Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire/Transcript

== Scene 1 ==
[rousing choral anthem plays]
Narrator: On the motherworld, one thousand kings ruled unchallenged in succession. But in the royal bloodline’s lust for power, they consumed everything upon their planet, they consumed everything upon their planet
[deep mechanical rumbling]
Narrator: The Realm marched its armies into the vastness of space, conquering everything in its path. The glory of the Motherworld seemed without end until the treachery of an assassin’s blade struck down the King and Queen, severing the royal bloodline forever. In the chaotic aftermath of the King’s death, several conquered planets on the edge of the Motherworld’s reach began to whisper of revolution. A senator named Balisarius used the opportunity to seize power, declaring himself regent. As a show of strength, he sent his most brutal commander into the outer reaches of the Motherworld’s dominion to find and crush without mercy those who would call themselves rebel
== Scene 2 ==
[ethereal choral music plays]
[uraki whinnies and snorts]
[metal thuds]
Woman: (grunts) Whoa
[melancholy violin music plays]
[uraki groans]
[woman grunts]
[uraki bellows]
[grunts]
Gunnar: Kora. Kora! I thought you were finished. Everyone’s up in the Longhouse
Kora: These are my last rows and I’ll be done
Gunnar: All right. Okay. Oh. Uh… Den was asking where you were. He and his brother got a big snow-elk, male. He wanted you to see it before he dressed it
Kora: Why was he asking for me?
Gunnar: Well, you know, because he’s… I, I just thought… I just thought…
Kora: You thought?
[chuckles softly]
Kora: Move up
[uraki groans]
== Scene 3 ==
[jolly folk music plays]
[villagers cheer and laugh]
Kora: It’s been a while since we’ve had fresh meat. Forgot how good it is
Man: Den said they saw the summer herds returning. Maybe three days’ ride away
[folk music continues]
Man: He was asking for you
Kora: I heard. And, yes, it’s quite impressive
Man: Which one? The animal? Or…
[Den whoops]
Man: Or the hunter?
Villager: Hey!
[Den laughs]
[horn blares]
Sindri: My people, it is my duty as the head of this community to remind you that the gods of the harvest demand a tribute
Villager: Yeah
Sindri: An offering. But we all know it is the thrusting of hips…
[villagers exclaiming]
Sindri: …And the loud sounds of pleasure that summon the seedlings to sprout
Villagers: (laugh) Yeah!
[chuckles]
Sindri: So make love tonight. For the harvest. For the very food we eat
Den: Yeah!
Villagers: Yeah!
Sindri: For the gods!
[villagers cheer]
Sindri: Let’s have some music. Some music to get us in the mood
[jolly folk music plays]
[villagers cheer and clap rhythmically]
== Scene 4 ==
[door closes]
Hagen: Den is a good man
Kora: You should be asleep
Hagen: He’s the best hunter among us. And a loyal friend. Have you thought of a more permanent relationship? I know that he’s amenable to the idea. He’s asked me himself
Kora: It’s easy between us. Does it have to be more than that?
Hagen: It’s just, uh… That would be your last step to becoming a full member of this community. I’m telling you, this is home now
Kora: I want that to be true
[wistful music plays]
Kora: You know, the two seasons I’ve spent here have given me happiness that I don’t deserve. But understand, I am a child of war. To truly love and be loved, I… I don’t know if I’m capable of either. The very idea of love, of… family was beaten out of me. I was taught that love is weakness. And I… I don’t know how that will ever change. You should get some rest
Hagen: Yeah
[wistful music continues]
== Scene 5 ==
[birds chirp]
Sam: I noticed you left early last night. Were you tired?
Kora: That’s right. I thought I’d make it an early night
Sam: I thought you were doing your part for the harvest. Because as I walked home, I passed Den’s house. That’s what it sounded like
[Kora laughs]
Kora: Sam, I don’t know what you’re talking about
[both laugh]
Sam: I think you do
[Imperium dreadnought rumbles overhead]
[Kora gasps softly]
[deep mechanical rumbling]
== Scene 6 ==
[Kora pants]
[grunts]
[bell tolls]
[whimpers]
[tense music plays]
[dramatic music plays]
Sindri: What do you think they want?
Kora: Everything 
== Scene 7 ==
[villagers murmur]
Sindri: I don’t care what the potential upside might be, a warship hanging over our land cannot be good
Gunnar: That’s your problem. Your first reaction is always fear. The Motherworld has deep pockets. I’m simply saying maybe we can get a better price from our friends in low orbit there, rather than having to deal with the cutthroats in Providence, selling our grain to God only knows
[villagers chatter]
Sindri: Don’t act like we don’t know you’ve been selling our surplus grain to the enemies of that ship up there. I wonder what they would say if they found out where our excess went last year
Gunnar: Well, I’m no revolutionary. They offered the best price. I don’t care about their cause
Sindri: Obviously 
[scoffs]
Gunnar: Sindri, I don’t have a side, only this community. That’s my only loyalty. And I say we start by showing them goodwill, not fear. That we are their partners, not their adversaries, right?
Kora: Did you say “partner,” Gunnar?
Gunnar: I did. Is that a problem?
Kora: That ship does not represent prosperity. Its purpose is to destroy, to subjugate, to enslave. Partnership is not in its vocabulary
[villagers gasp]
Kora: Give them what they ask for. But volunteer nothing about how fertile this land is. And hope they leave before digging too deep into who Gunnar sold last year’s grain to
Gunnar: Right
Sindri: I’ve heard enough. We volunteer nothing. Is that clear?
Villager: They’re here!
Boy: They’re coming! They’re coming! They’re coming!
== Scene 8 ==
[dropships warble]
[rousing choral anthem plays]
== Scene 9 ==
[mechanism whirs]
[metal thuds loudly]
[mechanism whirs]
[footsteps thud]
Sindri: Hello. I am Sindri, father of this village. Welcome
Atticus: I’m Admiral Atticus Noble. Loyal representative of the slain King. I welcome you to his warm embrace. Please, father, tell me about this beautiful village
Sindri: Walk with me up to our Longhouse. We can have a cup of ale and I will tell you about life here
Atticus: Oh. Sounds perfect. Lead the way
== Scene 10 ==
Sindri: We’ve carved out a simple life here. And we take pride in the love of our community, and the hard work it takes to survive here
Atticus: Your people seem healthy and well-fed. As their leader, much of that prosperity must be credited to you
Sindri: No, we are a community. The credit is no one person’s. Oh, I know that in the best of times, the credit’s shared, but when the stores are empty, you know where the responsibility falls. The weight of the leader, I suppose
Atticus: So you… you understand the feeling of, like, a father, the need to feed your children, yes? I was hoping that your land and the people of Veldt might help as we search for a small band of revolutionaries hiding in this system. Who my commander, the Regent Balisarius, bid me find and bring to justice
Sindri: We are humble farmers, far removed from the politics of the Motherworld
[axe clatters]
Atticus: And still you can serve. Hmm. The rebels we seek have been attacking our supply ports. Led by a woman named Devra Bloodaxe, and her brother Darrian. Their capture’s inevitable. However, it’s taken longer than anticipated, and we found ourselves admittedly low on stores. And as you know or may have heard, an army runs on its stomach. I was thinking of a partnership, where you supply us with food. Whatever you have to spare, of course. In exchange, you’re compensated at… Let’s call it triple the market value, shall we? With that windfall, you’ll be able to buy plenty of harvesters, robots, and won’t have to do this difficult work by hand
Sindri: We believe that doing the work by hand connects us to the land and honors these sacred fields that give us life
Atticus: There’s peace of mind knowing that you’re invaluable in the important mission of rooting out enemies of the Motherworld
== Scene 11 ==
Sindri: It’s quite a proposal
Atticus: Yes
Sindri: If only we had some surplus to offer. You see, the land is rocky and yields barely enough to feed ourselves. So, it is with sincere apologies that we must decline the offer. However, we are grateful for the presence of such a benevolent and powerful protector
Atticus: Huh. No surplus? None at all?
