Ice Soldiers

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Yeah, you can just walk out.

We've got zero visibility.

That's right. Straight ahead.

Don't stop...

- Come on.

- Get ready. Go.

I got it here. Give me a hand,

fellas. Grab that.

- Hi.

- Hey.

What happened?

Soon as I saw them,

I knew they were unusual.

- How so?

- Well, facial similarities...

...skeletal and muscle structure.

It's in the report. One of them

woke up, killed two men.

Would have killed more.

We hit him with a tranquilizer.

Same kind of gun we use

on polar bears.

For security reasons,

I thought it best to stash them here...

...until we can find out

who or what they are.

These two we've kept sedated.

That's the killer one down there.

If it were up to me,

I'd keep him sedated permanently.

I need to examine them.

All of them?

Absolutely.

Hey, he got clobbered by our guys

pretty good.

See any signs of bruising?

No.

That's significant.

I'm a medical doctor.

I'm only concerned with your health.

If these guys hit New York,

no one's gonna care about Cuba.

Their passports

are high-quality forgeries.

Antidote for the sedative,

widely available.

Swiss Army, nonmilitary survival gear

and weapons.

Oh, yeah.

A tourist map to New York City.

Maybe they're covert agents

on a secret mission.

- Thank you.

- Maybe they're American military trainees.

Or maybe they're aliens

come to conquer the planet.

For me, what's most important right now

is figuring out what they are.

Who knows about them?

Everyone's so concerned

about atomic bombs going off.

Nobody cares

about some weird guys I found.

You didn't answer my question.

Nobody outside of this compound

has the details.

That's dangerous.

It's all dangerous.

Who knows

what the Soviets are up to?

Those are not normal human beings.

- Juliet, you know why I brought you here.

- To verify what you already know.

I want proof...

...so you can help me make the right

decision about who to report this to.

Give me 24 hours.

...Soviet technicians at the sites.

The hazards to all concerned

of continuing this threat...

...will be recognized.

Third,

it shall be the policy of this nation...

...to regard any nuclear missile

launched from Cuba...

...against any nation

in the Western Hemisphere...

...as an attack by the Soviet Union

on the United States...

...requiring a full retaliatory response

upon the Soviet Union.

Fourth,

as a necessary military precaution...

...I have reinforced our base

at Guantanamo, evacuated today...

...the dependents

of our personnel there...

What is it, boy?

...and ordered additional military units

to be on standby alert.

Get inside! Watch out now...!

Get behind one!

Punch him out! Punch him...!

Go get him!

Hey, hey, he)

...months in which many threats

and denunciations...

...will keep us aware of our dangers.

But the greatest danger of all

would be to do nothing.

...path we have chosen for the present

is full of hazards...

...as all paths are.

But it is the one most consistent...

...with our character and courage

as a nation...

...and our commitments

around the world.

The cost of freedom is always high.

But Americans have always paid it.

- And one path we shall never choose...

- Hey.

- ... the path of surrender or submission.

- Close the damn door.

Our goal is not the victory of might,

but the vindication of right.

...here in this hemisphere...

...and we hope around the world.

God willing,

that goal will be achieved.

Thank you and good night.

Hell of a place to die.

We do this right, sergeant...

...we have contracts up the yin-yang

for years.

Let's go to work.

Miss Frazer, this is Sergeant Gibbs.

Ma'am.

Colonel Desmond Trump,

Con 7 Securities.

Welcome to Northgate.

I see you've made progress

in getting set up, colonel.

We try to do our best.

I also see you've made sure

no IV Oil logos are on any equipment.

Yeah. As per your orders.

Good starts are important, colonel.

- Let's go meet our benefactor.

- Yes, ma'am.

What's our standpoint?

Yeah, are we good?

How many left?

- It went the other way.

- All right.

Miss Jane Frazer,

director of R&D for IV Industries...

...let me introduce you

to Dr. Andrew Malraux...

...and his associate, Vladimir Lobokoff.

- It's a pleasure to meet you, Dr. Malraux.

- No. I'm Dr. Malraux.

Oh, I'm sorry.

My report said you're almost 50.

Lobokoff. He gets this all the time.

And don't think about

playing him racquetball.

Plays like a teenager. Also ace mechanic.

We were in Siberia on expedition...

That's all very interesting, Dr. Lobokoff,

but as to our business at hand?

I'm about to start a presentation to team

leaders on the history of our search.

Well, I'll be candid with you, Malraux,

just so we all know where we stand.

I couldn't give a damn

about your research.

You see those test rigs there?

They'll verify whether there's oil.

We can turn politicians loose on natives

and environmentalists for the rights.

That's why we're freezing our asses off

out here in this wasteland.

Oh, God, that's awful.

Well, you can pretend.

- Excuse me?

- You can pretend to be interested.

You see, Miss Frazer,

we're all compromising to be here.

Colonel Trump falsified documents...

...so he could get men and equipment

from his Army connections...

...past Canadian customs

in order to impress his new boss.

Over a drink, ask Dr. Lobokoff

how he managed to download...

...top-secret Russian files

onto my hard drive.

Or me. How I compromised

my moral and ethic duty...

...as a doctor,

covering for an illegal oil operation.

So the least you can do, Miss Frazer,

is pretend to care.

Necessity for your compromises

is obvious. Where's mine?

If the leader doesn't give a sh*t...

...people may not be as diligent

as they should.

And my project, cover or not...

...is still being pursued

where death may occur.

Deaths, Miss Frazer,

bring unwanted attention.

And anyone on any expedition knows

not to drink the lounge coffee.

You may wanna try some vodka

with that.

Hey-

It's tolerable.

Dr. Andrew Malraux,

though IV Oil considers your project...

...a convenient cover,

I am fascinated by historical research...

...and I look forward

to your exciting presentation.

Thank you.

Dr. Ditmos Stempky.

In the early '40s, Stempky was doing

genetic work for the Nazis.

Decades ahead of its time.

End of the war, the Russians got him...

...and he disappeared

off the face of the earth.

1958, Varamutska.

A small Siberian village.

Three young men attached to a secret

Soviet science project run by Stempky...

...cut the town's power,

assassinated leaders, assaulted police...

...raped women, destroyed the town.

They disappeared and two days later...

...were found in Stempky's

laboratory awaiting further instructions.

The experiment

was deemed a success.

A civilian plane crashed

about 70 miles southeast of here...

...killing the pilot instantly.

However,

three survivors deemed unusual...

...were transferred here to Northgate.

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