(Faint mayday transmission...)
UNSC FFG-201 "Forward Unto Dawn".
Requesting immediate evac.
Survivors aboard.
Prioritization code: Victor-0-5-dash-3
dash-Sierra-0-1-1-7
Mayday. Mayday. Mayday. UNSC FFG-201 "Forward Unto Dawn".
Requesting immediate evac.
Survivors aboard.
(Mayday transmission repeats...)
(Mayday transmission continues...)
[Crew #1] Locked on to frequency, tracking coordinates.
[Crew #1] Crossing now.
Play it again, please.
Mayday. Mayday. Mayday. This is UNSC FFG-201 "Forward Unto Dawn".
[Crew #1] Have a lock.
(Frantic conversations overlapping in transmission)
[Crew #2] Shall I play it again sir?
Sir?
Commander Lasky?
[over speaker] Cryo-pods opening.
Lasky? You okay?
Are you alright?
Lasky, let's go.
[Vickers over speaker] Hastati Squad: 4 minutes to rendezvous point.
Copy Vickers. Time of 4 minutes.
Will you be able to shoot with those hands?
We'll find out.
- Come on! - Axios!
[Tchakova] 10 seconds. Closing in.
(coughing)
[Sully] Lasky, come on, let's go!
[Vickers] We're under heavy fire!
Vickers, checkpoint!
Covering.
Move it.
Take cover. Checkpoint.
- Test, checkpoint. - Uh, 50 seconds.
Go.
[Vickers] Silva, Sullivan, Lasky - where are you guys?
RV in 15 seconds. Are you ready?
- [Vickers] Lasky, what the hell!? - [Silva] Come on!
[Vickers] Lasky!
10 seconds.
- [Vickers] Lasky, hurry up! - Landing in 3...2...
...1.
[Chen] Enemy inbound.
He'll be on us in 35 seconds.
Fresh mags in your weapon, prepare to attack.
- What? - Our objective is to neutralize the insurrectionists
and acquire the target. We move on my mark.
[Chen] 30 Seconds.
We should flank them and force a surrender.
We're too close to flank and Innies never surrender.
It would be more like a "circle round". There's still time.
We can make it.
25 seconds. Guys.
It's our best move.
[Chen] 20 seconds.
No, we're sticking to my plan, okay. On my mark.
- It won't work. - You're not in charge any more, Lasky.
- Tom just do what he says. - 15 seconds.
They're my orders.
I don't care.
[Chen] 10 seconds.
5 seconds.
Axios!
Lasky!
[P.A.] Hastati Squad leader on the field.
Exercise paused.
Let me guess, Lasky - you ignored orders.
It's just... another strategic casualty, sir.
Unacceptable.
Game over.
Shoulder your weapon, cadet.
Your little escapade kept Hastati Squad from achieving its objective...
...again.
[Vickers] Great job, Lasky.
[P.A.] Exercise complete.
0 wins. Hastati defaults.
Shit.
Robot tagme?
Yeah, once from two meters.
Twice from one.
I'm still numb from all those stun rounds.
I'm always numb.
Hastati!
Port ARMS!
General Black, sir!
Let me remind you, cadets...
...this academy bears the name
of the Roman general Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo.
Because he represents honor, valor,
allegiance.
General Corbulo
was to take his own life in the name of the Empire.
Corbulo did not hesitate nor question.
He loyally obeyed, screaming "Axios!"...
...as he fell upon his own sword.
Axios:
I...am...
...worthy.
But I'm afraid, cadets, today you have proven to be anything but.
We are at war with insurrectionists. Terrorists
who would like nothing more than to see all of us dead.
Had this been a real fire fight, the rebels would have likely killed
every member of Hastati Squad.
Every single one of you at this academy
was sent here because your parents are the upper echelon
of the United Nations Space Command.
Because all of you are its future.
And I expect you to act like it.
Understood, sir!
Well, what are you waiting for?
Lead them on tour, Orensky.
Axios!
[All] Axios!
Hastati...
...right face.
Double march.
(Singing marching song...)
- [Cadet] Sully, please, enough. - [Sully] No, seriously I'm on to something here.
The comms are messed up and I'm decoding something kick-ass.
- [Female cadet] Nobody wants to hear it, Sully. - ONI's hiding stuff from us, I'm positive.
They've got secrets.
Stop stepping on our dicks, Lasky.
Hey, ease up, Gingerbread.
[Chen] No, Sully, Vickers is right.
My combat scores suck because of you.
[Tchakova] Don't both, Junjie. He's gone soft.
- He's an Innie lover now. - Dimah, that order didn't make any sense.
It doesn't have to make sense. Just follow it.
I'm trying to survive here, okay?
You need to respect the chain of command. The UNSC isn't the enemy.
The Innies are.
Spoken like a true believer.
Yeah, well, at least I believe in something these days.
[P.A.] Cadet Thomas Lasky: report to Colonel Mehaffey's office immediately.
- No, we're sticking to my plan, okay. On my mark. - It won't work.
- Tom, just do what he says. - They're my orders.
I do not care.
Pause.
You don't care? You do realize your helmets transmit everything.
No excuse, sir.
You continue pulling down your squad, you're going to end up with a lot of enemies.
Yes, sir.
I served under your mother, I know what she's like.
And I sure as hell don't need to tell you that Colonel Lasky's not going to let a son of hers
leave this academy without a diploma.
I wouldn't know what mother thinks, sir.
I never see her.
It's been a long war.
Your mother holds a lot of hands.
So I'm told, sir.
You know, Thomas...
...I've seen a lot of cadets come through here.
Many have suffered like you. Pain like that cannot be forgotten.
But you can learn how to tolerate it.
I'll do my best, sir.
That will be all.
- [Doctor] How long have you had the blisters? - [Lasky] Been on and off for a few weeks, but...
...these are from yesterday.
Any other symptoms?
It's getting hard to breathe.
Okay, let's keep an eye on them. Cryo-training can take its toll.
[Male cadet] Get out of my room. What the hell, man?
[Female cadet] Eric, get your filthy hands off me before I belt you.
Hey.
[Male cadet] I'm not a virgin.
You really shouldn't be looking at that stuff, Sully.
Score.
Hey, little bro. Hello from Jericho 7, it's Day 131 of deployment.
Uh, so I gotta show you something.
Alright, Mom's going to flip when she sees this.
But, whatever.
It's still a little raw.
But we got a big job on an Innie stronghold next week. Wanted to get it done before then.
- Anyways. - [Silva] So, you haven't been court-marshaled yet then?
I'm not apologizing.
Yes you are.
- "At least I believe in something?" - I do believe in something.
- Yeah, so do I. - Like what?
Just not in stupid orders that lead to needless violence.
Negotiating isn't an option anymore, Tom.
So we're brainwashing kids and then sending them in to exterminate a bunch of
...over-taxed farmers. - Farmers?
That's who you think they are? You have no ideas what the Innies are like.
I have a pretty good idea.
Well, then you should know how much they hate us.
And that they're not going to stop fighting until we're all dead.
Can you blame them?
Yeah.
I can. I blame them for a lot of things.
And you should too.
Uh, I'm staying safe. I'm doing my job.
I just want to remind you to do your job.
Oh, and by the way.
Nice checkmate, bro. Yet again.
Okay, new game. Your move.
And hang in there.
I know it's tough with Mom being gone all the time.
Being alone.
She loves you. So do I.
Miss you, buddy.
I miss you too.
[P.A.] Lights out. Doors closing.
(knocking on wall)
(knocks again)
(knocks back)
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