[chuckles]
Atticus: Huh. But your land looks so fertile. Your fields seem larger than what your population might need
Sindri: Of course, I understand how it might seem. Yet the scale of the planting is evidence of the poor soil. And our harsh winters only add to the short season. Now, what do you say we share that cup of ale, eh?
[Noble scoffs]
== Scene 12 ==
Atticus: Sorry. It’s just… I mean, look at these beautiful people. I can’t imagine these glowing complexions are nourished by a barren field
[Noble chuckles]
Atticus: Now… who’s the man or woman among you who oversees the harvest? There must be one whose thumb is greener than the rest
[Noble chuckles]
Atticus: Someone? Hmm?
Gunnar: Yes, sir
Atticus: Ah
Gunnar: That is me
Atticus: Good
Gunnar: Yes, I oversee the harvest
Atticus: Well, if these people trust you, then so do I. Trying to understand how I could be so wrong about what this land could yield. That’s all
Gunnar: Well, sir. Sindri, our beloved father, is always looking out for the welfare of our village and so insists on keeping reserves in case of famine or drought, which, as you know, is the responsibility of a leader. (splutters) But we have been lucky these last few seasons. Our surplus has been more than we can store. So, there might be a chance that we can spare a small amount. Depending, of course, on the scale of your needs
Atticus: Mmm. Good. Good. Yeah, I mean, it’s always wise to hold some in reserve, isn’t it, father? Yep. Yep. I am confused though. Curious why you should have me believe this land could barely yield enough to feed your people. Seems that wasn’t entirely true
Gunnar: No, wait, wait. Admiral, no one is trying to mislead you. Sindri simply has a slightly more conservative view on reserves than I do. But we’re both excited about a possible partnership. Just bear in mind the reality of what we can supply
Atticus: Father, who is this exactly?
Gunnar: Uh… My…
Sindri: He’s of no consequence. I have been empowered by my people to speak for them. This man has no authority here. You would be wise to ignore him
Atticus: Well… a rift. It’s not quite the idyllic community I’d first seen. Father, if I may offer you some advice when dealing with subordinates who need to be kept in place. I find people can lose sight of the stakes and sometimes need a gentle reminder of just how those with power deal with those without
Sindri: Admiral
Gunnar: Sindri…
Sindri: Please
Gunnar: No, I… I would never…
Atticus: It’s fine
[Noble sighs]
Gunnar: (nervously) I…
Atticus: Let me show you what I mean
Gunnar: Uh…
Sindri: Please. Admiral
[villagers gasp]
[Noble yells]
Gunnar: No, stop!
[villagers scream]
Villager: No!
[Krypteian blade buzzes]
[villagers scream]
[she sobs]
Gunnar: What did you do?
Atticus: When can I expect my harvest?
Gunnar: (shuddering) Oh… I don’t…
Atticus: I said, tell me, partner, when I can expect my harvest
Gunnar: Um… Um… (splutters) Nine… nine weeks
Atticus: Very well. In ten weeks, I shall return. You shall have my 10,000 bushels prepared for my ship
Gunnar: Twelve… We barely produce 12,000 bushels. We’ll starve to death. I don’t understand what you want
Atticus: Well, it’s simple. I want everything
== Scene 13 ==
[dropship engines blast]
== Scene 14 ==
Faunus: All right, listen up. I need all of this gear moved to this big stone building. That should suit us for now. Marcus, you’re gonna help me evict the current residents from our new home. Copy?
Marcus: Copy you, boss. Copy you
== Scene 15 ==
Faunus: Hello, everyone
== Scene 16 ==
[lever clanks]
[air hissing]
Jimmy: I am JC-1435 of the Mechanicas Militarium, defender of the King. Correction, of the slain King. It is my honor to serve
Aris: I’m Private Aris. We’re moving supplies to that building, if you wouldn’t mind lending a hand
Jimmy: Thank you, Private Aris. That falls perfectly into my protocols
== Scene 17 ==
Marcus: I’m talking to you, you dirty drain turtle. Come here. (shouts) The hell you waiting for? Get out, man!
[shouts aggressively]
[whistles]
Marcus: Mmm
Faunus: Thank you
[ladle clatters]
Marcus: Now, what in the name of the old gods are you looking at?
Sam: I’m sorry, I was just waiting to see if you needed some more water
Marcus: Some more water?
[shouts aggressively]
[makes kissing sound]
== Scene 18 ==
Faunus: That’s how I like ’em. Young, strong enough to put up a fight
[commander chuckles]
Marcus: Boss
Faunus: Hmm?
Marcus: Look, they left us a Jimmy. It’s a Jimmy, man
[howling]
Marcus: I didn’t know we had any of those left
== Scene 19 ==
Aris: All right, careful. The ground’s uneven till you get to the bridge
Jimmy: Thank you, Private Aris, but I believe I can manage
== Scene 20 ==
Marcus: They won’t fight anymore
Faunus: What do you mean they won’t fight anymore?
Marcus: It’s something in their programming. Once the King was killed, they just laid down their weapons and refused to fight. Just watch, no matter what I do, he doesn’t fight back.
== Scene 21 ==
[plasma ricochets]
[uraki whinnying]
Marcus: Hey! Careful with that stuff, you stupid machine. I’ll turn you into scrap, you dumbshit. You hear me? You’re not hearing me
[gun fires]
Aris: Hey! Stop
Marcus: What if I shoot you instead, huh? I could kill you right now and no one would care. Would they?
Faunus: That’s enough
Marcus: What do you say? Wanna die? What’s it, huh? Come on, boy
[gun powers down]
Faunus: I said, enough. Get these crates into that house now, Private
Aris: Yes, boss
== Scene 22 ==
Faunus: Are you malfunctioning?
Jimmy: No, sir
Faunus: Get up. Go to the river. Clean yourself. The rest of you, stop staring. Get back to work
Marcus: Get back to work, assholes.
Faunus: That includes you, Marcus
Soldier 1: You got it?
== Scene 23 ==
[crate clangs]
[Marcus grunts]
== Scene 24 ==
Sam: Excuse me
Jimmy: Thank you. That is kind
Sam: You’re a soldier?
