"Oh, Harper." "Left behind again." "Last time i wait around for anybody." "Okay." "Let's see if i made good on my promise here." "Huh, what do you know?" "It worked." "Hey!" "Don't suppose you're the welcoming committee." "Is that working?" "Of course it is." "What do you think i am?" "Look at it." "Look at it." "Wonderful." "Kill him!" "This is the thanks i get for fixing the door?" "Your days are over." "We've got to find the rock" "Burma and his goons scrambled under." "Well, he can't have gone far." "Tarn vedra was his only option." "Tarn vedra has a lot of rocks," "And it's getting more crowded by the minute." "Blending in won't be hard." "Even with a hostage." "Even with a harper." "Almost makes you feel sorry for burma." "Seefra-2's evacuation's almost complete." "However, seefra-4 is officially burning." "We saved as many as we could, captain." "However," "The hydrogen ramscoop was successful." "Well, it's something we can be thankful for," "For the tarn vedran sun." "Oh, reposition us towards seefra-2" "In case they need us there for final evacuations." "Repositioning." "Repositioning." "Sorry, new habits die hard." "Why don't you go find harper now, okay?" "Planet after planet," "It's the same thing over and over again." "The fighting, the whining, the questions... we've got a bigger problem." "Trance." "You got it." "She's working against us." "If it's the real trance." "Well, no matter who or what she is," "She's still an avatar," "And she'll be two steps ahead of us." "Captain, i have burma on comm." "This guy." "Put him through." "Dylan Hunt." "Just when you thought you'd won... oh, burma." "It isn't over until it's over." "Oh, it is over... for your scientist, seamus harper." "We've learned his value to you." "We have him, and we're going to kill him... unless... general burma, what's your price?" "Price?" "Everything we valued is gone," "Thanks to you" "And what your technology has done to the seefra system." "Save a few million lives." "You're welcome." "All i know is you arrived in your big ship," "And the suffering started." "Right." "Everything was going so well before we got here." "I want you to experience" "The same pain you inflicted on me" "And my people" " And the loss." "By killing harper?" "He's important to you, i know." "A friend and a valuable resource." "I'm going to enjoy this." "Yeah, well," "Enjoy whatever sadistic pleasure it brings you, burma," "Because i don't have time to care." "Hunt out." "We're bluffing, right?" "Yeah, we're bluffing." "I wonder if harper knows we're bluffing." "One problem at a time, rhade." "We have to find trance." "Do you have a plan?" "Call it a hunch." "When we came back from fixing methus-2," "That's when trance started to seem different," "So i'm wondering" "If the trance we went down with got left behind somehow." "Two trances." "Two trances." "She could be the same trance," "But changing," "As her sun gets closer." "There's only one way to find out." "Go back to methus-2." "You can't be serious." "In a matter of hours," "The tarn vedran sun will consume it," "Same as it did methus-1." "Well, then, we'd better hurry." "Great." "The universe is a dangerous place," "But in our future," "My crew and i fight to make it safe." "I am Dylan Hunt," "Captain of the Andromeda ascendant," "And these are our adventures." "While her whatchdogs follow a scent to methus-2" "Poor lonely ship at sea." "They'll never find us." "Idiots." "And now for all you other lonely ships at sea," "More melodies to evacuate by... bring the scientist." "Now." "What's left of him." "So, you and rhade are going back into methus-2." "What's this?" "High risk, high reward?" "Something like that." "Yes." "Dylan, you won't find her." "Thank you for your support." "Just so you know," "The trance we have onboard" "Is heading toward command." "Dylan, you know," "You don't have a monopoly on caring for trance." "I've been with her for longer than you have." "Yeah, Dylan," "You should take beka with you." "I've already been there and done that." "Rhade." "Hmm?" "As an android," "I can adjust my internal cooling systems," "Making me the best candidate." "Not the only android." "And