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They must be joking!

We didn't lug the protons

all the way back here for that!

The moon has an

emergency interceptor system...

But even detonated from

10,000 kilometers away,

liquefied protons have enough destructive

force to wipe out the entire moon base.

Open up!

Open the door!

Open it! Open up!

Dan, get out the emergency suits!

Open the door!

Back up, I'll burn through with the laser!

Wait! Stop! The decompression signal!

Crap!

What happened?!

Number 8, Number 9, respond!

Answer me!

Sh*t!

Don't take your eyes off them!

Skipper!

Numbers 1 1 and under,

head for the docking bay!

What?! The main nozzle's

completely detached?!

They busted in while

we were swapping it out...

And I was out cold there for a while.

Goddamnit! If the main boosters

can't fire up, we're paralyzed!

There are just the four

of us left on the Dutchman

and our only real weapons are their

two laser rifles and my hand laser...

We're gonna aim the interstellar

radar's antenna at the docking bay!

What?

You're thinking we can diffusely

reflect the electrons from inside!

Release the lock!

Full power to the interstellar radar!

Whoo-hoo! It's like

deep-frying in a microwave!

That's as far as you get!

There's a detonating agent

for liquefied protons

and a large quantity of explosive charges

on board the container we brought over.

That's enough explosive power to do some serious

damage to the Midnight Bazooka, if ignited.

And I happen to have the

detonator right here in my hand.

This ship isn't able to fly anywhere.

Detach the rear liquefied proton tank.

Focus your attack on the connecting section.

But whatever you do, don't hit the tank.

Fire!

This is bad. We have no control over the tank.

They're separating the protons from the ship!

What are you two thinking of doing?!

The same as you.

I love both of you.

What the hell are you doing?!

If they're gonna get our cargo anyway,

we'll manually open the release

valve and spill the protons into space!

Not you!

There're only three weapons.

You gonna fight 'em with your fists?

As captain, your first priority has to be

the lives of your people and you know it.

How are just the three of you gonna fight?!

Boss, we were able to turn

the tables on our guards!

Please give us instructions!

Boss!

Captain! Please give us your instructions!

Mark, there's a bunch of

explosive charges in container B404!

I love you, Dan.

Load the catapult with propellant

immediately and deep six 'em!

Bastards! It took us blood,

sweat and tears to get the protons here!

You think we're just gonna roll

over and let you steal them from us?!

Hayes!

Bastards!

Maria, quickly!

Willie!

Go!

Willie!

Maria...

Goddamnit!

Freeze!

Don't touch that valve.

Dan! Get outta here!

Baby!

Loading of firing charge complete.

3... 2... 1 ... Fire.

After the terrorists lost their leader,

they surrendered easily

and the majority of the protons

were delivered safely to Earth.

Right now,

I feel like I know how she feels.

I think this can be a form of love, too.

He said that...?

Blood will always tell.

So next time will be

another 1 5 years from now?

13 of them will be spent

inside a hibernation capsule.

Then you'll age just another two years...

The same thing, over and over

again, for 45 years already...

You really are a cruel woman...

Good luck... Stay alive, baby.

Good luck.

She embarks once again on

her journey far into the darkness.

Like a comet that travels

around a distant elliptical orbit...

Like a memory, ever surfacing

and then receding into the distance...

Leaving me behind, alone...

Good luck, Mother.

Waxing waning lying

Light that makes me think

of myself every time I look at it

Yesterday I became a kind, good child,

so why do you hurt me?

Blue moon,

don't take away the one that I love

I feel longing as well as hate,

this is ambivalent love

Please, don't leave me alone,

the one that I love

Crazy silken night sky and ambivalent love

If the blue moon that gives off

faint light by my window

is an illusion created by

the dust fluttering in the sky,

then if I wipe away the weakness and doubt

that deceive my eyes,

maybe we'll be able

to forgive each other one more time

Blue moon,

don't take away the one that I love

I feel longing as well as hate,

this is ambivalent love

I want to tell the one I love

to come for me now,

but I can't say it, ambivalent love

Please, don't leave me alone,

the one that I love

Crazy silken night sky and ambivalent love

I want to see you, but I can't

I'm so overcome with these feelings

that I can't sleep

All night long...

You were the one for me...

I need to be with you.

You were the one for me...

I need to be with you.

It has been 27 years since interstellar travel

became possible for the human race.

The Great Advance, as it's called, opened the

doorway to space beyond the Solar System.

To date, 18 star systems

have been probed,

and we have reached distances

of as much as 90 light-years away.

Meanwhile, on Earth,

the wounds of the previous Southern

Hemisphere War remain unhealed.

A dark cloud covers the Earth,

while the end of natural resources

in the Solar System draws ever near.

This is the 22nd century.

What the human race needs

most desperately are colonies,

where interstellar trade for resources

must happen as soon as possible.

Member Lange...

Hyperspace travel takes

its toll on an old man's body.

Odd that no one yet has succumbed

to madness due to that awful sensation.

On the positive side, it lets us fly 21

light-years in 5 hours and 40 minutes.

Beta Hydri...

The Beta star in the Hydrus constellation.

A G2IV-type fixed star of magnitude 2.8.

It has 1 5 planets, but our

destination is the fifth one.

Ion!

Alena!

So you've finally tamed a Picard, huh?

By using its habit of wandering around

riding the wind and eating new leaves.

Do they have intelligence?

Yeah.

Here, look.

They've got moldy stuff on nearly

every square inch of their bodies, right?

It's fungus that takes nourishment

from the animal's waste products

while breaking down

moisture from the atmosphere

and supplying the Picards

with hydrogen and oxygen.

Then even without lungs, they can breathe.

And with the hydrogen, they can

inflate themselves and fly anywhere.

Works out well.

It's symbiosis, life forms

helping each other survive...

On this planet, especially, there

seem to be a lot of examples of that.

It's the same with the "Macbeth's Forests,"

squirming in the high-pressure

zones rich in carbon dioxide.

The forestry living on

their backs provides oxygen...

I can't wait to meet you

without these helmets on.

We will be able to, soon.

The atmosphere

investigation is nearly complete.

I'll see you here tomorrow.

Yes.

Did you have another date with Juliet...

Romeo?

It's no business of yours.

What do you think you're doing,

Lieutenant Commander Beltin?

When it comes to

the exploitation of space,

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