T'lan Meth System, Mission 5 (422.7) Scene - Space (Movie Filename -- 0960.WVE)
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Scene - Rec Room (Movie Filename -- 0980.WVE)
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Finley: You're up late. I thought all pilots needed their beauty sleep.
Casey: I've given up sleep.
Finley: How long have you been up?
Casey: Oh, 72 hours... maybe.
Finley: You can't keep doing that to yourself. Sooner or later it's going to affect your work, not to mention your health.
Casey: So what makes you burn the midnight oil?
Finley: Now that we found a way to cut through the Alien jamming, we finally made contact with the Cats on E'Loy.
Casey: And?
Finley: And, what I found was very strange. It seems that after the capitol city of E'Loy was attacked and destroyed, most of the Kilrathi disappeared.
Casey: Disappeared? You mean, were killed.
Finley: No, I mean disappeared. Apparently, the aliens took a great many prisoners. Thousands. The few who remained sent me a data bundle on the alien craft. I'm processing that now but...
Casey: But what?
Finley: As soon as I uploaded the data, I lost all contact with the Kilrathi. All the systems checked out. They're just not there. It's almost as if...
Casey: As if, the E'loy had been consumed, like in the Kilrathi prophecy.

Scene - Centrax
Blair: Who are you?
Bug: You have killed many!
Blair: What do you want?
Bug: YOU!

Scene - Rec Room
Finley: Hey! Are you all right?

Scene - Rec Room
(Movie Filename -- 1050.WVE) {Click on "Talk to Hawk"}

Hawk: Missed you at mess this morning.
Casey: Yeah, I wasn't hungry.
Hawk: You weren't in the mood to eat. That's not the same as not being hungry.
Casey: Do you have a point, Colonel?
Hawk: Blair. You're still blaming yourself for what happened. It's tearing you up inside. I can see it. Are you having nightmares about him yet? Sit down, Lieutenant. You know, on one of my first missions in the last war, I lost three wingmen, including two bunk mates. I was ready to sign for a psych discharge. I was a wreck. Couldn't sleep. Couldn't eat. Just kept seeing their faces every time I closed my eyes. This Major took me aside. He said, 'They're dead and you're not. Get used to it.'
Casey: Yeah, easy for him to say!
Hawk: Yeah. But not so easy for him to sign on as my wingman. Which he did! Next mission out, he's got my six. I'm not in the groove yet. He had to kill a clan of Cats until I got myself together.
Casey: Who was it? Blair?
Hawk: Your father.
Casey: My father?
Hawk: Now, get some sleep, get something to eat and forget about Blair. You're a good pilot and you're still alive. You should try to stay that way.
Casey: Is that what my father would have said?

Briefing Intro: Generic Opening #8

ICIS Text: Lieutenant Casey, you and Colonel Manley will be dispatched immediately to join the Kilrathi at NAV 1, where they are already engaged with an enemy force. Assist them in destroying all enemy forces. Then, provide an escort for the remainder of their forces to a rendezvous with a Kilrathi corvette at NAV 2. When your mission is complete, return to the Midway.

Briefing Exit:
(Movie Filename -- 1060.WVE)

CAG: So, these are your mission objectives. And if there's no further feedback from Hawk or Maniac? Then you are dismissed. Good luck.
Casey: You okay?
Hawk: I joined this man's space force to skin Cats, not to hold their paws. I feel like I was better off in the Union of Border Worlds. At least there we knew who our enemies were.
Casey: Look, Hawk, you like it or not you're going to have to put all this behind you. Like I did with Blair. You taught me that!
Hawk: You ever read the mission report on the day your Dad went KIA?
Casey: Yeah, he was on a deep space patrol in the B'shriss system when the Kilrathi jumped him.
Hawk: But, one small detail was omitted from that report. Blair found his lifepod. Brought it in. Iceman was inside-- in pieces. The Cats pulled him in, had their fun, and sent him home. Not exactly a hero's death, huh? So, we omitted it from the mission log to spare the family. Trust me, kid. I know you're trying to help. But I owe those Cats a whole lot of payback, and so do you! See you on deck.

[Fly Mission, T'lan Meth 5 - Cult of Sivar Rescue]

[Midway]
<Hawk> This don't feel right, kid... riskin' our butts to save some freakin' furballs!

[Nav 1]
<Hawk> Looks like those cats are getting hammered. Damn shame, ain't it?
<Kilrathi>You will assist us, human!

[Kill bugs]

<Hawk> There are still enemies out here, Casey. Let's kill the bastards!
<Hawk> I took the liberty of turning off our flight recorders before we left. Nobody's gonna know what happened out here, but you, me, and a bunch of dead cats.
<Hawk> You make the call on this one... but if we're gonna attack, it'd better be soon.
<Kilrathi> Accompany us to the rendezvous point, human.
<Hawk> These are Sivar renegades! We don't take 'em down today, they'll be raiding our colonies tomorrow.
<Hawk>This is your chance to pay 'em back for your dad! Shoot the bastards!