her." "Fine." "Then we'll all go." "Forget about harper, forget about burma," "Forget about the refugees." "We'll all just go down to a live sun and have a picnic." "No need to be touchy." "We don't have time for this." "Two hours and counting." "I'm going with Dylan." "Thank you, rhade." "Beka, please." "You're in charge of Andromeda." "And find harper, okay?" "Sounds good." "You and rhade go track down your friend." "Just be quick, please." "It's still my ship." "Trance, how you feeling?" "Better, now that we're getting closer" "To the tarn vedran sun." "Excellent." "You can help" "With the evacuations and relocations." "I need all of you" "To work together." "We're running out of time." "Yeah." "Change of plans." "There's a plan?" "And i thought you were just the slash-And-Burn," "Evil dictator type." "I could've sworn you'd be dead by now." "Or is that giving you some kind of strength?" "You're a real genius, huh?" "It's a data port, for knowledge" "Something you're obviously lacking." "Now, what'd you have to go" "And interrupt my torture session for?" "I was just finally starting to go numb." "The point went out of it when i realized" "Your captain doesn't care what happens to you." "Right." "Apparently," "He has more important things to deal with." "More like he realized i can take care of myself." "Obviously." "Too bad for you, huh?" "Not when there's a better way to make him feel the pain." "Hurry up" "And lick your wounds." "No, thanks." "You can lick 'em for me." "You're going to help get me onto Andromeda while he's away." "Me?" "Help you get onto the Andromeda?" "Don't make me laugh." "Careful." "We need him functional." "No, go ahead." "Keep it up." "Ah!" "Yeah, that's it." "Because i ain't helping you." "Nobody gets onto the Andromeda" "Without an all-Access pass" "And the boss's approval," "And you're not getting either." "That's not the other choice, scientist." "The other choice is," "I fire a missile" "Into the center of the seefra-1 landing port," "Full of incoming refugees." "He may not care about you," "But he'll care about the thousands of them." "Either way, Dylan Hunt will feel what it's like" "To have things taken away from him," "Like he's taken from me." "So it doesn't matter what you choose, scientist." "Freaking psycho." "Methus-2, here we come." "Out of the frying pan and into the fire." "Rommie's shut it down." "We'll have time." "You know what's strange?" "What's that?" "The way you keep talking me into risking my life" "On these long shots." "So it's strange because it keeps paying off?" "The odds say one day, it won't." "Yeah, well, rhade, there are bigger risks in store" "If we don't get to the bottom of a certain transformation." "Transformation" " Humor to die by." "Yeah, well, i love to keep you laughing." "It's so horrible." "One by one, they go." "And now seefra-3." "You keep thinking it'll get easier," "But it never does." "In a few hours," "We can add seefra-2 and methus-2" "To the list." "Yes, well, it may all be part of some grand design," "But it's still bloody tragic." "They did the job." "And they say inorganics lack emotion." "Speak for yourself." "I wasn't." "All right." "Obviously, standing here watching this disaster" "Has become unproductive." "Agreed." "Dylan said there's much work to do." "The most important thing" "Is to keep searching for harper." "Beka," "I have two seefra-1 landholders on comm" "Asking for Dylan to resolve a dispute." "They seem to be fighting over" "Who gets the better-Looking transport." "I'll handle that." "Why you?" "Personally, i have the greater intuition." "No, no, and... definitely no." "Okay, i'm in charge here," "Which means i get the pleasure of dealing" "With these bozos." "Rommie, you know" "Andromeda's deep scan capabilities." "Doyle, you know seefra-1 inside and out." "Each of you stick to what each of you does best" "And, hopefully, when burma comes out of hiding," "One of you will be there to nail him." "And me?" "Stay close to me." "All right, andromeda." "Let's get this party started." "Put them on." "Lights out." "It's party time." "We're going to go on the north side." "That mantle protected us from a flare the