Jimmy: Long ago
Sam: Do you mind? I’m Sam
Jimmy: Please. Tell me, Sam. Do you know the story of our slain King and his beautiful daughter, the Princess Issa?
Sam: I don’t
Jimmy: Well, you remind me of her. In myth, she was called the Chalice or the Redeemer. She was pueri salvatoris. And even before she was born, I and my brothers pledged everything we were, everything that dwells inside this metal skin, to fight in her name. So when word reached us on some distant battlefield that she, as prophesied, had been born of flesh and blood into our world, I felt a great warmth for the universe and trusted that she was to usher in a new age of peace and compassion. And bring us home
Sam: She was magic
Jimmy: Ah, yes. She was more than magic. On the day of her coronation, she, along with our honored King and Queen, were assassinated in cold blood by those they trusted most. I fear we lost some measure of our honor since that betrayal. I’m afraid our compassion, our kindness, our very joy, died with that young girl
Sam: I think it lives in you
== Scene 25 ==
- This is your fault, Gunnar!
Gunnar: I didn’t know that he would kill them
- Doesn’t matter. He’s dead now
Villager 1: What about the soldiers? Next, it’s gonna be the other house
Villager 2: I don’t know
Den: Stop, please. How about we bring in the crop and we fall on their mercy?
Villager 3: Yeah
Den: We make ourselves invaluable. They wouldn’t be able to kill us. They would need us
- He’s right. Farming, that is our skill that we can do, that they cannot. If we show them how good we are, they will be forced to spare us
Den: Yes
- Yes. Yeah
Den: Do we agree? Our work fights for us
All: Yes!
Den: Our work fights for us. Yes?
Villagers: Yes!
Den: It’s settled then. We show them how valuable we are
Villager 3: Okay
Den: And when we have fulfilled our side of the deal, they will be forced to rethink how much food they leave us
- Yeah
- Yeah
Den: We can appeal to those gentlemen in the granary, appeal to their humanity
Villager 3: Yeah
Den: Good
== Scene 26 ==
Hagen: So… it’s running. Would’ve thought you’d have had enough of that
Kora: You heard them. They’re delusional. They think those soldiers will show mercy even after what they did to Sindri, right in front of them
Hagen: When I found you in the wreckage of that ship, I considered leaving you. I was afraid you could bring trouble to us. But do I for a moment regret bringing you into our lives? I do not. You’ve become a part of us. And yet, now you leave when we need you most. When your people need you
Kora: I can’t
Hagen: You mean, you won’t?
Kora: This place is already lost
Hagen: But what if that could change? What if we did fight, not only us, but others?
Kora: Who else would come here and fight?
Hagen: Others! Others! Others that have reason to hate all that the Motherworld represents. Kora, you know this universe better than I. What if you could find the warriors that Noble seeks? The outlaws to fight alongside us?
Kora: If I find warriors to fight for Veldt, I give the village hope. If I give them hope, they fight and surely lose. I won’t have that blood on my hands. Nor will I throw my life away the same as the rest of you
[melancholy violin music plays]
== Scene 27 ==
Marcus: Check this. Hey, water girl!
== Scene 28 ==
[grunts]
== Scene 29 ==
Marcus: Come here
Sam: What is it? Did you need some more water?
Marcus: Just a… a little water
Sam: Stop it!
[bucket clatters]
Marcus: Or what?
[Marcus yells]
Sam: (shouting) Help! Help! Please, help!
[Sam and Marcus grunt]
[Sam screams]
Sam: Help!
Marcus: Shut up!
Sam: Get off me! Help me!
Marcus: Shut up!
Sam: No. Please!
Marcus: Shut up!
Sam: Someone help me, please! Please, help! Help me! Get off of me!
Marcus: Shut up!
Sam: Get off me!
[screaming]
== Scene 30 ==
[Sam grunts]
Aris: Don’t!
Marcus: Attaboy. What do you have in mind?
[Aris coughs]
Marcus: I’m gonna tie you to a post and make you watch every day as she turns from a farm girl to a whore
[Aris growls]
[Marcus yells]
[soldiers laugh]
== Scene 31 ==
Faunus: Marcus, my good man… This all sounds nice, but you’re not gonna do anything. Not until I split this sapling myself
[Sam struggles]
Faunus: Then you may have her. Then you can all have her. 
[Sam groans in disgust]
[soldiers laugh]
[Sam sobs]
[Sam screams]
Aris: Get off her!
[shushing]
== Scene 32 ==
Kora: Stop!
[Kora pants]
Kora: Stop
Faunus: Dessert. (chuckles maliciously) Perfect. Definitely get her
[Sam sobs]
[soldier 1 groans]
[gun powers up]
[Sam grunts]
[all grunt]
[Kora yells]
[soldier screams]
[Kora yells]
[knife clinks]
[soldier 2 screams]
[both yell]
[gun powers up]
[groans]
[gun powers up]
Sam: Please
Faunus: I will kill her. Is that what you want? Huh? Huh? Ah, look who decided to join us. Kill her. Kill them both
[Sam whimpers]
[Sam grunts]
Faunus: What are you waiting for? I gave you an order. Kill this b…
== Scene 33 ==
[villagers gasp and murmur]
[villagers gasp]
[sighs]
Kora: We’re gonna have to fight
== Scene 34 ==
Hagen: Kora, you may need this. I found it at the site of the crash
Kora: I thought it was lost
Hagen: Our culture is not for such weapons
[guardian gun hums]
Hagen: I feared it could be dangerous
Kora: You were right. Thank you
Hagen: Where will you go?
Kora: There is someone, a general named Titus. Once a hero of the Realm who turned his own forces against those of the Motherworld. Last I heard, he was still out there somewhere. If I could find him and men for him to lead… Gunnar. Last year, in Providence, you sold grain to the resistance
Gunnar: Yes. I met a man there who introduced me to the insurgents. The Bloodaxes
Kora: Would he still know how to find them?
Gunnar: It’s possible
Kora: Then you’ll take me to him?
Gunnar: Of course I will
[uraki whinnying]
Gunnar: Hey! Bring down one more uraki!
== Scene 35 ==
Hagen: A general and an army? We might stand a chance. Be careful
[uraki grunts]
[uraki bellows]
Hagen: A safe journey… to the both of you
[urakis bellow]
[haunting music plays]
== Scene 36 ==
[haunting music continues]
[urakis snort]
[urakis bellow]
== Scene 37 ==
Gunnar: So you were a soldier for the Motherworld? Fighting for the Realm?
Kora: You could say that
Gunnar: Of high rank, I suppose?
[animals bay in distance]
Gunnar: I mean, are you wanted for desertion?
Kora: That and more
Gunnar: Okay
Kora: Anything else you wanna ask me?
Gunnar: They won’t just kill us, will they? I mean, I understand making an example of Sindri to keep us in line. But we’re just farmers, we’re not a threat. How can you know they will destroy us?
Kora: When they first came to my world, I was nine years old. They never asked for anything. There were no terms
== Scene 38 ==
[foreboding music plays]
Kora: (voice) Only the lust for destruction.
