"They aren't much to look at, are they?" "Well, we didn't build them to do pretty things." "Hey, doc." " When did he get the religion?" " I wouldn't call it religion per se." " He's spiritual." " That's different." "Yeah, two months ago, I received a call in the middle of the night." "I hadn't seen him for a week." "He told me he'd been in the desert and that he'd been tested." "He wasn't himself." "Go on." "Well, every man, even great men experience moments of doubt when they're tired and afraid." "Afraid of what?" "He told me that this was a war that would never end." "That if we stay this course the Bugs will and must destroy the human race." "So he's lost his nut." "Extraordinary, 10 out of 10." "He had an episode." "I gave him a sedative." "The next day he told me not to worry, that he'd talked to God." "Doc, if I told you I was talking to God, would you clear me for flight?" "I..." "Is the SM unfit for command?" "I find this a very uncomfortable conversation, captain." "If I need to assume command, I'm gonna need your help because the others won't understand." "We could both hang." "Is your loyalty to the SM or the Federation?" "Don't blame the cook, folks." "The SM goes first." "Just water." "Bull, you have mine." "Are you sure, sir?" "Well, I'm sure we'll need your strength." "Thank you, sir." "If you don't mind, can we maybe say a prayer before we eat?" "Of course." "Dr. Wiggs?" "Captain Beck, how about you?" "I'll be checking the perimeter, sir." "We thank thee, Lord, for the meal we're about to receive." "Please bless us and keep us." "Protect us from all evil and guide us that we may know the way to you." "Amen." " Amen." " Amen." "Can I ask you a question, sir?" "Of course, Bull." "They are gonna come looking for us, won't they, sir?" "Because of you." "We are on a mission of the greatest importance, Bull." "Even if we do not now understand our purpose." "Yes, sir." "But we are gonna be rescued." "I mean, you do know that, don't you?" "Because you're psychic." "I know how people around me feel, and sometimes I can speak to them but no one can predict the future, Bull." "I have a question for you." "For all of you." "Do you have faith?" "I believe." "I know you do, Holly." "Your faith is clear and serene." "I wanna believe too, sir." "I really do." "Well, that's the start of it, Bull." "Dr. Wiggs, how about you?" "I believe in you, sir." "Well, careful now, Dr. Wiggs." "See, I'm only a man." "Earthquake." "Incoming!" "Incoming!" "Help me!" "Bull!" " Jingo, Jingo." " Hold on." "Hold on, Jingo." "Come on, come on!" "Jesus." "Where's Wiggs?" "Dr. Wiggs?" "Dr. Wiggs?" "Wiggs?" "Doc?" "Wiggs?" "Doc?" "Good to see you again, troopers." "You are now all part of a classified mission." "Talk about it and they will hang you." "Get me?" "We get you, sir." "What exactly is the Marauder program, sir?" " I'm not currently at liberty to say." " Sir, is the mission survivable, sir?" "We'll find out, trooper." "You know what I think, sir?" " What's that, sergeant?" " I think it's a good day to die, sir." "Outstanding." "Glad you feel that way." "Because today, we're headed out for the Arachnid Quarantine Zone." " Saddle up, troopers." " Sir, yes, sir." "Hauzer for Lamb." "I'm sorry, general, Lieutenant Lamb's been transferred." "Where?" "I'm sorry, sir, I can't tell you that." "What?" " Dix, come in." " You are going to hang Lamb?" "Little redhead, sad eyes, big mouth?" "Why?" "That is what happens to traitors, Dix." "Seems like you know all about traitors, admiral." "Maybe I'm looking at one right now." "So you're gonna hang me too?" "Well, a lot of that going around these days." "What happens to you when the council finds out you suppressed the sky marshal's rescue call?" "And exactly who would tell them such a thing?" "You give me the coordinates for Planet OM-1, resign and I keep my mouth shut." "I'm sorry, Dix." "But very shortly, Omar Anoke will be dead and honored as a hero of the Federation and I will be the next sky marshal." "Over my dead body." "That your last request, general?" "Federal Council members were called together today... /... by Sky Marshal Anoke for his weekly report." "How are you doing, sir?" "Good to see you." "Then... disaster." "A bomb carried by a member of the Goniff Peace Coalition explodes." "Among the missing:" "Sky Marshal Anoke and his loyal aide, General Dix Hauzer." "Today, each and every one of us has been attacked by a man who would demand peace at all costs." "A man who calls himself a citizen." "A man who is no better than a Bug." "" " One more day of fighting..." " That man is Elmo Goniff... /... self-proclaimed pacifist turned terrorist." "And today, he and other members of the Goniff Peace Coalition... /... are wanted in connection with the council bombing." "And, hey, citizen, you