[ Electricity crackling ]
[ Tanker groaning ]
Sandoval: Give me an update.
Tate: We've got contact. The subspace frequency signal is getting stronger.
Sandoval: Are we locked in on their frequency? Good. Transmit the landing coordinates.
Tate: Some roll of the dice you've made here. I wouldn't have done it.
Sandoval: Of course not. That would require taking the long view.
You seem tense, boss.
It's called focus, Tate. Prepare for arrival.
[ Whooshing and blasting ]
Where is it?
What happened?
Tate: She came under some sort of energy fire.
I don't know from where, but it's not earth based.
Sandoval: Pull up all quadrants; I want full global coverage!
Tate: There she is! She's in a free fall descent over east Rostok. She's out of control.
[ Wind whistling ]
[ Engine whirring ]
Commander Kosygin: Call chairman Federov, immediately!
[ Engines sputtering ]
[ Zapping ]
[ Automatic weapons firing ]
Da'an: Mr. Federov, what are you offering us?
Federov: Let us just say it is something of enormous technological value on the free market.
Liam: Tell us what you have, we'll tell you if we're interested.
Federov: Words are hardly suitable, major, which is why I am holding a private auction.
Da'an: I seriously doubt that we would be interested in any technology of human origin.
Federov: Such assumptions, may prove detrimental to you and your kind.
Liam: I'll bet you love a game of chess.
What cultured russian does not? So, please, major, impress upon your Taelon masters that I have trapped their knight, and taken two pawns. Your move.
Da'an: As you say, he is a criminal.
Liam: After the new russian republic collapsed, he brought all the crime factions together and moved his entire operation to antarctica. Backed by a massive nuclear arsenal, Federov must be taken seriously.
Da'an: Yes. Thank you, Liam.
[ Gasping ]
[ Whooshing ]
Renee: Mumm, beluga, my favourite.
Liam: Still smells like fish eggs to me.
Renee: Vodka will neutralize that.
Federov: Spaceeba. A hearty welcome to all of my colleagues. What you are about to see was recently discovered within our sovereign territorial borders and is now the sole property of the free republic of Rostok.
[ Electronic sputtering and whirring ]
[ Excited chattering ]
Renee: How did he get a hold of a Taelon shuttle?
Federov: Ladies and gentlemen, I offer you a genuine Taelon shuttle craft. For sale. Despite the exterior damage, The interstellar drives and navigational controls are intact.
Liam: Where is the craft?
Federov: Safe and secure, here in Rostok. Ah. How could I forget? It comes with a special bonus... ...A highly effective weapon, as several of our soldiers will attest. Opening bids for all items begin at ten billion north american dollars.
Sandoval: I demand a halt to these proceedings. These items are Taelon property and this auction is in violation of the earth-Taelon accord.
Federov: The republic of Rostok, sir, does not recognize any such accord.
Sandoval: I want to make this clear. Any bid on these items will be considered an act of aggression against the Taelons and you will be held accountable.
Where do you think you are, agent Sandoval, an interrogation room aboard the mother ship? Your badge and bravado will not serve you here. Although I thank you for clearing the weak of heart from these proceedings. Now, any one interested in some fresh air or a weapon demonstration, please follow commander Kosygin.
Sandoval: Don't tell me doors international is entering the bidding?
Liam: I was just asking her the same thing.
Renee: It's just business.
Sandoval: Business that could undermine our companions' interests.
Renee: They don't sign my pay cheque. So, don't confuse your loyalties with mine.
Federov: Miss Palmer, I am Mikael Federov. I am glad to see that Joshua Doors shares his father's passion for all things Taelon.
Doesn't everyone?
Federov: Perhaps, at some point, we can share a private moment. If you will excuse me. Major?
Liam: No matter how you dress him up, he's still a thief.
Renee: Uh-huh.
Zu'or: Totally unacceptable. I want that shuttle returned immediately.
Sandoval: For the moment, that is impossible, short of going to war with Rostok.
Then war it shall be.
May I remind you of their nuclear arsenal?
We have shields and countermeasures against such weapons.
Yes, but earth does not.
Pity.
And the shuttle passengers?
Both dead... ...Probably the resistance members who stole the craft.
You have not verified their identities?
No.
Nor the location of the shuttle?
No.
Has the word "no" become your mantra?
No. I did manage to get digital coverage of the auction.
Federov: A highly effective weapon.
Sandoval: Have you seen it before? Is it Taelon?
Zu'or: Far too primitive, But worth examining. Contact Federov, Make a pre-emptive bid for everything.
Sandoval: I doubt he will be interested. My sources report that bidding has been furious.