[people scream in distance]
[guns fire]
Kora: (voice) The Motherworld’s forces were commanded by a young general named Balisarius, who relished the ecstasy of combat
== Scene 39 ==
[explosion]
Kora: (voice) The people of my world had mounted a brave defense, but it had served only to enrage the young general and gave him provocation to take out that anger on the innocent
[people scream]
[explosion]
== Scene 40 ==
[knock echoes]
[menacing music plays]
Kora: (voice) I found myself face-to-face with Balisarius, who loved commanding his troops, not from the conning tower of his ships, but on the battlefield itself
[gun cocks]
[menacing music builds]
[young Kora yells]
[gun clicks] 
[solemn music plays]
Kora: (voice) Balisarius killed my entire family and took me with him. I don’t know why he spared me. Why, of the hundreds of thousands that died at his hands, he chose me to live. Saw something in me, I suppose. Someone to share in his pain
== Scene 41 ==
Kora: (voice) They gave me the name Arthelais, began my training and education in the histories of the Motherworld. And for five years, I lived on that ship with its soldiers, who were my only family. No softness. Only the hard lessons of war
[solemn music continues]
Kora: (voice) He took me often on missions of diplomacy, and I was his child. I was his protégé. I was his student
== Scene 42 ==
Kora: (voice) I was one of them. Daughter of a decorated commander. Friend to the King and the royal family. Living a life of privilege
[muted dialogue]
[soldiers cheer]
[cheering continues]
Kora: (voice) But regardless of my social standing, I was expected to do my duty. To fight for the Motherworld
[somber music plays]
Kora: (voice) At the Academy Militarium, they encouraged us to find a lover
== Scene 43 ==
Kora: (voice) Someone we would defend with our lives when the politics of expansion became too abstract, and the why of the conquest was lost in sheer savagery of combat
Kora: Come on! Let’s go! Come on!
[Kora yells]
[distorted gunfire]
Kora: (voice) So, at the age of 18, I was made an officer and given a command
[plasma fires]
[somber music continues]
[soldiers scream]
[loud explosionS]
[gun powers up]
[yelling echoes]
== Scene 44 ==
[rousing choral anthem plays]
[metal thuds]
Kora: (voice) I fought for the King on distant worlds under the banner of a people who murdered my entire family and destroyed my world. They had trained me, broken me, and rebuilt me in their image
== Scene 45 ==
Kora: I’m only telling you this so you know who I am. You asked how I know that they’ll destroy you. That’s what I would do
[thunder rumbles]
== Scene 46 ==
[ship engine rumbles]
PORT CITY OF PROVIDENCE/VELDT
[thunder rumbles]
[urakis snort and bellow]
[men shout in distance]
== Scene 47 ==
[men grunt]
Kora: Hawkshaws
[Hawkshaw grunts]
[man groans]
Kora: Bounty hunters. They work for the Imperium
[man groans]
Gunnar: Wait
[man screams]
Gunnar: Oh, no. That’s our guy. That’s the man we came to see. The one that introduced me to the Bloodaxes
Kora: Did the Bloodaxes give you any other way to contact them?
Gunnar: No. They said they were sheltered on a planet called Sharaan. Protected by a king named Levitica
Kora: Levitica. Come
== Scene 48 ==
[suspenseful music plays]
== Scene 49 ==
[indistinct chatter]
[creature chitters]
[warbles]
[Hawkshaw speaks Anurian]
[coins clink]
== Scene 50 ==
[speaks Anurian]
Kora: Carbost
[bartender speaks Xanadite]
Gunnar: Anyway, I think our best chance to find the Bloodaxes is to contact the Leviticans
Kora: It might expose us. First we find General Titus, then we’ll see about your rebels
[gags, clears throat]
Dash Thif: Is this your owner?
Kora: Move on. He’s not for sale
Dash Thif: Everything’s for sale in this place, so… (inhales sharply) how much? You know, I have a room upstairs… …with relatively clean sheets
Gunnar: That’s a very generous offer. But I don’t think so…
[Gunnar groans]
Dash Thif: I guarantee you, by morning, you’re gonna be begging me for more
Kora: I said, move on
[scoffs]
Dash Thif: Come on, Mama
[tense music plays]
Gunnar: Whoa, whoa, whoa
Dash Thif: Let him come and play
Kora: You need to leave
Dash Thif: Listen close, you jealous little bitch
[Gunnar yelps]
[bones crack]
[screams in pain]
[man yelps]
Kora: Now you listen close. I told you, you need to leave
[man groans]
[Kora yells]
[groans]
[patrons chatter indistinctly]
[patrons laugh]
== Scene 51 ==
Kora: I’m looking for information. Has anyone here heard of General Titus or know where he might be?
[indistinct chatter]
[creature squeals, chitters]
- Of course, General Titus. Crazy bastard. Turned his own men on the Motherworld’s forces (grunts) at the Battle of Sarawu
Kora: Do you know of his location?
- Last I heard, he was fighting in the coliseum at Pollux
[growls]
[creature chitters]
- I’d be careful if I were you, little miss. Last hunter who went looking for him ended up with his head on a pike outside the coliseum entrance as a warning not to bother him
[gasps]
[groans]
Kora: So, he’s on Pollux
Gunnar: That’s your plan?
Kora: That’s my plan. What?
Gunnar: Guess we need to find a ship to take us to Pollux
Kora: You’re catching on
== Scene 52 ==
Dash Thif: Hey! Bitch!
[chuckles]
Dash Thif: Oh. You should have killed me. Now you’re gonna die
Kora: I’m gonna give you one chance to just turn and walk away
Dash Thif: Uh-oh. Are you gonna give all of us one chance? 
[suspenseful music plays]
[gun cocks]
[patrons murmur]
[breathes steadily]
Dash Thif: Kill her
[gun powers up]
[bartender chatters]
[creature squeals]
[Gunnar grunts]
[Hackshaw screams]
[Gunnar groans]
[growls]
== Scene 53 ==
Kai: Impressive
Kora: Were those Hawkshaws that paid you working for the Motherworld? I don’t like bounty hunters
Kai: I didn’t ask. And to be clear, I don’t like bounty hunters either
Kora: So you’re a gun for hire?
Kai: No. That’s not my thing. I’m more of an opportunist, you might say
Kora: A real hero, huh?
[door opens]
Kai: Wait. Look. I heard you in there, trying to get to Pollux. I could help you
Gunnar: Oh, understand, we’re just simple farmers
Kora: We’re searching for soldiers for a fight against the Motherworld. We have some money, but this is not the one you get rich on
Kai: Aye, I understand. Still, pay me what it’s worth to you. Soldiers for a fight against the Motherworld? Well, my name’s Kai. Come on, my ship’s down at port
[thunder rumbles]
[suspenseful music plays]
== Scene 54 ==
[Tawau class freighter engine whirs]
[ship engine roars]
[dramatic music builds]
== Scene 55 ==
Kai: Right. Setting course for Pollux
[buttons click]
Kai: I need to stop on Neu-Wodi first. You know, there’s a rancher there. He has a man that might just work out for you
Kora: Is he worth our time? Because we can’t afford to waste any
Kai: I think you’ll like him. You ever been off-planet?
