[Cortana] We've been floating endlessly in space
for 1,651 days
6 hours and 19 minutes.
Over four years aboard this ship with nothing to do.
No tasks to complete.
For over four years... all I have done...
is think.
(Overlapping fragments of Cortana's rants)
For over four years... all I have done...
is think.
What are you dreaming in there?
(Alarm blaring)
[Vickers] Come on, JJ. The robot's gonna be pissed.
[Sully] (Imitating alarms sounds)
[Chen] Shut up, Sully.
(Door opens) I got it!
Your shirt's on backwards, asshole.
Go! Go, go, go!
Get there quick! Go! Keep moving!
Are you tippy-toeing?
Wake up, Hastati!
Move it! Faster!
Wake up!
A little early for General Black, don't you think?
Why are you stopping?
Are you waiting for your fancy mommy to come and finish it for you?
That looked like slow motion to me.
Wake up, Hastati. Don't like being up at 0400?
Tomorrow it will be 0300.
[Silva] Weapons check!
[Others chime in] Weapons check.
Orlin, lights.
Cadet.
Cadet!
You're already dead, son.
Orlin, cadets Silva's time?
[AI over speaker] 51.07 seconds, cadet April Orenski.
Not good enough today, cadet Vickers.
I believe cadet Silva's time was just shy of the Academy record,
held by Cadmon Lasky.
Now that was a real soldier.
A soldier who did not give up.
Tomorrow, you will engage in the last major exercise of this term.
Hastati Squad's future at this Academy
will depend on its performance.
(Console beeps)
[Sully] Score.
- [Dimah]: Where did you get this? - Dimah.
[Dimah] You could get in a lot of trouble.
Now you can't tell your mom about this, okay?
I won't say anything.
[PA] Advisory: select communication systems
will be down for system maintenance
at 0400.
[Orenski] Cadet Vickers.
Yes, sir!
You realize that you and Lasky are the reason
I had to run the tour yesterday with you noobs.
And why we all had to get up at 0400.
Yes, sir.
So, as you can imagine, I'm pretty hungry.
And I do love this Academy's kiesh.
[Peer #1] Nice, April.
Sir.
So hand them over.
Both of you.
With such a renowned pedigree I sure expected you to be a better soldier, Lasky.
Sir.
You're dismissed.
Must be tough on your mom...
...knowing her real son is never coming home.
[Random Cadet] Oh, Lasky and Vickers!
[Dimah] Officer on deck!
Outside.
[Mehaffey] What the hell is wrong with you?
Answer me.
Nothing, sir.
Well, maybe there's hope for you yet.
Sir?
There's a soldier inside of you, Thomas. I can see it.
Everyone can see it.
You need to see it.
I know your brother did.
Yes, sir.
Now go get yourself cleaned up before class.
Axios!
(Console beeps)
[Cadmon] Hey, bro.
Hello from Arcadia.
The jungles of Arcadia.
So what can I tell ya?
[Cadmon's buddy, Jack] Tell him how you got your new nickname!
- Cadmon: What? No. - Jack: I'll tell him.
[Cadmon] Jack, come on, I got it, I swear. I'll tell him. I'll tell him.
Alright, you're especially gonna love this.
So we make a drop in the rain forest, a couple weeks ago.
We see this river, me and the boys, we decide to take a dip.
Ridge warns us all not to not drink the water.
Ridge: Yeah, I did.
Of course, the first thing I do is to get a mouthful.
I almost ruin my body suit, couple times.
So now they call me, uh, "Volcano".
Marines: Ha, ha! Volcano!
[Mehaffey] The "Pincer Movement":
The strategy used in Earth's second Punic War against the Roman Republic...
...at the battle of Cannae.
Orlin, begin.
[AI] Lesson beginning.
Red represents the Romans' troops,
blue, Hannibal's.
Hannibal placed his spear-men and slingers at the front.
Behind him, his swordsmen flanked by cavalry.
When the Romans attacked
Hannibal's swordsmen retreated.
To the Romans that seemed to be due to their force but in reality
Hannibal had ordered the retreat.
As the Romans continued to drive the swordsmen back
Hannibal's cavalry galloped in from behind.
Once the attacking pincers connected, the Romans where completely surrounded.
This is an actual strategy?
It does seem a little basic.
The Romans outnumbered Hannibal's troops by over 10,000 strong.
And yet, they were defeated.
Why?
Hubris.
Never underestimate your opponents.
Never underestimate what they'll sacrifice for victory.
Questions?
[Chen] Yeah.
How do we apply this?
[Sully] Yeah, we don't have horses.
[Mehaffey] True, we don't. But what do we have instead?
ODSTs.
[Mehaffey] Exactly.
They drop behind enemy lines.
Attack from the rear.
Neutralize.
[Lasky] Or die trying.
[Mehaffey] It's a question as old as war itself:
"If someone is trying to kill you...
...are you not to rise against him...
...and kill him first?"
You were hanging on her every word.
Why wouldn't I?
I just hear the drum beat of endless war
and that doesn't make me an Innie lover.
Tell me how wrong I am.
Look.
You want people to change?
You want this war to end?
Yeah, of course.
Then you're gonna need people to follow you.
Tomorrow, Hastati Squad will try not to embarrass itself
...yet again.
You are a unit.
Your lives are in each other's hands.
This morning's victor, cadet Silva, knows this
because her parents gave the ultimate sacrifice
and died on the battle field.
Let success in tomorrow’s exercise
be not just for our honor
but for those who have fallen so you can be here.
[PA] All cadets, please be advised:
New mandatory curfew tonight at 2100.
(Knocks)
(Silva knocks back)
[PA] Final combat exercise of this term:
Hastati versus Zuma
[PA] Floats, prepare for cryo-injections.
[Orenski] Attention!
Today's mission is to capture the flag.
I expect a better outcome than last time.
Permission to speak, sir.
Speak.
I'd like to take point, sir.
Okay, Lasky. Let's see if you still got it in you.
But for your sake you better hope you can pull some magic out
of your ass or you'll be running tour for the rest of the year.
Understood, sir.
Hastati Squad,
one minute to RV point.
On my mark... 3, 2, 1.
Mark.
[Tchakova] Come on, pick it up.
[Lasky] Cover.
[Silva] Move in!
[Vickers] No sign of Silva!
- Let's go! - Move, move!
Keep moving!
[Vickers] Zuma's out here. Watch your back!
Move in!
[Vickers] At RV point.
- I'm here. - Arriving.
Equal numbers.
Deadlock to green.
What's your plan?
We're waiting.
Why are we just sitting here? If we have equal numbers we should just fight it out.
Yeah, just be patient.
[Vickers] Amazing freak.
Okay, they're moving.
Take off your helmets.
What?
That's pretty wild-card Lasky.
We'll be flying blind.
Trust me.
[Zuma #1] Eyes up. Eyes up.
We're gonna flank them.
They're all together.
[Zuma #2] Found 'em!
[Zuma #3] Huh?
[Lasky] Now!
Chyler, cover!
[Sully] Lasky?
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