I am Kai
last of the Brunnen G
Millennia ago,
the Brunnen G led humanity to victory in the war against the insect civilisation.
The Time Prophet predicted
that I would be the one to destroy the Divine Order
and the League of 20,000 Planets
Someday, that will happen
- but not today.
As today is my day of death.
The day our story begins
Yo A O
Yo A O, Hom Var Ray
Yo A Ra, Jerum Brunnen G
Yo A O, Hom Var Ray
Yo A Ra, Jerum Brunnen G
Yo A O, Hom Var Ray
Yo A Ra, Jerum Brunnen G
Stingers!
Stingers ready
Our one chance and our one chance alone is to hit His Shadow's control pod
Good luck. Very, very good luck
ForeShadow in range
Fire now!
Crash into the control pod!
His Shadow
His Divine Shadow, yes
The Brunnen G will defeat you
I do not think so.
The power of order has destroyed your planet.
The power of order will destroy you
And you are the last of the Brunnen G left alive
The Time Prophet
has seen your order destroyed
by the Brunnen G
The Time Prophet's vision appears to be flawed
We will incinerate the carcass
No
This last specimen of a now extinct culture of romantic dreamers
merits punishment beyond death
Transport it to the Bio-Scholars
An insect. Curious
Only a thin dimensional barrier
separates us from the festering evil,
the malignant depravity
and alien chaos
of the Dark Zone
The Dark Zone is not separate, like two different planets.
The Dark Zone coexists in the same space as our universe
in the same place, at the same time
The Dark Zone has no rules, no sense, no order
We give thanks to His Divine Shadow for his ceaseless vigilance,
protecting our universe of light and order
from the horrors and disorder of the Dark Zone
We worship His Shadow. Long may he reign
Good morning
Security Guard Class 4
Number 47632943
Department 511 Level 4
This is your third wake up call
If you are late you will receive 7 demerits.
You already have 991 demerits
Prisoner Transport 58K603 you are past the Frontier
Commence your revival sequence
Due to a bulkhead malfunction
prisoner transport 58K603,
you are being diverted from gate 417
punishment level 2 to gate 511
Due to a bulkhead malfunction
prisoner transport 58K6...
Number 11 freeze-dried again
I've seen a lot of women in my life
and you know something?
You've gotta be the ugliest one I ever laid eyes on.
Does this mean anything to you?
No. Nothing means anything to me, handsome
It's your day of justice, Thodin
I worship His Shadow
Prisoner transport 58K603 requesting docking beam
Authority code
Code?
Nobody asks for code anymore
Wrong code
I can't remember the code
I suggest you try another gate then
What rank are you?
Security guard, class 4
Security guard, class 4, sir
I'm a line major
and I'm ordering you
to turn on your docking beam
Understand?
I can't do that. Why not?
You've got the wrong code
I am giving you a direct order
4th class security guard
I can't help you
I worship His Shadow
Docking beam is engaged now sir
and security guard class 4 Stanley Tweedle
is presently being entered for correction
and punishment himself
I request that he be demoted
Class 4 is already the lowest
Then I trust that his punishment
will be severe
That will happen, sir
May His Shadow fall upon you
You must enter yourself into correction centre number 40
before watch change today, Stan
Stanley Tweedle
And may His Merciful Shadow fall upon you
May His Merciful Shadow fall upon
- me, preferably
We have little time!
The sedative-
No time
He fought well
A truly vicious human being
He will prove to be a good host
The second vac! We don't have time, one will have to do
But he may not be fully cleansed!
We will have to risk it
Divine Shadow, you must perform the Kiss
Divine Shadow, the Kiss
We worship His Divine Predecessor
Divine Shadow, may your reign be long and worthy
Divine Predecessors
I than you for your gift of selection
I will serve order
I will serve you
and I will serve myself
Divine Shadow
today is a dark day for heretics
and infidels throughout our universe
The Lexx will soon be fully grown
and we will be able to send it on its voyage bringing destruction
upon all those who would oppose the League of 20,000
How will we know which planets shelter enemies of order,
which planets are to be chosen for destruction?
That will be your task
Then my task is complete
I choose to destroy them all
That has not been our plan
Divine Predecessors
I am formed from you
but my host brain was not fully cleansed
and therefore I am also partly formed from humans
I will choose my own path
and I choose that I myself
will command the Lexx on its voyage of destruction
But the prophecy-
I have no patience for your ancient superstitions!
