"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." "Allright, Joe." "Moment of truth." "You get in, you get rich, and you get out." "That's all you're gonna do." "Then you can shove that last container up your boss' ass." "Let's do it." "Another human who wants to make me lose time." "Speak quick." "I'm sorry." "I apologize, okay?" "It was completely my fault." "Humans." "Give me some bull vodka and tell me who can make my day." "Well first, let me serve you right." " So?" " So?" "The one you've been looking for would be" "Little miserable gambler, you." "Take your small victory and leave this bar right now or I'll make sure my men will make you smile forever." "That's him." "Xero Trobe." "But beware." "I think he's been having a bad day." "That birdy guy from earlier apparently made his day miserable." "Yeah?" "Well, he hasn't met me yet." "Heard you might be looking for some real competition." "Well, well, well." "How far are you ready to go?" "All the way." "Believe me." "I hate small players." "Hey, guys." "Get the table ready." "Looks like I could still have a bit of fun today." "Check." "All in." "You're bluffin', space trucker." "Oh, I ain't bluffing', Xero." "I'm bettin' my eyes." "That's what I wanted to hear." "Now yours." "You bet your freighterin' ass on that handful of junk?" "Can we work something out, guys?" "Huh?" "Aah!" "Quarter million per eye." "I can get it I can get it just need a little more time, okay?" "You get one day." "One day?" "His eyes are gonna look great." "Rotting in my head." "Okay, Joe, what are you gonna do?" "You can make a run for it." "Make a fresh start, or..." "Screw it." "Hell of a day." "All right." "Who wants to party with big Joe?" "Not you." "Anybody else?" "How about you?" "You in the mood for love, darling?" "Not really." "Okay, so, you in the mood for work?" "Now you're getting more interesting." "Follow me." "So you must really like your job." "Do you enjoy it?" "Must be kind of a pain in the ass, though," "Sometimes, right?" "Well, it depends on who the f*ck is getting it in." "And people usually ask me for it." "Oh, don't worry." "I'm not into that kind of thing." "So, you like gentle and submissive girls that can take care of your little prince, that's better than..." "You know." "Boring." "Come on, I'll get you Charity." "She's young and nice." "She'll be more like your type." "Hey, wait a minute." "You don't get to tell me who I screw." "Well, looks like there's a big man finally in that room." "Baby, you ain't seen nothing yet." "Happens to everyone, right?" "Nope." "Great." "Xero Trobe's gonna harvest my eyeballs." "I lost my money." "My freighter's gone." "You have a ship?" "Used to have a ship." "Let's go get it." "I'm not so sure about this." "Relax." "I have a map to a pirate ship." "A pirate ship?" "You mean, with treasure?" "Take that, and you'll see." "Whoa, how much treasure are we talking about here?" "Enough to buy your way out of anything." "Where did you say you got the map?" "From a dead..." "From a client." "You know, before we go anywhere, we're gonna deal with this guy." "Nice." "Put the auto-map disk into the" "Yeah, I know how it works, sweetheart." "But we got to escape first." "Sit down." "All right." "I'm going." "Hey, what the..." "He's getting out!" "Catch me that bastard!" "Do something!" "Send your fighters right away!" "If I don't have the money or my eyes, at least I will get him shred to pieces." "Fighter two, three, five, and seven, you're clear for launch." "Now I'm gonna enjoy that." "If you're as good a pilot as a card player, then I'm sure to be the winner." "Come on." "You're my cheerleader." "You're the best, Xero." "You can do it!" "I want him dead." "These guys really want me dead." "This is just my usual luck." "Watch them!" "What do you think I'm doing, honey?" "Besides, we got bigger problems." "The navigator's supposed to be programmed before we reach the jumpgate." "Tell those damn fighters that I will self-destruct their ship right away if I don't get what I want, and I mean it." "Three new assholes in this damn Joe Mada." "Where's the A.M.D. taking us?" "Damn it." "What?" "No man's land?" "Oh, you gotta be shitting me." "We have to." "The treasure's there." "Goodbye, Mada." "I'll eat your heart for dinner." "Oh, Xero, you're so strong." "You are my champion." "You never said anything about no man's land." "You never asked." "Who am I trying to kid?" "Like I even had a choice." "All right." "Here we go." "Got a little present for you, my friends." "Evade!" "Madaaaaa-- aaaaaaa-- aaaaaaa-- aaaaaaa!" "Give me a "x." Give me a "e."" "Give me a "r." Give me a "o."" " Xero..." " Shut up!" "No one's ever made it back from no man's land before." "You know that, right?" "Don't be such a baby." "We made it." "What the Hell is this?" "Oh my god." "Okay." "This is bad." "The ship's not gonna be able to take much more of this." "There it is." "There, a dock pad." "That's never gonna work." "Strap on a pair and get to that ship." "Fine." "All right." "Let's do it." "How do you know where you're going?" "I know it." "Trust me." "Wait." "You hear that?" "There it is." "I'm rich!" "I'm rich!" "Whoa, sweetheart." " We're both rich." " That's what I meant." "I think we've broke the orbital pattern of the ship by docking on it." "Quick!" "We gotta reset it!" "The orbit is broken, and the black hole is..." "Yeah yeah, whatever." "I can correct it by using max engine power to try to put the ship back on course." "Hang on!" "Go go, we can make it." "Not gonna happen." "It'll pull the engine right off." "We don't have enough power, damn it." "Come on!" "What's happening?" "I don't know!" "I can't believe we made it." "I can't believe I'm still in one piece." "Yeah, great." "You're in one piece." "What is this place?" "I don't know." "What is this place?" "It's like..." "A different world." "Hey, what's that?" "We shouldn't go over there." "Why not?" "I got a bad feeling about this."