts]
[Gunnar] Move! Move!
- [dramatic music plays] - [Noble groans]
[villagers clamor]
[Gunnar grunts]
[distant explosions]
[gasps]
[soldier grunts]
[soldiers scream]
[Gunnar] Come on, Kora! We need to get you up to that ship.
- [grunts] - [uraki bellows]
Come on. You're our only chance.
[both grunt]
Let's go.
[uraki bellows]
Get up. Go!
[distant explosions]
[tense music builds]
- [sinister music plays] - [growls]
- [Noble yells] - [neck snaps]
[Noble grunts]
[blade slices]
- [soldier 1] Get up, soldier! - [soldier 2] I can't.
[soldier 1] Let's go!
- [soldiers whimper] - [gun powers up]
[soldier 1] Right to the front!
[officer] AA-77, get out of there immediately.
Lift off. We need lift off now!
[thrusters blast]
[grunts]
Bring around the main gun.
[Den yells]
- [alarm blares] - [explosive beeps]
Oh, damn.
[debris clatters]
[distant explosions]
- Go! - Come on!
[gunfire]
[dramatic music plays]
- [Oracle steel blade hisses] - [heroic music plays]
[battle rifle powers up]
[Krypteian guard groans]
[shouts] Hold!
[Krypteian sword slashes]
Eyes to the right!
[gunfire]
- [villagers scream] - [gun powers up]
[Aris groans]
- [Javelin clicks] - You're set! Go!
- [gun fires] - [villager 2 groans]
[yells]
[soldier grunts]
- Let's go! - [Den yells]
[Noble groans]
- [Noble growls] - [Den strains]
[dropship engine rumbles]
- [Den strains] - [Noble grunts]
[rousing choral anthem plays]
[tense music plays]
[system powers up]
[engine starts]
[thrusters blast]
[both grunt]
[groans]
[Seax Bowie blade slices]
[dramatic choral music plays]
[thrusters blast]
[tense music plays]
Hold on.
[dropship engine revs]
Here!
We'll drop into formation.
When I give the signal, start the smoke.
[Gunnar] Holy shit.
Kora, are you sure?
Now. Start it now.
[hatch door opens]
[alarm blares]
[breathes heavily]
[dropship engine roars]
[alarm continues blaring]
[dropship engine warbles]
- [alarm continues blaring] - [sighs heavily]
- [switch clicks] - [system buzzes, trills]
[exhales]
[Kora over comms] Docking.
That ship has taken damage.
[Kora over comms] I have casualties.
My instruments are not responding.
[alarm continues blaring]
[over comms] I'm surrendering control.
[officer] We've got you, soldier.
I'm gonna put you down into the main hangar
[over comms] for maintenance and medical extraction.
[system trills, beeps]
[system beeps]
[dropship engine sputters]
[wind howls]
The time has come for all that you love.
For your home.
Protect each other and show them no mercy.
For Sindri!
[all shout]
We can't let Titus and the others do all the work.
Are you ready?
To fight and die!
[all shout]
Let's leave the dying to your enemies!
[all shout]
[Oracle steel blade swishes]
[blades collide]
- [ancestral energy crackles] - [Nemesis grunts]
- [Krypteia soldier yells] - [Sam gasps]
[Aris grunts]
[Sam chokes]
[Aris yells]
[sizzles]
[Nemesis grunts]
[sinister music plays]
[door slides open]
[Cassius] Admiral, by now the Krypteia
must have captured the women and children.
We are still waiting for an update, sir.
[tense music plays]
[screams]
[Titus grunts]
[grunts and coughs]
- [yells] - [somber music plays]
[wheezes]
[explosive beeps]
[beeping continues]
[somber music continues]
[breathes heavily]
[explosive beeping rapidly]
- [soldiers panic] - [explosive clicks, beeps]
[all scream]
[wind gusts]
[medic 1] One down in the hold!
- Can you hear me? - Hey. Are you all right?
I'm going to attempt to move you now.
I got you. It's going to be all right.
[medic 1] All right.
- [medic 2] It's all right. - [medic 1] Two down, non-responsive!
Bring the gurneys!
Load 'em up. All right, come on, take him.
Take the shoulder. All right, I got the legs.
Pick the arm up. Here we go.
All right, let's go. All right, calling it in.
Some shrapnel damage, infantry seems to be suffering from a small ammo wound.
Two minutes out. Visual inspection on the elevator.
Let's go.
[elevator starts]
[thrilling music plays]
[Nemesis yells]
- [Krypteia officer grunts] - [Nemesis groans]
No.
[boy yells]
[Krypteia officer screams in pain]
- [Krypteia officer grunts] - [boy struggles]
[distant explosions]
[breathes weakly]
[mournful music plays]
[chuckles softly]
[boy cries]
[boy sobs]
It's okay.
You did good.
