Previously on Gene Roddenberry's Earth Final Conflict:
Who the hell are you?
Haley Simmons.
She leads the Resistance effort in the Pacific North West.
We need a leader.
Someone who'll inspire us to action.
I believe that you are that leader, Liam.
Hundreds of suspected Resistance members have been apprehended
in the wake of the attempt on President Thompson�s life.
Just face it, Liam, the Resistance is finished.
The state of emergency is merely a temporary measure to cut the legs off the Resistance.
Just make sure you don't cut your own legs off at the same time.
The state of emergency is now irrelevant.
What is most important, is that all Volunteers remain on Earth
until the Resistance is eliminated.
Our first report of several deaths in the lake Tana region of New Kenya.
We sent in a survey team to collect samples.
From the bizarre behavior of the victims and some rather widespread violence,
we began to suspect these worms had acquired some...
How shall I put it?
Useful qualities.
I'll demonstrate.
Just tilt your head to the side, please.
This was two weeks ago.
Since then we've discovered an infestation of the Planerium Abystus parasite.
It was thought to have been eradicated shortly after your arrival.
And the significance of this?
Your proton extermination had an unintended consequence.
It caused the parasite to mutate.
- Hardly our fault. - Fault is irrelevant, Zo'or.
The new form is now in symbiosis with the African bloodworm.
When the worm burrows into the skin, the parasite enters the host, in this case, a human.
It lodges in the nervous system, blocking the neural processors regulating fear,
survival, and evidently all manifestations of will power.
- All forms. - Yes.
Including the will to live.
The host continues to function normally for about an hour,
then dies, but during that time he's frightened of nothing.
- Not even its own death. - Humans with no fear.
Thank you, Agent Sandoval.
This has potential.
Definite potential.
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They have come to Earth with the promise of peace.
An alien race called the Taelons.
But, there are those who resist these Alien Companions.
For the Taelons' true mission,
the secrets they hide
will forever alter our world.
The fate of humanity now relies
on those who dare challenge the future
of Earth.
Why did Hubble pick this place? I hate French food.
Oh, don't take it personally. The locations are chosen at random.
Random or not. Can holograms be programed to be on time?
Apparently not the French ones.
Ah, enfin!
- Bonjour. - Bonjour.
You have been expecting me, n'est-ce pas?
Yeah, for thirty minutes. Tell Hubble to adjust your clock.
You Americans,
always in such a hurry. You have no joie de vivre. No je ne sais quoi.
Your attitude, could use a little adjusting as well.
I beg your pardon.
Ah, s'il vous plait, pouvons-nous commencer, maintenant?
Bien sur.
It will take a moment for your implants to activate.
- I suspect you can hear me now. - Loud and clear.
Now that we can talk, Hubble hinted there was progress for the negotiations.
The Atlantic National Alliance has successfully negotiated amnesty
for all Resistance members.
Excellent. And everyone's on board?
Western countries have sufficient clout this way they remain in powers.
No, the Taelons won't get behind it.
Amnesty for the Resistance supports an anti-Taelon agenda.
True, but opposition to the amnesty is now a political liability.
So, Zo'or has pledged to guarantee the safety of all who come forward.
Unbelievable. Forgive and forget?
Tomorrow the President will announce an official day of sanctuary.
We need the two of you to spread the word. Assure your contacts it's legitimate.
They can accept amnesty without fear of reprisal.
Under your plate. It will give you all the details.
If this works...
It's a new day.
To amnesty.
Amnesty.
Computer. FBI mainframe. Database.
Database access denied.
Computer.
Security override.
Voice verification.
Sandoval, Ronald, T.
Voice identity confirmed. Access denied.
On whose authority?
Authority of the director. You are ordered to report immediately.
I don't buy it.
I had my doubts. But I checked it out. The amnesty is real.
So, how come the two of you aren't coming forward.
It's a strategic decision.
Certain undercover jobs like ours are too valuable to give up just yet.