The Brunnen G have been extinct for over 2000 years
The Divine Shadow must never leave the Cluster unless there is grave peril
We need each other's strength
I agree. Divine Predecessors
I will not risk being separated from your wisdom
your guidance - as you will join me on my voyage
The prophecy is upon us. Impossible!
The prophecy is false
The Brunnen G are extinct
Brethren
I was the one who killed them all
but I did not destroy them all
One specimen was preserved
Impossible!
Predecessors - look into me
I was the one who took his life
I have his memory
Prophet
I have come to you because
the forces of His Shadow grow stronger
and we Brunnen G no longer have the weapons to combat it
I have the strength to answer one question
Say to me your question
Will the forces of His Shadow destroy us?
Time as you know had a beginning
and time has an end
and then time begins again
as we shall each live our lives again
exactly as before
I have been gifted to see into the old cycles of time
- not very clearly, mind you,
but I have learned that in the future past
the Brunnen G
the great victor in the war against the insect civilisation,
shall be destroyed at the hand of His Shadow
but after His Shadow leaves the Cluster,
they will be destroyed at the hands of the Brunnen G
This has happened before. It will happen again
We are boarding the Lexx. We will all be destroyed!
You!
You, I know you!
Stanley Tweedle - it's him! Stanley Tweedle
Murderer!
Stanley Tweedle - oh!
Traitor!
My client - Argon Protopi, pie maker, class 2, orbital 5
- is accused of the charge of
failing to pay money owed to the temple
and throws himself upon the mercy of this court
secure in the knowledge that His Shadow's
wisdom will prevail upon these proceedings
Memory search commencing
Alms, alms, alms
I don't care anymore. I've had enough
I'm not paying the temple any more money, period
Memory search complete
You - Argon Protopi, pie maker, class 2, orbital 5
- have been found guilty of failing to pay money owed to the temple
You are therefore sentenced to
have your individual life terminated
However, His merciful Shadow
will allow many of your vital organs
to live on as components
used in the making of robotic drones
Your useful flesh will be contributed to the protein bank
bank where it will be recycled for purposes
that serve His Shadow
...poses that serve His Shadow
You can take whatever you want
I'll pay, I promise!
In the execution of this sentence
you are hereby cleansed of your crime against
the people of the 20,000 Planets
May His Merciful Shadow fall upon you
We worship His Shadow
I was supposed to escort a prisoner here
- Stanley Tweedle 467329-43 Department 511 Level 4
Yeah?
He is refusing to turn himself in
Yeah?
I thought that if you told me what his punishment would be
for not showing up, that might help persuade him
Oh - give me that number again.
467329-43 Department 511 Level 4
If he's not here when we close at watch change
- termination order will be issued automatically
That's about, er, twenty minutes
Termination?!
That's what it says - termination
But he's a designated data co-operator, he can't be terminated
because he might be needed someday for important information
DDC, eh?
Oh, sorry - that expired five months ago
Let's see
- he's a level 4, class 47 transgression
normally - cauterisation
But he's got 991 demerits and there's a special rotation so
looks like 1 to 3 organs
1 to 3 organs?
He'll have to donate 1 to 3 organs, depending on demand
Demand?
Demand for soft organs is red hot right now
so he's pretty sure to be a triple donor
But he didn't do anything, it's just a mix-up!
Life's a mix-up, huh?
What organs?
Usual combo - eyeball, kidney, testicle
If they want bone, they'll take an arm or a leg,
but we haven't done a limb cut in days
I'd suggest he turn himself in
After all
- triple organ's better than a termination
Hh - may His Merciful Shadow fall upon you
My client - Zev Bellringer of B3K
- is innocent of the charge of
failing to perform her wifely duties...
and throws herself upon the mercy of this court
secure in the knowledge
that His Shadow's wisdom will prevail upon these proceedings
Memory search commencing
You are my every dream come true
There must be a mistake
There's no way I can marry that cow!
Husband
I shall serve - I shall love - I will-
You make me wanna throw up
Get her outta here!
Memory search complete
You - Zev Bellringer of B3K
have been found guilty
of failing to perform your wifely duties,
and humiliating your husband in the temple
You are therefore sentenced
to be transformed into a love slave
and to be given to
Seminary 166145
to be used for their pleasure,
may His Shadow fall upon you
Oh please
put me out of my misery.