Zu'or: Find out what it will take to end this nonsense.
Augur: The Shuttle was brought down by an external blast.
Liam: It could be a sam, but that would leave fragmentation.
Augur: There are two sets of tracks leading from the crash site.
Renee: Human or Taelon?
Augur: Hard to say. Take a look at this.
Liam: Is that oil?
I can only do a crude spectral analysis, at this point, but it definitely is organic.
Renee: A missing shuttle was flown by captain marquette, right?
Liam: She flew it back to the mother ship before she died. Officially, it was destroyed.
Officially?
Augur: We don't know what happened. We may never know.
Liam: Federov will have massive security at the crash site.
Renee: We have to get into his compound.
Any ideas?
Augur: I ran through Rostok's inventory. They bought a couple of I.D. Portals off the black market.
Liam: Could be useful in getting past security.
Renee: Federov will let me in through the front door. Maybe I can leave the back door open.
Tate: How did it go?
Sandoval: Zu'or thinks every man has his price.
Can't argue with that.
It buys us time. First, we get the shuttle back. Then we get some resistance corpses out of cryo., Strap them in.
How do we retrieve the shuttle?
Find a back channel into Rostok. I want to deal with Federov directly and off the record.
Tate: It may take hard currency to grease those wheels. If Zu'or --
Everything is under control.
What the hell is that?
This is the Taelon's achilles heel.
Will this keep our beloved companions in line?
[ Whooshing ]
Federov: Welcome.
Renee: So, is it show and tell time?
Federov: You requested a private tour, you shall have it.
Commander Kosygin: Excuse me, chairman Federov.
Federov: One moment, please.
Kosygin: We have swept the crash area. No sign of the fugitives.
Widen the perimeter, keep looking.
Yes, sir.
[ Electronic twittering ]
Chairman Federov wanted me to inspect the shuttle.
This way.
[ Wind whistling ]
Augur: Are you back from the cold with virtue still intact?
Renee: Barely. Who said wolves don't live in antarctica? So, what do we have?
Liam: Jaridians.
On earth?
They were shot down by a Taelon energy cannon.
Renee: Taelon... This could be the opening salvo of a Taelon Jaridian war.
Liam: We may have wounded Jaridians on the loose.
Augur: The identity code on the fuselage confirms that the shuttle was Lili's.
Renee: She gave it to the Jaridians before she died.
Augur: Why would she do that?
Renee: She would never accept defeat at the hands of the Taelons. Maybe she sent the shuttle, on autopilot, to the Jaridians as a calling card to join our fight.
Augur: Fantasy.
Liam: Lili and I fought alongside a Jaridian. We both felt that his species was closer to humanity than a Taelon could ever be.
Augur: Talk to me after the war is over.
Liam: Okay, if a Jaridian invasion is coming, why aren't the Taelons sounding a call to arms?
Meanwhile, Federov widens his search for survivors.
Federov: Nice to see you again, agent Sandoval. Last time was such a pleasure. Please....
Sandoval: The Taelons want to make a pre-emptive bid for the shuttle and its contents.
Contents?
Two Jaridian casualties and two escaped survivors.
How did you learn of the Jaridians, if I may ask?
You may not. The highest bid currently stands at 15 billion. I am authorized to offer you 20 Billion to close this now.
Federov: No. You must understand, Rostok has 20 territorial commissars who all demand an equal share.
Sandoval: The final offer is 20 billion.
Very well.
However, you and I can come to a mutually beneficial arrangement, One you won't have to share. Say, another billion, in gold?
Sandoval: Regarding the Jaridian casualties
Tate: We'll make an exchange.
Sandoval: I will provide you with the bodies of two former resistance members which you will deliver to the Taelons, along with the shuttle craft and weapon. As for the fugitives you will delive them to me. Alive.
Federov: And here I assume you are an ordinary opera check.
Do we have a deal?
Yes, we have a deal.
Tate: Nice serve and volley boss. But where will you get a billion in gold?
Sandoval: The same place Zu'or gets his. He holds the largest reserve of gold in the world. His only mistake was making me his accountant.
Liam: All is quiet on the Taelon front. If there is a battle on the horizon, They're playing it cool.
Augur: I refined my analysis Of the blood samples from the shuttle. There's human blood in the mix, Liam! Look! It's Lili!
Augur, I saw her. She was dead.
No, no, no, she's alive! Look! Check it out. The data doesn't lie, look for yourself.
Renee: Queen to king four. Check.
Federov: I will need a moment to study this.
Ah, we don't have a lot of time.
And why don't we?
I know there were passengers on the shuttle, Jaridian passengers. Two dead, two more running around out there.