last time." "From your lips to tarn vedran sun's ear." "All right." "Preparing to initiate mantle breach on my mark." "Mark." "You got us on board" "Without anyone knowing." "So far, i'm impressed." "I think a toaster would impress you." "Ouch!" "You know, i can barely feel it now." "Finish the job," "Or i finish seefra's landing port." "Scanning sector five-Eight-One... scanning sector five-Eight-Two... this is hopeless." "Harper, please come in." "Increasing the carrier output" "Won't get harper back on comm." "Clearly, burma took it away." "Harper is resourceful." "He may have made one" "Out of broken glass by now," "For all we know." "And i hate" "That you know my every move" "On this ship." "Get used to it." "I don't need a lecture" "About getting used to things." "Trust me." "I was merely suggesting a coping strategy." "I will cope when i find harper." "About that... if you were planning on going down to seefra-1," "Forget about it." "I have a drop pod waiting to take me." "Oh, no, that's the pod i ordered!" "Like i said, get used to it." "I know seefra better than anyone." "I should be the one that looks for harper." "Ah, but it makes more sense" "For the person who knows harper best" "To be the one to go and look for him." "No, it doesn't." "Yes, it does." "No, it doesn't." "Careful, don't blow a gasket." "Oh, isn't that the bot calling the metal black." "That would be harper's vain attempt" "At giving you a sense of humor." "Is humor something" "You're qualified to recognize?" "I am the nebula." "The nebula is me." "Voila." "Ca fait complet." "The ship's sensors will no longer detect you." "Liar." "Is it that obvious?" "Don't even bother trying to crack my code." "There's no way." "Your code versus the darkness." "How the hell did you do that?" "Oh, no." "Dispose of him." "Hey!" "Begin!" "For a dark sun, it's hot." "Oh, come on, rhade," "You're a big, tough nietzschean." "You're just jealous." "What?" "I'm sorry," "But boneblades never did it for me." "Don't knock it if you haven't tried it." "But i was talking about your age." "Oh, i see." "I'm jealous because you're younger than me?" "That's right, hunt, by over 300 years." "Very funny." "For a minute there, i thought you were serious." "Let's just find the chamber and get out of here." "Let's get out of here." "Yeah." "Why do you keep putting us" "In these situations?" "Just luck, i guess." "Luck?" "Luck has nothing to do with it." "You have a death wish." "No, no, no." "I'm just old, remember?" "I'm senile." "I keep forgetting" "That this kind of stuff can kill you." "Oh, yeah." "That would have killed us." "So, what do you think?" "This way." "I think it's this way." "No, no, no." "We are listening to me for a change." "This way." "Not a word." "I wasn't going to say anything." "You have the ship to take care of." "Unlike you," "I can be in two places at once." "Oh, wait a minute." "Make that three." "Some would call that a personality disorder." "I prefer to think of it" "As a multi-Faceted personality." "Uh-Oh." "We are not the droids you're looking for." "What is that?" "I don't know, but it didn't work." "Rommie, down." "What's with this guy?" "I don't know." "Too bad you didn't show up" "A minute sooner." "Oh, that's right." "You did." "You were both doing very well, i thought," "Considering." "Yeah, well," "I want to know who they are" "And how they got on board" "Without me knowing." "They're burma's men." "Sometimes i get impressions." "What the hell's going on?" "We've been invaded." "How many are there?" "Well, there would be no way of knowing," "Because my onboard sensors" "Have been disabled." "Again." "By these guys?" "They brought Harper." "He must be on board somewhere." "There's no going right," "There's no going left," "And there's certainly no going back." "That leaves either up... or down." "Whatever." "That's the spirit, Rhade." "Fusion chamber's this way." "How do you know?" "Because i'm a paradine." "Really?" "Nah, i just saw a sign that said" ""Fusion chamber."" "Oh." "I'm bred for survival" "So right now you'll have to excuse me," "Because every fiber of my being" "Is screaming to get out of here." "That's why i