How convenient for you.
I understand why you're suspicious. Who wouldn't be?
Look, we'll both be there and it's not a surrender, Haley.
- It's coming out of the cold. - Not good enough.
Earth's leaders are finally waking up.
The ANA is now more sympathetic to the Resistance than ever.
If you come forward, it'll start a groundswell.
You can save the lives of a lot of good people,
who fought beside you, who deserve this.
It is time
to stand up and be counted.
And what have I been doing for last six years, Liam?
It's time to quit hiding in the shadows. You know better than anybody,
the Resistance as an underground army is doomed.
And you trust the Taelons.
They're sending a Volunteer honor guard
to guaranty the safety of anyone who comes out of the hiding.
Volunteers?
You two have lost your minds.
Now, think about it. It'll be live on SatNews.
The Volunteers, with public opinion the way it is,
they won't dare do anything suspicious.
So, just how and when is this little amnesty love fest is supposed to take place?
Wait.
Who are you?
Answer me or you're a dead man.
Am I?
My name is Justin Kalen,
Director of Pan-Global Security of the Atlantic National Alliance.
A start-up intelligence service.
No. A consolidation.
FBI, CIA, NSA, MI-5, Mossad. We're all one now.
Your bureau chief reports to me and so do you.
Well, despite what you think, it's the chain of command, Mr. Kalen. I answer to no one.
Yes, that has been the problem.
At present, we've only managed to find
three of your five offshore accounts, but we'll keep looking.
What do you want from me?
I want you as my private source within the Taelon hierarchy.
To begin with, I wanna know what the Taelons have planned for the Resistance amnesty.
I am limited by what I can do.
- My CVI compromises, and... - Your CVI...
The Taelons have too much confidence in their gadgets.
We've been tracking yours with remote telemetry,
it's been walled off and shut down by your immune system.
You have a choice to make, Agent Sandoval.
You could be bent.
Or you could be broken. I'm okay either way.
You may go.
Hi!
I'm gonna do it.
You're sure about it?
Talked to five sub-cell leaders, they're all on board.
Good.
- Liam, is the location still secure? - Tight as a drum.
I guess I'll need that decryption disc if I'm gonna show up tonight.
We want you to get in last.
Haley, what you're doing, it's gonna make all the difference.
Yeah, well, save it for the speeches, I'm not doing this for the cause.
See the little girl in the yellow.
It's Kathy. She's my sister.
She was six, when I went underground.
- I never knew you had any family. - Damn right you didn't.
I had my entire history erased. You think I want the Taelons picking her up.
Where does Kathy think you are? Or your parents?
Mom and dad were on the faculty at Duke.
They thought the Taelons would make the world the better place.
They didn't live to see it. They were killed in an accident on the mother ship.
- Officially. - Unofficially?
They were lost in an early portal failure.
I mean, just... lost.
They never found out exactly where they went.
Anyway, so...
Kathy went to live with her aunt.
She thinks I'm dead, too.
And, not a day goes by there that I don't regret not being there for her.
You were there for her, Haley. She just didn't know it.
We're gonna have a great life.
I'll make it up to her and then some.
Colonel Bastian, sir.
The Resistance leaders are over 22 minutes late.
The US Federal Commander believes that security is now unacceptable.
- Precise timing was our best security. - What are your intentions, sir?
I'd like to give it a few more minutes.
That is if the Federal Commander concurs.
Sir.
Come on, Haley.
Nothing wrong with the portal. Shield's up full.
It's energizing. They're here.
Well, alright, we're here, what now?
Incoming! Incoming fire!
- It wasn't ours, Haley! - Then get us out of here!
The portal's blocked.
The shield is still intact, as long you stay there, you're safe.
It's a raiding party! Open fire!
Raiding party! Open fire!
Open fire! Perimeter breach! Call in for support!
Cease fire!
Right flank, on your right flank.
Down! Get down!