Gunnar: No
Kai: What did you do on the farm?
Gunnar: I oversee the harvest, and planting, cataloguing seeds, and making sure that…
Kai: That sounds great. You might want to hold on
[console beeps]
[ship engine whirs]
== Scene 56 ==
[ship engine roars]
[ship engine blasts]
Kai: Whoo! (laughs)
Gunnar: Whoa
[meteorites rumble]
== Scene 57 ==
[deep mechanical rumbling]
[cable clicks]
[breathes deeply]
[cable clicks]
[exhales deeply]
[loud banging on door]
Atticus: Come in
[door handle clicks]
Atticus: Oh, Cassius, it’s you. Good
Cassius: We received a communiqué from the Hawkshaws. They’re requesting to rendezvous with us. Apparently they’ve captured a creature that has important information about the insurgents, Devra Bloodaxe and her brother
Atticus: Bloodaxe? Huh. Well, that…
[creatures chitter]
Atticus: That’s excellent, Cassius. Inform me when they arrive
Cassius: Yes, sir
Atticus: Hey
== Scene 58 ==
[ship engine sputters]
FRONTIER HOMESTEAD/NEW - WODI
Hickman: Well, if it isn’t the bastard from Saaldorun
[man laughs]
Hickman: What brings you all the way out here?
Kai: I missed your smiling face
[man laughs]
Kai: You still got that man chained in the back?
Hickman: Tarak? Yeah, he’s working off his debt to me. Another couple dozen seasons, we should be square. What’s it to you?
Gunnar: You mind if we talk to him?
Kai: Could be a deal in it for ya
[bennu screeches]
Hickman: Well, if there’s money to be made…
== Scene 59 ==
Hickman: Hey! Hey! Tarak!
[metal sizzling]
Hickman: These people want to talk to you
Kora: (to Tarak) What got that chain on your leg?
Tarak: A long road of mistakes. But if you’re here to accuse me of crimes against the Motherworld, I’m guilty as charged. Take it up with him
Gunnar: No. That’s not why we’re here. We’re here from a small village, and we’re looking to hire some fighters to train and protect us against a force from the Motherworld
Tarak: I’m no friend of the Realm
Gunnar: Okay
Tarak: That’s well-known. And I’d gladly fight with you, but… I have a debt on my name, and I honor my debts
Kora: (to Hickman) What’s he owe you?
Hickman: Uh… 300,000 Darams ought to cover any inconvenience I’ve suffered
Kai: Oh, ya bollocks
Kora: We don’t have that kind of money
Hickman: No money. Well, I do love to gamble
Kai: Here we go
Kora: What’s the bet?
Hickman: If Tarak can break that creature out there, his debts are squared with me
[chain rattles]
Hickman: But if he don’t ride him, you all get a chain and a shackle. That’s the deal
== Scene 60 ==
Man: Grab it tighter!
[bennu screeches]
[suspenseful music plays]
- Watch it’s tail!
== Scene 61 ==
Kora: Can you ride him?
[bennu screeches]
Tarak: Yeah… I can ride him
== Scene 62 ==
[roars]
Man: Yank it hard! Don’t let him fight you like that!
[bennu screeches]
Man: Pull!
[roars]
Tarak: Drop your leads
- She’ll tear you apart
Tarak: Drop your leads and clear out now
Man: Suit yourself. Drop them
== Scene 63 ==
[bennu roars]
[bennu growls]
Tarak: (in Samandrait) I’m not going to hurt you
[bennu screeches]
Tarak: (in Samandrait) You’re far from home and so am I. See, you and I… …we are alike. We’ve been hurt. Betrayed. Our trust has been broken
[man inhales sharply, exhales]
Tarak: (in Samandrait) We both know fear. Yet, the biggest fear we both face… …is the fear of ourselves
[bennu growls softly]
[gentle music plays]
Tarak: (in English) That’s it. (in Samandrait) Let’s show them we’re not afraid. Let’s show them we’re more than the shackles that bind us
[bennu screeches]
Tarak: (in English) Easy. Easy. Easy. Let’s go. Let’s go
[exhales]
[bennu screeches]
[rhythmic percussive music plays]
[Kai gasps]
[bennu screeches in distance]
== Scene 64 ==
[Tarak grunts]
[bennu screeches]
== Scene 65 ==
[bennu screeches]
== Scene 66 ==
[Tarak yells, grunts]
== Scene 67 ==
[bennu screeches]
== Scene 68 ==
[grunts]
[screeches]
== Scene 69 ==
[bennu screeches]
[Tarak grunts, gasps]
[bennu screeches]
[Tarak laughs]
Tarak: Whoo!
== Scene 70 ==
Kai: There
[bennu squawks]
[bennu squawks]
== Scene 71 ==
[bennu squawks]
[bennu growls softly]
Tarak: Yeah. It’s okay
[bennu coos]
[chuckles]
== Scene 72 ==
Tarak: Hickman, I’ve done as you asked
Hickmaan: Your debt is square with me
[Hickman chuckles]
Tarak: Be good to her
[Hickman chuckles]
== Scene 73 ==
[Hickman grunts]
[bennu bellows]
[Hickman chuckles]
[Hickman chuckles excitedly]
== Scene 74 ==
[bennu screeches in distance]
[ship engine starts]
== Scene 75 ==
[bennu snarls]
[laughs]
[Hickman exclaims, laughs]
Men: Go! Get out!
Hickman: Hey!
[bennu screeches]
[groans]
Hickman: No. Hey. No. No
[snarls]
[screams]
[screaming stops]
== Scene 76 ==
Kai: Attagirl
Gunnar: Tarak! Let’s go
== Scene 77 ==
Kora: This was good. Anyone else you know of along the way?
Kai: I might have a couple ideas
[lever clicks]
== Scene 78 ==
COBALT MINING PLANET/DAGGUS
[dramatic music plays]
[lever clicks]
[elevator whirs]
== Scene 79 ==
[indistinct chatter]
== Scene 80 ==
Nemesis: So, what’s the job?
Kai: We represent a village on a small moon called Veldt. This village faces the threat of annihilation by the armies of the Motherworld. We are looking for warriors to join the fight to protect them. With your reputation, we thought it might be something you’d be interested in
- Nemesis, please, please
Nemesis: Hold her
- Help her. Please, please
[indistinct chatter]
== Scene 81 ==
[suspenseful music plays]
[Harmada growls softly]
[gasps softly]
Harmada: Stay back
Nemesis: I just want to talk. That’s all
Harmada: I’m clearly distressed, that’s true. But I’m not stupid. But I’m not stupid. I know why you’re here. You want the child
Nemesis: Yes, I do
Harmada: You can’t have this one. This one is mine
Nemesis: She has a mother who’s waiting for her. Who’s missing her
Harmada: And why should I care about that mother’s pain when no one is here for my pain?