appreciate" "You helping me to find trance." "You're a good sport, rhade." "Well, it's better than being with the ladies." "Harper?" "Well, this is where he'd come to hide." "If he could." "Look, we all know the logical conclusion," "But let's not go there unless we have to." "No messages, either." "I can't believe harper would let those men on board" "Without leaving some kind of something." "What code word are you trying?" "Rom-Doll." "That would be the one." "Try "dreamdoyle."" "What?" "I didn't invent me." "Okay." "No." "No go on either of them." "Hmm." "Okay, so we don't know where harper is." "We're just going to have to assume he's okay." "Meanwhile, we have an invasion on our hands." "First thing we're going to have to figure out is," "What do they want?" "Oh, good." "We can ask them." "Not again." "I'm barely recharged." "That was my guy." "Not anymore!" "Sometimes you got to make do." "How you doing?" "Good." "You?" "Good." "Beka?" "I got it." "Hiiyee!" "Giddyap!" "This is it." "This is it!" "If we don't get out of here soon." "The fusion container, it's still in one piece." "Dylan." "Trance's cloak." "The vapor's too thick to see if there's anything inside." "There's got to be a way to empty it." "Got it." "Let him go." "You're exhausted." "Well, at least we got most of them." "They're kind of tough." "Really?" "It's not just me?" "No, they're something else." "Maybe some kind of... alien." "Where did he go?" "Okay." "So they don't stay down" "And they disappear." "I'm sorry." "I'm sorry." "Oh, please don't lock me up!" "Who are you?" "I'm an evacuee from seefra-4." "You mean you're not" "One of Dylan Hunt's people?" "Not even close." "Oh, good." "Then you can help me." "They promised me safety," "And now i don't know what's going on." "This ship is so big," "And there's so much fighting" "And it's cold" "You shouldn't have accepted their help." "They're liars." "Liars?" "No." "No!" "I gave up everything for them." "I have no one to protect me." "I have nowhere to go." "Don't say that." "Calm down." "It's okay." "You can come with us." "Do you mean that?" "I'm sure i can, uh... convince my leader." "I would really like to show you my... appreciation." "Explosives." "So now we know what burma's up to." "Revenge on Dylan" "By blowing up the Andromeda." "It gets worse." "They're not human." "I've detected radical isotopes." "What?" "What?" "What are those?" "Apparently harper didn't program you" "With knowledge of the abyss." "Who knew he'd need to?" "I've got something here" "That's going to hurt a lot worse" "If you don't tell me" "What the hell you did with harper." "Harper!" "He's... he's dead." "I'm feeling emotions i never thought i'd have." "I know what you mean." "All those times i teased him." "Abused him." "Stole his share of a salvage without telling him." "What?" "Very good." "Very good." "Almost had you fooled, though, right?" "It's an old meditation trick" "I learned from rev bem." "Can you blame me for taking the opportunity" "To hear what my three favorite ladies" "Would say at my funeral?" "You suck at playing dead." "Well, you suck at playing sad." "Some performances were better than others, though." "Yeah, that was almost as shameless" "As that act you pulled with the guard." "Thank you." "What guard?" "What guard?" "What did i miss?" "A lot." "But first, you've got to get control of the ship" "Back from burma." "While we have some housekeeping to attend to." "And i have a date" "With a friend i'd hoped never to see again." "Where might i find him?" "I think he was saving the biggest bomb for command." "Right." "Ladies... she is not in here." "Trance!" "Trance!" "It's over!" "It's not over, rhade." "She's here." "I can feel it." "You can feel it?" "Sorry." "Sorry." "What the hell you doing?" "Trance." "Dylan... i knew you'd come." "Right there, burma." "Beka valentine." "We meet again." "We were quite... intimate once." "You remember the abyss," "Don't you?" "Trance?" "She's in bad shape." "Trance," "Methus-2 is disintegrating from the inside out." "It's my sun's fault." "Listen to me." "You can use it." "Pull energy from it." "You've done it before." "For Andromeda, remember?" "It's