can help." "" " Know your neighbors?" " Turn that f***ing thing off." "" " Take another look, citizen." " Who, me?" "You could be living next door to a big, fat reward." "If you see something, say something." "We're in the Arachnid Quarantine Zone." "Do you know what that means?" "This is a Bug planet." "They could come for us at any time, right?" " Upstairs, downstairs, you can't tell." " Save your breath, Jingo." "Yeah, but they could be under our feet right now." "You can't tell." " You don't know, right?" " Listen to me, okay?" "I'll tell you when to run." "No, you can't tell me when to run, because I'm a cook, okay?" "I take short orders, I'm not a..." "Get your shit wired." "You're a bitch." "Let's move." " You're wasting water, Jingo." " I hate you." " Oh, God." " It's okay, Holly." "Oh, that's it, I'm out of here." "Hold your ground, Jingo." "That's an order." "Captain Beck, we need to talk." "We're fucked." "That's exactly what I've been saying." "You shouldn't talk like that." "That's blasphemy." "You're a goddamn flight attendant, so stow it." "We never should have left the goddamn beach." "This is all a big mistake." "Now we got warriors fucking earthquakes, and we even lost the doc." "Did you forget that?" "And it's your fault." "You know, if we'd stayed at the beach then we could just be lying in the sand." "And if the Bugs did show up, well, then we just jump in the water." "I mean, Bugs don't swim, right?" "Do they?" " Jingo, behind you." " Jingo, watch your back." "Yeah." "Very funny." "You know what?" "Screw you guys." "I'm going back to the beach." " Jingo." " Jingo." "Jingo, don't." "Hold on, Jingo." "Damn it." "Fucker." "It's moving off." "Hold your fire." "Save the ammo." " Jingo, get out of there, now." " No way." "We ought to get in there with him." "Let's go." "Chief, those aren't rocks." "Get out of there now." " Come on, Holly, let's go." "Sir, let's go." " No, my friends." "He belongs to God." "What are you talking about?" "No." "No, no." "No." "And where's your God now?" "Let's move." "Even though you don't believe it, captain, he is listening." " And soon, we will be delivered." " Do you really believe that, sir?" "Yes, Holly." "I do." "How do you know?" "Because he talks to me even now, Captain Beck." "He talks to me even now." "All right, listen up." "The hardware you'll be operating interfaces directly with your nervous system." "That's outstanding, sir." "Please remove your clothing." "What are you gonna do if you don't buy the farm?" "I'm thinking R and R. They might even let us go home." "Home?" "What's that?" "Peace and quiet, family." "Remember?" "Yeah, that's all I want when this is done." "Yeah, I just can't wait for it to be over and start living again." "Hasn't anybody told you, sergeants?" "Mobile Infantry is only good for dying." "They need to come up with a bigger weapon so they can finish this thing and we can go home." "Yeah." "Bye-bye, Bugs." "What will you do when the war is over, sir?" "What are you people talking about?" "This war is never gonna end." "Take your place, number two." "I guess that's why his mama called him Slug." "Prepare for full-spectrum bioscan." "DDQ, five-by-five." "Commencing Gamma Jetta Bonza." "Did you participate in Anoke's interrogation of the Brain, general?" "No." "So you don't know about the side effects?" "What side effects?" "It seems anybody who spends too much time around that Bug suffers deleterious effects, both physical and psychological." " Not the sky marshal." " So it seemed." "Truth is, we didn't fully understand the Brain's capabilities." " Sir." " Welcome to Area 6, admiral." " Necessary personnel only." " Yes, sir." "All unauthorized personnel, exit Area 6 immediately." "All unauthorized personnel, exit Area 6 immediately." "So, general, how well did you really know the sky marshal?" "I worked with him every day." "So you knew he got religion." " What are you talking about?" " General." "There's something I think you should see." "Run the Anoke file." "This is surveillance footage of Anoke with the Brain Bug." "We just recently discovered it." "He's psychically connected with it." "They communicate." "I understand." "And I come here as your servant, Behemecoytal." " That thing has a name?" " Yeah." "But that's not this Bug." "Behemecoytal is likely some Bug we've never encountered before." "A superior arachnid intelligence originating on the planet OM-1." "OM-1?" "We believe this Brain allowed itself to be captured." "To provide intelligence from the heart of the Federation." "And Anoke used the Brain to commune with this Behemecoytal." "A Bug he regards as God." "Yes, Roku San will fall as proof of my faith." "Then we can discuss the terms of peace." "Anoke's responsible for Roku San?" "He had the codes