[sniffles]
[mournful music continues]
[Aris pants]
[mournful music continues]
[soldiers grunt]
[suspenseful music plays]
[yelling echoes]
[guns fire in slow motion]
[solemn choral music plays]
[solemn choral music continues]
[dramatic music builds]
[yells]
- [all yell] - [triumphant music plays]
[villagers cheer]
[heavy footsteps approach]
[Imperium Mech blares]
[mechanical warbling]
[distorted blaring from Imperium Mech]
[foreboding music plays]
[turret powers up]
Yeah?
Help me with his helmet. Support the neck.
Strange. I'm not seeing any wounds.
How about that one? Stable?
Pulse is elevated.
Don't see wounds either, but there's a little blood.
Maybe under his armor.
[medic 1] Get the balaclava off. There's a wound.
Checking the pulse.
This one's pulse is very low.
- [tense music builds] - Wait. That's...
Give me the charges.
- [Gunnar] Charges. - Wait.
[announcement over speakers]
Make your way back to our ship and have it running.
We won't have long to get off this thing before it blows.
Okay.
I'll be waiting for you.
- Should be an elevator down this hall. - I got it. Be quick.
[Imperium guard over intercom] All personnel, stay alert.
[Imperium Mech blares]
[footsteps march]
[door hisses]
- [Neurolink hums] - [mystical music plays]
[pants]
[automated voice] Copy. Targeting the safe--
- [metal clanks] - [turret whirs]
[powers up]
[rapid gunfire]
[yells]
[dramatic music plays]
[grunts]
[exhales]
[explosive clicks, beeps]
[distant explosions]
- [gunfire] - [soldier groans]
[Imperium Mech blares]
[turret whirs, thuds]
- [Javelin powers up] - [grunts]
[suspenseful music plays]
[guardian gun powers up]
[Imperial officer screams]
[Imperial soldier grunts]
Intruder alert. Repeat. Intruder alert.
Sending backup. What is the nature and number of the intruders?
[officer] Shots fired.
There are men down.
It's a woman, I'm telling you--
[line disconnects]
A what? What's going on?
There is a situation in the engine room.
He said a woman has infiltrated the ship.
[gasps]
[Noble] Arthelais.
Arthelais is aboard this ship.
That is impossible.
[Noble] No, it's her.
She's come to us.
It's perfect.
Alert all sectors. I want her captured at once.
And Cassius?
You may fire on the village.
Sir, the grain.
There's no need for the grain now.
The Scargiver has come to us.
But we have men on the ground.
Yes. A few less mouths to feed.
Once we have the Scargiver, we'll return directly to the Motherworld
and we won't need the grain, will we?
Destroy it.
You heard the Admiral. Charge the cannons.
Main gun.
- Yes, sir. - Target the village.
Charge the cannons.
Right away, sir.
We have orders to target the surface.
[system powers up]
[officer 2] We've lost contact with the engine room.
- [Cassius] Where is she? - We're looking.
She's moving from sub-level three to four.
Tell me what the hell is going on!
[officer 2] All available security personnel, report to engine room.
[Cassius] I need an update now!
[soldier 1] Sir.
Lieutenant. Sir.
[alarm blares]
[over speakers] All commanders report their headcounts to Command.
[gun powers up]
- [soldier 1] Forward! Forward! - [soldier 2] Let's go!
- [yells] - [soldier 1 groans]
[grunts, shouts]
[Milius] No!
- I'm going! - [Titus] Go, go, go, go, go!
[Milius grunts, yells]
Are you hit? Are you okay? Come on.
[both panting]
[ominous music plays]
I thought dying in battle was all I wanted.
Fighting for something.
I think I was wrong.
I don't think I want to die at all.
But if I must... [sniffles]
Together.
Come on.
[Imperium Mech blares]
[wind howls]
[solemn operatic music plays]
[ethereal music plays]
[dramatic music plays]
[ethereal music plays]
[grenade clicks]
[beeping intensifies]
[grenade explodes]
[grunts]
[ship engine sputters, revs]
Kora. Kora, where are you?
[over comms] The engine's running. I'm waiting for you.
We're running out of time.
I'm almost to you.
Okay, good.
[Sword of the King cannons thud, whir]
[guard over speakers] Stay alert.
We have a fugitive aboard the ship.
[breathes heavily]
[elevator stops]
[elevator alarm blares]
[soldiers grunt]
[dramatic music plays]
[Kora yells]
- [yelps] - [Krypteian sword buzzes]
[suspenseful music plays]
[alarm blares]
[announcement over speakers]
[handwheel cranks]
[alarm blares]
Arthelais.
I suppose I should say thanks for not accepting my offer of surrender.
It'll make a better ballad when I slay you in battle.
You've done well to get this far.
Much better than I expected.
Much better than could be expected from a bunch of fucking farmers.
Yeah.
Hmm?
[rousing choral anthem plays]
[cannons thud]
Target acquired.
We have a lock on the village.
Confirmed.
Sir!
