01x16 - Reminiscence

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COPERNICUS

BOTTOM-LEVEL DISTRIC

[Jack] I lost my family

the day the Orbital Elevator

was destroyed.

And I lost my best friend

in the w*r that attack began.

[somber music plays]

[exhales]

I'll never let anybody forget

what the Moon Chains did.

You're just talking nonsense,

claiming these crimes are

for the benefit of liberation on the Moon.

- But in the end, you're just--

- Jack.

Let me ask you, do you trust Sapientia?

The citizens of Earth

wear expensive clothing,

eat their perfect meals,

and have their heads

filled with propaganda.

All that ambition and hate with no outlet.

All the waste

they shed through their lives.

Everything's dumped on the Moon.

All by recommendation of Sapientia.

Our Moon will never know true peace.

All that blooms are the seeds of conflict.

In fact, Jack,

you may never have learned that truth

if you hadn't come to the Moon

at all, you see?

Time and time again,

we brought up peace talks.

But the people of Earth, they

Sapientia said

that successfully negotiating

Earth-Moon peace talks

was statistically impossible.

So, what else were we supposed to do?

That's why--

[Jack] That's your excuse

for k*lling all those people on Earth?

[Phil] No!

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It isn't like that, Jack. Hear me out.

You must You must know the whole truth

about who we are.

And why, on that day,

all those people

were allowed to burn to ashes in hellfire.

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Hm.

[footsteps approach]

[Harbinger] Something isn't right.

Uh-huh. You mean that femme fatale?

General Pitter was

supposedly k*lled by her.

Yeah, I'm aware, okay!

I know we caught her too easily too.

Ugh, ladies like that,

we never seem to get along too well.

You know the kind.

[uneasy music plays]

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[young Mary] Joseph,

can you change the water?

[gasps]

He's awake.

Doctor! The guy woke up!

[grunts]

[young Mary] Your arm must hurt.

As best as we could,

we tried to take care of it, but

[Whiz-B beeps]

Whiz.

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[Phil] A new family.

Whiz and I really loved living there.

Until, one day.

- [Phil] Mary, find cover!

- Phil, wait!

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[g*nf*re]

[Phil] I did whatever I could to survive.

All just because

You I desperately had to see you again.

I lost so much.

Finally, after a long journey,

I made it to my destination.

Where it all started.

The spaceship where we both grew up.

The Abaddon.

[uneasy music plays]

And then I finally understood.

The meaning behind my existence.

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And your existence.

[beeping]

[exhales]

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[Skylum] Your Engrave suit

has been confiscated.

Incredible technology.

A great deal more advanced

than what we have here.

You're Robert Jefferson Skylum.

[Skylum] Don't bother looking to escape.

This cage was specially made.

I understand the Joint Army uses them

for people they define as aberrations.

You're desperate, aren't you?

So bent on protecting your land

that you all become monsters.

I seem to recall it was you

who declared w*r on the Moon first.

On the advice of that damn Sapientia.

Have you ever considered

its true intentions for humanity?

[Skylum scoffs]

I guess you wouldn't be here if you had.

[Rhys] Shut your mouth!

I don't need to hear that

from someone like you. How dare you?!

You've k*lled millions of people

since that attack two years ago.

And despite all your grand preaching,

you're nothing but a t*rror1st!

You've m*rder*d people I love.

You have a point, Rhys.

I take responsibility for triggering this.

[gasps]

Well, there's no point

in repeating it to you.

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Besides

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SEED1, the first artificials were created.

Your species.

[gasps]

[Phil] You were part of the first attempt

to create a humanoid species

suitable for long-term space exploration.

You're a unique being,

with a gene sequence

designed by Sapientia.

[gasps] SEED1?

So, wait, does that mean you're

I'm part of SEED2.

I was your backup.

[exhales]

However, there is a big difference

between the two of us.

What difference?

You depend on the other SEEDs.

Your genes harness their power

to accelerate things around you.

Or slow them down.

But without other SEEDs around,

you're no different

from an ordinary human.

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I think you know what I'm talking about.

I do not have that same power.

There is one more thing, Jack.

I discovered your hidden command

on the Abaddon.

[Jack gasps] Hidden command?

[Jack exhales sharply]

[Phil] You had, programmed

within your DNA, a digital poison pill.

As a fail-safe mechanism,

it was made to trigger the Abaddon's

self-destruct sequence.

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You were a backdoor.

