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Episode 6 Keep Out Ledbetter. Ledbetter, do you read me?
Come in. He's gone, Captain.
The alien torpedo hit his shuttle.
We all saw it happen. No, no, no, no.
Look, Doctor Turov, that disturbance in the dampening
field around the alien ship? Oh, my.
It's it's Ledbetter. He's using the dampening field
to cloak his shuttle. That crazy Guinea.
Transmission coming in from shuttle Persephone.
On screen. Odysseus, this is the shell.
Persephone it's me. Ledbetter, I'm all right.
The dampening field cut off my calms for a while.
Thank God when that torpedo hit you, I thought you were done
for. It would take more than a
torpedo to kill a warrior if Danny made.
I just took a little bump to the Prowl, that's all.
Nothing I can't handle. I'm continuing towards Sky Hold.
That floating fortress is mighty, but it hasn't reckoned
with the strength of a Gani Berserker.
Our battle will be legendary. Cannons will fire.
Blasts will light up the night. No fighting, I swear there is no
brain in your skull, only another bicep.
Just transmit virus I gave you. Forget being a hero for once and
just do your job. But to transmit a virus that,
that seems like such a cowardly way of fight.
Are you sure I can't ram into sky hold?
Ledbetter A computer virus is a weapon, a legitimate weapon just
as much as a torpedo or a plasma bolt.
There's no dishonor or cowardice in cyber warfare.
In other words, do your job, you thick scold Neanderthal.
Turaf, stop tormenting him. Let him focus.
I'm so close to the alien ship. Ha, what a mighty vessel she is.
I'm entering communication range and transmitting the Trojan
horse. If my coding is correct, the
message will seem to come from the Mulgrath Empire Urgent
orders from on high. These might just work well.
I hope this works anyway. Message submitted.
I can hear it from here. Pass to your ship.
This is I already one message from Mulgrath Empire.
Refusal to accept mission will result in termination.
And success. The best teachers accepted the
message. We now have access to their
computer system. The virus is spreading.
I can't believe they fell for it.
Ah. Warrior races.
So proud, so stupid. Good work LED, now get back
here. But now that I've transmitted
the virus, I'm ready to ram Persephone in the sky Hold.
Unfortunately, the shuttle was designed on Earth.
It's pathetically weak. I probably can't destroy the
entire alien fortress, but I can take down the central tower.
Mr. Ledbetter, you will. Turn my shuttle.
Around and fly right back here to the Odysseus.
That is an order. Very well, Sir, the Odysseus
still needs me. Look, Captain, look at Skyhold.
My virus is beginning to work. My God, she's burning up like
the Hindenburg. It was really quite simple.
Sky hold might look like flying castle but it's just ship like
any other virus. Simply overheated engines until
cabon. You are stone cold, Doctor
Turov. I'm glad we're on the same side.
Captain, right now our side is suffocating.
Let's let's go get some air. We will as soon as Ledbetter is
back aboard. Must we really wait that long,
Captain? OK, fine.
Doctor Turov, when the torpedo hit Persephone, when we weren't
sure if Ledbetter was alive or dead, you seemed legitimately
concerned there for a moment. Well, of course, Captain.
I mean, if Ledbetter got themselves killed before
transmitting virus, Bestigers would have killed me next.
So that's all it was, huh? Just self preservation.
Look, you're a good doctor. You might be able to fool lead
better, but not me. You are manipulative, you are
devious and conniving, but you're not heartless.
Yes, alas, I have heart. It gets me in trouble all the
time. But don't tell barbarian these.
I have a reputation to uphold them.
I returned to you victorious, had destroyed the enemy and
cleared a path forward. Science wins again.
You created a fine sword scientist, but it took a warrior
to wield it. Warning.
Oxygen down to 10%. We better gun it, we don't have
much time. Computer full speed ahead.
Captain, I just tried seeing the digits of π in my head.
I only made it to 9 decimal points.
My thinking is fuzzy, like there are clouds in my head.
Lack of oxygen. I feel it too.
Morning oxygen down to 9%. Everyone look, There she is.
Our forbidden planet. Pushkin Prime.
She's beautiful, gentlemen, isn't she?
She looks a lot like Earth. I detect satellites orbiting the
world. They might be armed.
Those satellites are transmitting message.
It's on the loop repeating same 3 words over and over.
What 3 words? Computer Translate.
Danger keep out. Danger keep out.