What?
[explosives beep]
The gun is charged and ready to fire.
Oh, no.
[cannons power up]
[beeping stops, buzzes]
Fire at will.
[explosion pulses]
[dramatic music plays]
- [explosions] - [metallic groaning]
It's Kora!
[Krypteian blade buzzes]
Take her.
[body thuds]
[groans]
No! No!
[grunts]
[both grunt]
[both strain]
[yelling]
[Noble shouts]
[shrieks]
[grunts and growls]
[Kora yells]
[blade trills]
[Kora yelps]
Kora! Kora!
[Noble shouts]
[Kora screams, grunts]
[both grunt]
[Kora shouts]
[Kora grunts]
[Noble chuckles] Come here!
- [Kora yelps] - [Noble grunts]
[Kora grunts]
Open your eyes. Open your eyes!
Look at me!
[cries out]
[chokes]
- [Krypteian blade trills] - [Noble garbles]
[Noble gasps]
[grunts]
[gasps for air]
- [Kora shouts] - [Noble grunts]
[grunts, struggles]
[door buzzes]
[Noble groans in pain]
[head clatters]
[breathes heavily]
- [Kora] Come on! - [both grunt]
[explosion]
[dropship thrusters blast]
[strains]
Come on.
[explosions]
[dropship engine sputters]
- [crashes] - [alarm beeps]
[Kora yelps]
[grunts, pants]
- [Gunnar groans in pain] - [Kora] Hey. Hey.
Hey, hey. Hey. Come here, come here.
Come here.
[both grunt]
[Gunnar groan]
Wait. Okay.
Hey. Stay with me.
Stay with me. Stay with me. Stay with me.
[tearfully] Why can't I have this one thing?
[sobs]
- Stay with me. Please. - No. It's okay.
Look at what you've done.
You saved us.
All of us.
Hey.
[Kora sobs]
I love you.
Please.
I know what you are.
And I love you.
Please.
[squadron passes overhead]
[dramatic music plays]
Look!
Form up on me!
Yes, Commander. On you.
Target those dropships!
Yes, Commander. On you.
[Devra] Black Mountain Squadron, take those fighters.
[villagers cheer]
[both shout excitedly]
[villagers cheer]
Titus! Yes!
[yells]
Yes!
[Kora] Look, it's Devra Bloodaxe, and the entire rebel fleet.
It's really over. It's...
No. [sobs]
No.
[wails]
[mournful music plays]
I love you.
[sobs]
[Hagen] From other worlds they came to fight for us.
[mournful music continues]
To die for us.
May they find their peace.
We honor them now in the only way we can.
By remembering their names...
when next we bring in the harvest.
A season from now, a hundred seasons.
And by carrying on.
By carrying on.
[mournful music continues]
All of you, honor the fallen.
You honor my brother and his bravery.
Do not speak of me when you speak of honor and bravery.
I've lied to you.
To all of you.
Titus.
I know, child.
I know.
You know that I'm Arthelais?
Adopted daughter of the Regent Balisarius?
And the assassin of the Princess Issa?
I know your name. Yes.
But you were not her assassin...
for the princess is still alive.
You thought she could be killed so easily?
No. She's more than death.
What am I to do?
You have a reason now, do you not?
To find her and to fight?
If you do choose to fight,
I will stand with you.
All of us.
And I as well.
[uplifting music plays]
[Kora cries]
[Jimmy] If I could be of use...
I, too, have this.
You wish to fight with us, robot? Help find this lost princess?
If what you say is true, and the princess lives,
I have no choice.
I serve the line of the slain King. It is my honor to fight.
To find her and to fight.
[uplifting music continues]
To find her and to fight.
[dramatic music crescendoes]
[menacing music plays]
[somber music plays]
[haunting ethereal music plays]
[menacing music plays]
[suspenseful music plays]
[mournful music plays]
[threatening music plays]
[solemn choral music plays]
[somber choral music plays]
[ethereal choral music plays]
在母星勢力範圍的偏僻地帶
繞著氣態巨行星瑪拉運轉的 小衛星碧草星
那裡有一座村莊 謙卑的農民過著簡樸的田園生活
直到戰艦陰影籠罩在農田上
戰艦指揮官諾伯上將
他的要求超出碧草星人民的供給力
因此一名女子柯拉和一名男子岡納
兩人離開村莊
去集結一群戰士對抗無畏戰艦
在紐沃迪星,神勇的塔拉克加入
在達格斯星的礦區 有劍術高強的奈美西絲
在波洛克星的競技場 則是捉摸不定的泰圖斯將軍
而在夏朗星上
有達理安布拉戴克斯 和他的副手米琉斯
在貢迪瓦星漂浮碼頭的一場伏擊中
柯拉打敗諾伯上將
將他殘破的身體遺留在岩岸上
這群戰士凱旋返回碧草星収取酬勞
無畏戰艦的威脅消失了...
