Red Faction: Origins

(ON TV) It has been said

that there are only two dates that matter to Mars.

The first is the date that the Earth laid claim to it.

The second is the day the Earth was driven from it.

Twenty-five years ago today, Mars became a free planet.

Free from the tyranny of the Earth Defense Force.

For 200 years, the EDF ruled Mars with an iron fist.

Our once proud mining colonies had become internment camps.

Generations who considered themselves Martians

had become slaves on their own planet.

Until one day,

a small group of rebels said, "No more. "

They called themselves Red Faction.

They were led by Alec Mason,

hero of the revolution.

Hey, it is you.

The Red Faction couldn't defeat EDF alone.

Man, let me buy you a drink.

They formed an alliance with the Marauders

once the EDF was destroyed.

The alliance was broken when Marauders killed Mason's wife and daughter.

What are you having?

They fought and bled

red blood on our red planet...

A solitary moment.

...Until the EDF was finally defeated,

forced to leave Mars, and never return.

My fellow Martians, I urge you to stop.

Stop and remember.

On this day, generations ago...

You're too good to have a drink with me, is that it'?

...When dawn broke, we were in chains.

When our twin moons rose,

we were free men.

(ON RADIO) Backup is four minutes out.

Do not engage. I repeat, do not engage.

COPY? Do you...

Alec Mason, you're under arrest

for drunk and disorderly and disturbing the peace again.

Get out of here, you drunk!

Let's go, Dad.

With the computer upgrades I'm proposing,

I think we can increase Red Faction's total output by at least...

Ms. De La Vega, I will consider your request, but if you'll excuse me,

Lieutenant Mason and I got things to talk about.

What do you think you were doing?

What was I supposed to do?

Wait four minutes for backup like I told you. Why can't you just do...

Is this because I was born on Earth?

Are you accusing me of being prejudiced against Terrans?

No, sir.

I just was not sure if you were aware upon which planet I was born on.

You could be born on Pluto, for all I care,

so long as you do your job well.

But... And give me the proper respect.

Now, can you guess which one of those I think you need to work on?

I'm sure today was tough for you.

Just a day.

A day when it's a little harder for you to forget

that you're Alec Mason's son.

I find that very easy.

There's no paperwork on this one.

I spoke to the saloon. They've decided not to press charges.

Aren't you two even yet?

There is no even for what your dad did for me.

You're free to go.

It's cold out.

Terraformers make the air breathable.

They don't make Mars closer to the sun.

Want a drink?

Why don't you sleep it off?

Oh!

Sobriety only happens if you let it, Son.

You've really kept the place up since I moved out.

Yeah.

Is this what Mom would want for you?

The dead don't want anything.

It's one of the benefits of being dead.

Mother, come!

Jake, please, I'm scared!

What's the matter with you?

I gotta go.

Hey.

Hey, you were really great outside that saloon tonight.

You reminded me of me.

I hope not.

The EDF Dreadnought Hydra. We blew it up on the final day of the revolution.

The fuselage has been in a graduated decay orbit ever since.

The tail section is set to make planet fall

at approximately 1800 hours and 14 minutes.

Satellite telemetry has it crashing somewhere near Bradbury.

Bradbury? That's...

Disputed territory.

Just on our side of the Marauders' defense perimeter.

We're sure the Marauders know when and where the Hydra is coming down, too.

That's why it is imperative that we stake our claim first.

Mason, your team will travel to the drop zone.

Assess and recover any salvageable EDF technology.

All due respect, sir,

I wouldn't know a useful piece of EDF tech from an electric razor.

That's why you'll be taking along an expert. Ms. De La Vega?

All right, we're 30 klicks from Bradbury.

Keep us up 'E0P-

Don't want any Marauders taking a lucky shot at us.

You okay?

Why wouldn't I be?

That actually does hurt.

Sorry.

I really don't like travel, you know, especially out of Eos.

So you were born on Earth?

Yeah, why? Is that a problem?

Not for me. Good.

Oh! Do you think that you could talk to me'?

Maybe just keep my mind off the turbulence.

I'm not much of a talker.

Tell me about your family.

It must have been really embarrassing having to arrest your dad the other day.

I'm beginning to get why I see you eating meals by yourself.

You're one to talk.

What's that noise?

Anomaly.

We're okay! We're okay!

I've heard about anomalies, that they were real, but I never...

They happen randomly at the far edge of a terraformer's range.

Unexplained phenomenon.

Usually they make things explode.

But this ship won't. Good ship.

Sir, you're gonna wanna see this.

Where do you want me to land?

Two and twos. Ez, establish a perimeter.

If you come into contact with Marauders, report it ASAP.

Do not engage, but defend yourselves if necessary.

Tess, you are with me.

Crack it. Sir!

There's lots of micro-fractures.

It's cold shearing from being in space for so long.

I don't even know if any of this stuff is going to be salvageable.

It's... Oh! Oh!

He must've been flash-frozen when the hull was breached.

I think now's a really good time to go back to the good old ship.

I think now's a really good time for you to take a deep breath.

We have a job to do and I need you.

You are the best, right?

By far.

Okay. Okay.

Oh, God.

There's... There's still activity.

It's that way.

Marauders.

(ON RADIO) Sir, I can't raise Lieutenant Mason.

Jake, please, I'm scared!

Lyra, jump!

Marauders. I know.

Stay here.

Where are you going?

(ON RADIO) Jake, come in. Jake?

Jake?

Jake! Are you all right?

We had every right to claim the wreck.

That land does not belong to Eos.

Ben.

Nor did the lives of my tribesmen,

yet you sent them from Mars just the same.

We did not kill your Marauders.

Their wounds were inflicted by gunfire.

Colonist weapons. Colonist duplicity.

Our forces were securing a hazardous crash site

when they were attacked unprovoked.

As is always the case with Colonists,

you speak only in half truths.

Know this to be the full truth.

Any further incursions into my territories

will be considered a hostile act.

Any Colonist found trespassing on Marauder lands

will be summarily executed.

That is a promise I will honor.

The Matriarch is telling the truth.

It wasn't Marauders. That group on the Hydra?

They were soldiers in white fatigues.

And one of these soldiers, she was a girl.

Twenty years old, Ben.

Ben, look at me.

It was her.

Who?

Lyra.

This girl, when she saw me,