And what else do you know?
Obviously, you want to drive the price up as high as you can for the shuttle and the Jaridians.
Obviously.
Which is why you neglected to mention the Jaridians to your bidders. Selling them separately would improve your cash flow.
You continue to review my own strategies for me. Do you have, a proposition of your own?
Go public with the Jaridian corpses. Suggest they were attempting to make peaceful contact when the Taelons shot them down. That will drive the synod berserk. They'll pay anything to put this behind them.
Federov: But that would put you... Doors international out of the running.
Please, they don't own me. I'm looking for, a piece of the action, Mikael. You want my help, my contacts, my advice, I'm yours for ten per cent.
Where have you been all my life?
Jaridian: You have a fever.
Lili: Among other things. I'm so sorry things turned out this way.
Wasn't it you who taught me to hope?
[ Blasting ]
Awe have to move.
[ Beeping ]
Liam: Augur, what is it now?
Augur: Sue me for being anxious. Was Lili cloned?
I'll see if Sandoval was near the bio-surrogate lab at the time of her death.
Disappearance.
Wait a second. I've got a jane doe with an incomplete requisition Signed off by Vosser... Erica Vosser.
You know her?
She assisted Sandoval with Lili's final arrangements. She was also in charge of the prisoners we busted loose.
You mean the ones at the warehouse, downtown?
The one they blew up.
Get ready, I'll meet you there.
Federov: The bodies of two Jaridians were found inside the shuttle. They were shot down by a Taelon energy cannon.
Da'an: Perhaps you can tell me, Zu'or. Did you give the order to shoot down the shuttle before contact had been established? So, it is possible that these Jaridians could have been emissaries on a mission of peace.
Zu'or: In our shuttle? What a preposterous conclusion.
That is not for you to assume.
You and those of like mind fail to grasp the simple fact that it is not within Jaridian nature To embrace a peaceful coexistence.
Sandoval: Federov is seriously considering your offer, Zu'or.
I can now confirm that the shuttle craft up for auction was the one piloted by captain Lili marquette.
Zu'or: Evidently, her zeal was boundless.
[ Global beeping ]
Sandoval: Has the security team at the washington assembly been reassigned?
Tate: Yep, you've got them all to yourself. Lucky you.
Augur: This is where vosser held the resistance prisoners. If Lili was here, we should get a hit on her dna.
Liam: How did she end up on a Taelon shuttle, with Jaridians?
Augur: What if the Taelons sent her on a peace mission, as an envoy?
Liam: What are you talking about? She tried to blow up the mother ship!
Augur: I'm not giving up on her. I can't.
[ Monitor beeping ]
Liam... ...Lili's. She's out there, Liam. I know it.
[ Wind howling ]
Commander Kosygin: Get him medical transport! Secure the area! Look for tracks! I want a directional! Move it! Sir, we are narrowing the perimeter. If this weather breaks, we'll have them.
Augur: I've blanketed Rostok, there's no trace of Lili.
Liam: The fugitives must be on a military snowmobile.
Augur: Ya So?
Liam: It would be equipped with a mobile field radio.
Probably
So, what about a closed military band frequency?
Augur: If she sent a signal, she would give away her position.
Liam: Augur, have you checked the weather in Rostok? Right now she's risking death by exposure.
Augur: Okay, I guess it's our only hope.
[ Tapping ]
Lili: Mayday... This is captain...
Liam: Video?
Augur: There's no video.
Liam: Turn it up.
Lili: ...Captain marquette.
Lili: Augur, major, I'm in the southern sector of Rostok.
Lili: It's Lili! Coordinates Alpha-seven-nine. My companion is critical, We're both hurt, Vehicle disabled. Can you read?
Liam: Lili, just hang on!
Lili: Vorjak, get down...
Augur: Lili! Lili, come in! Lili!
Liam: They got her.
[ Clanging ]
Sandoval: Congratulations, commander Kosygin, on a successful search operation. Load the balance of the gold and our business is finished.
Federov: If anything is out of order, You will hear from us again. Spaceeba, gentlemen.
[ Clanging ]
Sandoval: All right, get them prepped. Welcome back, captain. I trust you had an enlightening journey.
Lili: Never thought I'd live to say this, Sandoval, but, finally you did something right.
Release him. Welcome back to earth, Vorjak.
Vorjak: Who fired on us?
Taelons.
Then Zu'or knows we are here.
Sandoval: Zu'or knows that two Jaridians, both dead, tried to enter earth's atmosphere In a stolen shuttle.
Vorjak: You have done your species proud, agent Sandoval. And the female you provided us, She is quite extraordinary.