至少他們這麼以為
卡修斯指揮官
他還活著?
是的
奄奄一息
但他的傷勢很重
他長時間沒有腦功能
我們不知道損害多嚴重
剝開繭層就知道他還有哪些部份完好
他的氣管通暢
他是靠自己在呼吸
上將
上將,是我
卡修斯?
是的
我在哪裡?
在你的艦上,長官
君視號
我們持續在繞行貢迪瓦星
盼望你能復原,長官
感謝太古眾神,應驗了我們的祈求
卡修斯,聽我說
她在碧草星上
誰?
誰在那裡?
烙印之人
她在碧草星上
設定航道前往碧草星
遵命
我會照辦
《反叛之月第二部：烙印之人》
我是哈根
這是丹恩
歡迎光臨敝村莊
你們一定又累又餓
口也很渴
我們在長屋中準備了食物和酒水
走吧
見識一下我的同胞多好客
把這幾頭尤拉奇牽到獸舍
他們回來了
他們長什麼樣子?
如戰士般強壯,大概吧
- 有幾個人? - 六個
- 加上柯拉和岡納 - 六個
他們強不強壯不重要
對吧?
卡修斯指揮官
士兵
一切應該都上軌道了吧
是的,長官,一切朝目標邁進
毫無異常之處?
- 是的,長官 - 非常好
確保作物照計畫採収完畢
做好準備,我們五天後抵達
五天?
進來
請用,你們一定餓壞了
好的
我們村民準備了豐盛的食物和酒水
對各位的蒞臨表示忠誠和感激
可是大家到哪去了?
你們會做何感想?
若你們無法挺身保護家園?
若你們得請求他人為自己捨命?
他們要知道無須因我們在此而羞愧
把尊嚴擺一邊,對外求援
這就是勇氣
- 謝謝 - 不客氣
敵軍來襲時,沒有人需要捨命
沒必要進行防禦了
- 諾伯上將死了 - 什麼?
- 他死了? - 眞的嗎?
你得再說一遍,他不相信
他死了
你認為他們不會回來了?
沒錯
帝國規定倘若上將陣亡
戰艦要隨即返回母星
那我們對你們就更無以回報...
你錯了
我収到消息
他們五天後會到
眞的嗎?
- 五天? - 對
可是你說你殺了諾伯上將
我是殺了他
他的屍體落在岩石上,他死了
戰艦未獲上將指令就出航 這樣違反規定,對吧?
沒錯
但死亡不一定能遏止母星的野心
他們一定比我們所知更缺穀物
- 哈根? - 是
召集村民
讓我跟他們談談
好的
黑闇的日子就在我們眼前
當大敵當前...
我們都得團結一致
如手足般英勇奮戰
要取得成功
我們一定要互相信任
我們會趕緊教導你們戰鬥技巧
但首先
你們得展現自身的力量
土地之道
如果不儘快行動
你們的村莊...
必滅無疑
作物収成好要多久時間?
繞行瑪拉星半圈的時間
太久了,三天內要完成
- 什麼? - 不可能的
我們需要每個能幹的男性和女性
穀物
是我們最強大的武器
少了穀物
他們可能會讓我們灰飛煙滅
如果迅速収成好
就能當成交易工具和防禦物
去好好休息吧
天亮就開始幹活
你們都聽到了
天亮
他們會學會互相信任嗎?
他們很害怕...
外來者、逼近的戰役,擔心性命安危
信任?我不知道
我衹希望到時候 他們都有勇氣挺身對抗
我對怎麼戰鬥一無所知
我不知道我會多害怕
你恐懼死亡
沒關係,大家都一樣
我剛剛甚至沒想到死亡
如果你之前問我的感覺
我會說我驚恐萬分
也很害怕
我這輩子沒這麼恐懼過
那你在恐懼什麼?
不怕死,那是怕什麼?
是你
我害怕失去你
諾伯說
你是當今宇宙的頭號通緝犯
光是逃兵,罪不至此
還記得我說過 我被巴利薩留斯扶養長大嗎?
帝國的攝政王?
還有我是伊莎公主的護衛?
記得
你曾是授勳戰士
王室友人
他們發生什麼事?
在他女兒治療力量的影響下
國王開始換角度看待很多事情
那天本來要啟用最後一艘無畏戰艦
像徵了擴張時代的結束
依照傳統,國王會為 每艘艦舉行啟用儀式
但這次沒有
那是公主第一次行使王室職責
她的第一份官方行動
那艘船會命名為和平使者號 艦上印有她的王徽
別搞錯了
我是我養父的忠誠女兒
我不會背叛他或反抗他
他跟我說公主必須死
那她就必死無疑
我父親說他不會袖手旁觀
看著這孩子屏棄那艘戰爭機器
畢竟我們犧牲良多
我相信巴利薩留斯會保護我
以及他深愛的帝國
立正
怪了
不太對勁
巴利薩留斯
卡利族人在哪裡?怎麼沒點火爐?
