"The last fragment of a once living planet." "Its body blasted into dust by the madness of its own inhabitants, while its head was cursed to roam aimlessly through time and space, screaming in pain and sorrow." "In legend and in fact, it is known as" "Metal Hurlant." "Alaria, my sweet daughter." "You're so pale and trembling." "What is happening to you?" "Living on this ship." "Trapped within these metal walls." "I can't take it much longer." "So bitter..." "Is the taste of defeat." "Alaria." "It's true the Lagyvirths have won the battle." "They may have taken our planet, but not the galaxy." "This is far from over." "We will find allies." "Everything is so cold." "I can barely feel my skin." "Can't..." "Even move." "Fight it, daughter of mine." "I beg of you." "Don't give into it." "Have we not suffered enough?" "I beg your forgiveness, King Targot." "But you know what ails your daughter." "She suffers from the sickness d'Avsara." "The "Curse of the Cold," which has killed the majority of your subjects, and left us open to invasion." "It is more aggressive than usual." "Almost as if it was accelerated." "Then, what can we do?" "Only the fruit the Lacimar which grows on our lost planet is the cure." "Maybe if I offered myself to the Lagyvirths, she might be saved." "I fear the L'Acimar would be useless." "Her symptoms are so far advanced." "Then, she is doomed?" "I know one who can help." "Holgarth." "The master techno wizard." "He can save her." "Holgarth?" "Then, she is doomed." "Holgarth is a great alchemist." "The very fact he's lived over a hundred years shows he knows how to prolong life." "The problem is not his ability, but his location." "We no longer have any trace of him, since he left the fleet." "Only rumors." "I don't care where he is, or what I have to go through." "I will find him, and bring back the cure for the princess." "Khondor..." "You have protected me..." "For as long as I can remember." "You're my most trusted and loyal servant." "Tell me the truth." "How much time do I have left?" "One month, my princess." "Not more." "I've witnessed the horrors of the war." "I've lost my beloved land, and almost all my people." "I've yet to experience to fall in love." "To lie with a man." "To bring a child into this world." "It seems I am destined to die..." "Having never truly lived." "No, sweet Alaria." "I've sworn my life to protect you, and it has not changed." "I will save you." "And how will you achieve that?" "My fleet is totally destroyed." "I need no fleet." "No soldiers." "My King..." "I prefer to travel alone." "Khondor." "The people's love for their princess is the only thing that keeps them united." "If she was to be lost," "Alaria's death would provoke a mass suicide." "I swear on the blood of the Okmers," "I'll protect the people." "May the gods hear you." "Soldier Jari." "I need some information." "Khondor, I'm very pleased you've survived." "How can I help?" "You oversee all requests to leave the fleet." "When Holgarth left, six cycles ago," "Did he go through all the proper channels?" "Yes." "Of course." "Need to find him." "Urgently." "Can you tell me where he went?" "Let me see..." "It was me who processed him." "I remember him being very talkative." "He was very excited to try something new." "Yes." "Here it is." "In the destination notes." "He was negotiating to buy a lunar station from someone from the UMA colonies." "He was headed there to finish the deal." "Send me the coordinates of this representative." "Done." "His name is Xero Throbe." "Thank you, soldier." "My pleasure, Khondor." "Dolphina..." "Have you received the data?" "Data received." "Good." "Master, after research, it seems that the desired contact," "Xero Throbe..." "Has a folder on the human network information." "And?" "And the least we can say, master, is that its business representative for UMA colonies is by no means the highest thief of arms." "He seems to be well known for his passion for games, trafficking of various drugs, and a strong presence on the resale market organ." "Dolphina..." "Are you tapped into their network?" "Yes, master." "It seems that it is not very far from you." "You should still go ahead and find yourself facing a bar, its calling "Heavy"" "which holds the concession." "You seem in a very bad spot." "Take this..." "And give thanks to the gods." "I've found it." "Xero Throbe." "Does that revive your memory?" "Holgarth the alchemist." "You helped him buy a micro colony." "You have really no idea who you are dealing with." "I know exactly who I am dealing with." "Do you?" "Dolphina." "Calculate the fastest route to the lunar base." "Yes." "Recalibration engine is underway, and we should be operating on the fly deck seven in a few minutes." "Very good." "I'm on my way." "Our course is now active." "Good." "Hyper speed in three..." "Two..." "One." "It's far too quiet." "Increase scanning range and put up the shields." "You are right, master." "I've detected the presence of a defense system." "I would expect no less from Holgarth." "I will not retreat." "Fire a volley missile, level Okko." "Holgarth..." "You're wasting precious time." "None of your traps and delays will stop me." "Holgarth." "The princess Alaria is dying." "You have to help her." "Ah." "So, Targot sent you, did he?" "Alaria suffers from d'Avsara." "The "Curse of the Cold"." "I beg you." "Help me save her." "That's all I want." "I don't mean you any harm." "Harm?" "I fear no harm." "I can regenerate from just a few ashes." "Death does not exist for me." "It is..." "A childhood nightmare, and I am an adult." "As you shall be too." "My dear fellow, I cannot tell you how many years I have looked forward to this meeting." "That's impossible." "How can you have been waiting for me..." "When we never met?" "Well, it's simple, isn't it?" "You know that I have the secret of immortality." "But the elixir of life is not for anyone." "It must be deserved." "And your species deserves to survive." "And you..." "You are the very last of that magnificent line." "So, my friend..." "I have a gift for you." "Take it..." "And like me, you will enjoy the centuries to come." "But it's the princess that needs the elixir." "Forget her." "She fought." "She lost." "She will soon be dead, and that is as it should be." "The offer of eternal life is for you alone, my friend." "I don't care about your eternal life." "I have one and only one purpose... and that is to save Alaria." "If you don't give me the cure," "I will destroy this entire planet." "And you may not fear death, Holgarth..." "You won't like your long life elixir very much, as you're floating alone in the entire space." "Forever." "Do you know..." "I do believe that you'd really do that." "But here's the thing, you see..." "Your threat is in vain because I do not have the cure." "But there is one?" "Oh, yes." "There is one." "That is the only antidote." "So, forget her..." "And take the elixir." "I drink the elixir," "I doom the princess." "Yes." "I swore on my life to save Alaria." "And I will." "I need landing clearance immediately." "I need to see the princess at once." "Your majesty." "I'm back." "My loyal Khondor." "I knew you would not fail me." "Quickly." "Give her the antidote." "Wait." "I have to explain." "The antidote is not an elixir." "The only thing that can save the princess is the blood of an Okmer." "All the blood." "My blood." "You've sacrificed so much." "Is there no other way?" "No, Khondor." "I prefer to die." "These people, your people..." "They need you." "If you die, so will their hope and their desire to live." "It will be the end of all." "I can't let that happen." "I save you..." "You save them." "For the sake of our people..." "Drink."