Earth: Final Conflict

Pulitzer Committee, here I come.

Artelligent. Top secret lab.

Dozens of machines that look exactly like human beings.

All identical.

Welcome to my castle.

It's good to see you again, Da'an.

For a bio-engineer, you make one hell of a venturous quest.

The devices on my head are galvanic skin detectors.

They interface directly with my brain

and let me communicate.

Da'an is in Artelligent.

Does that pose a problem I am not aware of, Agent Sandoval?

It shouldn't. Security will not allow anyone

into our secured area, including Da'an.

I assume Da'an is visiting Sparrow again.

That is correct.

Da'an had the right idea in moving Sparrow's research forward.

He just did not understand the proper

application of that research.

When are you planning on informing Da'an about the...

enhancements you made to Sparrow's research

in your bio-surrogate program?

After President Thompson

and the Joint Chiefs endorse the program.

Say cheese.

I formed a partnership with Artelligent because of Sparrow.

With the help of Taelon science, he has been able to break the barrier

in computer aided assistive technology for the disabled.

Software for the human brain,

downloaded into virtual experience conduits.

Conduits?

Vehicles, light years ahead of this four-wheeled dinosaur I use.

My software allows the transfer of an individuals' identity

out of their bodies.

All their memories, ideas, perceptions,

their consciousness.

Into what?

A piece of Jaridian inspired hardware.

You can't be serious.

Taelon technology only allowed Sparrow to proceed so far.

However, with information taken from the Jaridian replicant,

we have been able to manufacture humanoid bio-surrogates.

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.

What happened here?

One of the bio-surrogates has been activated.

I thought it could only be activated when

a human consciousness is downloaded into it.

Or if exposed to sudden burst of energy.

That's why this facility is shielded against

electromagnetic radiation, photoelectric emissions...

And what the hell went wrong?

This man disrupted the shielding by

taking a flash picture.

What programming was installed in the missing bio-surrogate?

Along with its ANS programming,

full complement of Jaridian weaponry

including language and enemy recognition array.

ANS?

Autonomic Nervous System instincts like feed, fight, flight.

Without a human consciousness to guide it,

I'm loathed to predict what might happen.

I was able to take my research

on assistive technology for the disabled

into a whole new realm.

Has the procedure been tested yet?

We are about to try our first transfer.

And whose consciousness will be transferred?

Mine, actually.

Zo'or, there's an urgent message for you from Agent Sandoval.

We've had an accident.

One of the bio-surrogates has apparently been activated,

and escaped.

He killed a security guard and took his uniform.

Track it down.

I advise we hold the program until we can contain the bio-surrogate.

No.

Neutralize the bio-surrogate before it causes any damage

that can jeopardize the program.

Neutralize?

I thought that all of Da'an's bio-surrogates were harmless.

They were.

Until we added a few enhancements.

Major, one of the bio-surrogates has escaped.

Use whatever resources you have to locate it.

Why are you at Artelligent? This is Da'an's project.

You understand me, Major?

We have to contain the bio-surrogate

before it endangers human life.

The bio-surrogates in Da'an's program

don't pose any threat to human life.

This bio-surrogate doesn't come from Da'an's program.

The bio-surrogate technology was not intended for war.

We're fighting for our survival.

I acted in accordance with my responsibility

as the leader of the Taelons.

If you have a problem with that,

I suggest you raise it with the Synod.

I most certainly will.

In the interim, we cannot predict what will occur

if the bio-surrogates are used as fighting machines.

That is true.

It is therefore imperative that we proceed

with the first consciousness transfer

to determine the feasibility of this program.

I demand to be present for the transfer.

That will not be necessary.

When we know the results,

you will be informed along with the rest of the Synod.

I am not interested in the results of the transfer.

I am concerned about the level of safeguard on this project,

that could endanger human lives.

That is not an issue.

Adequate safeguards are in place.

Then how do you explain the bio-surrogate that has escaped,

and has yet to be recovered?

They say a picture's worth a thousand words.

But that's...

What's it saying to you?

Try the yellow pages, "G" for garbage removal.

Oh, really? Well, I've got an idea. Why don't you...

On the contrary, It's quite magnificent.

Abstract meets Memphis.

I don't think I've seen anything quite like it.

Augur,

meet Sparrow, a fellow cyberphile.

Yes, and obviously someone who appreciates fine art as well.

Likes this ingenious computer.

Well, yes, it's like everything I own, sir.

One of a kind.

Augur, we need your help.

Really? Well, try the yellow pages, "C" for churches.

Go with me on this, Augur. You won't be sorry.

Especially when you see the technology that Sparrow's been working on.

- Amazing commercial potential. - Why didn't you just say so?

Mi casa e su casa.

So what do you want, the regular?

An interesting usage for a holograph.

Holo Lili, my idea for the perfect woman.

I thought Lili permanently reprogrammed her.

Give me a break!

Could hurry it up, please? Because I haven't got all day.

Okay. Read in these design parameters.

Tapping to all known satellites tracking facilities

and scan for a match to the activated bio-surrogate.

Serve it up when it's hot.

She likes it when I play along.

Well, well. What do we have on this screen?

The Flat Planet Cafe. I like to keep a tab on my investments.

What do you want in a man?

Handsome, intelligent, sensitive, 6' 3", 190 pounds,

muscular, funny, mysterious, successful,

kind eyes, good with kids and dogs, athletic,

loves his mother

and slightly unattainable.

That should narrow the field down to one or two.

One's all it takes.

And after I finished with my accountant,

we'll need to discuss the commercial potential of your research.

But right now you're just a guest, so, anything you want, okay?

Can I get you something?

I would like to have been briefed on you bio-surrogate program.

What you would have liked and not liked is of no concern, Captain.

As always, you're on the need-to-know basis,

and in the instance you have no need.

Capt. Marquette has a point, Agent Sandoval.

Unlike you, she has combat experience.

She can understand the logic behind this program better than you.

Why is my combat experience relevant?

You have reviewed the Jaridian files in the Taelon archives?

Do you honestly believe that humanity

has the capability to defeat the Jaridians?

Not currently,

but we will do whatever is necessary to survive.

If the data on the Jaridians was made available

to the appropriate military personnel

we could devise a very effective strategy.

That data has already been made available

to the President and the Joint Chiefs.

They've not responded.

Defeating the Jaridians will require more than will to survive.

You need the tools to defeat

a race with superior capabilities.

Do you deny this?

No, do not.

This is so good. You're just gonna love it. You'll see.

Does my appearance upset you?

No.

It's just that I've never seen anyone like you before.

Then you must not have been looking very carefully.

Where I come from, people like you just