巴利薩留斯,我在跟你說話
回答我
快逃,伊莎...
你這混蛋
不要
動手
你在等什麼?
你在等什麼,孩子?開槍
- 開槍 - 不要
- 不要... - 開槍,殺了她
- 殺了她! - 不要
我原諒你
不要
你幹了什麼好事?
抓住她
就是她,各位
王室的刺客
外來者
雜種毒瘤
謀殺者!
- 謀殺者! - 謀殺者!
謀殺者!
殺人犯!
叛徒!
奸人!
人渣
我殺出重圍逃到接駁船
從此過著法外之徒的生活
我想過讓他們殺了我或不再反抗
但我說不上來,那孩子的遺言...
她的寬恕
我覺得唯有逃亡才能榮耀她
盡量...怎麼說呢?
別衹當個武器
這是我們都在努力的目標
你成功了
早安...
這是起床號
大家起床了
各位,起床了
該幹活了
起來,懶蟲
醒過來
我們時間不多
指揮官,醫務技術長來電
接過來
- 放開我 - 指揮官
我想你應該下來這裡
這是叛國罪
我是本艦的指揮官!
以太古眾神之名 你們都會受到軍法審判!
我發誓
你們都死定了!我不需要你們!
- 你得馬上下來 - 我下去了
事實上,我會親手殺光你們!
上將,你還沒準備好
我還是本艦的指揮官!
你站在那裡看什麼看?懦夫
這是叛變!
歡迎回來,長官
你準備好重拾指揮權了嗎?
那當然
叫這些白痴解開我
長官,我跟你說過了
這些是你重拾指揮權之前的規定程序
我們得做測試,確認你的精神和...
我來幫你做評估
拔除他的管線!
我們距離碧草星多遠?
幾天就到了,長官
上將
很抱歉這個無能的醫療團隊
無法移除這道疤痕
這一定能移除掉
算了
就留著吧
這是她給我的
當我把她交給巴利薩留斯
在參議院大廳展示她的屍體時
我會露出胸膛
這將像徵著
是我把烙印之人繩之以法
我會以救星身份站在國人面前
収成順利嗎?
有沒有村民抗議?
沒有,長官
一切照計畫進行
你的報告沒寫到福納斯和馬可士
他們忙著指使村民,長官
逼他們再加把勁
非常好
工作不眠不休在進行
應該可以在你抵達前
及時把穀物都磨成粉
好極了,二等兵
如果村民遵守承諾
也許可以略施小惠
那些畜生衹配被用腳踹
是這樣嗎?
當工作完成...
我們就知道了
為了遇弒先王而戰
顯然福納斯、馬可士和其他人都死了
烙印之人在他們當中
看來我們年輕的二等兵選邊站了
各位,聽我說
我想歡迎我們的新朋友
我想送你們我做的小禮物
我知道你們的故鄉
遠比這裡更富裕豪華
希望我的陽春禮物不辱你們的身份
我是懷著感恩的心做的
我一開始看到你們進入村子時
我覺得泰圖斯將軍宛如山岳
強壯
且屹立不搖
謝謝
塔拉克
你的精神豪放不羈
但高尚的情操無庸置疑
如同麋鹿
謝謝你...
年輕的米琉斯
你綻放光芒
像太陽照耀我們的臉龐
給我們溫暖和撫慰
堅定而眞實
謝謝
奈美西絲
勢如破竹,如雷電交加的暴風雨
但帶來孕育生命的雨水
那是生命的起源
暴風雨是萬物之母
謝謝
岡納
你是我們的本心
你給予我們希望
好漂亮
謝謝
你看看
還有柯拉
你是我們剽悍的守護之狼
你保護我們不滅村
是凝聚眾人的力量
開動吧
你還好嗎?
- 沒事吧? - 沒事
乾杯
- 丹恩,再秀出絕招 - 準備好了嗎?
這就對了
好了
今天開始準備防禦部署
我們先把穀物搬進村子
他們唯恐毀壞穀物
就不敢從空中開火
帝國遺留下來的武器
會幫助我們堅守陣地
穿甲強力炸藥
有通訊儀器了
很好
血跡很難洗掉,但可以試試看
這樣正好,別洗了
還有嗎?
當然有
大家集合清點村裡的每一把獵槍
每一把刀
每一發彈藥
挖掘防守位置,以便出奇制勝
好的
艾絲翠,好好表現
等等
手肘夾緊
雙眼都睜開
好
今天要學習基礎攻防技巧
我們把採収用具改造成武器
我們接下來要試著學...
那招
好
很專業
好極了
非常好
我們有個天生好手
來
往上拉
放下去了
那是柯拉的登陸艇
我把她拖出來時,她遍體鱗傷
這在這裡多久了?