Danger. Gee, we get out.
Computer stop. Captain, aside from those
satellites, I detect no signs of technology.
There seem to be no cities on the planet, no weapons, no
enemies. Well, men, whatever danger lurks
ahead, we'll just have to face it.
This planet is overflowing with oxygen.
Ozzy should be ready with his vacuum soon.
Danger keep out. Let's go Hoover up some air.
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days after separating from the rag tag fleet, we're still lost
in the Andromeda Galaxy alone. Our oxygen levels have dropped
to 9%. Hypoxia is setting in.
My vision is blurry, my thoughts are cloudy.
We're all feeling the lack of air.
The saboteur who caused the air leak is still at large, the only
possible source of oxygen nearby.
Pushkin Prime, a planet under quarantine.
What danger lurks there? We we don't know.
I've made the decision to push forward.
No turning back now. If we can't retrieve air from
this planet, this will be my last log post.
Thorn out. Hang in there man, we're almost
there. I feel fine.
Weekendies can survive for years without much without much
Oxytocin. Oxymoron.
It's oxygen and you're showing signs of hypoxia too.
I don't think Hugh Ganey's are quite as immune as you think.
Well, to be fair, that bit there is always lethal confused.
Warning oxygen levels down. Too computer enter orbit around
the planet. Warning Pushkin Prime is under
quarantine. Message from quarantine
satellites Incoming danger Turn back.
Turn back. Turn back.
We're not turning back. We we need air and we need it
now. Enter orbit.
Entering orbit around planet Pushkin Prime.
Hey, yo, Bridge, it's it's Frankie here from engineering.
Hozzy and I, we got the air pumps working.
We used ventilation tubing hold heat pumps and and just some
good old fashioned elbow grease. We call them air Vags.
You know, Hozzy here came up with the with the whole system.
You know, he's a he's a fine engineer.
We're lucky to have them. Oh.
I ain't no engineer, I'm just handy.
Used to do welding and HVAC repairs, that kind of stuff
that's old. Yeah, well, I learned everything
I know. Fixing antique motorbikes and my
Uncle Vinny shop at Jersey, where I come from.
We don't care. About what?
No fancy degree You. Got can you?
Calibrate a carburetor on the fly or reroute a cooling system
with spare parts, then you're good with us.
Start loading up your systems into the shuttle.
Already done Cap for symphonies. Got an air vac installed.
I checked the filters myself. They'll filter out anything that
ain't oxygen, no matter how nasty.
But man, I got to tell you, Cap, I wish we had more than one
shuttle, just in case something happens to this one.
I told the captain how many times that his ship is
unacceptably weak. One shuttle Ha on a Guinea Wars
ship. There are dozens of shuttles.
Well we used to have three. The Hydrians blasted 2 apart and
killed all the refugees aboard. Shuttles have thin armor, Not
the safest way to travel. The shuttles of Danny did could
withstand nuclear assaults. I myself once flew one through a
mushroom cloud. The hole was barely charred.
Well, that begs the question, Cap, what with Persephone being
so dinky and all, and what with this planet being under
quarantine, what was it the alien said something something
about a plague? And infestation was his word, I
believe. Yeah, Infestation, that was it
doesn't sound any nicer. So my question is, Cap, who's
going to fly Persephone? I'll fly her down myself.
It's too dangerous. You or the captain of this ship.
You must remain here in safety. Oh, I'll be perfectly safe on
the planet Ledbetter, because you're coming with me.
Yes, Captain, Whatever danger lurks on the surface, I will
find it, and I will crush its bones.
I'll join you too. You, you guys, you guys need me
down there to operate the pumps. All right, we'll meet in the
shuttle Bay, Commander Turov. Yes, Captain.
You have the bridge and try not to breathe too much until we get
back. Yes, Captain, I promised to hold
breath the entire time. Good luck.
Gentlemen, so. The captain has lift the bridge,
so is his pit. Barbarian Hansi is down in
engineering and Odysseus is mine.
Finally, I have supreme power computer want to play chess.
I always beat you. I know, but I'm rushing.
I like the fight. Inevitable.
I'll play white. All right, man, fasten your
seatbelts and say your prayers. We only have one shuttle.
That means we only get one shot at this.
Don't worry, Cap for Symphony's tougher than she looks.
She took a blow to the prow from a Bastager torpedo and as she
kept flying, she's a good shuttle.
Oh, of course, nothing like a Ganymede vessel.