[child whimpers]
Harmada: This was my home before they came. Taste the air. It’s poisoned my body. It weakens my eggs, and now, my children cannot emerge. I deserve justice
Nemesis: I understand. But this is not the way. There is a difference between justice and revenge
Harmada: Is there? I’m not so sure
Nemesis: I know a mother’s pain. I know the loneliness of that pain. But you can’t hurt that child. I won’t let you
Harmada: I believe you. But understand. I will kill this child
[child sobs]
Harmada: And I will keep killing until every mother weeps tears of regret for ever having come to the mines of Daggus
[snarling]
[Oracle steel blade swishes]
[screeches]
[snarls]
[child yelps]
[exclaims]
[Nemesis grunts]
[screeches]
[child whimpers]
[screeches]
[Nemesis yells]
[blades clank]
[Harmada screeches]
[tense music builds]
Gunnar: Shit!
[metal gauntlet powers down]
[Nemesis gasps]
== Scene 82 ==
[Harmada screeches]
Gunnar: Let’s go
[snarls]
[Nemesis grunts]
[Harmada screeches]
[snarls]
Gunnar: Come. Back up! Back up!
[child screams]
[child whimpers]
Gunnar: Come here
[screeches]
[blade slices]
[Harmada shrieks]
[blades hum]
[barb clatters]
[screeches]
[growls]
[Harmada screeches]
[Harmada wheezes]
[Nemesis pants]
[body thuds]
[somber music plays]
[child sobs]
== Scene 83 ==
Tarak: Wow. That was… that was amazing
Nemesis: Do not celebrate this. There’s no honor in this. This could easily be any of you lying here in the gutter of some forgotten world, in the name of revenge. You would do well to remember that
== Scene 84 ==
Kora: That was good of you earlier. With the child
Gunnar: I was just trying to help
Kora: Yes, but it’s not natural for some
Gunnar: It is for you. Back home, you saved Sam without hesitation
Kora: Kindness is a virtue worth dying for. I believe that. I didn’t always. I told you how I fought on countless worlds. Well, word of my victories reached my adopted father. And the King
== Scene 85 ==
[haunting choral music plays]
Kora: (voice) For my loyalty and service, I was promoted to the Elite Guard of the Royal Family. The appointment was engineered by my father
[birds chirp]
Kora: (voice) I couldn’t have known it was something more. I was given the honor of being the bodyguard to Princess Issa. The princess was named after an ancient Queen Issa, the Lifegiver. In the old stories of the queen, it was said that she had the power to give life. It seemed a myth or a metaphor created in response to the generations of war and conquest
[divine resonance]
Kora: (voice) Yet, the story still captured the imagination of the people. And it was believed that the princess, my princess, might have that same power. I saw on more than one occasion things that I… couldn’t explain
[bird chirps]
Kora: (voice) Things that made me think that she was different. Special
[captivating music plays]
[bird chirps]
== Scene 86 ==
Kora: The King once said to me…
[sniffles]
== Scene 87 ==
Slain king: When she becomes queen, I believe she’ll bring a compassion that I’ve lost after all these hard years of war
Kora: (voice) “It will be the dawn of something better”.
Slain king: I think your friendship makes her safer
Kora: (voice) That our friendship made her safer
== Scene 88 ==
Kora: I believed in her. In her kindness. I believed in her ability to save us
[melancholy music plays]
[sighs deeply]
== Scene 89 ==
[wind howls heavily]
GLADIATOR ARENA OF CASTOR/MOON OF POLLUX
[crowd cheers in distance]
== Scene 70 ==
[crowd shouts in distance]
[creature roars]
== Scene 71 ==
- The great General Titus
Kai: Thank you
== Scene 72 ==
Gunnar: Okay
[creature chitters]
Kai: Oof
[creature sniffles]
Gunnar: Are you sure this is a good idea?
Kora: Let’s clean him up and get him sober
Gunnar: Yeah, that’ll do it
Tarak: Come on
Gunnar: Come on
Kai: You got him
Tarak: Come on
Titus: Get off me! (yells)
== Scene 73 ==
Titus: What do you think you’re doing?
Kora: That’s enough. Thank you
== Scene 74 ==
Kora: Did you command the Eastern ranks for the Old King? Are you not General Titus? A legend
Titus: I don’t know what you’re running your mouth about. Why can’t you just leave me alone?
Kora: Because my best hope is that long-ago general is still in front of me
Titus: What do you want from me? My men are dead because of my surrender. I’m tired of reliving that nightmare every day. Now, please, leave me and let me die in peace
Kora: I don’t think you’re meant to die here… General
Titus: Stop calling me that. I have no rank, no privilege
Kora: I’m here to make you an offer. To give you a chance at redemption
Titus: I am beyond redemption
Kora: I have no time for pity! What about all the dead men you once commanded? What about them? If not redemption, what about revenge?
[dramatic music plays]
== Scene 75 ==
[ship engine booms]
[indistinct radio chatter]
[energy field warbles]
== Scene 76 ==
Atticus: This is the man who knows where the insurgents are?
Simeon: It is, sir
Atticus: Well, I’m listening
- You’ll let me go if I tell you what I know?
Atticus: I’ll set you free, you have my word
- I haven’t seen Devra Bloodaxe for a full season, but at the time they were on Sharaan, under the protection of a king called… Levitica
Atticus: Go on
- This was some time ago, but they were definitely there. Talk to him, to Levitica
Atticus: I certainly will. Thank you
[bolt gun hisses]
- Thought we had a deal!
Atticus: Yes, we did
[machinery clicks]
[system beeps]
Atticus: You’re free
[body thuds]
Atticus: Dissect his brain and see if we can find out any more information. Then we’ll go pay our respects to King Levitica
Cassius: Yes, Admiral. I’ll set a course for Sharaan
- Let’s go
== Scene 77 ==
[freighter engine rumbles]
HOME PLANET OF KING LEVITICA/SHARAAN
Levitica: (in Sharaanese) Your patience is appreciated and I can assure you… …Devra is aware of your presence. A decision when to receive you is imminent
Kora: (in Sharaanese) Thank you, Levitica, honored king. We await their arrival
[distant boom]
Gunnar: (in English) Look
[Bloodaxe fleet approaches]
[dramatic music plays]
== Scene 78 ==
Darrian: Farmer, why would you contact us from this unknown and flagless vessel?
Gunnar: I was assuming we had a level of trust after our last meeting
Devra: We bought your grain to feed our fighters
Darrian: Do not confuse your business of commerce with our business of revolution
Gunnar: I understand
Devra: Your coming here is a great risk to us all and to our benefactor. But we are no longer in need of your grain. King Levitica’s kindness has been more than enough to sustain us, so I suggest you leave immediately
Kora: We’re not here to sell grain. Gunnar’s village was visited by a Dreadnought that threatens its very existence. I have recruited these warriors and given my word to bring them back and defend the farmers. But we’re running out of time
Darrian: What? This handful? Against a Dreadnought?
