1. - What is that?
- It's a gift.
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2. Do you think it's wise crossing an ocean
just because someone didn't answer?
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3. What if one of those animals
attacked them? More than one?
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4. They have a SecUnit.
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5. They could probably afford more than one.
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6. Better than ours.
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7. Harsh but fair.
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8. I would want them to come and help us
if we needed it.
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9. And they might even know more
about those mapping anomalies.
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10. Then they need tech support.
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11. Listen, we could send up a beacon
and all be out of here right now.
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12. The Company would love it if we quit.
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13. It would just prove their theory
that free planets can't handle themselves.
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14. No, thank you.
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15. - Can't argue with that.
- Right.
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16. We're just going to go to DeltFall,
check it out,
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17. and we'll be back before you know it.
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18. Personally, I was against this whole trip.
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19. Last thing I wanted was to be stuck
with these people
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20. and their pheromones in a small craft.
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21. After you.
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22. Oh, no. After you. I insist.
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23. I'll go first. As per usual.
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24. I don't have a stomach,
so I can't throw up.
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25. But if I did, I would.
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26. SecUnit.
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27. I think it would be a really good idea
if you would keep your helmet down
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28. so that the others remember
that you are part of the team.
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29. Thank you.
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30. Much appreciated.
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31. Who the hell ever said
I was part of the team?
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32. Does it hurt?
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33. It's not too bad.
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34. I hope your pain sensors are dialed down.
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35. I can't dial them down.
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36. They disabled that function.
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37. Good old Strife in the Galaxy.
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38. So unrealistic.
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39. Not premium quality like Sanctuary Moon,
but still fun.
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40. I mean, it's a good thing
their emergency beacon didn't launch.
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41. - Right, Dr. M?
- Sorry?
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42. I mean, it's a good thing
their emergency beacon didn't launch.
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43. I think so.
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44. What do you think?
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45. They can imprison us.
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46. But they can never stop us
from being ourselves.
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47. What do you think?
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48. Security Unit?
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49. Oh, she was asking me.
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50. They have three contracted SecUnits.
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51. But the communications equipment
could've been damaged
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52. if their habitat was hit by a hostile.
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53. Aren't the emergency beacons
designed to trigger
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54. even if the rest of the comms equipment
gets destroyed?
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55. They're supposed to.
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56. Equipment failures aren't unknown.
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57. Great.
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58. Yeah, but we have you. And you won't fail.
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59. Hopefully not.
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60. - Hello, you.
- Come on.
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61. Just wanted to say,
thanks for all the great work.
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62. Yeah. So we heard,
or rather we were given to understand
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63. that Imitative Bot Units
are partially constructed
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64. - from vat-grown human tissue.
- Great conversation starter.
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65. - That is correct.
- Wow.
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66. Does that mean you have,
like, human feelings too?
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67. 'Cause it really seems like you do.
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68. It does? Shit.
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69. Ratthi, what are you doing?
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70. Okay, look. I know we agreed to back off,
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71. but it feels really weird
not to treat it as a person.
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72. Why would I want that?
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73. - You're upsetting it.
- Yeah, Ratthi. Don't annoy it.
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74. I'm just saying,
this practice is disgusting.
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75. It's horrible. It's actually slavery.
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76. This is no more a machine
than Gurathin is.
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77. Hold on. I definitely am.
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78. You don't think it knows that?
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79. Ratthi.
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80. Fine. I'll apologize.
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81. - No, no, no.
- No, Ratthi.
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82. - Just come back here.
- Sorry...
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83. While they exchanged
pointless human sentiments,
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84. I decided to check in
on PreservationAux habitat via satellite.
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85. Bharadwaj seemed to be healing well...
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86. Physically.
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87. Are you all right?
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88. I didn't see you.
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89. Sorry, it's an old habit. Being quiet.
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90. I just keep seeing that creature
bursting out of the ground.
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91. And the smell.
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92. I feel like I can still smell it on me.
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93. I have some behavioral therapy modules
if you'd like to try them?
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94. - You mean for the—
- They're nonspecific.
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95. I think I'm okay.
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96. Gurathin. So creepy.
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97. He's like the Stellar Inquisitor
on Strife in the Galaxy.
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98. Half man, half lizard.
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99. Wait.
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100. Why was he going into Mensah's room?