兩個季節
走吧
發現柯拉的那艘船還停在東部山區
使勁力氣,同心協力就能拖出來
那會是強而有力的裝備
竟然還能動
站穩了
- 有幾把? - 你有15把獵槍...
但重點不是有幾把槍
有幾個人知道怎麼用...
艾瓦不該拿武器
我認同,完全同意
我們會把刀都磨利
- 衹要搞清楚... - 聽著...
我向來不是愛說心事的人
現在我們知道每個人的必要職責
我找你們來,是要你們了解戰友
每個人都得說眞心話
我先說
撒拉烏星
巴利薩留斯攝政王 派我帶領戰艦前往武嚇
在撒拉烏國會上空盤旋
如此一來,是否投票脫離王國而獨立
該投什麼便一目了然
但那個世界的勇敢人民 頑強地投給自由
我接獲命令向首都開火作為回應
我拒絕執行,因此我的艦被擊毀
我們從殘骸中爬出
跟母星的軍隊打到彈盡援絕
我知道手下會陪我戰到至死方休
因此我提出一個條件
我投降
保住手下的性命
我請求攝政王網開一面,放過他們
但巴利薩留斯攝政王不懂慈悲為何物
為了懲罰我
我的手下當著我的面被處死
反抗巴利薩留斯 從頭到尾都是我個人的決定
我沒有一天不想到被我害死的那些人
我的投降背叛了他們的勇氣 讓他們難逃死劫
絕不再犯
我再也不會投降
在明天選擇追隨我之前 你們今天要了解這點
我從沒參與過即將到來的這種戰役
但我是在類似環境中長大的
艦隊出現在我世界的天空時
我詢問部落長老怎麼回應
他們心生膽怯
奉上所有財物,害怕到不敢反抗
他們說:“我們怎麼 對抗得了強大的母星?”
不能工作的弱者和老人都被殺了
剩下的人被分發到宇宙各地的勞改營
各個家庭四分五裂
彷彿我的同胞根本沒存在過
反抗軍解放了我的營
我找到一個新家庭 讓我知道其他的生存之道
所以當敵軍來臨...
必要時,我會捨命保護村莊
為了家園戰死沙場
還有比這更光榮的事嗎?
我曾過著普通生活
彷彿像是...
好久以前的事了
我們是個小漁村
帝國部隊摧毀了一切人事物
我們是愛好和平的民族
但並非始終如此
在很久以前...
我們是個好戰的民族
我之前從沒殺過人
不曾讓人流過血
直到我自殘為止
我的痛苦變成憤恨
我的憤恨化為復仇
但我祖先的嗜血本性
仍存在於那副古老手甲裡
我的血喚醒了它們
它們教我如何戰鬥
於是我重生了
但是從那天起
我就成了復仇怪物
沒錯
我會殺掉他們
沒有人能選擇父母
而我的父母碰巧是國王和王后
我父親是國王
他堅持親自把協議書交給母星軍隊
他們的回應是送回他的遺體
揚言入侵我國
家母當時跟我說 “男孩不會變成男人
除非他的父親死亡
然後王子就會成為國王”
那是我最後一次哭泣
不久
他們的戰艦佈滿我國領空
家母堅守榮譽,不肯逃亡
我想留下來保護她
但王后了解保存血脈和王位的重要性
我在那天失去母親...
以及我的世界
我偷渡逃離家鄉
躲在一艘前往近亮星的難民運輸船上
我是為了責任而逃亡
為了保存蕩然無存的王國和血脈
我為之捍衛的機會被奪走了
但是到此為止
我們在此落腳時
那就是我要去的地方
家園
為了彌補錯誤
無忝受之有愧的榮譽
柯拉
我們還沒聽到你說
你的故事是什麼?
我是個戰火孤兒
紀律嚴明的軍隊生活很適合我
我曾在類似君視號的艦上服役
我從來沒有家人,我覺得我找到了
就在我到了碧草星後
我在這裡學會...
家園和家人的眞正意義
還要補充什麼嗎?
沒有
你確定?
那山泉水呢?
什麼?
那麼多天以來
泰圖斯都在假裝喝水
因為他想隱瞞他很擔憂將臨的戰役
這眞的是水
前塵往事很難啟齒
確實沒錯
朋友們...
我衹能說...
感謝你們來到本村莊
給予我們希望
謝謝你們
我不知道明天結束時,我們會怎麼樣
我衹能祈求
你們會放下過往的包袱
說得好,為此乾一杯
村民都準備好了
很好,不論他們派哪些軍官來収穀物
我們都會拿下他們
拿出我們在田裡的力量
絕不留情
不放過踏上你們土地的任何人
那接下來呢?
談條件?
你覺得他們會接受嗎?
是的
要是事與願違,也不無可能
你要確保登陸艇還能照常運作
明天一早就把它藏起來
好
水
你認眞,泰圖斯?
