Red Faction: Origins Page #5

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- Do it!

Sir, that's

the Bakhuysen Terraformer.

It generates the atmosphere

surrounding Eos

and the Marauder Nation.

If we destroy this,

this whole section of Mars

will be--

Uninhabitable.

The atmosphere

will be torn apart.

Do it.

They're retargeting

the railgun.

They're aiming southwest.

What-- What's in

that direction?

The terraformer.

Jake!

Tess? Tess, you're okay?

I re-tasked our satellites

and I found the dreadnought.

It was in the Bakhuysen Trench.

Red Faction is calling off

the attack on the Marauders.

No. No, no, no, no, no.

You need to get the fleet

out of here now, Tess. Hale is

targeting the terraformer.

Jake, I can't.

They're way too far out.

They'll never

get back in time.

Look, the shuttle's damaged.

I can't fire the missiles.

You don't happen to still have

a good old ship, do you?

Maybe. Why?

Okay.

If you destabilize the engines

and crash the ship

into the dreadnought--

Turn the shuttle

into a bomb.

I know you know where

that eject switch is, Jake.

Make sure you use it.

After I lock the stick,

I'll bail out

at about 200 meters.

Hopefully that'll be far enough

to clear me from the ex--

Dad, what are you doing?

What are you doing?

Dad!

Hey, Dad?

Dad, you don't have to do this.

The ship's reactor

was damaged in the crash.

It'll go nuclear on impact.

Dad, you--

you don't have to do this.

You can get out in time.

You can bail out.

If someone's on the stick,

the shuttle won't hit

the target in one piece.

Railgun is at 95%.

It's my turn.

One last swing

of the hammer.

Dad, please.

You know, I told you that

you reminded me a lot of me.

That's not the truth.

Truth is, Son,

you're a better man

than I ever was.

You were able

to help me fulfill a promise

I made to your mother...

that I was never able to keep.

Brought your sister back.

Thank you, Son.

Thank you.

Lyra, can you hear me?

Yes.

You're as--

You're as beautiful

as your mother.

I love you.

You're home now, sweetheart.

You're home.

I never thought

I would see the day...

when I would set foot

in Eos.

Nor I the day

I would welcome you

to it.

Your father's sacrifice

will not be forgotten.

He was a good man.

He was.

Lieutenant Mason has

a proposition for us.

The old Mars...

is gone.

My father ended that world.

And we...

need to create a new one.

A world where we use

our differences,

our knowledge and--

and our faith...

to keep our people safe.

What do you propose?

First step--

a new faction...

comprised of

both Marauders and Colonists.

A force empowered

to protect both of our nations.

A unit which could

show that...

maybe, in the end,

no matter which tribe

we belong to,

we are all Martians.

There will be

resistance to this idea.

I am not certain any of

my warriors will be so--

Is it your wish to join

Red Faction, Leonid?

There is no place for me

in your world.

A place could be made.

I will never be

what you want, Mother.

You fought bravely.

You've learned the lesson

of the wandering.

Come home.

What my wandering taught me

is that...

I need to join this new faction.

Want...

and need...

are two very

different things, Leonid.

Very well.

On an occasion like this,

it is custom to exchange gifts.

This belonged to my mother.

I will kill someone

you hate with this.

That...

sounds great.

Jake.

Hey.

So, we're starting

a new Red Faction.

Mm-hmm.

I want to sign up.

- No.

- Excuse me?

I'm just not sure

I'm comfortable having

someone like you on the team.

You know,

someone from Earth.

What?

Are you kidding me?

After everything

we've been through?

God, did I misjudge you, Jake.

That you, of all people,

would subscribe to that kind

of bigoted, ignorant world view.

I just-- I just-- I just--

I'm already

on the team, aren't I?

You are the smart one, Tess.

Sorry. It's kind of--

kind of messy.

I-- I gotta warn you.

No one went up there very much.

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