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101. And why don't these people lock
their fucking doors?
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102. What was he doing in there?
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103. Was he spying on Mensah?
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104. I knew he was up to no good.
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105. Was he working for the Company?
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106. Or for another corporate entity?
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107. Planting an explosive device
so they could kill the crew,
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108. take the proprietary data,
sell it on the black market
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109. and buy expensive luxury goods
for himself.
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110. Just like Bookkeeper Wittenmark did
in episode 418 of Sanctuary Moon.
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111. He's smelling her pheromones.
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112. This is truly depressing.
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113. What's this?
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114. The satellite signal just went down.
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115. I'm pinging it, but there's no response.
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116. I just felt a chill.
Did anyone else feel a chill?
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117. That damn satellite's been having outages
since we got here.
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118. Yeah, I've been tracking it lately
to see if there's a pattern.
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119. You have not.
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120. They have.
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121. Idiot.
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122. How did you know that?
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123. Answer please, SecUnit.
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124. The Company makes SecUnits check
client activity logs periodically.
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125. That is an invasion of privacy.
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126. It is so fucked up
that it is reading our logs.
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127. It kind of is. We're paying the
bond company, and they're spying on us?
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128. What if that's why the satellites
went out. What if it's...
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129. - Come on, you sound like Gurathin now.
- Well, maybe he has a point.
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130. Thanks.
Should've let that thing eat your wife.
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131. Gurathin was wrong.
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132. You don't mean us any harm, do you?
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133. Not consciously.
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134. Can't speak to the dark recesses
of my programming.
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135. My job is to protect you from harm.
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136. You just paused for quite a while
before you said that.
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137. Yes.
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138. Does anyone want to go back?
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139. If the DeltFall team does need our help,
and we don't go, how would we feel?
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140. - Alive.
- We should remember our history.
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141. Captain Makeba,
the rescue and all of that.
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142. - Okay, so then let's do it.
- Yeah.
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143. Yep. We are not selfish
Corporation Rim dirtbags.
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144. We are Preservation Alliance.
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145. Wait.
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146. Get in here.
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147. Not a chance.
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148. Okay. Can't blame me for trying.
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149. This is what happens
when man and machine meet.
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150. A hellish, harmful, hateful brew
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151. compounded of tears, oil and blood.
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152. SecUnit, are you awake?
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153. Yes, Dr. Mensah.
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154. Would you come sit with me
at the controls?
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155. Just for a moment? Thank you.
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156. Perhaps I could override
the lock mechanism
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157. and jump out of the hopper.
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158. Please sit.
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159. What was it with humans and sitting?
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160. It was like a fetish to them.
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161. They didn't mean it.
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162. They're just nervous.
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163. I mean, what if we find DeltFall
and their whole team has been...
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164. devoured?
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165. Yeah, that's pretty likely.
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166. Would you like to get some rest?
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167. We are two hours away.
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168. No, I can't sleep.
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169. - Thank you, though.
- You're welcome.
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170. - Can I go back to my show now?
- I feel responsible.
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171. We haven't found anything valuable yet.
Resources, information, nothing.
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172. But we need to try.
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173. We need to stay economically independent.
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174. Was I supposed to respond to that?
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175. Some of my colleagues
in Preservation Alliance
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176. actually want to join the Corporation Rim.
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177. I'm trying to maintain a balance.
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178. But then, when people get badly hurt...
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179. My family didn't want me
to go on this trip.
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180. - Please stop.
- Two of my spouses sat me down
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181. and told me that they thought
that I was doing it to get some time away
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182. from my responsibilities at home.
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183. I need to check the munitions.
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184. Okay, yeah.
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185. Of course. Thank you.
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186. Now that's a habitat.
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187. This is PreservationAux. Can you read me?
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188. Nothing.
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189. And we're definitely
within local comms range.
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190. Where are they?
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191. - Are there any missing transports?
- No.
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192. Doesn't look like it.
Hoppers are all there.
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193. Well, that's good.
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194. Dr. Mensah, I recommend you land
outside the perimeter.
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195. Why?
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196. In case everybody's been eaten for lunch.
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197. Security protocol.
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198. Are you picking up anything
from their SecUnits?
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199. Nothing.
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200. Not even pings.
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201. So then they just vanished?
