Starship Troopers Page #6

JOHNNY:

I'm gonna miss you.

CARMEN:

I'll miss you, too, Johnny.

JOHNNY:

I love you.

P.A. (O.S.)

Outbound group 948A, Tereshkova,

all sections, transporting at bank 5.

CARMEN:

Oh, that's me.

She scans her pass, but Johnny stops her again.

JOHNNY:

Com'on, just say it. Try it on for size.

CARMEN:

Alright, I love you.

Carmen kisses him, jumps into the transporter.

JOHNNY:

Do you mean it ?

CARMEN:

I said it. Isn't that enough ?

Don't forget to write !

ZAPPP !The last thing he sees are her beautiful eyes.

46FROM THE FEDERAL NET - A WORLD THAT WORKS !

People are doing Federal Service jobs all over the known Galaxy.

OFFICIAL VOICE:

From all over the known Galaxy, prospectice

citizens work together to make a better

tomorrow !

Would you like to know more ?

47CRIME & PUNISHMENT - TONIGHT !

A CRIMINAL stands before a FEDERAL COURT

OFFICIAL VOICE:

A murderer was captured and tried today.

Sentence:
DEATH.

Tonight at six, all net, all channels.

Would you like to know more ?

48NOTICE - ARE YOU PSYCHIC ?

A Federal clinic specializing in psycic research.

OFFICIAL VOICE:

If you think you are psychic, maybe you are.

Harness your unique abilities and take

advantage of the many Federal benefits

available for psychic citizens.

Would you like to know more ?

49TRAVEL ADVISORY - INSECT TRAGEDY ON TANGO URILLA

A prefab township sits on the shores of a tranquil alien bay.

Then, a "You Are Here" map of the Known Universe.

OFFICIAL VOICE:

Disregarding Federal warnings, Mormon

extremists established Port Joe Smith,

a settlement of 300 on Tango Urilla, a

system just inside the Arachnid

Quarantine Zone.

Archival pictures of a captive two meter ARACHNID WARRIOR,

multiple eyes, cutting mouthparts and claws. Wary SCIENTISTS

keep their distance as it eats a COW.

OFFICIAL VOICE:

Too late they realized tha Tango Urilla had

already been chosen by other colonists

-- Arachnids !

Now body parts litter the ruined streets of Port Joe Smith.

OFFICIAL VOICE:

The council asks future colonists to obey all

official Federal warnings.

Would you like to know more ?

50EXTCAMP CURRIE - PARADE GROUND - DAY - SERGEANT ZIM

is 40, astoundingly fit, and like all drill instructors, he carries a small baton.

He addresses sixty shorn RECRUITS.

ZIM:

The problem with you is that none of you are

good enough the way you are.

Johnny stands in formation with his squad, among them:

BRECKINRIDGE, 18, DJANA'D, 19, KATRINA McINTIRE, 18, ACE LEVY,

18, SHUJUMI, 18, and KITTEN SMITH, 18.

ZIM:

I am your senior drill instructor,

Career Sergeant Zim.

(then)

TO THINK THIS HAD TO HAPPEN TO

ME ! What a bunch of apes. No, strike that.

You don't rate that good...you sunken-chested,

slack-bellied, drooling refugees from apron

strings ! In my whole life I've never seen such

a disgraceful huddle of momma's spoiled

little darlings ! Suck in those guts !

You there, EYES FRONT !

Zim gives Kitten Smith the hairy eyeball. Smith cracks up.

ZIM:

Do you think I'm funny ? Do I make

you laugh ? Do you think I'm a

comedian ?

Kitten Smith shake his head "no" , but he can't stifle himself.

KITTEN SMITH:

Sorry...!

ZIM:

The first and last words out of your

stinking holes will be "sir".

Do you get me ?

KITTEN SMITH:

Sir, sorry...sir.

ZIM:

See the armory ? Run around it !

Kitten Smith squints. Out in the distance, a tiny building.

Zim smacks him on the leg with his baton.

KITTEN SMITH:

YEOW !

ZIM:

RUN, I SAID. Bronski, keep pace !

Kitten Smith runs. Big CORPORAL BRONSKI, 28, takes out after

him, laying a baton across his backside every time he slows.

