Velocity Trap

FEDERAL CARRIERS, ONCE A TARGET OF CRIMINAL CARTELS,

ARE NOW EQUIPPED WITH THE ZIRCON DOMINATOR 3600B...

PULSE CANNON TURRET GUN.

THE DOMINATOR 3600B HAS PUT AN END TO SPACE PIRACY.

ZIRCON, BRINGING PEACE TO A LAWLESS UNIV--

SINCE THE INSTITUTION OF OUR NEW ELECTRONIC MONETARY LAWS, OUR CUSTOMERS ARE WONDERING:

THE ANSWER IS NO.

YES, WE, LIKE ALL BANKS, CAN NOW ONLY OFFER CASH SERVICES,

BUT WE GO THAT EXTRA STEP AND PROVIDE SECURITY WHEN YOU NEED TO MOVE YOUR MONEY.

CRIME MAY HAVE KILLED ELECTRONIC BANKING,

BUT SERVICE IS ALIVE AND WELL AT DISCOVERY BANK,

WITH OVER 360 BRANCHES ON 32 PLANETS.

REMEMBER THE CLAMPS.

I GOT A 400-MEGATON WARHEAD IN MY HAND. YOU MIND ?

- - IT'S SET.

WARHEAD IS ACTIVE. HOW LONG ?

SIX MINUTES.

LIGHT THE FUSE.

- IT'S LIT. - WHAT ARE YOU DOING ?

YOU EVER BEEN REALLY SCARED ?

WE GOT LESS THAN SIX MINUTES. FALLOUT, LOOK AT ME.

I WANT YOU TO ANSWER ME HONESTLY. HAVE YOU EVER BEEN REALLY SCARED ?

YES ! YES, YOU CRAZY BITCH ! I'M SCARED NOW !

THEY'RE STILL ON THE ROCK. DO YOU WANT TO STOP THE COUNTDOWN ?

WE MISS THIS WINDOW, WE'VE GOT 12 HOURS UNTIL THE NEXT.

FULL THRUST IN FOUR SECONDS.

DETONATION IN THREE MINUTES. IT'S GONNA BE CLOSE. SHE'S NOT GONNA MAKE IT.

SHE'LL MAKE IT.

SHE ALWAYS LOVED A GOOD RIDE.

DETONATION IN LESS THAN--

WE'RE NEVER GONNA MAKE THIS.

WE'RE ALL GONNA BE FRIED.

- - WHAT'S THAT ? - IMPACT IN 15,

14, 13--

- FALLOUT ? - WHAT ?

WE'VE LANDED.

IF YOU SOILED THAT SUIT, YOU'D BETTER MARK IT SO I NEVER GET IN IT.

YOU HEAR ME, FALLOUT ?

IT'S ON TARGET,

BUT THE NAV LOGS WILL STILL SHOW IT IN ORBIT AROUND DEVOS THREE,

THAT IS AS LONG AS NO PESKY PROBES ENTER THE SYSTEM.

THAT'S WHY WE'RE HANGING AROUND HERE.

WE STILL HAVE TO GET BY THE SECURITY GUNS. DON'T WORRY, SIMMS.

GOT AN INSIDE TRACK ON THAT ONE.

YOU HAVE A NICE RIDE ? YEAH.

GOOD. BECAUSE IF YOU TWO HAD GOTTEN KILLED,

I'D HAVE BEEN TWO PEOPLE SHORT.

- I'M SORRY. - WE'RE THREE MONTHS OUT.

THREE MONTHS TO REPLACE ANYONE.

I DON'T WANT ANY MISTAKES.

I EXPECT THIS FROM HER. BUT YOU, FALLOUT ? I'M DISAPPOINTED.

YOU TALK TO YOUR CRAZY WIFE.

PUT THE GUN DOWN.

YOU'RE NOT GONNA USE IT.

YOU NEED ME.

YOU'RE RIGHT.

I DO.

