Starship Troopers 3: Marauder Page #5

such a thing?

You give me the coordinates

for Planet OM-1, resign...

...and I keep my mouth shut.

I'm sorry, Dix.

But very shortly,

Omar Anoke will be dead...

...and honored as a hero

of the Federation...

...and I will be

the next sky marshal.

Over my dead body.

That your last request, general?

Federal Council members

were called together today...

... by Sky Marshal Anoke

for his weekly report.

How are you doing, sir?

Good to see you.

Then... disaster.

A bomb carried by a member of

the Goniff Peace Coalition explodes.

Among the missing:

Sky Marshal Anoke and

his loyal aide, General Dix Hauzer.

Today, each and every one of us...

...has been attacked by a man...

...who would demand peace

at all costs.

A man who calls himself a citizen.

A man who is no better than a Bug.

- One more day of fighting...

- That man is Elmo Goniff...

... self-proclaimed pacifist

turned terrorist.

And today, he and other members

of the Goniff Peace Coalition...

... are wanted in connection

with the council bombing.

And, hey, citizen, you can help.

- Know your neighbors?

- Turn that fing thing off.

- Take another look, citizen.

- Who, me?

You could be living next door

to a big, fat reward.

If you see something, say something.

We're in the

Arachnid Quarantine Zone.

Do you know what that means?

This is a Bug planet.

They could come for us

at any time, right?

- Upstairs, downstairs, you can't tell.

- Save your breath, Jingo.

Yeah, but they could be under

our feet right now. You can't tell.

- You don't know, right?

- Listen to me, okay?

I'll tell you when to run.

No, you can't tell me when to run,

because I'm a cook, okay?

I take short orders, I'm not a...

Get your sh*t wired.

You're a b*tch.

Let's move.

- You're wasting water, Jingo.

- I hate you.

- Oh, God.

- It's okay, Holly.

Oh, that's it, I'm out of here.

Hold your ground, Jingo.

That's an order.

Captain Beck, we need to talk.

We're f***ed.

That's exactly

what I've been saying.

You shouldn't talk like that.

That's blasphemy.

You're a goddamn flight attendant,

so stow it.

We never should have left

the goddamn beach.

This is all a big mistake.

Now we got warriors...

...f***ing earthquakes,

and we even lost the doc.

Did you forget that?

And it's your fault.

You know,

if we'd stayed at the beach...

...then we could just be lying

in the sand.

And if the Bugs did show up,

well, then we just jump in the water.

I mean, Bugs don't swim, right?

Do they?

- Jingo, behind you.

- Jingo, watch your back.

Yeah. Very funny.

You know what? Screw you guys.

I'm going back to the beach.

- Jingo.

- Jingo.

Jingo, don't.

Hold on, Jingo.

Damn it.

F***er.

It's moving off.

Hold your fire. Save the ammo.

- Jingo, get out of there, now.

- No way.

We ought to get in there with him.

Let's go.

Chief, those aren't rocks.

Get out of there now.

- Come on, Holly, let's go. Sir, let's go.

- No, my friends.

He belongs to God.

What are you talking about?

No.

No, no.

No.

And where's your God now?

Let's move.

Even though you don't believe it,

captain, he is listening.

- And soon, we will be delivered.

- Do you really believe that, sir?

Yes, Holly.

I do.

How do you know?

Because he talks to me even now,

Captain Beck.

He talks to me even now.

All right, listen up.

The hardware you'll be operating...

...interfaces directly

with your nervous system.

That's outstanding, sir.

Please remove your clothing.

What are you gonna do

if you don't buy the farm?

I'm thinking R and R.

They might even let us go home.

Home? What's that?

Peace and quiet, family.

Remember?

Yeah, that's all I want

when this is done.

Yeah, I just can't wait for it to be over

and start living again.

Hasn't anybody told you,

sergeants?

Mobile Infantry

is only good for dying.

They need to come up

with a bigger weapon...

...so they can finish this thing

and we can go home.

Yeah. Bye-bye, Bugs.

What will you do

when the war is over, sir?

What are you people talking about?

This war is never gonna end.

Take your place, number two.

I guess that's why

his mama called him Slug.

Prepare for full-spectrum bioscan.

DDQ, five-by-five.

Commencing Gamma Jetta Bonza.

Did you participate in Anoke's

interrogation of the Brain, general?

No.

So you don't know

about the side effects?

What side effects?

It seems anybody who spends

too much time around that Bug...

...suffers deleterious effects,

both physical and psychological.

- Not the sky marshal.

- So it seemed.

Truth is, we didn't fully understand

the Brain's capabilities.

- Sir.

- Welcome to Area 6, admiral.

- Necessary personnel only.

- Yes, sir.

All unauthorized personnel,

exit Area 6 immediately.

All unauthorized personnel,

exit Area 6 immediately.

So, general, how well

did you really know the sky marshal?

I worked with him every day.

So you knew he got religion.

- What are you talking about?

- General.

There's something

I think you should see.

Run the Anoke file.

This is surveillance footage of Anoke

with the Brain Bug.

We just recently discovered it.

He's psychically connected with it.

They communicate.

I understand.

And I come here as your servant,

Behemecoytal.

- That thing has a name?

- Yeah. But that's not this Bug.

Behemecoytal is likely some Bug

we've never encountered before.

A superior arachnid intelligence

originating on the planet OM-1.

OM-1?

We believe this Brain

allowed itself to be captured.

To provide intelligence

from the heart of the Federation.

And Anoke used the Brain

to commune with this Behemecoytal.

A Bug he regards as God.

Yes, Roku San will fall

as proof of my faith.

Then we can discuss

the terms of peace.

Anoke's responsible for Roku San?

He had the codes

to shut down the fences.

He made a pact with the Bug

to render Roku San defenseless.

Close the containment.

Admiral, you okay?

Yeah.

Yeah.

Look at him.

The most powerful man in the galaxy

finds God...

...and what does he do?

Exactly what he's told.

He's a Bug.

Doesn't think, doesn't protest,

doesn't rebel.

That's the kind of attitude

that wins wars.

You know, Dix...

...I think these Bugs

are onto something.

This could just be

the greatest weapon of them all.

How does he do it?

That's faith, Bull.

That's what it does for a man.

Give it a break.

Faith is more powerful

than a Q-bomb.

Without it, you're nobody.

That's why I'm not listening

to you anymore, captain.

Holly, if we ever get out of this,

I was wondering if...

Well...

What is it, Bull?

Would you ever marry

an old monkey wrench like me?

Only in a church, Bull.

You mean it?

You take God and you can take me.

What we've come for.

It's here.

I never doubted it for a second, sir.

If I didn't believe before, I do now.

- Honey, everything's gonna be okay.

- All will be well, Bull.

And you will know

the name of God.

The one true God.

Behemecoytal.

Brain of Brains.

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