your sun." "You can get strength from it." "My life force." "That's right." "Take what you need." "Come on, trance." "Is there a way out?" "I'd hoped we'd meet again." "That makes one of us." "You can't defeat the abyss." "I don't remember you being this much of a fighter." "I wasn't." "Someone else had to do it for me." "Not this time." "This time i'll win," "And you'll be mine forever." "I had a less depressing destiny in mind." "You know who burma is, beka." "Thanks for the input, trance, but i'm a little busy right now." "Beka." "On command." "All right, andromeda," "This should get you back on-Line." "Andromeda,come in." "Come on." "What the hell did he do, anyway?" "Andromeda,report." "All right." "I think i got it." "Yes!" "Captain, your arrival is timely." "We're on time." "Split up." "Find burma." "Find him?" "I'm going to kill him." "You can't kill the abyss, beka." "What are you, one of them?" "Because you sure as hell aren't trance." "Mortals are such strange creatures." "They are trapped by fear," "The fear of death," "Yet death would set them free." "A new kind of freedom." "Who are you?" "We're with her." "Hmm." "It's time for you to choose." "I'm going to have one of you." "Which of you will it be?" "Burma," "You are such a drama queen." "Dylan Hunt." "Perfect." "I came to bring you pain." "Pick which of your friends" "Will die." "I think i'd rather have you die." "If you shoot, i shoot." "Pick!" "Now." "That felt good." "Yes, it did." "You're not" "I am." "You were supposed to be" "Consumed by the sun." "Why was i left there?" "You are not of the same mind as we are." "And what mind is that, sister?" "I'm begging you to tell me." "This isn't over, trance gemini." "I guess that's what they call a black hole." "Beka, are you all right?" "I'm all right now." "Dylan, i was afraid." "We should all be afraid." "It's not over yet." "This is it." "Methus-2 is officially gone." "Come on, vedran braking system." "I fear i am definitely out of possible futures." "This will work." "I feel it." "I know it." "Solar impact" "With seefra-1 in 58 seconds." "Impact in 46 seconds." "Well, when used appropriately," "Vedran technology can be very reliable." "At least that's what i'm holding onto." "Yeah, plus, how many times" "Has trance been wrong?" "In this case, she only has to be wrong once." "I'm with harper on this one." "Dylan," "We better get ready to get the heck out of here." "It's too late." "It's stopping?" "I think it's stopping." "It's stopping, right?" "Tell me it's stopping, rommie." "Incorrect." "What?" "Ithasstopped." "Well done... everyone." "Mr. Harper," "Let's talk about burma." "What's to talk about?" "He's a dangerous, misguided creep" "With lots of unfocused anger." "How did he get on the ship, harper?" "That's a great question." "Maybe i better check the ship for glitches." "See what burma and his boys did, huh?" "Harper, how did he get on board?" "Harper!" "Harper had no choice, dylan." "You can blame his supposed superior intellect" "Or his confirmed physical weakness." "The choice is yours." "Well, he did save me from having to save his life." "Actually, when you let burma think" "You didn't care if he killed harper," "And you knew it wouldn't end there," "You did save his life." "And when you were on methus-2," "You knew we could take care of burma." "I didn't know that." "Well, now you do." "And now that you know that we've succeeded as a team" "Now that, i already knew." "Yes, but now you can take a vacation." "Or a nap." "A nap?" "You know what?" "Maybe i should take a nap," "And let you guys do all my work." "A long nap." "Welcome back." "Things will never be the way they were." "There will be repercussions." "There always are, trance, but today is a good day." "You know," "We did kick butt rather spectacularly." "We flattened those abyssholes." "It was rather enjoyable." "Speak for yourself." "You only had one guy." "Yeah, the abyss." "At one time," "I was fighting off 10 men." "I?" "We." "We, we." "Ladies, ladies, ladies." "Trance?" "You coming?" "Oh, so i finally figured out" "Harper's password" "Valentine." "Are you sure you spelled "dreamdoyle" right?" "A nap." "Someday."