Briefing - Proxima Briefing - Sol Losing Endgame 1 Losing Endgame 2

Briefing - Proxima

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Series R (losing track) - - Proxima System - - Earth is under imminent threat . . . the war is all but lost . . . BRIEFING R1 - EISEN -> R1BRFEI EISEN DOESN’T LOOK TOO HAPPY AS BLAIR ENTERS. EISEN Things look pretty grim, Colonel. Here’s the situation. HE GESTURES TO THE MAP TABLE. EISEN (V.O.) The Kilrathi are coming at us full throttle. We’ve fallen back to this jump point in the Proxima System because it leads to straight to Earth. If we can’t defend this doorway . . . we might as well roll out the red carpet for them. HE LOOKS AT BLAIR. EISEN I’m not going to lie to you, Colonel: we’re outnumbered and outgunned. BLAIR Understood, sir. I’ll do my best. Wingman choice for Mission R1: All who were available for the mission that led to Series R. NOTE: All pilots are now “at risk.”

Briefing - Sol

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BRIEFING R2 - EISEN -> R2BRFEI EISEN FACES BLAIR WITH DESPERATION IN HIS EYES. THIS IS HITLER’S BUNKER, CUSTER DURING THE LAST STAND, THE FINAL DAYS OF TROY. SITUATION - - SEEMINGLY HOPELESS. IT IS A NIGHTMARE BEYOND THE IMAGININGS OF A CAREER MILITARY MAN. NO ONE EVER PREPARES FOR THIS DAY, OR THIS SPEECH . . . EISEN Colonel, you know the situation as well as I do. In all likelihood, we will never see each other again. I know none of us wants to live under Kilrathi rule. So, all I ask that you fight like you’ve never fought before . . . for duty, for honor, Colonel, for all mankind . . . This is a magnum launch: no wingman choice. All fighters up/ NOTE: Mission R2 is impossible to win and will lead to: Losing Endgame.

Losing Endgame 1

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LOSING ENDGAME: -> 19LSEND PART 1: THE VICTORY BRIDGE KILRATHI VOICES JAM EVERY COMM CHANNEL, BOASTING AND TAUNTING . . . MONITORS FILL WITH LAUGHING, SHRIEKING KILRATHI FACES . . . ROLLINS, EISEN, AND OTHER CREW MEMBERS TRACK INCOMING DATA ON THE REMAINING WORKING CONSOLES . . . THEIR FACES BATHED IN EERIES RED LIGHT . . . ROLLINS All our shields are down! We can’t stop them! EISEN (an insane gleam in his eye) They’re not taking my ship! HE TAKES OVER THE STEERAGE AND PUNCHES IN COORDINATES. ROLLINS Sir! What are you doing? You’re heading right into their fleet! EISEN We’re going to take as many of them with us as we can! Make your peace, Mr. Rollins - - CUT TO: SPACE - - THE VICTORY RAMS A HUGH KILRATHI BATTLEWAGON - - BOTH GO UP IN AN EXPLOSION THAT MOMENTARILY LOOKS LIKE THE SUN GOING NOVA.

Losing Endgame 2

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PART 2: SPACE - BLAIR’S SHIP -> 19LSEND * Eventually, IF Blair does NOT die in battle, he runs out of ammo, OR is forced to eject. CONDITION: Out of ammo. BLAIR’S FIGHTER IS TRACTORED ABOARD THRAKHATH’S SHIP. CONDITION: Eject. BLAIR’S EJECTION POD IS TRACTORED ABOARD THRAKHATH’S SHIP. CUT TO: The following scene, which is NOT a “cinematic.” INT. THRAKHATH’S SHIP - THRAKHATH, MELEK -> R2KILTH * CLOSEUP: A BEATEN, EXHAUSTED BLAIR . . . HE IS HAULED BEFORE PRINCE THRAKHATH, A PRISONER OF WAR . . . THRAKHATH At last, we meet face-to-face. The Heart of the Tiger . . . BLAIR You’ll never truly conquer Earth, you know. Not before you have to destroy it. THRAKHATH (the Kilrathi shrug) It’s of small consequence. Your Homeworld is a watery planet, not an environment I’ve ever cared for. (laughs) It is a pleasure, at last, to have finally, and completely, conquered you. (beat) The Kilrathi are not, however, without what you humans call mercy. We shall grant you the opportunity to plead for your miserable life. Blair DEFIANT. BLAIR GESTURES FOR THRAKHATH TO COME CLOSER. THE PRINCE LEANS IN. BLAIR (almost a whisper) Screw you. THRAKHATH For you, Heart of the Tiger, a warrior’s death. THRAKHATH UNSHEATHES HIS CLAWS AND SLASHES OUT. . . Blair SUPPLIANT. BLAIR HANGS HIS HEAD IN SHAME. BLAIR You’ve won, Prince Thrakhath. Every being wants to live one more day. I’m no exception. THRAKHATH APPEARS TO GIVE THIS SOME THOUGHT. THRAKHATH Even the Heart of the Tiger proves unworthy in the end. THE GUARDS DRAW THEIR GUNS . . . THRAKHATH Fire! BLAIR DISINTEGRATES. HOISTING BLAIR ON THE PETARD OF HIS CLAWS BASKING IN THE GUSH OF BLOOD . . . THE KILRATHI CRY APPROVAL . . . AS BLAIR’S LIFE RUSHES OUT OF HIS BODY . . . DISSOLVE TO: The following sequence in which we return to the “cinematic” format. IN ORBIT AROUND EARTH - - KILRATHI CARRIERS HOVERS ABOVE THE PLANET . . . DROP-SHIPS DESCEND . . . THEY GLOW REDLY AS THEY STRIKE THE ATMOSPHERE . . . CUT TO: WASHINGTON DC KILRATHI DROP-SHIPS FLY PAST THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT . . . OVER THE CAPITAL . . . CLOGGING THE SKY . . . DROPPING NUCLEAR-TIPPED TORPEDOES . . . THE CITY IS DESTROYED . . . CUT TO: Scene 187 INT. THE EMPEROR’S IMPERIAL SHIP - PORT OVERLOOKING EARTH -> R2KILEM THE EMPEROR LAUGHING AND GLOATING, AS HE WATCHES EXPLOSIONS ON EARTH’S NIGHTSIDE SURFACE . . . DISSOLVE TO: Scene 188 EXT. EARTH -> RLEARK1 A ONCE BEAUTIFUL PACIFIC SHORELINE - - THOUGH DAYTIME, THE HORRIFIC, RADIATION-TINGED SKY APPEARS DARK AS NIGHT . . . A KILRATHI FOOT STEPS ON, AND CRUSHES THE HEAD OF A BURNED, RADIATED HUMAN . . . THE KILRATHI SOLDIER GROWLS IN LAUGHTER AND TRIUMPH . . . THE END: LOSING ENDGAME