叫我泰圖斯將軍
沒問題
衹有你要叫
你好,吉姆斯
最後一個這麼叫我的人
是軍事機器人的老指揮官
他死在我的懷裡
很遺憾
沒關係,我喜歡這個叫法
讓我感到仍有一絲希望
是這樣的...
我被輸入的記憶中 有個我不會看到的世界
有個我無法盡忠服侍的國王
有個我用愛救不了的孩子
但是你叫的那個名字
讓我隱約感覺到...
我存在的原因
所以你才去救莎曼嗎?
我不確定
我衹知道想到她受傷或喪命
開啟了我...
被封閉的部份
你在選邊站,吉姆斯
你我很相似
都是他們的殺人武器
要知道,他們最怕我倆聯手出擊
並非有人命令或指使我們
而是要捍衛我們的所愛
你得知道你們贏不了的
都弄好了
無畏戰艦
収工!快収好...動作快
快點...
快収工!
找到自己的位置!
蓋起來!
那些是新結構
那是穀物
靠著建物堆放,我們就不能摧毀他們
他們堆在那兩處作掩護,以防被射擊
高招
肯定不是農夫的計畫
看來泰圖斯將軍還沒醉到失去才略
你看這裡
熱成像顯示村莊頂端的長屋中
有一大群人在裡面
絕對是女人和小孩
很好
我們要盡可能搶先在村莊裡開戰
在我談判時
祕勤獵殺隊會出動,去抓女人和小孩
我們會派一支小裝甲部隊登陸
等他們看到弱者被刀抵住脖子 那支部隊就用不著出手
到時就知道他們反抗的決心有多強
好了,大家馬上進去!
- 大家進去,快一點 - 走吧!快點!
進去!走吧,趕快...
沒有村民接風?
那溫馨的擁抱呢?
我一直沒喝到那杯啤酒
艾瑟萊絲
說說你們有何打算
跟上次見面一樣
我會殺了你
好的
我深感榮幸
一道疤
烙印之人親手所賜
今天不需要流血
我會給你一次避免殺戮的機會
你知道我把你帶到 巴利薩留斯攝政王面前跪下時
他會拿什麼獎勵我吧?
我想你要的是當上參議員
我實至名歸
若是如此,那就拿走軍糧所需的穀物
啟航返回母星
不多也不少
不准動村民一根寒毛
稟報巴利薩留斯你追捕的戰士脫逃了
要我空手而歸嗎?
無功而返?
你們可以保住性命
這是你的選擇
忍辱貶謫
否則人頭落地
你的戰艦會是你的葬身之地
你的家人和全體母星人都會知道
你被碧草星的農夫宰了
我的任務是為母星取得榮耀
我打算看到這項任務達成
知道我覺得最逗的是什麼嗎?
你以為你有權力談判?並沒有
你以為我不知道 你們把女人和小孩藏起來?
你在這裡說話時,計畫即將潰敗
除非有不同安排,或許另當別論
我可以接受你提供的穀物
我可以照你要求,饒了村民性命
但這個讓步有個代價
代價就是你
當然了,帝國很重視你們這幫人
但無庸置疑的是,尊貴的攝政王
最想要的人
是你
艾瑟萊絲本尊
所以你得做出選擇
艾瑟萊絲,向我投降
我會放村民一條生路
反之,你拒絕的話
這個村莊最重視的那些人
長者、孩童
現在躲在那間長屋裡
我即將抵達的手下會趕盡殺絕
那間美麗建物染的血還不夠多嗎?
你眞的準備好因為你 而讓慘劇繼續發生嗎?
時候到了,艾瑟萊絲
怎樣?
柯拉
柯拉,你在做什麼?
我就知道
跟你的朋友道別吧
你的父親在等你
柯拉,看著我
怎麼回事?
對不起
我不能讓這個地方為我而死
我知道我在做什麼
他在騙你
放開我...
- 不要 - 放開我!
不要...
不要
- 不行! - 快走
前進...
來吧,柯拉
你得上那艘船
快點
你是我們唯一的機會
走吧
往上爬,走
- 起來,士兵! - 我沒辦法
咱們上!
對準前方
AA77,立刻離開那裡
我們得馬上起飛!
啟動主砲
該死
- 走 - 快走
戒備!
註意右邊!
準備就緒,上
起飛!
坐穩了
在那裡
我們會依序進入
我給指示時,就拉開煙霧彈
哇靠
柯拉,你確定嗎?
現在,馬上去
停靠中
那艘船受損了
我有人傷亡
我的儀器沒有回應
我要交出航控權
有我們在,士兵
我要讓你停進主機棚
以便船艇維護和醫療急救
你們最愛的時刻到了
為了你們的家園
保護彼此
絕不手下留情!
為了辛德里而戰!
不能都讓泰圖斯和其他人衝鋒陷陣
準備好了嗎?
奮戰到死!
死就留給敵人吧
上將
祕勤獵殺隊此刻 一定都抓住女人和小孩了
我們還在等候消息,長官
艙內有一人受傷
聽到了嗎?沒事吧?
