Starship Troopers 3: Marauder Page #4

You really think so, sir?

I know it in my heart, Holly.

Do you really think we're protected

by some higher power?

Singing can't hurt.

Lifts the spirit and helps

pass the time, don't you think?

I think we're not dead

and we should be.

Yeah.

It's big. It's deadly.

And everyone's got an opinion

about the new Q-bomb.

Politicians and citizens alike

worry about the morality of a bomb...

... rumored to be so powerful

it can crack a planet.

Creation of a weapon

that can destroy the very planet...

... on which I now stand is nothing

if not a dangerous precedent...

... for the entire human race.

What people fail to grasp...

... is how many planets

there are in the universe.

And that the universe itself

often destroys other planets.

The Federation can't decide which

planet lives and which planet dies.

The Lord giveth

and the Lord taketh away.

You think those dirty Bugs wouldn't

use a Q-bomb if they had one?

But aren't we supposed to be

better than the Bugs?

You said it, Mom.

That's controversy with a Q.

Yesterday I dropped troopers

into a combat zone.

Today I'm flying

to the outer colonies.

I'm Fleet.

- I'm Fleet too.

- We're Fleet too.

Me? Really?

If you have strong math skills,

high reflex index...

... and an HED of 8. 1 or better,

we need you now.

Sixteen? No problem.

Start training today

for your future, citizen.

People say boys don't give good HED.

But I do.

When you go Fleet,

there's no telling where you'll end up.

You know, when I was young...

...I dreamed

that one day I'd fly a starship...

...or even visit Sanctuary.

Fleet has taken me to the top.

How high you fly is up to you

when you go Fleet.

So why not do your part

and sign up today?

See you in the cockpit.

Would you like to know more?

Well, John.

Your first time at Sanctuary.

- So this is the big wow.

- This is it.

If the Bugs find this place,

they'll knock out the Fleet.

No Fleet, you lose the outer colonies.

Mobile Infantry couldn't hold them.

There goes the neighborhood.

- Next stop, Earth.

- Yeah.

Guess that makes Sanctuary

the biggest secret of the war.

Not even the sky marshal

knows where it is.

Only a handful of active-duty pilots

are entrusted with that information.

Don't tell me.

Lola's one of them.

Yup, and if we don't find her,

we're sunk.

I'm sending you

to the Arachnid Quarantine Zone...

...as soon as you saddle up.

What do we know about this planet?

OM-1? Nothing.

We don't even have

its exact position.

What about the rescue call?

Wasn't there a beacon?

Enolo Phid

doesn't want Anoke rescued.

- I don't get it.

- Phid wants to be Anoke.

I'm glad all I do is fight Bugs.

So I'm gonna get the coordinates

and you go in.

Roger that.

But what makes you so sure

they're still alive?

Well, Lola's hard to kill.

If this mission is off the books...

...how are you gonna get me

a regiment to invade the AQZ?

A regiment? Not even close.

- So how many troopers do I get?

- Seven.

- What?

- That's including you.

You're sending me into

the Bug house with a rifle squad?

Why didn't you just

let them hang me, Dix?

Maybe I should have.

Don't worry,

I'm assembling your team now.

It's my funeral. My pick of the team.

Any way you want it.

They aren't much to look at,

are they?

Well, we didn't build them

to do pretty things.

Hey, doc.

- When did he get the religion?

- I wouldn't call it religion per se.

- He's spiritual.

- That's different.

Yeah, two months ago, I received

a call in the middle of the night.

I hadn't seen him for a week.

He told me he'd been in the desert

and that he'd been tested.

He wasn't himself.

Go on.

Well, every man, even great men...

...experience moments of doubt

when they're tired and afraid.

Afraid of what?

He told me that this was a war

that would never end.

That if we stay this course...

...the Bugs will and must

destroy the human race.

So he's lost his nut.

Extraordinary, 10 out of 10.

He had an episode.

I gave him a sedative.

The next day he told me not to worry,

that he'd talked to God.

Doc, if I told you I was talking to God,

would you clear me for flight?

I...

Is the SM unfit for command?

I find this a very

uncomfortable conversation, captain.

If I need to assume command,

I'm gonna need your help...

...because the others

won't understand.

We could both hang.

Is your loyalty to the SM

or the Federation?

Don't blame the cook, folks.

The SM goes first.

Just water. Bull, you have mine.

Are you sure, sir?

Well, I'm sure

we'll need your strength.

Thank you, sir.

If you don't mind, can we maybe

say a prayer before we eat?

Of course.

Dr. Wiggs?

Captain Beck, how about you?

I'll be checking the perimeter, sir.

We thank thee, Lord,

for the meal we're about to receive.

Please bless us and keep us.

Protect us from all evil

and guide us...

...that we may know the way to you.

Amen.

- Amen.

- Amen.

Can I ask you a question, sir?

Of course, Bull.

They are gonna come looking for us,

won't they, sir?

Because of you.

We are on a mission

of the greatest importance, Bull.

Even if we do not now

understand our purpose.

Yes, sir.

But we are gonna be rescued.

I mean, you do know that,

don't you?

Because you're psychic.

I know how people around me feel,

and sometimes I can speak to them...

...but no one can predict the future,

Bull.

I have a question for you.

For all of you.

Do you have faith?

I believe.

I know you do, Holly.

Your faith is clear and serene.

I wanna believe too, sir.

I really do.

Well, that's the start of it, Bull.

Dr. Wiggs, how about you?

I believe in you, sir.

Well, careful now, Dr. Wiggs.

See, I'm only a man.

Earthquake.

Incoming!

Incoming!

Help me! Bull!

- Jingo, Jingo.

- Hold on.

Hold on, Jingo.

Come on, come on!

Jesus.

Where's Wiggs?

Dr. Wiggs?

Dr. Wiggs?

Wiggs?

Doc?

Wiggs?

Doc?

Good to see you again, troopers.

You are now all part

of a classified mission.

Talk about it and they will hang you.

Get me?

We get you, sir.

What exactly

is the Marauder program, sir?

- I'm not currently at liberty to say.

- Sir, is the mission survivable, sir?

We'll find out, trooper.

You know what I think, sir?

- What's that, sergeant?

- I think it's a good day to die, sir.

Outstanding.

Glad you feel that way.

Because today, we're headed out

for the Arachnid Quarantine Zone.

- Saddle up, troopers.

- Sir, yes, sir.

Hauzer for Lamb.

I'm sorry, general,

Lieutenant Lamb's been transferred.

Where?

I'm sorry, sir, I can't tell you that.

What?

- Dix, come in.

- You are going to hang Lamb?

Little redhead, sad eyes,

big mouth?

Why?

That is what happens

to traitors, Dix.

Seems like you know

all about traitors, admiral.

Maybe I'm looking at one right now.

So you're gonna hang me too?

Well, a lot of that

going around these days.

What happens to you

when the council finds out...

...you suppressed

the sky marshal's rescue call?

And exactly who would tell them

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