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So you're saying

the command that you found

Coming back to you now?

Right. With the help of Whiz,

I was able to dig up that command.

With the help of my right arm.

You, Jack,

were the security vulnerability needed

to strike that arrogant

artificial intelligence down at its core.

That day,

when the Orbital Elevator came down,

that wasn't us.

That whole attack

was Sapientia's doing.

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[Mary] Hey, Jack!

Wait up, come on! Hey!

[Jack grumbles]

Get out of my way, Mary.

No! Rhys will be fine, okay?

Just let Phil do this.

You're really going to complicate things

if you jump in there now.

Hey, it'll be okay.

Besides, at least she's probably safe

inside that cell.

What? That woman's

Jacob's girlfriend, really?

Yeah. She's denying everything, though.

It's pretty surprising.

She's a lot more abrasive

than I thought she would be.

She's abrasive in a manner

so much more refined

than what we're accustomed to with you,

I might add.

- [Windy yells]

- [Skylum] Don't be fooled by her demeanor.

He's right. That woman

is surely hiding something.

Although she's more or less locked down

in that super cell thing.

Maybe she came here hoping to find Jacob?

You watch too many dramas.

[Wise chuckles]

[Windy exhales]

[device beeps]

Oh. Let's go, mega muscles.

Our mouse took the bait.

Mary, the Moon will be in your hands.

[Osma] Harry and the others evacuated,

along with the other residents.

Unbelievable, just abandoning Rhys.

I just don't understand.

Lewis! How can you say that?

Captain Zinger made the right call

in this case.

We're soldiers, damn it!

It doesn't matter

when it happens, or where,

the mission

is always--

[Osma] Relax, you two.

You gonna say anything?

[footsteps approach]

- Inanna.

- [gasps]

Get yourself together.

Uh, I'm sorry.

I guess I got lost in my thoughts.

I'll write up a report

for headquarters regarding Rhys.

Get some rest

until we receive our instructions.

[melancholy music plays]

Where are you now?

Where'd you run off to?

Here, take this.

Some of this

should keep you going for a while.

[Zowan] Thank you.

[Inanna sighs]

Zowan, there's really no need to leave.

After giving it some thought,

I think the cons

are outweighed by the pros.

[Duan] From the inside,

some things can't be seen.

That may be so, but still.

After hearing about

what happened to Mary and Jack,

I'm thinking there's more

than meets the eye.

I've done some digging here and there,

but I'm having a hard time

putting it all together.

I know. You keep on saying that.

I don't know anything, though.

I'm sorry I keep asking.

Oh! I have something for you.

- Here.

- What's this?

[Zowan] This device has

a direct communication link to me.

You let me know

if anything comes up, yeah?

It should go without saying that

your big sister is always there for you.

But won't they detect you right away

if I contact you through this thing?

Who do you think you're dealing with here?

Oh [exhales] If you don't want it,

you can just throw it away then.

I don't know

if that's a risk I'm willing to take.

[laughs] You can do whatever you want.

All right. Time to move.

Inanna. Excluding Osma,

who is basically a meathead,

Rhys and Georg are both good people.

All the more reason that

you have to watch out for them.

They're hard to read.

Sometimes, the straight-laced ones

can be the most dangerous.

[Inanna] Yeah.

[Zowan] Oh, by the way,

I've erased this entire conversation,

so don't worry about it.

See ya!

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"If anything comes up," huh?

[chuckles]

Would she be angry with me

if I were to pester her right now?

What's so funny?

[squeals]

[panting]

Don't sneak up on someone like that!

[Osma] Sorry.

[Inanna] Is something wrong?

There's something about Georg and Rhys

that I'm not sure I'm understanding.

And then

What is it?

Well, don't you find it a bit strange?

I wouldn't think Georg would trust me

with his woman just like that.

That's

[gasps] Hold on just a second!

I don't have any intention

of becoming his woman!

Well, just a stab in the dark.

Either way, though, the Joint Army

will likely make its move at dawn.

Let's check every contingency.

[Inanna] I agree.

- [Osma grunts]

- [Inanna grunts]

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Rebel army drones?

Over there.

Captain Zinger! Outside-- [gasps]

- [rumbling]

- [Inanna gasps]

What the hell is going on?

[snarls]

Ah.

[gasps]

Oh! Huh?

[Duan] Did you find anything?