ZIM:

You are now all brothers and sisters in

the same family, my family, the Mobile

Infantery. I will be your mother.

I will be your father. If you do not

please me I will throw you out of my

family because I hate all slackers and

negative hackers.

Do you get me ?

JOHNNY ET AL:

Sir, yes, sir !

Zim points at the little WHITE PICKET FENCE leading to a

transporter near the front gate.

ZIM:

Anytime you think I'm being to tough,

anytime you think I'm being unfair...

QUIT ! Grab your gear and take a

stroll down "Washout Lane".

Get me ?

JOHNNY ET AL:

Sir, yes, sir !

ZIM:

I wonder if there's a handful of

guts in the whole bunch. Who

thinks they've got what it takes

to knock me down ?

Breckinridge, a big guy from a farm planet, steps forward.

BRECKINRIDGE:

Sir, I guess maybe I do, sir.

Zim crooks afinger at him. Breckinridge charges. Zim knocks

him flat. Breckinridge holds his arm, twisted now.

ZIM:

You alright, Breckinridge ?

BRECKINRIDGE:

Sir, yes, sir. It's my arm. I think it's

broken, sir.

ZIM:

MEDIC !

A MEDIC charges up, checks Breckinridge's arm, grins.

MEDIC:

Clean break... Doc'll have him back on

active duty by tomorrow.

ZIM:

Good. Who's next ?

Shujumi steps up, assumes a fighting stance. Zim looks him over.

There's not not much to him. Shujumi attacks Zim, counters his

counter, dances out of range.

DJANA'D

Lookit the little guy go !

Now Zim attacks. Shujumi flip kicks Zim in the head.

JOHNNY:

He's good alright.

KATRINA:

I'll bet he makes squad leader.

ACE:

He'll have to get past me.

The recruits check Ace out. Zim sweeps Shujumi's legs, puts a

knee in the little man's throat. Shujumi passes out.

ZIM:

MEDIC !

51EXTOBSTACLE COURSE - DAY - THE RECRUITES

tumble a brutal obstacle course using JUMP BOOTS.

ZIM (V.O.)

Some of you may not ´make it.

Djana'd hits a tower and falls to the deck hard, dropping her rifle.

She holds her knee, hurt. Zim races over to her.

ZIM:

WHY IS THAT WEAPON ON THE GROUND ?

YOUR WEAPON IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN

YOU ARE ! PICK IT UP ! PICK IT UP !

Zim begins to kick her because she doesn't move fast enough.

ZIM (V.O.)

You might think I am unfair.

52EXTZERO GRAVITY COMBAT - DAY - THE RECRUITES

watch poor Kitten Smith spar with Zim. Kitten Smith whacks Zim across the jaw.

Zim doesn't even flinch.

ZIM:

Is that all you got ? You hit like kitten, Smith !

This is a punch.

WHAM !Zim knocks Kitten Smith for a loop.

ZIM (V.O.)

You will not like me.

53INTHYPERPHYSICAL TRAINING ENVIRONMENTS - DAY - ZIM

watches the recruits face simulated 3-D OFF-WORLD FOES. In one room,

CYCLOPS SOLDIERS of Antilles, in another, red DEATH WALKERS,

and in a third, screeching ARACHNID WARRIORS.

ZIM (V.O.)

But if you survive you will thank me

because you will be born again hard.

You will be a new person.

You will be a Cap Trooper. And then,

MAYBE, you'll be good enough...

54EXTCOMBAT KNIFE PRACTICE - DAY - ZIM

throws a knife, buries the point in a narrow post.

ZIM (V.O.)

...to serve in my family.

ACE:

Sir, I don't understands who needs a

knife in a nuke fight anyway...

All you gotta do is push a button, sir !

Zim yanks the knife out of the post.

ZIM:

Put your hand on the post, private.

Ace obeys. Zim throws, sticks his hand to the post.

ACE:

AWK !

ZIM:

The enemy cannot push a button if you

disable his hand. MEDIC !

Zim pays no attention to Ace who remains stuck to the post. A

recruit trots up. Johnny stares, surprised. It's Dizzy.

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