[Attack Kilrathi]
<Hawk> Right on, kid! Let the fur fly!
<Kilrathi> Traitorous ape! We will feast upon your entrails!
<Kilrathi> So be it. Now you die, human scum!

[Nav 2]
<Hawk> That corvette makes for a lovely target. Don't think I can resist.
<Hawk> If we don't finish what we started, we'll be facing a court martial. The Hawk don't go for that.
<Hawk> Die proud, kid. You're the best damn wingman I've flown with since your old man.

[Hawk dies]
<Kilrathi Corvette> Do you wish to end your pitiful existence as well, simian fool?
<Kilrathi Corvette> We would pursue and destroy the hairless one, were he worthy of a warrior's death.
<Kilrathi Corvette> The lower life forms of your Confederation may no longer depend upon our assistance against this foe.
<Kilrathi Corvette> You are no Warrior of the True Blood! Your death offers us little honor!

[Don't attack Kilrathi]
[Nav 2]
<Hawk> You sure you're the Iceman's kid, boy?

[If you saved Kilrathi]
<Kilrathi Corvette> You fly well, for a clawless one.
<Hawk> I think I'm gonna puke.

[If bugs killed Kilrathi]
<Kilrathi Corvette> Your Confederation's best was less than adequate. We shall remember your failure.

(Movie Filename -- 1090.WVE) {If you attack the Kilrathi}

(Movie Filename -- 1100.WVE) {If you save the Kilrathi}
Casey: Dammit, Hawk. Talk to me! Hawk! What the hell's wrong with you?! Hawk!

[Check Terminal]

Landing Scene 2: (Movie Filename -- 1095.WVE) {If you attack the Kilrathi}
CAG: It's too bad about Hawk. He was one of our best.
Casey: Yes, Sir.
CAG: What I don't understand is... Hawk's last transmission. He said all the enemy fighters had been eliminated. Did you see what took him down? No data. Your flight recorder must have been damaged in the firefight. I'll get the techs on it right away. Are you all right, Lieutenant?
Casey: Yes, Sir.
CAG: Very well, then. Dismissed.

(Movie Filename -- 1105.WVE) {If you save the Kilrathi}
Rachel: What the hell happened out there?
Casey: I don't know. I really don't know.

Scene - Rec Room (Movie Filename -- 1120.WVE)
{Click "Talk to Hawk"}

Casey: So how long do I rate the silent treatment, Colonel?
Hawk: You expect a pat on the back for not telling the brass I wanted to hose those Cats? HA!
Casey: And I suppose I should have helped you murder them.
Hawk: No, you should be proud of yourself. It's not every day a rookie pilot can rescue a gang of Kilrathi terrorists.
Casey: Those Kilrathi were flying worn out ships, Colonel.
Hawk: What's your point, Lieutenant?
Casey: They're a pathetic pack of burn outs fighting a war that's been over for years. People like that... people like you should be pitied.
Hawk: But they're still the enemy.
Casey: Were, Hawk. Were. Right now, there's a new enemy out there. It's got the Kilrathi on the run, and we're next.
Hawk: I'm a good pilot. I'm still alive. Maybe I should...
Casey: Plan to stay that way? That's good advice.

Scene - Briefing Room (Movie Filename -- 1130.WVE)

Finley: Recognize this? It's the transmission assembly from that Confed signal buoy you guys brought back. Ah! No touch!
Casey: What's it doing here?
Finley: I needed the special comm equipment in this tie-in to test a theory.
Casey: And?
Finley: And using some key codes I found in this assembly, we now have several critical pieces of the puzzle to break our Alien friend's codes.
Casey: Sounds complicated.
Finley: It is. Here. This is a transmission we intercepted recently. Coded in two parts. The first part goes like this.
Bug: We have captured another of the non-aligned and are transporting it to the Centrax on Dula Seven.
Casey: Non-aligned? What does that mean?
Finley: No idea. However, according to what our ugly friend just said and other data from the Kilrathi, Dula Seven was once a Kilrathi Starbase. Now the aliens occupy it.
Casey: That's very strange.
Finley: You ain't seen nothin' yet. I just now finished this run on the second part of the transmission. Check it out.
Casey: This looks almost organic.
Finley: On the money! Single nucleus, double-helix DNA, S-7 Ribosomes. I'd swear, if I didn't know any better, these were animal cytologic scans, er...tissue samples, Casey. Very thorough tissue samples, possibly human.
Casey: Well, that would mean...
Finley: That the aliens are dissecting humans for study.
Casey: So, the unaligned are?
Finley: Us.
Casey: And Blair.

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