to shut down the fences." "He made a pact with the Bug to render Roku San defenseless." "And in light of his conversion he's become an asset to the Bugs and a tremendous liability for us." " Making friends?" " You can't be friends with a Bug." "That's why we're gonna put this one down take it apart, and find out what it knows." "Close the containment." "Admiral, you okay?" "Yeah." "Yeah." "Look at him." "The most powerful man in the galaxy finds God and what does he do?" "Exactly what he's told." "He's a Bug." "Doesn't think, doesn't protest, doesn't rebel." "That's the kind of attitude that wins wars." "You know, Dix I think these Bugs are onto something." "This could just be the greatest weapon of them all." "How does he do it?" "That's faith, Bull." "That's what it does for a man." "Give it a break." "Faith is more powerful than a Q-bomb." "Without it, you're nobody." "That's why I'm not listening to you anymore, captain." "Holly, if we ever get out of this, I was wondering if..." "Well..." "What is it, Bull?" "Would you ever marry an old monkey wrench like me?" "Only in a church, Bull." "You mean it?" "You take God and you can take me." "What we've come for." "It's here." "I never doubted it for a second, sir." "If I didn't believe before, I do now." " Honey, everything's gonna be okay." " All will be well, Bull." "And you will know the name of God." "The one true God." "Behemecoytal." "Brain of Brains." " Beheme-what?" " Behemecoytal." "He's here." "He's everywhere." "Come, and let us rest and wait for his coming." "They say God has many names, but I've never heard that one before." "Well, honey, he's the sky marshal." "He knows a lot more than we do." "He's talking about a Bug." "He thinks God is a Bug?" "He's got religion." "Their religion." " Bug religion?" " That's crazy." "That's blasphemy." "What do we do now?" "Maybe we should kill him." "Why, because he's crazy?" "Or he believes in God like you?" "It's the wrong God." " Guard the door." " I'm no trooper." "Greetings, citizen." "Excuse me, sir." " What went wrong?" " An air leak." "The ship landed itself." "They were dead before they hit the atmosphere." "Sierra Mike Uniform to Fleet Rescue." "Come in, Fleet." "Sierra Mike Uniform to Fleet Rescue." "Come in, Fleet." "We could make orbit if I can solve the O2 problem." "Solve it, chief." "Sierra Mike Uniform to Fleet Rescue." "Come in." "Sierra Mike Uniform, this is Fleet Rescue, over." "We are requesting priority pickup on Planet Oscar Mike-One for SM and three additional survivors." "Holly, don't move." "Let's go, baby." "Go, baby." "Bull." "No!" "No!" "It's all around." " It's Behemecoytal." " No, it's hell." " Come on, Holly." " We're in hell!" "Clear the door, Holly." "We may not be able to make orbit." " But we can sure get out of here." " We must remain here, captain." "No, sir, we are off this rock." "Oh, great one." "Lord." "The day has arrived that I stand before you." "Let our communion begin." "Yes." "Yes." "It's time to talk." "Jingo, is that you?" "This one speaks for us that we may talk to you as a man." "That you may be comfortable among your own kind." "Among your trusted advisors and servants whom we have made believers." "Thank you, Lord." "That you care for me so much fills me with love and joy and confidence that we can and will create a great new understanding." "You will be one with us." "So that I may come to know you." "You will know what we know." "And that you will come to know me, and through me all of humankind." "What are you doing?" "I am here to negotiate peace with a being superior to us." " What, appeasement?" " No, Captain Beck." "The survival of the human race." "We will all be saved." "Forgive me." "My people have much to learn." " They are fearful and..." " As were you once, Anoke." "I was weak." "When you asked for the lives of so many at Roku San, I doubted." "But now I understand that great achievement requires great sacrifice." "You gave them Roku San." "Traitor." "Within that woman you will find Sanctuary." "I have given you the key that will end this conflict once and for all so that your law may rule and paradise follow..." "You're a liar." "Seducer." "He of a thousand names." "Oh, great one, Lord would you please take these women from me and kill them?" "And why do you wish this?" "I have made this great journey." "I have evolved." "I have sacrificed all so that I may create with you a great peace." "And they're fucking it up." "We too seek peace, but by different means." "We seek knowledge." "Knowledge is the key to understanding and to communication." "And only by this way can our species so different, live together in harmony and mutual resp..." "You will become one with us and provide the knowledge necessary to pacify the human species." "Oh, Lord." "Yes." "Your