[Zowan] Yeah. I managed to decipher

the rebel army's op codes, but

I can't find anything about

how they're going to deal with L-Zone.

More importantly

strangely, these suckers

are posted up all over town.

Why so many of them?

I've always really hated those things.

- Huh?

- What is it?

[tense music builds]

[Zowan] I was right!

[exhales] These cretins

have a different signal from last time.

The question is why? Hm? [exhales]

[Duan] What's up?

[Zowan] Check this out.

[Duan] She looks a lot like Rhys.

Come on! That is Rhys!

Little Miss Goody Two-Shoes.

What the hell

did she let herself get caught for?

- Let's move out.

- [Duan] To rescue her?

sh*t, it's that obvious, huh?

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I hope she's doing okay, though.

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[door slides open]

[door slides shut]

[Rhys] What do you want?

We're both girls, aren't we?

I thought we could have a chat.

[Rhys] I have nothing to say to you.

Oh, really? Nothing about Jacob?

You are Jacob's little girlfriend,

aren't you?

[Rhys gasps]

Is that what he told you? [murmurs]

I'm surprised.

Hadn't seen you make that face before.

Mary's bad at keeping a secret.

She said neither of you would admit it

out loud but she knows it's true.

I wish you'd make it more clear.

After all, you're not the only woman

with her eye on Jacob.

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You're hoping for what?

A happy fairy-tale ending with your love?

Jacob abandoned the mission.

The Army has procedures for that.

He will be punished severely.

You are deliberately dodging my question.

What about you? What do you want?

You can help him, or you can abandon him.

I would help you elope

if that's what you two wanted.

Maybe then, you two

could stay on the Moon together.

Did you have anything else to say?

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Nothing is more important

than our mission.

- [Salamandra] I see. What a shame.

- What?

[Salamandra] You have no goal

beyond your assigned mission.

It's very boring.

You have made it quite clear.

I hope this plan

goes the way you need it to.

I wouldn't count

on Jack coming back to you, though.

[snarls]

[Salamandra] Love is complicated, huh?

If you were the heroine of a drama,

you would get your happy ending.

But this is real life.

Things don't always go our way.

We can't have everything we want

in this life.

I'll be going.

Feel free to sit tight and enjoy the view.

[door slides open]

[door slides shut]

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[Rhys] What the hell do you know?

After all, she is after Mary.

Seems like she's still

hiding something up her sleeve.

[Phil] I see.

So her successful capture

was no coincidence then.

Sapientia must have

put her up to it after all.

[Jack] Phil!

How's Rhys?

[Phil] She couldn't be in a safer place.

Don't worry. Not a scratch on her.

She does seem

to be hiding something, though.

Well, Jack, are you ready to go, then?

Phil, I

I don't think I can ever forgive you.

However, I will be following your lead.

Just for the sake of the people

of both the Moon and the Earth.

I know exactly what has to be done now.

You have to swear

that you'll stick to your word

after everything's over.

I won't let you carry this alone anymore.

Hm.

Thank you, Jack.

I found you! [grunts]

[gasps]

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Jack.

[breathes deeply]

Jack.

It's true. You're really alive.

That's good.

Phil.

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Damn it. It's already rebooting!

It's too late, though.

Jack, it's too late!

I need your strength

for the sake of the Moon! Help me!

[grunts]

All right.

Let's go.

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This journey of ours ends today, Whiz.

[high-pitched tones]

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[exhales]

[Whiz-B beeps slowly]

Whiz.

And Sapientia no longer has control--

[gasps] What the

[Whiz-B beeps frantically]

[alarm blares]

[uneasy music plays]

What the hell?

[Skylum] I vow that we shall no longer

allow the Earth to meddle in our affairs

or plunder our resources!

On this great day,

we stand strong together

and declare our independence!

[Phil] It wasn't supposed to

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[Phil breathes shakily]

Do not waver, Phil.

Whiz-B's defense barriers

are down as well.

We can't allow ourselves

to be manipulated.

Now, Phil, destroy me for good.

No! They need you on the Moon!

If they lose you now, then

You've already made a statement of intent

to declare a w*r on the Joint Army.

There's no closing that box!

The man you knew as Bob

never really existed.

But that said, a symbol is still needed

for the men and women of the Moon.

I'm leaving it up to you.

From this day forward,

you are Bob Skylum.

The King of the Moon!

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[Phil] Jack, this is my destiny,

and my act of atonement.

Now, for the dawn of the Moon!

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