Kora: That’s why we have come. You have men and ships. With you we could mount a real defense
Gunnar: And, of course, we can pay you with the surplus from our harvest. It’s all we’ve got
Devra: My forces against the King’s Gaze? That’s suicide. That ship cannot be destroyed by a few dozen fighters. That ship and the men aboard it are world destroyers. I’m sorry, it’s impossible
Kora: This man is not a revolutionary. He’s a simple farmer. But commerce or not, his people toiled with their bare hands to grow the grain that fed you. All of you! And because of that transaction, their village is now threatened by Admiral Noble, in pursuit of your revolution
[suspenseful music plays]
Darrian: I see. I will go
Gunnar: Thank you
Devra: Brother, a word
== Scene 79 ==
Devra: Our victories, what few there have been, have been tactical ones. We cannot fight in the open against the King’s Gaze
Darrian: If the farmer found us, it won’t be long before Noble does. And I will not allow another world to fall in our name
[Devra sighs]
Devra: And what of those you command?
Darrian: Their lives are theirs
Devra: Hmm
== Scene 80 ==
Darrian: These people, they’ve come to us with nowhere else to turn. They come… …seeking our help… …to stand against a Dreadnought of the Motherworld. Is that not what we stand for? Are they not who we once were? If we will not stand with these defiant farmers to protect their home, then the revolution is meaningless. Under free will, who among you is willing to die for what we believe rather than hide behind it? Milius. Why am I not surprised?
Milius: Who is going to make sure you’ll return in one piece, if not me?
== Scene 81 ==
Darrian: Thank Levitica and leave this planet
== Scene 82 ==
[Kai pats on back]
== Scene 83 ==
Darrian: Sister, until we meet again
[Darrian whistles]
== Scene 84 ==
Tarak: Maybe this isn’t suicide after all
== Scene 85 ==
[ship engines blast]
== Scene 86 ==
Kai: Why would he agree to help you?
Kora: Bloodaxe? You think they shouldn’t?
Kai: It just seems short-sighted. I mean, he weakens what little of whatever word you wanna use for it there is… Resistance, insurgency. For what, Kora? The chance to get obliterated by a Dreadnought?
Kora: Guilt, it’s a powerful thing
Kai: Aye, guilt. The underbelly of honor. I think I might’ve had that once. Honor. Would you believe that? It’s true. I mean, what do you figure? I got ten, fifteen more seasons at most, before I steal from the wrong man. Get stabbed to death by some dog-headed son of a bitch in a bar fight
[Kora chuckles]
Kai: It’s really your fault, anyway. Makin’ me wanna be an honorable man. If you had more resisting power to speak of, you wouldn’t need me to join you so badly
Kora: You’re willing to fight with us?
Kai: Since you’re beggin’
Kora: Kai, we’re not
Kai: Well, since you’re asking, then. If you’ll allow me
Kora: Wow
Kai: There is one complication. The shite in the cargo hold. I got buyers waiting in Gondival. Aren’t the kinds known for their patience. Might be wise to sever my ties to life as a thief before we go picking a fight with a Dreadnought. Besides, you said yourself you need me
Kora: I did not say that
Kai: I think you did. I’ll set the course and let ’em know we’re on our way. Oh, shit, does that make me one of the good guys?
[Kora chuckles]
== Scene 87 ==
[grunts, whimpers]
Levitica: (in Sharaanese) I beg you…
[distant explosion]
Levitica: (in English) Please! I’ve told you the truth. I have nothing more
Atticus: Right. (scoffs) The truth… …that you took them in, known enemies of the Motherworld, mended their wounds, repaired their broken ships, all out of your moral code of honor and charity
Levitica: Our civilization has lived and thrived for 10,000 years with honor and charity as its most valued tenets
Atticus: Yes. Yes, honor and charity. Do you see that? That ship is named the King’s Gaze. It was named to honor our slain father. So… honor I understand. Charity, I do not. Our King showed charity to an off-worlder like yourself and was slaughtered for his charity. So, we named the ship to remind us of the power in that benevolent gaze that was lost to charity. And to remember that, if by God’s will, that gaze should fall upon us and be held, for even the briefest of moments, it could change your life forever. Today, it falls upon you
[rousing choral anthem plays]
== Scene 88 ==
- We are cleared to engage
[systems beep]
- Confirmed
Commander: Fire at will
== Scene 89 ==
Cassius: Sir, we received a message from one of our Hawkshaws. They’re closing in on the Bloodaxes
Atticus: Ah. Finally, some good news. Well, prepare the hyperlaunch. I’ll go ahead and personally retrieve the treasonous dogs myself
[rousing choral anthem continues]
== Scene 90 ==
Cassius: And what orders for the King’s Gaze, sir?
Atticus: Well, once you’ve razed the planet, we’ll rendezvous, extract the exact location of the rest of the insurgents, and destroy them once and for all
Cassus: Yes, sir
[foreboding music plays]
[distant explosions]
== Scene 91 ==
UNREGISTERED TRADE DEPOT/GONDIVAL
[ships whir and hum]
[mechanical rumbling]
== Scene 92 ==
Gunnar: I’m pretty sure Kai said these boxes
Titus: We’ve got one
Gunnar: Okay
Kai: Aye, just take the gray ones. They’re all marked
Gunnar: All right
Kai: For God’s sake, don’t look inside. I’d hate you to think less of me
[ventilators hiss]
[ventilators stop]
== Scene 93 ==
Kai: Ho! Where do you want them?
- There’s space behind the bridge
Kai: Done
== Scene 94 ==
Kai: All right, put them the other side of the bridge. Aye, let’s unload and get off this godforsaken rock. I’ll be happy to leave this life behind
Kora: Good
== Scene 95 ==
[indistinct announcement on PA]
Hackshaw: Just wanna make sure that one’s on the manifest
[crate thuds]
[ship engines whoosh]
Darrian: Pilots! Once you tie off those ships, see if you can get some fuel. And you two, keep eyes from above!
[ship engine blasts]
== Scene 96 ==
[ominous music plays]
== Scene 97 ==
Kai: How we lookin’?
Hackshaw: Everything is done
Kai: All right, let’s move
Hackshaw: Yes
== Scene 98 ==
[comms beeps]
Hackshaw: On your mark
== Scene 99 ==
Kora: This isn’t right
[explosions]
[exoskeleton clanks]
[Kora screams]
[Darrian grunts, struggles]
[Nemesis grunts]
[blades clatter]
[Titus grunts]
[Hackshaws clamor]
Kai: On your knees
[Gunnar grunts]
Kai: Now is not the time to be a hero
[breathes heavily]
[King’s Gaze rumbles]
Kora: When?
Kai: On Veldt, in Providence, the first time I heard your story. Thought with your ideals of resistance I could round up a couple of heads. Tarak for instance. His world enslaved. Then there was Nemesis. Her whole family slaughtered. But. General Titus? Have you any idea how much he alone is worth? They would’ve all jumped at the chance to exact any small vengeance against the Realm. Even if the payment was only a sack of grain. Then there was you. Kora. Or should I call you Arthelais? The biggest prize of them all. Do you know what the Motherworld did to my planet? They didn’t just destroy it. They tortured every man, woman, and child. Left them clingin’ to life as they turned them to ash from low orbit. You know what that taught me? Never set foot on the wrong side of history
Kora: Is that what you think we’re doing?
Kai: No. You’ve chosen the side that doesn’t even make it to the history books
Kora: What happened to honor?
Kai: What did happen to it?