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202. Well, we can't be certain without looking.
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203. All right. We are landing
outside the perimeter.
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204. Has everyone had weapons training?
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205. Of course.
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206. Mostly from games.
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207. They're amazing
on KillJoyBloodLustTechRiot.
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208. - Thanks, Ratthi.
- I didn't know you played that.
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209. I don't.
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210. - Thank you.
- I'll take one of those bad boys.
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211. Ratthi, you haven't had
any weapons training.
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212. You were fast asleep when we had to do it
at Port FreeCommerce.
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213. Yeah, but I didn't think I'd need it.
Plus, you know,
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214. KillJoyBloodLustTechRiot level 4,677.
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215. - You totally autogrind.
- No, I don't.
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216. Why don't you stay in the hopper,
Ratthi, and monitor things?
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217. - But...
- Ratthi.
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218. Fine. Okay. Yeah.
But I should still have a gun.
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219. Hey, who gets that sucker?
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220. Please stay behind me at all times.
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221. Watch out for those crustaceans. Over.
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222. I don't like the looks of them. Over.
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223. Be careful. Do you read me? Over.
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224. Do you read me? Over.
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225. Yes, we can read you.
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226. Let's keep the communication
to the essential.
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227. It rained yesterday.
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228. Mud has hardened.
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229. No activity since then.
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230. - Dr. Mensah.
- Mmm?
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231. It would be better if I went ahead alone.
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232. Please.
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233. Yes. All right.
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234. We shall wait here. Yeah.
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235. Still no pings
from DeltFall's SecUnits or HubSystem.
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236. The place was dead quiet.
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237. This is PresAux Security Unit
hailing DeltFall.
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238. Anyone in range of this transmission,
please respond.
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239. DeltFall, please respond.
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240. Nothing from inside.
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241. I'm going to blow the door.
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242. Or not.
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243. I have gained access.
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244. Be careful, SecUnit!
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245. Ratthi, lower your volume.
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246. Sorry. Sorry, sorry.
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247. I'm going on mute.
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248. Loser.
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249. Idiot. Why did you miss
the weapons training?
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250. You know why you didn't
get weapons training?
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251. 'Cause you were too fucking
hungover again. You twat!
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252. Ratthi, bud, we can still hear you.
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253. - Shit, can you?
- Opening up private channel, SecUnit.
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254. Good idea.
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255. - What's going on?
- I'm in the habitat.
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256. No movement here.
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257. Shit.
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258. I've got a visual
on one of their Security Units.
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259. How is it?
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260. It's on standby.
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261. I should've gone back.
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262. Just bailed out and saved my skin.
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263. But, no. I had to get curious.
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264. Please fall back
to the hopper immediately.
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265. What's going on?
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266. Nothing.
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267. Do they need help?
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268. No.
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269. It was better to keep them in the dark.
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270. Humans, when threatened,
do irrational things.
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271. What if you need help?
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272. If I need help, you should leave
as fast as possible.
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273. SecUnit, I want you to leave there now.
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274. I'd like to examine the area.
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275. No, I want you out of...
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276. I'm getting interference.
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277. Having a hard time reading...
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278. - Please go back to the hopper.
- SecUnit?
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279. If you don't hear from me
within ten minutes,
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280. lift off and go back to PresAux habitat.
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281. SecUnit.
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282. Hello? Hello? Can you hear me?
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283. You guessed it.
That was me causing the static.
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284. Just like Flight Officer Kogi does
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285. in Sanctuary Moon episode 807
when he's disobeying orders.
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286. And I wasn't ready to leave quite yet.
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287. All right. Back to the hopper.
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288. It looked like one
of their SecUnits had gone rogue.
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289. And the others had tried to stop it.
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290. In spite of all the mess,
this scenario was too clean.
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291. One SecUnit died
trying to protect the communications hub.
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292. And these other two SecUnits
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293. must have killed each other
at the exact same moment.
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294. It reminded me of the season one finale
of Strife in the Galaxy.
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295. Now the thing is,
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296. Strife in the Galaxy is an inferior show
filled with implausible plotlines.
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297. It was a superior model,
but it had taken a lot of damage.
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298. And I knew exactly what sequence
of moves it was gonna make.
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299. Somebody had taken control
of this SecUnit.
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300. Question was: who?
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301. Question answered.
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