plans, the disposition of your armies your fleet." "Yes, what's mine is yours." "Take me unto you, oh, great one." "Yes." "Yes." "Pray with me, Lola." "What?" "Lord, please hear my prayer." "Deliver us from this evil place." " Come on, Lola, pray with me." " It doesn't make any difference." "Lord, send us an army of angels." "And arm them with your fire and your sword that they might smite the evil around us." "What is it, Lola?" "Lola, what is it?" "Come on, Lola, don't you wanna live?" "Yes, I wanna live." "Well, when you're all out of hope, God is all you get." "Now, say it." " Our father." " Our father." " Who art in heaven." " Who art in heaven." "Hallowed be they name." " Thy kingdom come." " Thy kingdom come." " Thy will be done." " Thy will be done." " On Earth as it is in heaven." " On Earth as it is in heaven." "All right, troopers, let's fix this hive." "Archies everywhere." "As we forgive those who trespass against us." "" " Searching for survivors." " And lead us not into temptation." "" " Got them." " And deliver us from evil." "Let's move in." "Rolling in." "Rolling in." "We got visual." "Hold your fire." "Wait for my command." "" " We got visual, we got contact." " Wait for it." "Ready." "Wait for it." "We got contact." "I'm moving in for guns." "Keep your cool." "Hold that line, trooper." "Say it again, Lola." "Say it again." " Our father who art in heaven." " Who art in heaven." " Hallowed by thy name." " Hallowed by thy name." "Fire in the hole." " On Earth as it is in heaven." " On Earth as it is in heaven." "Open up." "Everything you got." "Initiate wide dispersal on my mark." "" " Three, two..." " And forgive us our trespasses." "Fire!" "Weed them out." "Nothing lives." "Get some, get some, get some." "Archie." "Dual target." " Amen." " Amen." "All right, cook them." "Come on, Lola, let's go home." "You killed a lot of Bugs down there, John." " Too bad the big one got away." " Well, it's a big Bug." "Our guys can't tell where the Bug ends and the planet begins." "Hard to imagine anything could live through all that." " I did." " You're hard to kill." "The Bug is big." "We have lock." "Captain Beck." "I've heard a lot about you." "I'm hoping you'll take command of my flagship." "But when you've had a little time off." "Yes, ma'am." "Congratulations, Colonel Rico." "Marauder is a big success." " Thank you, ma'am." " Oh, thank Dix." "My new number two doesn't always take no for an answer." "I wasn't sure we should mix business with pleasure." " Are we ready to deploy the Q-bomb?" " On your command." "All right, people." "Let's go crack a planet." "So they wanna make you a general, John." "Put you in charge of the whole Marauder program." "I'm only good for one thing, Dix." "Give me a squad and let me fight." "At least think about it." "Maybe you two wanna be alone." "I'll see you on the bounce." "Alpha Gamma Bonza." "Now." "I wanted to ask you..." "Would you?" "I will." "Really?" " That's wonderful." " But you need to know one thing." "Yeah?" "Something happened to me down there and... /Thirty seconds to impact." " Something that I can't explain." " What?" "But if you wanna marry me, we have to do it in a church." "" " What?" " Twenty seconds to impact." "I got religion, Dix." "I got it bad." "Ten seconds." "Well, nobody's perfect." "Five, four, three, two, one." "We have detonation." "Sure, he's gone, but he left us with a song." "Courage." "Duty." "Honor." "Millions mourn the passing of Sky Marshal Omar Anoke." "Warrior, philosopher, a hero of the Federation." "Across the Federation, federal experts agree that, A... /..." "God exists after all, /B, he's on our side... /... and, C, he wants us to win." "And there's even more good news, believers." "Because it's official." "God's back." "And he's a citizen too." "Bowing to a rise in popularity all across the Federation... /..." "Sky Marshal Phid declares that while religion is acceptable... /... peace is not." "In related news, peace terrorist Elmo Goniff... /... and 51 of his closest friends were hung this morning... /... in what many believe to be the all-time record for executions... /... in a single day since the 21 st century." "But they can't silence you." "F*** the Federation and f*** all of you!" "You will not take my voice!" "You will not take me!" "You will not take away our power!" "F*** you all!" "F*** you!" "F*** you all!" "F*** the Federation!" "War heroes take time out /to tie the knot." "Get back to work, troopers." "Didn't anyone tell you?" "There's a war on." "So join up, do your part." "There's a long war ahead, /and we need you." "Are you ready for Marauder?" "Join the Mobile Infantry and see if you've got what it takes to be a citizen." "See you on the bounce, trooper." "Service guarantees citizenship."