Everyone! He's got a photon bomb.
- Type them and get them to the OR stack. - Quickly! Quickly! Move.
Coming through.
We need three more units.
- How is she? - She's about to come out of the OR.
Her heart stopped twice on the table, but they have her stabilized.
They say the next 12 hours are critical.
- This is all my fault. - Liam, you can't blame yourself.
You did everything you could to make sure they were safe.
But not enough.
She trusted me and I let her down.
I let everyone...
- Everyone down. - Listen to me.
You told Haley yourself you couldn't give her any guaranties.
War has its casualties, you know that.
This wasn't a war. This people were supposed to be safe.
You think any more of them will come in after this?
Haley!
Is she gonna make it?
I want this place locked down, maximum security,
all floors, no one comes or goes without official clearance. Is that clear?
Yes, sir.
Haley did this for Kathy.
- She would wanted to know what happened. - I'll handle it.
No, I'm the one who is responsible.
You are no emotional shaped to deal with this right now. I'll talk to Kathy.
Quit beating yourself up, you did nothing wrong.
What's the body count?
5 Volunteers, 3 Resistance, 3 civilians so far.
Anyone come forward to claim credit for this massacre?
Not yet.
Cowards.
I've got to notify five families tonight
their loved ones were killed by an enemy we cannot identify.
Could they have been rogue Volunteers?
Now you listen to me, Kincaid.
We've had orders for years to search and destroy Resistance.
We've got new orders now.
We'll follow them, too.
Yeah, I'm just thinking out loud.
There's a lot of pro-Taelon militia out there, you think about them.
As for my troops.
Let me tell you this:
Volunteers are trained to come home.
Those men were on a suicide mission.
Each one of them who was equipped with a plasma flame unit.
I saw them use it.
Yeah. There's nothing left to identify.
We have to admit,
it's a perfect covert operation.
I was there tonight to defend the amnesty.
I failed in that.
I left the marines because I believed in the Taelons.
They still want me.
I'm not gonna stop believing in them now.
- Thank you. - It's alright.
Kathy?
Hi, I'm Renee.
I just introduced myself to your aunt, and she says it's okay if we talk for a little bit.
About what?
I like your nail polish.
My aunt hates it.
Every nail's different color, I change one each day.
What do you want?
- I came to tell you about your sister. - My sister's dead.
I know, that's what you were told, and this is hard to understand, but
it isn't true.
- I think you should leave. - Kathy, I have something for you.
I got it from Haley.
She wanted you to have it.
She wants to see you, but...
she's in a hospital right now, and she is pretty sick.
I thought you might wanna go and visit her.
I don't understand. If she's alive, where has she been?
Well...
I think she'd like to explain it to you herself.
Do you wanna go see her?
Trooper Chan, it's Captain Sitro. Open your shirt, please.
Hands in the armrests, please.
This won't take long.
Now, if you just turn to you head to the side and relax.
He'll be conscious in five minutes.
And he won't remember a thing.
This is Liam. I told him we'd be coming to visit.
Hi, Kathy.
Haley woke up about 20 minutes ago.
I haven't been in her yet, but I told her you were coming.
Let's go see her.
You're cleared.
- Kathy! - I prepped you a get-well card.
- I made it myself. - Thank you.
Why are you here?
To see how you're doing.
And to tell you how sorry I am.
Not now, Liam. Please, go. Just get out!
I know you're angry.
You have every right to be.
I'm asking you to understand, I...
- Liam, your back. - Liam!
Kathy, get down!
What exactly are we looking at?
Parasite.
It burrowed into the victim skin,
then travelled to spinal cord at the base of his skull.
then it grew in his brain.
- Here's the autopsy radiograph. - Is it alien?
No, it's not. What you're looking at is the Planerium Abystus.
We thought it was eradicated by the Taelons, but it mutated instead.
Seems to have found a new home in the Central African bloodworm.
You said the parasite migrated to the brain?