Sandoval: Yes, I would have to agree. However, the risks involved in this undertaking Leave me questioning whether it's worth it.
Vorjak: Without her, Without this joining, Jaridia is doomed. Our accelerated metabolism is destroying our ability to procreate.
Your species will be barren like the Taelons.
No, not like the Taelons. They evolved into pure intellect, And have lost their desire to procreate.
So, a hybrid is the only answer?
Yes, for us. The Jaridian high command will not forget your actions when the great crossing takes place.
I expect noth g less. I suggest we tend to your wounds and proceed immediately.
Of course. And where is the Taelon?
[ Gasping ]
[ Electronic twittering ]
[ Buzzing ]
[ Gasping ]
Commander Kosygin: Shall we continue to monitor Agent Sandoval?
Federov: No, I don't care what he does with the fugitives. Resume standard patrol. No need to raise suspicions among our regional commissars.
My unit will disembark at Ross Island.
From there, proceed to the cayman islands with the gold. I expect deposit confirmation in 72 hours.
You shall have it, chairman.
Renee: Well, well... ...You are a slippery siberian snake.
Federov: Thank you, Renee.
Interesting move. I wonder what your associates will think when they find out you're making deals on the side. Queen to queen's knight, three, Check.
Are you threatening me?
Do I have to?
May I remind you that you are an advisor, not my keeper.
Oh, Mikael, I'm more than that, at least ten per cent more. So why don't you tell me all about it? How much gold is on its way to the cayman islands right now? I'll tell you what.
What?
I'm willing to forgo my commission In exchange for a little information.
Information? The location where Sandoval is holding the fugitives?
We're on the same page.
Yes. His longitude and latitude. For my Queen.
Federov: Renee... ...Sandoval is well armed. Whatever your intentions, I think you should be, too.
Who said diamonds are a girl's best friend.
Renee: I count 6 up top. Captain marquette and the Jaridian are probably in the cargo hold.
Liam: Help me out. Sandoval pays of Federov for the Jaridian and Lili. How, with Taelon money?
Not with his own, not on his salary.
Liam: If he's a courier for Zu'or, Why aren't they on the mother ship, under interrogation?
You tell me.
Either Zu'or wants to keep them under wraps, or Zu'or doesn't know a thing about this.
Renee: Old ronnie's done an end-around on the Taelons. He sent the Jaridians the shuttle.
Yeah, with a sacrificial lamb, Lili, A pilot who could fly it back.
Vorjak: What is her temperature?
Tate: It's 104, we're pumping fluids. We'll bring it down.
You may know your medicine, but you do not know mine. Leave us!
Lili: I warned you, vorjak. Sandoval changed my blood so that I could never come back.
Lili, the transfusions you were given were of my blood, My biology, to prepare you.
Tate: Prepare her for what?
Sandoval: She is with child, His. Captain Lili marquette Is mother savior to the Jaridians.
Tate: Her temp. Has hit 105!
Lili: Vorjak!
Vorjak: Humans cannot neutralize Jaridian hyper-metabolic agents. She needs the Taelon energy that allows them to live for centuries. We must infuse her with it immediately or the fetus will die! Lili will die! Where is the Taelon!
Sandoval: The Taelon is right here, vorjak, ready and waiting.
[ Clattering ]
[ Monitor beeping ]
Lili: I'm dying, vorjak. I know it.
Vorjak: No. The Taelon energy infusion will stabilize you. Then, the hybrid, Our child will be born. The first Jaridian human.
Tate: What have we, here? That was impolite.
Liam: Let her go.
[ Gunfire ]
[ Gunfire ]
Sandoval: Seal the hull.
[ Muffled blasting ]
[ Gunfire ]
What is it?
[ Blasting ]
Ah!
[ Blasting ]
[ Blasting ]
[ Zapping ]
Sandoval: Tate, report!
Sandoval: Everything is under control. Proceed.
[ Energy shilling ]
[ Shilling ]
[ Energy shilling ]
[ Blasting ]
[ Crashing ]
[ Gasping ]
Renee: You okay?
Liam: Ah! Yeah. Lili... What is happening?
Lili: I'm changing, Liam, the final metamorphosis before I become a Jaridian mother.
[ Gasping ]
Renee: Fever is spiking, Vitals are critical. She's dying.
Da'an: You come in peace, Yet death remains rooted in your methods. Do you expect captain marquette To make the ultimate sacrifice for this hybrid child? ...This Jaridian solution?
Lili: No, he doesn't.
Da'an: Then, I have been anointed.
Liam: What? What are you talking about, Da'an?
Lili: This child is Jaridian and human. If it is to survive, Then Da'an must be sacrificed.
