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What do you think it is?

I don't know, but we're going to find out.

Question for you, Taggs.

What if the aliens have a bigger agenda than

just heating up this island and growing a bunch

of big bugs?

Such as?

What if they're heating up the whole planet?

What? How?

Take more than a volcano to do that.

NNo, that's geothermal.

Solar energy, the greenhouse effect.

You're saying aliens are the cause

of global warming?

Maybe they made it worse.

What's Tau Seven do to the ozone layer?

I don't know. I'll check.

But, but why heat up Earth?

Push global warming to the extreme.

Our life dies out. Ecosystem collapses.

Eventually all that's left are insects.

All right, gentlemen, listen up.

This is what we get paid for.

Where's Sergeant Blatnikoff?

Your watch stop, Sergeant?

NNo, I hocked it in Capetown. Here.

I added mercury cores

and handloaded the casings.

These will punch through that hide.

We've only got five per customer.

Use 'em wisely.

Give 'em a couple of hours,

we could have a bunch more, sir.

Captain, that's more than enough firepower

for a simple recon.

Lieutenant, let's move 'em out.

You heard the Major. Kelly, you're point man.

I'll take deuce.

Let's go. Yes, sir.

Kell, watch yourself, watch yourself.

Kelly, go to night vision. Captain.

All clear.

All clear, sir. A little to the right.

Tau Seven's rising.

Lockwood? Right there.

Getting warmer. Threepointfive.

Right out.

NNegative. You see? We got nothin'.

Steve. Got something. NNo, Steve's up top.

NNight vision's malfunctioning. Mine, too.

Got anything? Let's go!

Tighten it up, guys. Tighten it up.

Watch your flank.

Watch your three. Watch your three.

Sweep right.

I got nothin'.

Kelly, go with him. Yes, sir.

Got anything? All clear.

NNight vision's malfunctioning.

Go ahead. Go ahead.

What is this crap?

Kelly? Kelly, check in. Man down. Man down.

Get a light out.

NNo. NNo flares. It'll give our position away.

They know our position. Yeah, Sergeant.

Stay sharp.

Where you at?

What the hell was that? Blackwood!

Answer up. What's this?

Major, we gotta get a light out.

NNo. I said no. Tighten up.

Where? Where? Heads up! Heads up!

My night vision's crapped out.

I got nothin'. I got nothin'.

They must be jammin' 'em.

Son of a.

Ah, hell. Let's see these bastards.

O'Bannon. You were right. Get 'em.

I'll do my best, sir.

I've radioed command.

They're sending reinforcements. ETA ten hours.

Tau Seven could indeed break down

the ozone layer and accelerate global warming.

But you need massive amounts.

Well, they could be shielding it so all

we're picking up are traces.

Okay. Well, a tight atmospheric beam would be

hidden deep underground, but the emitter couldn't.

You need a clear view of the sky.

Satellite recon of the island showed nothing.

Maybe that emitter is in the sector

where Al killed the alien.

I'll find him. Take me with you.

We need to communicate with them.

These creatures don't communicate. They kill.

Well, I'm willing to risk it. I'm not.

Our first encounter with alien life?

I've dreamed about this. I've worked for this.

Don't take this away from me. I'm sorry.

Angel. Let's go for a ride.

Thirtytwo years. All this time they've been here

Grandma knew. I didn't listen.

I never should have left.

Wanted to be a bigtime homicide detective.

And miss all this?

I oughtta patent these.

Blatnikoff's homemade alien killer bullets.

What do you think? Catchy.

Like the tat. Thanks.

Looks Asian.

Somalia.

Lost a few mates there.

Um, so Captain O'Bannon. Do you, uh.

NNever married, no girlfriend

not gay, as far as I know.

That's not what I was gonna ask.

It's what you wanted to know.

Another one? Yep.

You don't really think you could change him,

do ya?

Well, uh, well, I mean, I.

It's a good thing you're useful then.

Thanks.

This is it.

Most isolated spot of the island.

Perfect place for the emitters beam.

This is where Waters killed that first alien.

Could be heading right into a nest.

They wouldn't attack in broad daylight,

would they?

Why not?

Don't know.

Just hoping they were nocturnal or something.

Your man was here.

I don't remember this.

What the hell?

What the hell?

Amazing.

Sweet Jesus and Mary.

It's like a hologram or something.

You know all these years, we couldn't see it.

Somebody saw it.

What are you doing?

Healing. Better. Resting easy.

Go away.

Did I dream it?

I don't wanna do this, ill. But I have to.

Roger, AlphaTango One out.

Red eyes. Red eyes.

Easy, easy. D. Help's on its way.

You're gonna be fine.

NNo, your friend, Stubbles.

Captain Waters? Yes.

Don't struggle. Pray for me.

Let her go. Let her go!

Let me see your hands.

Stand up. Slow.

Turn around.

Hi, Steve. utside.

Rest. Rest.

Sit down.

What's happened to you?

I switched teams. Joined the winners.

They haven't won yet.

We were halfway through extinction even

before they got here.

Would have cooked the planet ourselves

in a few millennia.

So they decide to speed things up,

help it along?

They need food and we're in the way,

as simple as that.

Then they're gonna starve.

You think you can beat 'em?

You're so scared of 'em you can't even sleep.

Were the nightmares part of the plan?

NNo, just a side effect.

When they landed in '75...

they transmitted a message home.

They had no idea we'd pick up

a little echo of it.

Is it hot in here or is it just me?

Get your hands up.

What are you gonna do? Shoot me?

How's that?

Jill, I hurt Jill. It forced me. I, I couldn't.

Al.

Listen. There's a transmitter. It's huge.

Tau Seven.

I know, I saw it. You gotta take it out fast.

They know we know.

They slam it into overtime, everything they got.

It wrecks the ozone layer within hours.

You gotta shut it down now.

Or Earth's a desert.

NNo, if they could do it that fast,

they would have done it already.

NNo. Slow's better. Evolves nice big bugs.

Best way kills all life.

We forced their hand. You gotta believe me.

You, you gotta believe me.

Al, how many of them are there?

Just only a few.

Grenade!

Mental!

GrayAlpha, GrayAlpha.

Over. EchoTango One.

I repeat, GrayAlpha. GrayAlpha. Over.

EchoTango One. This is Collaroy.

We read you.

You've gotta be kidding me. NNo, I'm not.

Waters was right. Tau Seven's rising.

Best estimate in two hours

the ozone layer gets depleted,

Earth overheats and we die.

What about the reinforcements?

NNo. Take too long.

So we take out the emitter ourselves.

With what? All the munitions are blown up.

All your space alien killer bullets are gone.

Not quite.

Somebody had the presence of mind to hang

onto one magazine.

Well, there's four rounds in it.

Four rounds. Great. NNothing to worry about.

All right, listen up.

NNavy's received execute authority

to launch a cruise missile to destroy the emitter.

But it's sealed in.

How's the missile gonna latch onto the target?

We designate the target with a radio beacon.

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