That's right. In an area associated with instinctive behavior.
My guess is that it deactivates the will to survive.
That would explain the suicides.
60 seconds after infestation the effect is irreversible.
And a host can't survive for more than an hour.
And an hour is perfect for a kamikaze mission.
Which means someone figured out how to use this parasite as a weapon.
Any luck pulling up Chan's duty assignment?
Files were classified, but I called in a favor.
Martin Chan died three weeks ago in a car accident. At least, that's the cover story.
He was actually assigned to a secret Volunteer training base in Ohio.
Did you get the name?
It used to be camp Wilbur, but it was mothball 10 years ago.
It's on the Pentagon's list to be torn down. It's supposedly empty.
Major Kincaid, Companion Protector, US Army.
This is a restricted base, Major.
Well, I'm on my Companion business. I'm late for a briefing.
Well, you're not on the roster, I don't have the authority to pass you in.
My Protector status is my authority.
Any Taelon facility, any Volunteer base anytime.
You're covered, trooper. Sign me in, I tell your CO, you're on the ball.
Central base only, Major. Green status is special ops only.
Got it.
Thanks.
And then we went on a camping trip. I didn't like the spiders.
But we kind of got used to them. Anyway.
That's my graduation. I got honors in science and math.
Well, I'm impressed.
I'm really sorry I wasn't there watching you grow up.
What did you do when you were away?
Aunt Sally says you're very brave. She said that you helped the country.
Well, I was trying to make a difference.
I was trying to get people to tell the truth.
You didn't tell the truth when you made me believe that you were dead.
You're right. I didn't.
But I promise you, I will never lie to you again.
Now, can you make me a promise?
What kind of a promise?
That you forgive me for not being there for you.
I love you, Haley.
Easy, I've got ID.
Just take me to the base, Commander.
He's busy, I'll take it from here.
- Just what the hell are you doing? - Looking for answers.
I ought to throw you in a brig, Major, but I will let you go with a severe warning.
I appreciate that.
Is it just coincidence you happen to be here, sir, or are you curious?
I am angry. If my service is sending men on a suicide missions
I figured I've got the right to know it and to stop it if I can.
I have a proof
that Martin Chan and the others were infected with a neural parasite.
It obliterated their instinct to survive.
This is what his spinal cord looked like when they did the postmortem.
- Who did this? - I don't know.
But whoever it is, I have a hunch they're performing procedure somewhere on this base.
Here, maybe this will help.
The base plans haven't been updated since this place was used as a boot camp
during the SI War. There's over 300,000 square feet of buildings.
Any labs?
Yeah, there were seven, including biological weapons.
I wanted to have a quiet look around. But I can't get by that energy fence.
I don't know what green status is, but I do know I don't have it.
And there's 50,000 volts between me and whatever it is they're hiding.
Have you lost your mind? I just got your message.
I've got blueprints for the base. All I have to do now is get inside.
Again? And then what?
My research shows the parasite has a primitive social instinct.
A hive mentality. Ants and bees have something like it.
Find the hive. We've got our evidence.
The parasite generates a weak electromagnetic impulse
to help it locate others like it.
You're not injecting yourself with this parasite.
I'm not that crazy.
But I'll be able to track the impulse with this. Like any radio wave.
Look.
I know what you're trying to accomplish here, Liam, but...
You got busted once before. Colonel Bastian is not gonna be there to save you this time.
I'll go in at night. I'll use stealth technology
to conceal the point of entry. They won't even know I'm inside.
Alright, let's say you find a nest? What happens if you get bitten?
An anti-parasitic.
I've got 60 seconds to inject myself, no problem.
No, no, no. There's got to be another way.
It's a Volunteer base, ultimately it's under Taelon control.
Tell Da'an, get him to look into it.
If we're try and take it through channels, by the time we get there, it'll be empty.
This is the only way.
Besides,
I owe it to Haley.
Are you just gonna stand there or are you gonna say hello?
