Soldier

A soldier does not speak...

...until spoken to by a superior officer.

A soldier shows no mercy.

Mercy is weakness.

Weakness is death.

The Forces are his family.

He is most happy...

...when following orders.

A soldier lives to kill.

A soldier needs no friend or family.

War is his friend.

The Forces are his family.

Sir, Colonel Mekum has

his new batch unpacked.

I think he wants to show them off.

Well...

- They're pretty.

- What's so hot about them?

They're very much improved, Captain.

Colonel Mekum from HQ.

He's their commanding officer.

Sir.

"Lmproved." How?

In every way possible.

You see, your old ones,

they're selected at birth.

With my new ones,

we're talking recombination.

They're practically manufactured,

using DNA profiles...

...and some manipulation.

More endurance, quicker responses...

...better hand-eye...

...improved technical training.

It's a whole different standard.

My daddy was in maintenance...

...and he had a saying:

"If it ain't broke, don't fix it."

"Maintenance."

I'm afraid I don't get your point.

The veterans you see...

...standing before you here

have been through all kinds of heavy sh*t.

They've always got the job done.

Your new soldiers, these hotshots,

how much action have they seen?

And are they battle-tested?

How about a few tests,

just to get you on board?

Make you a believer.

Ninety-nine percent. That's...

...very good.

Seen enough, Captain?

What about endurance?

Caine 607, forward.

Sir!

Fifteen miles, 607, on the run.

You've got 60 minutes.

Go.

My man left exactly...

...20 minutes after yours.

Make a note of that.

Age is a factor. But the real factor

is the training program.

Especially the psychological.

The mind controls the body, after all.

And we're doing such wonderful things

with the mind.

Sir!

At ease, Soldier.

What is the price of all that speed?

Is your soldier tired?

"Tired?"

Todd ran the pace

he's been taught to run...

...and he's still strong.

Send him up the chain, Rube.

Soldier! Up the chain!

Sir!

607, on the double, up the chain.

Sir!

What about spirit?

I believe you mean AQ, Captain.

Aggressive qualities.

Much higher.

Much better.

What if they fought?

You mean up there?

Go ahead, Rube.

Tell Todd to take him.

No.

"No?"

Not fair.

No contest.

Send two more of your old ones up.

Romero, Goines, up the chain!

Get him, men!

Get down here.

Get down here!

Get your ass down here on the double!

Come on, double up! Down, down!

Sir!

Look at you.

Do you know how much it cost

to breed you, you big moron?

To train you?

To feed you?

What good is this man now?

He's got no depth perception!

All he can do is walk, point,

and take the first hit!

- What about the bodies?

- Waste disposal.

Fall in.

Sir!

Todd was our best man.

You still don't get it, do you?

Your men...

...are obsolete.

You'll write this up as a training accident...

...and you'll make sure these bodies

get dumped a long way from here.

We don't want any unnecessary questions.

Someone, please...

...let us know what's going on!

Hawkins!

Give us something! Anything!

Quiet, please!

Quiet!

How many of them are there?

There is one man...

...unarmed.

How could there only be one?

How could he get here?

He was unconscious when we found him.

We couldn't ask him anything.

Hang on. Jimmy's back!

There's nothing out there.

I couldn't see nobody.

Couldn't see no vehicles, no ship, nothing.

Plus the wind's up again real strong.

Everybody, calm down.

We have an injured man among us.

We all want to do the decent thing.

The decent thing is to help him.

Sandra, Mace's wife,

is looking after him now.

Now, I'd like a vote of support

from all of you.

You keep an eye on him, Mace.

Watch him.

There are words on his shoulder.

"Tannhauser Gate...

"...Argentine Sector...

"...Shanghai 2012."

Sandra, the Tannhauser Gate was a battle.

He's a soldier.

Where's Nathan?

Tiger!

Nathan, there's another tiger.

Help, help, help!

We're sorry if we woke you.

Just playing with the boy.

Sergeant...

...I made something for you.

It's to help you walk, you see?

Isn't it? Like this.

See?

Here you go.

I don't see how you cannot remember

how you got here, Sergeant.

You're not a deserter, are you, Sergeant?

No, sir.

Why aren't you with your unit?

Come on, Slade, let the man eat.

It's not an unreasonable question.

How about it, Sergeant?

I was replaced.

"Replaced?"

By a better soldier, sir.

When we left Earth 12 years ago,

we never thought we'd end up here.

When we crashed, a lot of people died.

A few years later, when the dumpers

started coming and dropping stuff...

...people tried to get their attention

with fires and explosions.

But it didn't work.

They must be unmanned or...

...maybe they just don't care.

So, we had to forget about a better life

on the Trinity Moons.

One good thing though:

Nobody bothers us.

Who'd fight for a godforsaken place

like this?

But...

...I guess you like the fighting.

You must.

You're...

...a soldier.

The biannual security sweep.

We'll be patrolling the Arcadia system.

We're going to set up

unmanned monitoring stations here...

...here, here, here.

Now, we send the new soldiers out

on patrol.

Routine stuff as you say, Captain,

but good experience and...

...l'll have a chance to see them

in a non-training environment.

You're coming?

Yes, Captain.

I want to observe these men at close hand.

Well, what about opposition?

It's all deserted.

We're just confirming that.

But say we do encounter activity.

Miners, refugees of some sort?

Well, we won't.

If so, they'll be officially classifiable

as hostiles.

Just by being there?

We don't want paperwork,

and we certainly don't want passengers.

Understood?

You have to watch out for those.

They probably wouldn't kill someone

your size.

But someone smaller, like me...

...or Nathan...

He was bitten once...

...and he almost died.

He was sick for a long time.

That's why he can't speak.

Here.

You try one.

Here.

Everything we own, Sergeant,

everything in the entire village...

...we've had to salvage from out here.

- You're all set, Jimmy.

- Back in a minute.

Whatever looks useful,

if we can get a chain to it...

...we're going to go for it.

You hear that?

That means she's really close.

She's going to blow!

On my way!

Line up!

Come on, Jimmy!

Jimmy, come on!

Come on!

Hurry up! Let's go!

- Mace!

- Give me your hand!

- Too strong!

- Stretch!

Reach, Jimmy!

I can't reach!

Help!

Help!

Pull!

Mace! Help!

Pull!

All right, we got him!

You were almost bacon on that one.

Thank you.

They're dumpers.

They come every 20 or 30 days.

Sergeant, the gun. Please.

Thanks, partner!

Them no-goods would've let me

blow away.

Sergeant Todd...

...what's it like?

What's it like being a soldier?

What do you think about?

You must think about something.

What about feelings, then?

You must feel something.

Fear.

"Fear?"

Fear and discipline.

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