GOTTA GO TO WORK.

OH, NO. OH, YEAH.

WHERE DO YOU HAVE TO GO TO WORK, BABY ?

M.S.P. BUILDING.

THE PARTY FOR THE NEW HEAD OF E.D. ?

YEAH, AND THEN SOME.

OH, MAN !

I HEAR NOBODY IS TOO HAPPY ABOUT HIM.

THAT'S WHAT HE SAID ?

WHO ?

YOU KNOW WHO.

WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE ?

HE'S A DANGEROUS MAN.

JUST BE CAREFUL, OKAY ?

THERE'S A LOT TO LOSE WITH NELSON BEING IN CHARGE.

I KNOW, BUT I CAN TAKE CARE OF MYSELF.

I KNOW HOW YOU CAN TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF, DANA.

HE DOESN'T OWN ME. IT'S A CONTRACT.

THEN BREAK IT. I CAN'T.

YOU KNOW I CAN'T. I WAS WITH YOU,

AND WE HAD A CHILD TOGETHER, AND I GOT TRANSFERRED, AND YOU COULD NOT WAIT, COULD YOU ?

WOULD YOU LISTEN TO ME ?

SOMETHING HAPPENED, DIDN'T IT ?

WHEN ALICIA GOT SICK, I DIDN'T HAVE ANYONE.

SHE NEED A SPECIALIST, AND YOU WERE NINE MONTHS AWAY ON TALOS.

I DID WHAT I HAD TO DO. I KNOW.

I'M SORRY, OKAY ?

HEY.

HEY. SHE WAS MY CHILD TOO.

OKAY ?

WHEN I LOST HER, I LOST YOU.

YOU DIDN'T LOSE ME, RAY.

YOU COULD NEVER LOSE ME.

DAMN.

I WANT YOU BACK.

ME TOO.

BUT THIS IS THE FRONTIER.

YOU DON'T BREAK A MARRIAGE CONTRACT OUT HERE.

WHAT ABOUT US ?

I ONLY GOT ANOTHER TWO YEARS LEFT,

THEN I CAN LEAVE,

AND WE CAN GO EARTHSIDE AND START OVER.

TWO YEARS.

I LOVE YOU, RAY.

JUST WAIT FOR ME, PLEASE.

AND COLONY ENGINEERS HAVE NO EXPLANATION...

HOW HE GOT IN THE AIRDUCT IN THE FIRST PLACE.

IN OTHER NEWS, THE ACCUSATIONS OF CORRUPTIONS...

SURROUNDING THE ENFORCEMENT DIVISION AND RAMANAYA MINING COMPANY...

WILL BE BROUGHT TO A HEAD WITH AN INVESTIGATION...

BY NEW ENFORCEMENT DIVISION CHIEF, SAMUEL NELSON.

AS YOU MAY REMEMBER, THE ENFORCEMENT DIVISION...

CAME UNDER FIRE THREE MONTHS AGO...

WHEN OFFICER RAY STOKES ACCUSED TWO E.D. OFFICERS OF STRONG-ARM TACTICS...

IN RELATION TO PURCHASES OF PRIVATE MINING CLAIMS BY THE COMPANY.

CHIEF NELSON WILL BE WELCOMED THIS EVENING AT THE MUSEUM OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY.

IN OTHER NEWS, TWO NEW DOMES ARE SLATED FOR DEVELOPMENT--

REMEMBER, REGISTRATION GUARANTEES FREEDOM.

YEAH, WE GOT HIM.

- HOW MUCH FOR THE APPLE ? - UH, TWELVE PLUS TAX.

TWELVE DOLLARS.

RIGHT.

HERE YOU GO.

WELL, THANKS.

SO WHAT HAPPENED ?

OH, GREAT.

CHANGE OF PLAN. HE'S COMIN' IN. ALL RIGHT.

LISTEN UP. DAWSON WANTS STOKES TO TAKE THE FALL.