Computer, open the airlock. Here we go, gentlemen.
Oh, look at her, man. Pushkin Prime.
She's a beautiful world, isn't she?
Verdant forests, deep oceans, snow capped mountains.
This is what Earth must have looked like millions of years
ago. To me, Ganymede is the most
beautiful of the world's her frozen wastelands, her clouds of
sulfur dioxide, her sprawling desolation glittering with black
ice sharp enough to slice a man. Yeah, sled better.
She sounds lovely. It sounds a bit like Jeezy in
February. I wonder though, back in the
Milky Way, a nice planet like Pushkin would be snatched up in
no time. Some alien civilization would
claim it. Hell, they would have fought
wars over it. A world like this, prime real
estate. I got to wonder what's so
dangerous down there. Yeah, it always sounds a little
fishy when they try to quarantine a nice place.
You know, maybe like they don't want us coming down and enjoying
those spoils. Well, we won't be staying long.
As soon as we've restocked our oxygen supply, we're out of
here. Hold on, weak Earthlings, we're
about to enter the atmosphere. This might get bumpy for
Earthlings. Just like the.
Cyclone from Coney. Island.
The atmosphere is a bit denser than Earth's.
It kind of makes for a bumpy ride.
I. Feel nothing.
I'll take us a bit lower. There we go.
Nice and steady now. All right, Frankie, you ready to
deploy the air vac? Sure, Cap.
I just got to stick the doorbell begin sucking up some air and
the filter will do the rest. But Cap.
What is it? Well, I was.
Thinking since we're. Already here, we might as well
land, see if we can find some foods or something.
Like more cantaloupes? I mean like fierce beasts to
hunt, no? We'd better not.
I know, man. It looks beautiful from up here,
doesn't it? Rivers full of fish, forests
full of fruit. But we don't know why this
planet was quarantined. If there are toxins in the air,
the filters will take care of those.
But I don't dare land. Let's fill up on oxygen from up
here. Then we'll be on our way.
But what about? Food Cap the fish, the fruit.
I mean, I know we still got dry rations aboard the Odysseus, but
those won't last forever. They last a while longer.
We'll find another world, one that isn't surrounded with big
honking morning signs. But Captain, if you never
intended to land on the planet, why did you bring me?
I thought I was here as your guardian.
Led better. I had to take you with me.
If you had stayed with Turov, one of you would have killed the
other. I would have been the one to
kill him. All right, guys.
I'm deploying the hose now. Keep her flying cap and I'll get
to vacuuming. We are.
Taking on air the filter's. Rumbling the Holy.
Cow. Nitrogen.
Methane. Now we don't want none of those.
Here comes the good stuff. Oxygen, boys.
Fresh oxygen. How long will it take to fill
that tank? Filling this tank, man. 10
minutes stops. Then we haul it back to the
Odysseus, pump the air into the mothership and come right back
for another load. It'll take a few trips.
I figure 15 runs out to cover it.
It's gonna be a grind, yeah, but once we're done, we'll be
breathing. Easy up there now that work will
take a few hours. Let's hope no more bastagers
show up. Well, nine more minutes till
this tank is full. Anyone want to play around the
poker or something? I got a deck of guards right
here. I'm.
Danny, the only children play games.
Well, it's because by a jank they all have beards and grenade
launchers. Come on, we'll play around the
poker, tell some jokes and. Whoa, Frankie, that wasn't your
air filter, was it? No.
Cap, she's running fine. Oh, there, look ahead.
Holy crap cap. Is that a is?
Is that a pterodactyl? Looks more like a dragon to me.
Look at those red scales. Beautiful creature cap.
That beautiful creature is flying right at us and it looks
hungry then. We will battle the beast.
Whoa, whoa, hold it there, tuts Captain.
She's biting my Persephone. Yeah, I noticed the creature.
It's got her wing. I will shoot the beast.
Well, better. You know, we don't have cannons
on the shuttle. I need no cannons.
I have handguns. I will step out of the airlock,
hold on to the exterior handles, and battle the dragon.
Let wait. That air out there, it ain't.
It ain't like Earth air. Good thing I'm not an Earth wing
for Danny Meade. The alien just cracked our wing.
Oh, my sweet Persephone. Die Beast.
What better get your Danny backside?
Back into the shuttle cap. The pterodactyl or whatever the
heck it is just broke off her. Wing, hold on, we're going down.
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