我現在要搬動你
交給我,不會有事的
好的
沒事的
有兩人受傷!沒有回應!
把病床推進來!
把他們搬上去
好,快點,搬他上去
你抬肩膀,好,我抬腳
舉起手臂,好了
好了,走吧,送進去
有些許彈片傷 步兵似乎有一處小口徑槍傷
剩下兩分鐘,在電梯進行視診
走吧
不
沒事了
你很棒
要走嗎?
幫我拿掉他的頭盔
撐起頸部
怪了,我沒看到任何傷口
那一個呢?穩定嗎?
脈搏昇高
也沒看到傷口 但有一點血,也許在盔甲下
把頭套取下,那裡有傷口
檢查脈搏
這個的脈搏很微弱
等等,那是...
給我彈匣
- 彈匣 - 等等
回去發動我們的船
我們在爆炸前撤離的時間很短
好
我會等你
- 走到底應該有電梯 - 好
動作快
全員提高戒備
収到,瞄準避難屋
入侵者警報,重複,入侵者警報
派支援過去,入侵者是誰?幾個人?
對方持槍射擊,多人傷亡
是個女人,我跟你說...
是個什麼?
怎麼...怎麼回事?
引擎室有狀況
他說有個女人滲透本艦
是艾瑟萊絲
艾瑟萊絲在艦上
不可能的
不,就是她
她來找我們了
好極了
警告各單位
我要馬上逮到她
卡修斯?
你可以朝村莊開火
長官
有穀物
已經不需要穀物了
烙印之人自己送上門來
但是地面上有我們的人
沒錯
這樣就少了幾張嘴巴吃飯
一抓到烙印之人,直接返回母星
我們不需要穀物,對吧?
消滅村莊
你聽到上將的話了
備好加農砲
主砲
- 是,長官 - 瞄準村莊
備好加農砲
馬上辦,長官
我們接獲命令要瞄準地表
長官,我們跟引擎室失聯了
- 她在哪? - 正在找,長官
她從子層三移動到子層四
快說到底是怎麼回事!
所有保全人員到引擎室報到
馬上給我消息!
長官好
上尉,長官好
所有指揮官向司令部回報人數
前進...
行動!
不
- 我要上了 - 衝啊...
你有中彈嗎?沒事吧?起來
我以為我衹想死於戰鬥中
為理想而戰
我錯了
我一點都不想死
但若非死不可...
就攜手赴義
走吧
柯拉
柯拉,你在哪裡?
引擎發動了,我在等你
我們沒時間了
我快到你那裡了
了解,那就好
全員戒備,艦上有一名逃犯
艾瑟萊絲
我應該感謝你回絕就地投降的提議
我在戰鬥中殺了你 這事蹟會更値得傳頌
你能殺到這裡很了不起
比我預期中更厲害
就該死的農夫來說,已經很強了
是啊
找到目標
我們鎖定村莊了
准許開火
長官!
怎麼了?
主砲就緒,準備開火
慘了
直接開火
是柯拉的傑作
拿下她
不要...
柯拉...
過來這裡
睜開眼睛!
看著我!
快走
快啊
過來這裡...
過來
等等,好了
撐著點
不要死...
為什麼我連這都無法擁有?
不要死
- 拜託 - 沒事的
看看你的成就
你救了我們
救了我們所有人
我愛你
拜託
別死
我了解你的為人
我愛你
拜託
你看
在我上方列隊
遵命,馬上辦
瞄準那些登陸艇
遵命,馬上辦
黑山中隊,擊落那些戰鬥機
泰圖斯!
太棒了!
好耶!
你看
是德芙拉布拉戴克斯 和所有的叛軍機隊
眞的結束了
眞的...
不要
我愛你
他們從其他世界來為我們而戰
為我們而死
願他們安息
我們衹能以此方式向他們致敬
在下次収成時...
緬懷他們的名字
下一個季節
連續一百個季節
世世代代
傳承下去
你們全體
榮耀了捐軀者
榮耀了我弟弟和他的勇氣
提到榮耀和勇氣時,別提到我
我說了謊
欺騙你們所有人
泰圖斯
我知道,孩子
我知道
你知道我是艾瑟萊絲?
巴利薩留斯攝政王的養女?
伊莎公主的刺客?
我知道你的本名,沒錯
但你不是她的刺客...
因為公主還活著
你以為她這麼容易死嗎?
錯了
她超越死亡
我該怎麼做?
你有個理由,對吧?
找到公主,持續奮戰?
如果你選擇奮戰
我會跟你並肩作戰
我們都會
我也是
如果我派得上用場...
我也願意
機器人,你想並肩作戰?
協尋下落不明的公主?
如果你所言屬實
公主還活著
那我別無選擇
我有責服侍遇弒先王的後代
為此而戰是我的榮幸
找到公主,持續奮戰
找到公主
持續奮戰