Kora: Piece of shit
== Scene 100 ==
Atticus: Well, who all have we got here? Who indeed? Commander Bloodaxe. Leader of the very insurgency the King’s Gaze was sent to this backwater of the galaxy to capture. He alone will secure my seat in the Senate. I would be remiss if I failed to mention we are in the presence of royalty. Tarak Decimus. Or should I say Prince Tarak? (scoffs) General Titus. Needs no introduction, does he? His actions at the Battle of Sarawu precede him. The farmer. The ambitious farmer. I pride myself on never being surprised. And yet, here I am. I understand why all of them are here… but you. What could you have possibly hoped to gain by mounting such a… feeble stand? Tell me. Oh, yes. The legendary swordswoman known only by the name of Nemesis. Assassinated 16 high-ranking Imperial officers and their security details. All in a hunt to avenge her slaughtered children. Oh… of course
[gun clatters]
Atticus: Now I thought I recognized something in you, down in that filthy village. Out there, amongst all those simple people, the most wanted fugitive in the known universe. Scargiver. Arthelais. Do you know what you’ve done for me, Arthelais, truly? Assembling yourself as such? When I lay your bodies at the foot of the Regent, I’ll be a hero of the Realm. They’ll write songs of my feats of courage
Kai: It’s not like I didn’t do all the work
Atticus: Let’s move this along, shall we?
Kai: Let’s transport them paralyzed, in case anyone’s feeling frisky. (to Gunnar) On your feet. I’ve got a job for you
Gunnar: Look… (grunts) Okay, okay
== Scene 101 ==
[gun clicks]
[Gunnar exclaims]
Kai: You play your cards right, you at least might make it out of this alive
Gunnar: You’re sick
Kai: And you’re a coward. All you have to do is pull the trigger
Gunnar: I won’t do it
Kai: Yes, you will. You can do it. Just pull the trigger
[machinery clicks, crackles]
[system beeps]
Kai: I know you’re in love with her
[Gunnar sighs]
Gunnar: Kora
Kora: (whimpers) Gunnar
Gunnar: I’m so sorry
Kai: You can do it
[gun loads, fires]
[Kora gasps]
[gun powers up]
[Hackshaws screams]
== Scene 102 ==
[Kora grunts]
[yelling]
== Scene 103 ==
[machinery clicks]
[Nemesis grunts]
[Hackshaw yells]
[Darrian grunts]
[Darrian grunts]
[soldier yells]
Darrian: Pilots! To your ships!
== Scene 104 ==
[system beeps]
== Scene 105 ==
[TM87 battle rifle fires]
== Scene 106 ==
[scanner beeps]
== Scene 107 ==
Pilot: Cut me loose! We gotta go!
== Scene 108 ==
[system beeps]
== Scene 109 ==
[screams]
[yelling]
== Scene 110 ==
[grunts]
[King’s Gaze cranks]
[grunts]
[soldiers groan]
== Scene 111 ==
[yells]
[yelling]
[alarm blares]
== Scene 112 ==
Milius: (screaming) No!
[yelling]
== Scene 113 ==
[yells]
[King’s Gaze creaks]
[yelling]
== Scene 114 ==
[growls]
[both grunt]
[metal clangs]
[growls]
[Kora gasps]
[Kora groans]
[Kora grunts, pants]
[Kora yells]
[yelps]
[Kora grunts]
[grunts]
[Noble yells]
[Kora grunts]
[both grunt]
[Kora yells]
[Kora grunts]
[groans loudly]
[bones crack]
[Noble screams in pain]
[Noble groans]
[bones crack]
[Kora pants]
[Noble groans]
[cackles]
Atticus: This is perfect
== Scene 115 ==
[haunting violin music plays]
[distant explosion]
[exhales deeply]
== Scene 116 ==
Tarak: They gave their lives for us
Milius: They believed in their cause. What better thing to die for? And I should have died with them
Tarak: I know a thing or two about the guilt of carrying on when those you’ve sworn to fight with are gone. Honor them. With everything that you can from now. Carry them
[Tarak shouts]
[Gunnar grunts]
Titus: This was a blow to the Motherworld, what we did this day. Criminals, nobodies, standing against a machine of war. This small act of defiance gives voice to the voiceless. This is more than just a fallen prick officer and some of his men. It’s the beginning of something
Nemesis: What will they do now?
Kora: The crews of the Imperium are not known for their bravery. After the death of an admiral, protocol will demand the ship’s return
Gunnar: That’s good
Titus: We still get paid, I presume?
Kora: A deal is a deal. Payment awaits us on Veldt
Tarak: I owe you thanks, Gunnar. You know, I never did trust that pilot
Kora: We all owe him thanks. He saved us
== Scene 117 ==
[urakis bellow]
Titus: I’ve been wondering. Is what that dead bounty hunter said true? That you’re Arthelais?
Kora: Kai was a liar and a thief who nearly sold you all for a profit. Anything more you want, General?
Titus: Don’t call me General
Kai: Hey, you see it? There. That’s our village. Home
Kora: Home. I never had a place to put to the word
Tarak: It’s almost a shame you killed that son-of-a-bitch Noble and we don’t have to fight. This would’ve been a beautiful place to die
Kora: Yes, it would
Kai: Let’s go
== Scene 118 ==
[dreadnought rumbles]
== Scene 119 ==
Technician 1: Ready him for transmission. Balisarius is standing by
Technician 2: Sir, should we stabilize him first?
Technician 1: No, we will not keep the Regent waiting. Neurolink
[cable clinks]
Technician 2: Link is established
[fluid gurgles]
Technician 1: Connection complete. Signal is strong
[astral energy pulses]
Technician 1: Send him
[Neurolink powers up]
[electricity crackles]
== Scene 120 ==
[astral energy crepitates]
Atticus: Master. Belisarius. I have found her. I have found Arthelais. The Scargiver
Belisarius: You’re certain it’s her?
Atticus: I am, my Lord. She was in the company of the disgraced General Titus and Darrian Bloodaxe. We are close to capturing them
Belisarius: Tell me, Commander. Did you think that this would be good news? That my daughter, Arthelais, one of the most dangerous and decorated warriors in the history of armed conflict, is now part of a blossoming insurgency? I’m supposed to be happy that she’s joined forces with the genius battlefield commander, General Titus?
Atticus: Sir, she is within our grasp. Let me bring you her head
[royal staff thuds]
[ice shatters]
[energy crackles]
Belisarius: In truth, I fear the head most endangered here is yours. You will crush this insurgency to the last man, do you hear me? And then you will capture my daughter alive and bring back my precious child to me. So that I may crucify her in the shadow of the Senate. If you cannot bring her to me, then the one whose public execution will send shivers down the spines of the senators, and whose screams will echo down its marbled halls will be yours
[royal staff thuds]
[energy pulses]
== Scene 121 ==
Technician 1: Did he make it back?
Technician 2: I don’t know. I have no heartbeat or brain function
Technician 1: Hit him with everything
[Neurolink powers up]
[electricity crackles]
[rapid beeping]
[screams]
END PART ONE
[rousing choral anthem plays]
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