YOU GOT IT ? YEAH, COPY THAT. YOU'RE ALL CLEAR.

THE RMC REMINDS YOU TO KEEP--

STOKES ? BILLIARD. YEAH.

THIS IS DUNN.

ARE YOU WORKING FOR THE COMPANY ?

THE COMPANY ASSIGNED US TO KEEP AN EYE ON THINGS UNTIL NELSON GOT SETTLED IN.

HOW COME ? 'CAUSE NELSON GETS ASSIGNED THE COLONIES...

THAT HAVE ENFORCEMENT DIVISION PROBLEMS.

SO, SOMETIMES THE E.D. OFFICERS, THEY, UH-- THEY'RE JUST NOT HAPPY TO SEE HIM.

WELL, I'M AN E.D. OFFICER,

AND, UH, I DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS.

NO HARD FEELINGS.

SURE.

WHY DON'T YOU TAKE THE LOUNGE ?

HEY, ROBINSON.

I WANT YOU TO STAY CLOSE TO CHIEF NELSON. YES, SIR.

YOU KNOW STOKES ? SURE.

I NEED YOU TO KEEP AN EYE ON HIM. STOKES ?

YOU SURE ? YEAH, WE'RE SURE.

NOW, LOOK, IF HE GETS CLOSE TO NELSON, I WANT YOU TO GET HIM OUT OF THERE.

YES, SIR.

WHAT DO YOU THINK ? HE'LL DO JUST FINE.

RADIO CHECK, GARY.

GARY, CHECK. ALL CLEAR.

RICHARD, CHECK. ALL CLEAR.

STOKES, CHECK. ALL CLEAR.

ROBINSON, CHECK. ALL CLEAR.

HOW YA DOIN' ? OH, HI. NICE TO MEET YOU.

HEY, HOW ARE YOU ? GOOD TO SEE YOU. THANK YOU.

I EXPECT WE'RE GONNA HAVE A LOT OF UNHAPPY PEOPLE HERE...

ONCE WE START THE INVESTIGATION.

HOLD IT, STOKES. WE'VE GOT A POSSIBLE TWO-NINER.

RED JACKET, ON YOUR RIGHT.

COPY THAT.

STOKES, WE DON'T KNOW WHO THIS GUY IS. JUST STAY WITH HIM.

FORGET THE RED JACKET. HE'S CLEAN.

SUPPORT E.D. FROM SAGA SERVICES.

WE'VE GOT ANOTHER PROBLEM ACROSS THE FLOOR.

BLUE SUIT.

STOKES, BLUE SUIT. STOKES.

STOKES, BLUE SUIT.

WE HAVE A "GO" ON TARGET.

I'M PRETTY HAPPY WITH THE WAY THE INVESTIGATION'S BEEN GOING.

ROBINSON, STAY IN YOUR POSITION.

BUT, SIR, I'VE GOT SOMEONE MOVING TOWARD NELSON. NEGATIVE.

- STAY IN YOUR POSITION. - CAPTAIN NELSON,

MAY I HAVE A PICTURE FOR OUR NEWSLETTER ?

ROBINSON, GET STOKES OUT OF THERE.

- BUT HE'S NOT MOVING, SIR. - YOU HEARD ME. GET HIM THE HELL OUT.

- WOULD YOU MIND TAKING IT AGAINST THE WINDOW ? - NO PROBLEM.

STOKES, YOU MAY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH ROBINSON.

ROBINSON, TAKE STOKES DOWN.

PERFECT.

- - SIR !

STOKES, FREEZE !

THROW THE WEAPON, STOKES.

THE ENTIRE COLONY IS REACTING TO THE NEWS OF THE DEATH LAST NIGHT...

OF ENFORCEMENT DIVISION CHIEF SAMUEL NELSON.

NELSON DIED AS THE RESULT OF AN EXPLOSIVE DECOMPRESSION ACCIDENT...