Soldier Page #2

Now?

Always.

Oh, my God.

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas, Sergeant!

I was going to give this scarf to him

last night, but he disappeared.

It's beautiful, Jimmy.

He'll love it.

Well, he saved my life out there.

I guess Mace told you.

You should give it to him yourself.

He's in the meeting room.

He's doing exercises.

Children...

You're supposed to be doing your lessons.

Scarf!

People are upset about him.

There's going to be a meeting.

He's not fully recovered.

That's what scares people.

He gets stronger every day.

Are you scared of him, Mace?

Yes.

I've never been afraid of anyone before.

Not like this.

I feel he could break me in half

with no real effort and no real...

...feeling.

He is most happy when following orders.

A soldier shows no mercy.

Mercy is weakness.

Weakness is death.

A soldier needs no friend or family.

War is his friend.

The Forces are his family.

What the hell do you think you're doing?

You could have killed him.

No one here has any animosity

towards you, Sergeant.

None of us here is your enemy.

Furthermore, we respect your qualities.

We have no doubt that you are a very...

...very good soldier.

But because of your training...

...we don't think you'll ever be able

to function in a group like this:

A community of families...

...of children...

...where the ability to fight is not

the sole purpose of existence.

You're different from us, Sergeant.

We don't hate you for that.

But we have agreed

that to try to include you...

...would pose an intolerable risk

to the community itself.

We'll give you any tools you need:

Some warm clothing,

some boots, a good knife.

Sergeant, you're our friend.

It's just...

If you need us, you can ask us for help.

Command, we are on course

for Arcadia 234.

- How will you find him?

- He'll have stayed close to the wire.

What'll I tell the council?

We all voted.

We voted wrong.

We were wrong.

We made a mistake.

We're sorry.

It's some kind of landing party.

Hey! Over here!

Stay with me, sir.

All units stand by

for Arcadia 234 security sweep.

Any trespassers will be considered hostile.

Wait! What's going on?

Somebody's landing!

Jimmy Pig spotted a ship!

Two hostiles at 12:00.

Hostiles eliminated.

It's no good.

I've lost too much blood.

Why?

Was it a mistake?

Oh, God, no!

Not Sandra.

Please...

...not Nathan.

Please...

People!

They spotted people!

Two civilians, unarmed.

They killed both of them. They spotted

smoke from some sort of camp.

Jesus Christ! A camp?

Excellent.

This'll be very good experience

for the men.

Let's see how they do.

Civilians need to be protected.

Whoever they are, they don't belong there.

Officially, they're hostiles.

Three-man fire team only.

Prepare to deploy.

Everybody!

Calm down!

Calm down.

I'm going to go out and talk to them.

Those of you with weapons,

prepare to defend us.

God, help us.

Three-man fire team in position.

Crawler to fire team.

Engage.

Report from Crawler 1:

Everything under control.

- Is there resistance?

- Ineffectual.

Three men are going in to clean them out.

Caine's ordered the rest to hold back.

Sounds reckless. Three against 50.

I can tell these men

have no combat experience.

The old ones, the veterans...

...they would've called for support,

just in case.

Speaking of the old ones...

...why don't we have Riley and his crew

put up the monitoring unit?

Atten-hut!

Sir.

Riley?

- Will we be issued weapons, sir?

- No, Riley.

Only soldiers get weapons.

Yes, sir!

You don't even have

to salute anymore, Riley.

Now!

You need any help, partner?

Riley and team deploying monitor unit.

Don't panic!

Up the stairs. Come on.

Will, take him.

Go, go!

Get inside the bedroom!

Come in, Unit 703.

Unit 703, do you copy?

A growl?

He heard a growl?

Well...

...he didn't say the word "growl."

He said, "a throat noise."

But I asked him to imitate it,

and it sounded like a growl to me.

We're obviously up against

a significant military presence here.

Well, let's send in the rest of the men.

Absolutely not.

Those bastards are just waiting

for us in there.

No.

We don't fall for an ambush.

Colonel...

...my daddy always said:

"When you want to insert a nail

into a piece of wood...

"...you don't do anything

fancy or glamorous.

"Just take the damn hammer

and hit the son of a b*tch till it's in."

What exactly does that crap mean

in English, Captain?

Withdraw your men.

Load them up with heavy artillery.

At night, they'll go back and pound

that place with mortars, rockets, cannons...

...everything we got...

...from a safe distance.

It ain't fancy...

...but it will sure take care

of your hostile military force.

All right, do it. Withdraw the men.

Push really hard, okay? Hard.

They killed him, didn't they?

How do you know they'll be back?

Because they're soldiers, sir...

...like me.

- Why are they doing this?

- They're obeying orders, sir.

It's their duty.

Do you know how many they'll be?

Seventeen more, sir.

You can't fight 17 on your own.

You have to organize us.

We're not cowards.

We'll do as you tell us.

- We'll fight.

- No.

Why not?

Soldiers deserve soldiers, sir.

But one soldier...

...against 17?

What are you going to do?

I'm going to kill them all, sir.

Crawlers 1 and 2...

...proceed to settlement...

...and commence bombardment.

Crawler 1, we are red.

We are red.

Crawler 2 to Crawler 1:

- Report.

- Crawler 2, we are two down.

Responding to sniper activity.

Crawlers 1 and 2, split up.

Crawler 1, locate and neutralize the sniper.

Caine 607...

...proceed to the settlement

and commence bombardment.

Roger, 1. We're proceeding to target.

Crawler 1, deploying ground forces.

All units...

...report.

438, negative.

515, negative.

523, negative.

Squad 1, to your 9:00!

Squad 2, stand by with covering fire!

Enemy sniper at 12:00!

Sniper located!

- Ambush!

- Retreat!

I think we have to assume

that the missing men are down.

Maybe you should've made them smart

instead of fast.

Squad 1, do you copy?

Squad 2, do you copy?

Squad 3, do you copy?

607 to Command.

1.5 clicks from settlement.

Will engage enemy in two minutes.

Roger, 607.

Crawler 1 to Command.

We have lost radio contact

with all ground units.

We are still searching for the sniper.

Crawler 2 to Crawler 1. Come in, 1.

One.

Two to one. Take your port to our 9:00

and commence firing.

Affirmative, 2.

Port to 9:
00 and commence firing.

Crawler 2 to Crawler 1.

Again, proceed to Port 9:00.

Affirmative.

Proceed to Port 9:00.

Where's my father?

Two to one.

You're still on 12:00. Correct: 9:00.

Affirmative, 2.

Crawler 1!

You're on a collision course with me!

Affirmative, 2.

Crawler 1, do you copy?

Crawler 2, do you copy?

Are any of you men out there?

Can any of you men hear me?

Your men...

...are obsolete.

- Try Number 1.

- I tried Number 1! I can't get either!

This is bad. We don't know

what we're up against. How many?

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