Earth: Final Conflict

Nut?

We have all the nuts we need in the Russian council.

Smerdyakov.

You have the merchandise?

What a world it has become, eh, comrade?

One day I am the elite of the human species

and Nobel prize winning scientist...

And now I am reduced to

perfecting the Taelon's virtual glass technology.

I know.

Now, do you have the virtual glass matrix data we discussed?

Who need scientists now?

The aliens give us everything.

Don't you understand?

It's the journey of discovery that makes us human!

They are taking that away form us!

Doc, listen, I'd love to sit and talk, but...

Subtitled by Axarion

They are the Companions.

Aliens come to Earth on a mission of peace.

Their true mission,

the secrets they hide, forever alter humanity.

Caught in the struggle between these Taelon Companions

and the Human Resistance is Liam Kincaid.

A man who is more than human.

The mysteries of his past hold the key to Earth's future

and the fate of mankind.

On Earth Final Conflict.

Oh, Augur...

What kind of trouble have you got yourself into now?

Since when is it a crime to offer someone a peanut?

It wasn't me, it was him!

I am loyal to my country and to the Taelons!

He forced me to steal the technology!

I was setting a trap!

Excuse me! I am an American citizen, I have rights!

I demand to see someone from the American embassy now!

No use getting yourself all worked up, comrade.

Comrade?

You almost hung me out to dry.

No, no, I simply said that...

To save your miserable behind.

Okay, calm down.

Augur, Augur, Augur. think, think, think.

You've got yourself out of worse messes. Think...

Okay, there's Kabul and the firing squad, but...

You got the Afghans to let you go?

Not exactly, no.

The executed me, but I paid them to use blanks.

Then I had my body shipped home in a nice plush coffin.

You won't be so lucky here.

In Russia they hang you for high treason.

High treason?

What the hell are you talking about?

We just simply stole some technology. That's a white-collar crime.

My comrades consider the Taelons a national treasure.

You picked the wrong county, my friend.

But maybe you can pay them to use a frail rope.

Wait, wait, wait, wait.

I thought that this was a free country now.

What happened to trial by jury?

Yeah, it's true.

Every Russian is entitled to trial by jury.

Yes.

That way, when they hang us, it's all nice and democratic.

Cheers!

And you have been accused of crimes against the state.

And this court finds you guilty.

Your honor, may I approach the bench, please?

Listen, I know we can work this out, you and I.

Now...

I have vast resources back in America.

Resources I'm more than willing to share,

if you get my drift.

Is that all?

Unless you're willing to discuss the numbers right now.

You have been found guilty of high treason.

You're hereby condemned to death by hanging.

The sentence is to be carried out at sunrise. Tomorrow.

Major Kincaid, we need to talk.

Hello, Lili.

Looks like Augur's exploring his more

tame holographic fantasies these days.

I've been digitally emancipated.

The real Capt. Marquette has reprogrammed me.

Well, I guess Augur is in for a little surprise then.

Actually, he may be in for a much bigger surprise.

A business venture he was pursuing has gone desperately awry.

He needs your help immediately, in Russia.

Russia?

Look at the bright side, we'll die together.

You might not be dying at all.

The cavalry.

Not exactly.

Well, you're from the embassy, right?

Look, I don't give a damn if you're the devil himself

as long as you've got the juice to get me out of here.

As a matter of fact, I'm the only one who has the "juice" to get you out of here.

I'm all ears.

You have two options: death or cooperation.

Oh well, then I'll take cooperation.

Good choice.

Now we'll se if you have what we're looking for.

Escape is impossible.

Even if you're foolish enough to attempt it, you'll be executed on sight.

I wouldn't dream of it.

Welcome to the Taelon mother ship.

And you're telling me Augur volunteered for this program?

To be guinea pig in some Taelon experiment?

Yes, he had no other option.

He was set to be executed at sunrise, but

he was told he would be released

if he survives.

Survives what?

I can't seem to get away from you, can I, my comrade?

Smerdyakov.

And here I thought I was one of the elite.

But if they accepted you into the program,

their standards can't be very high.

To the contrary,

they recognize my great if slightly deteriorated intellect.

I wish I knew what this was really about.

You and me both.

- Welcome, volunteers. - Volunteers my a...

The rumors you have heard are true.

There is an alien race preparing to attack your world.

They are called the Jaridians.

And this Project Earth Defense

is the Taelons' attempt to prevent the extinction of the human race

at the hands of the Jaridians.

The goal of this project is to bioengineer human volunteers

into warriors capable of defeating the Jaridians.

Translation: they are using us to protect their own butts.

You will rewrite galactic history,

and always be remembered as the saviors of your race.

And we know what they do to saviors, don't we, comrade?

Yes, we do.

We're just a couple of lab rats for some Taelon experiment.

And even if we survive the experiment,

who knows what will be left of us?

What?

Are you... Are you alright?

The fruits of a life lived in excess.

Sorry, Zo'or. We're not running any mazes for you.

Of course it's his signature.

You know the circumstances. He had no choice.

Now we need to get him out of there before it's too late.

I understand.

But you are forgetting

that Augur was sentenced to death by a human court.

The existence of Zo'or's project saved his life.

There's no justification for the death penalty for his crime.

The Russian courts are responding to pressure from Zo'or to

institute these extreme penalties for crimes against the Taelons.

All I care about is getting Augur out of there.

Can you get me into the Earth Defense facility on the mother ship?

As a member of the Synod

it is my right to inspect all Taelon facilities.

I noticed you wear a ring.

Is that a gift?

Or uh... a heirloom?

Why don't I get the check?

Jason, it is you!

You survived the attack.

How did you cross over to this world?

- I'm sorry, but... - No, don't be sorry.

All that matters is that you're still...

You betrayed us!

How could you?

I'm sorry, miss, I think you have me confused with...

someone else...

Who's that?

I don't know yet, but I will.

I hope that's not the look of love in your eyes.

Come with me.

Hey, where's the old man?

- Are you alright? - Leave me alone.

Back there, at the cafe...

You reminded me of someone I knew.

A lifetime ago.

Wait.

Would you like to go for a walk?

Alright.

Now I know how Jimmy Cagney felt at the end of Angels with Dirty Faces.

Our meta-humans require the physical strength

to adapt to a newly developed Taelon implant.

But equally important

is resilient mind that can accept the new programming.

Programming for what?

To face the terrors of alien species without going mad.

Is that what they did to you?

So what you're saying that is this is some kind of cosmic IQ test?

No.

This is the first step in reprogramming your mind.

No. No! No!

I would like to begin my inspection.

Of course.

- Let me notify Zo'or... - Now.

Why are you here?

You've never inspected one of my projects before.