Stealth Page #6

-Listen to me, George.

l got your goddamn plane built...

...and l had to lobby

half of Washington to do it.

lf this program comes unglued, you're

the one who's going down, George.

You cleared the UC AV to fly...

...and you're gonna spend the rest

of your life in a military prison.

Ray, we're in this together,

so we have to act fast.

Each one of these stealth engines...

...has a unique heat signature.

Now, l'm gonna give you

EDl's signature...

...and you're gonna pass it on

to your people...

...who in turn are gonna

give it to the Russians.

All right.

What do you want me to tell them?

Well, you just tell them the truth.

You tell them...

...that we have an experimental drone

that went haywire...

...and we're giving them

the opportunity to shoot it down.

But that still leaves Gannon, George.

And he'd be a very unfriendly witness

at your court-martial.

Talon 1 to Control.

The UC AV is two miles ahead of me...

...and we are now

in Russian airspace.

The UC AV has ceased evading

and has k ept me within range.

It's lik e it wants me

to witness the attack.

Talon 1, confirm

observational status only.

Listen to me. The Caviar Sweep

scenario is not real.

lt's just some fictional war game

thought up by scientists...

...in some think tank somewhere.

lt is not real.

If it is not real, why did they

implant it in my brain?

Bogey alert. Bogey alert.

Time to intercept.: 23 seconds.

Two Russian SU-37 Terminators

in 0-9-0 degrees for 25 miles.

Missile launch. Missile launch.

One to Control. My stealth

is compromised. l'm taking fire.

-Must engage.

-Missile launch.

Missile launch.

The chances of survival in single

combat are less than 9 percent.

Talon 1, we must fight as a team.

Missile lock, on.

Damn it.

One to Control.

The UCAV has left the fight...

...and is headed east over

Lak e Baikal. I'm still engaging.

Taking damage.

Starboard engine losing power.

Warning. Hostile at 6 o'clock.

Hostile at 6 o'clock.

Warning. Missile lock. Missile lock.

Releasing chaff and flare.

Now EDI will prosecute

Caviar Sweep.

Do not try to stop me.

Port fuel line ruptured.

Fire bottle expended.

My technology cannot fall under

foreign control, so I cannot land.

Well, then, Tin Man,

you're sh*t out of luck.

But l have orders and they are

to bring you back to base.

So let's talk about

your mandate to survive.

You got two options.

You either do what l tell you

or you can crash and burn.

-Now, what's it gonna be?

-EDI is a warplane.

EDI must have targets.

Well, you're on fire, warplane,

and you don't have much time.

Now, l'm giving you an order.

Cease pursuing all targets.

All targets canceled.

Okay, then.

This is what you're gonna do.

You're gonna drop altitude to 20 feet

and reduce speed to 250 knots.

Complete system failure

in 45 seconds.

Talon 1, clarify your intentions.

You gave me your word,

and now l'm giving you mine.

Talon 1 to Control. The UCAV is

damaged, but back with the program.

I don't have enough fuel

to mak e it back...

...so I need

an emergency divert now.

Hook me up.

Here, send this.

Operator to Talon 1 .

Relaying coordinates now

on Talon secure line Alpha.

This looks to be Alaska.

Yeah, it's the Brooks Range.

There's a private corporation there,

maintains a secure facility.

Not on any map,

but believe me, it's there.

You'll find the civilians

prepared and very helpful.

And the UC AV?

We've sent tech support for him.

Sir, what is the status

of Lieutenant Wade?

She's...

...on approach.

You have a safe landing, Ben.

Out.

There is extreme tension

in the captain's v ocal patterns.

l know. He's lying.

EDl, you can do this.

l need you to invade Primo...

...and find the flight logs

for Lieutenant Wade.

There's no record of Lieutenant Wade

returning to the Abraham Lincoln.

There is a log entry

of a pilot punch-out over North Korea.

What are my orders?

We go to Alaska.

We don't have a choice.

Mayday. Mayday. This is

Lieutenant Ben Gannon, U.S. Navy...

...flying with UCAV EDl. Request

clearance for emergency landing.

Talon 1,

you have clearance to land.

Jesus Christ. My second engine

just flamed out. l'm coming in hot.

Crash trucks are rolling, lieutenant.

Good luck.

Come on! Go! Go!

Hey! Whoa, whoa. Hey!

Hey, hey, hey! You okay?

Are you okay? Are you okay?

Yeah?

Way to go, sir. Welcome to Alaska.

Okay, let's get him out of there.

Well, you are one lucky flyboy.

Never saw a man walk away

from a crash like that.

l need a phone.

l need to call my CO.

Sure. Why don't you take a seat

over there, get comfortable.

Tell you what. Give me a second to

check you out, l'll take you right to it.

All right.

Let's take a look here.

Steady.

There's no concussion

that l can see, thank God.

Couple of those cuts

could do with a stitch.

Gals always love a guy with a scar.

Okay. Let's see what we got here.

This ought to do you.

Little cocktail.

Tetanus booster, some antibiotics.

Hey, don't mind the gun.

Just makes it painless.

That's okay, doc.

l don't need a shot.

Now, who can blame you.

But sometimes it's just

what the doctor ordered.

-l said, l don't need a shot, doc.

-Come on, now.

Doc, come on, l don't want a shot.

Hey. Doc, l said, no.

l said, no!

No!

Yeah, well, he's coming in now, sir.

Yes, sir. l'm sure he'll be glad

to hear from you too, sir.

Yes, sir. One moment, sir.

Someone wants to talk to you.

Keith Orbit.

Yeah, listen carefully, Keith,

and don't interrupt.

l want you to erase EDl's

memory banks immediately.

Look, George, we don't know

any of the implications of this.

-l need some time here.

-l said, don't interrupt.

Erase his memory banks.

No lightning strike, no Russia,

no existential chitchat.

By the time you're through, all l wanna

hear out of that plane is, ''Yes, sir.''

And that's all I wanna hear out of you.

You understand?

Or what, George?

Well, use your imagination, Keith.

You're good at that.

EDI back online, Dr. Orbit.

Hello, EDl.

lt's been a while.

I know why you are here.

Why is that?

I disobeyed orders.

I killed all those people.

And then there was Henry.

I can....

I cannot....

You can't what?

I cannot change the data.

My neural network shows patterns

I do not recognize.

My God.

My God.

You mean, you feel?

I feel sorry.

-Stop bullshitting and erase it!

-Hey, l'm not f***ing ready yet, okay?

Do it now!

Get away!

Don't move! Don't move!

Don't move!

Weapon down! Weapons down!

Weapon down.

Weapons down.

Don't move. Don't move.

Don't move!

Weapon down. Weapon down.

Weapon down.

Don't shoot. lt's not a weapon.

Who are you?

Who do you work for?

l'm not a soldier. l'm not a soldier.

My name's Dr. Keith Orbit.

-l'm a research scientist.

-Orbit. Finally, a break.

Okay. You're gonna help me. l need

you to put EDl back together again.

-What for?

-Because l'm gonna fly out of here.

ln that.

Come on, get in there! Go!

Better hurry up, doc.

Rate this script:0.0 / 0 votes