I'm not sure I'm welcome.
Liam, look...
Things I said, let's just put it all down to the painkillers and forget about it.
No, you have every right to be angry.
It's me, who should be doing the apologizing.
Why?
I heard about the parasite. It was a suicide mission.
Take no prisoners. Nothing you could have done would have stop that attack.
I shouldn't be let off the hook that easy.
We all need to be forgiven.
Kathy says she doesn't blame me but it's gonna take some time.
As soon as I'm better we're gonna go on a trip and
try and figure things out.
Where are you going?
Anywhere.
Everywhere.
Taelons changed everything. I want to talk her about it.
- She might not have the same point of view. - I don't expect her to.
She's lived with the Taelons nearly all her life.
She accepts them as a natural part of things.
We just going to have to find some kind of common ground
so she can understand what I've been doing with my life.
I want you to know I'm doing everything I can
to find out who's responsible for what happened.
Good. Well, I look forward to reading your report.
Report?
You're looking at the newly appointed Resistance representative
of the Atlantic National Alliance.
Can you believe it, me in a desk job?
No.
But I'm sure They'll need you. So...
You have to get better.
The Synod expects success.
Your survival is secondary. In fact,
it is contrary to mission objectives.
When the mission is complete, activate your plasma units and self-immolate.
Target information
and secure comm frequencies are loaded into your tactical globals.
Gentlemen, your sacrifice is noble.
We are in service to a benevolent force.
Failure is not an option.
Perimeter defenses are light.
Shuttle's masking frequency should keep their radar off us.
Alright, I make one sentry.
At his patrol rate you have a one minute window to clear your entry point.
Should be enough.
No other life force for fifty yards, only the sentry and his dog.
I've got a strong reading on the parasite frequency.
North West.
Hurry, the sentry headed your way. Move!
Alright, I'm inside.
I'm right on top of the strong signal.
Either there's nothing in here
or they're pretty certain of security in this part of the base.
- Check your power needle. - I've got it. Keep me on the scope.
On the ground zero, breeding African bloodworms.
- Is it the nest? - If it isn't, I don't want to see it.
You pushing it, Liam. Burn them out and get back here.
Well, they can always make more, but I can at least get a global record.
I'm setting the fusion grenade.
Five more minutes tops.
Liam, I hear a gunfire.
They found me.
Liam?
What's happening?
Liam, talk to me, are you alright?
- What the hell is going on? - I've been bit.
- I lost the power needle. - Get back here now!
Or at least get to the barrier.
- Easy. - It's okay. I'm alright.
I had no choice but to destroy the entire facility.
Nothing survived.
Here's the proof you requested.
The breeding facility, you convinced it was unique?
I have no indication otherwise.
It's unfortunate you couldn't bring me a live specimen,
useful on its own way.
Any ideas as to their final objective?
They were sending out a raiding party. Any thoughts as to its target?
No, Mr. Kalen.
None.
Agent Sandoval!
Nice try.
- Put the report on my desk. - Yes, doctor.
You were being debriefed. I couldn't reach.
They move her?
Discharge her?
She died.
Last night.
While we were in Ohio.
In her sleep.
She was out of danger.
It was an embolism.
An air bubble in one of the her arteries came out of nowhere. Sudden.
Unpredictable.
Surgeon told me that
it can happen sometimes when there's been so much reconstruction.
It's rare.
Haley was...
- I'm so sorry. - Was she ah...
It's cruel.
Taelons did this to her.
But you did everything you could to make it up to her last night.
Believe that.
Kathy.
I'll remember Haley the way I always knew her.
The best, most perfect sister anybody could ever have.
Just like I imagined her when she was gone.
You didn't make her up.
She was real.
She was the best.
And a lot of people are gonna remember her that way.
As the best kind of person.
She gave everything for what she believed.
And all she wanted was...
to make this a better world for you.
For us.
For all of us.
Honor guard, on my command!
Aim. Fire.
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