"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" "UMA-61 could have been a colony like the others, but with the discovery of the mechadrome, the company wanted to take advantage of this new energy source to create an army of automated miners, the Mechamorphes." "Alloys of metal and flesh, they were the perfect tool." "Cheap, efficient and of course they never complained." "But one day everything changed." "with the visit of the meteor, suddenly, they were different." "They no longer followed orders and began to turn against the humans." "Against us." "And since the dawn of their revolt, after 30 years of peace, we rediscovered war." "Everyone in their station." "Come on." "Move, move." "Early warning system engaged." "They're coming in quick." "Soldier, any sign?" "Give me those zero b.n." "Incoming!" "Brace yourself!" "Our forces are overrun." "And each man we lose, they find a use for him." "Beloved, we will lose this war." "Our situation is pitiful." "We are out of ammo, critically low on supplies, and every day our enemy grows stronger." "But the company has decided to regroup for one last push." "We must rally to the mechadrome and take the endomorphe to it, for only the young and innocent can bear the accelerated mutation of the mechadrome and become a golem." "What it means for us, is a one-way trip." "That's all we have now." "But Golem could change it all." "It already did on UMA-34 when they had to deal with the native insectoids living there." "But will it be enough this time?" "Hell, I don't know." "We just have to make it." "That's the only way to be sure." "There were ten of us at the start." "Now we're down to half that number." "The endomorphe is fearful, but now that we're behind enemy lines, we know that this trench will lead us to the mechadrome, and to our destiny." "Soon, I will be with you." "He's writing to his dead wife again." "Why?" "Been doing it since the beginning of the war." "Dealing with his loss, remembering who he's fighting for." "I don't know." "Take your pick." "We've all lost family here." "Right now, we should concentrate on protecting this little one." "Yeah." "Looks like another one of us is going down." "Are we kidding ourselves here?" "This is really all in vain." "Are we supposed to believe that this little one is gonna become an all-powerful giant?" "Do you have something better to believe in?" "Young man." "See this letter?" "Well, this letter is very important to me." "But I have no place to keep it." "You hold on to this." "And I'll go see if I can help out our friend over there, okay?" "Son, how's he look?" "We have a problem." "He's tagged." "It was a lamar type of explosive, and a micro-tentacle remained in his wound." "Looking at the size of it, it still communicates with the original source." "That means they've been on our tail for a while." "They could be minutes, even seconds away." "We leave right now." "He doesn't wanna go anyway." "He'll stay here." "Leave him his gun." "Pick up the rest." "Everyone, we must leave right now." "Thank you for what you've done." "Make every shot count." "Buy us some time." "Interesting." "They just never know when to give up." "Brave soldier... retrieve these body parts to assemble a new recruit." "What is it?" "They're not far away." "The endomorphe accompanies them." "This will be entertaining." "Clear." "Clear as well." "Another abandoned advance station." "Company said this fight would last a couple of days." "Seems more like a year now." "It seems like it." "Well, looks like we're clear, at least for now." "How much further?" "Only seven kilometers away." "I'd say if we stick to the trenches, we'll be there in three hours." "with hope." "Looks like this place was taken fairly quickly." "It's a good chance for some ammo." "Check." "Okay, I'll search the place." "You're right." "Listen, we are all with you." "It's okay for you to be afraid." "I know your parents, in their wildest dreams, would have never thought that your talents would be used for something like this." "Look, we stick to the trench" "Just hear me out." "If we leave the trenches and take to the open fields, we could save hours." "Yeah, hours until our own deaths." "We don't risk the open trail until we are as close as possible." "End of story." "Think of those in the fortress who are counting on us." "And if we succeed, they will be saved." "You see Sant, Mel, Gas?" "They're here to protect you no matter what." "So we have to keep moving." "Well, well, well." "I bring you presents." "Good." "Go load up the kid." "What have we got here?" "We got grenades, remote explosives." "more ammo." "Better than a birthday present." "It's like christmas to me." "I could hang these on my tree." "I'm gonna treasure these..." "Up until I use them." "I knew I could cheer you up." "Okay, we move out." "I think we should stay." "She wants to go above ground, and I say we stick in the trenches." "I prefer the longer, safer route." "Until this runs out." "And then I don't give a damn." "We stay in the trenches." "We double-time it." "They are tracking us." "Move." "They were there an hour ago." "We're getting closer." "Help me!" "Sorry, buddy." "I gotta do what I gotta do." "Oh, shit." "Shit." "Wanting to play?" "Not this time." "Come." "See you ugly mechs in Hell." "She bought us some time." "But they'll be on us soon." "You have to climb." "Take our six." "They're coming." "So we climb faster." "You know what must be done." "Let's go." "Go." "Come on!" "Come on!" "This is for Sant!" "And this..." "Is for my girl!" "Take care of this one." "I'll handle the endomorphe." "I'll send you all to your graves!" "We made it." "Soldier, there will be no golem here." "I'll personally make sure." "Endomorphe, you will die." "No savior, no victory." "Only glorious death and unnecessary sacrifice." "The fate of Humanity will..." "Die with you." "What makes you think I'm the endomorphe?" "What?" "I'm just the trainer." "Let's go."