I volunteer for the protein bank
I don't want to live this terrible life anymore!
You - Thodin of the Ostral B pair
are accused of
Due to the special nature of this crime,
the arch-heretic Thodin of the Ostral B pair
will be tried in Cobalt Stadium
Following that, this sentence will be immediately executed
for the entertainment of His Shadow's loyal followers
In the execution of this sentence you are hereby cleansed
of your crime against the people of the 20,000 Planets.
May His Merciful Shadow fall upon you
Whatever
The arch-heretic, pirate and rebel of the Ostral B pair - Thodin
Bugbomb activated
Bugbomb searching, Thodin.
Heading left
Bugbomb searching, Thodin
3 organs. 3 organs
Better than termination
Bugbomb searching
Bugbomb malfunction
Thodin of the Ostral B pair
is accused of heresy in the first degree
of 26 counts of piracy
of influencing the minds of the feeble
of questioning His Shadow's truth and wisdom
of destroying 231 military vessels loyal to His Shadow
This correction centre is now closed
It's me! I'm here
Fugitive alert. Fugitive alert.
This fugitive wanted, for immediate termination
Bugbomb reactivating, Thodin
Bugbomb searching, Thodin
Target conduit located, Thodin
Target cable located, Thodin.
Target signal located
Bugbomb detonation sequence initiated, Thodin
Mal - malfunction
Target signal relocated, Thodin
Malfunction
Ah - Bugbomb lost head
His Shadow bids welcome
to the finest examples of youthful devotion in all the 20,000 planets
Bugbomb searching, Thodin
"This fugitive wanted, for immediate termination"
Incorrect signal
You young fifty
have been selected from the best
the brightest
and the most loyal of all His Shadow's subjects
from 2.000 of planets
Among plain stones, you are bright shining jewels.
And after you receive your awards of merit today
you will return to your home planets
where you will dedicate the rest of your lives
to helping His Shadow's light reach
those unfortunate dark corners
where it still does not yet fall
of training enemies of His Shadow in military tactics, of slandering clerics on 11 planets, of-
You are all slaves!
Free yourselves from the tyranny of this false religion
You are all slaves!
Target signal relocated, Thodin. Mal-malfunction
Detonation imminent
- and finally, of 6 counts of blasphemous self-aggrandisement
Cannot locate correct signal
Due to the severe and heinous nature of your crime,
you, Thodin of the Ostral B pair-
- are recognised for selfless love and devotion to His Shadow
- of 26 counts of piracy - of piracy - of piracy
You, Thodin of the Ostral B pair -
- you are hereby given an award of merit
A shining example for every planet.
You are hereby -
- sentenced to be devoured by cluster lizards
Sentence to be executed immediately
Cluster Lizards!
- among plain stones, you are bright shining jewels.
You have been found guilty
Guilty. Guilty
11 planets. 11 planets
My client-
- Zev Bellringer of B3K
My client-
Watch for disguises
Some fugitives may try to fool you
My client-
- you have been found guilty
Hail Thodin of the Ostral B pair,
winner of His Shadow's award of merit
My client
- Giggerota the Wicked of Boron 7- is found guilty
is innocent of the charge of
- cannibalism of men, women, children and clerics of 62 temples
More like 162!
-and failing to perform her wifely duties,
and throws herself upon the mercy of this court,
secure in the knowledge that His Shadow's
wisdom will prevail upon these proceedings
Thodin - planets - of the Ostral B pair
Guilty!
Hail Thodin of the Ostral B pair
winner of His Shadow's award of merit
Hey, what about Giggerota?
Free me muscle brain, I'm next
What about her?
We can't get side-tracked
Hey, boneheads!
Giggerota's about to die
You - take care of the others
Don't think so
Let's do it
Arms 2,3 - down!
-self aggrandisement
May His Merciful Shadow fall upon you
I will love you forever
B3K, don't leave me
No-one will ever worship you like I do
See ya, lover boy
This fugitive wanted, for immediate termination
Nice picture
Zev of B3K, you are the woman of my dreams!
Zev of B3K, surrender at once
Invalid code. Access denied
I'm beautiful
Zev of B3K, there is no escape
I'm with you, Zev!
Divine Shadow
we have a level 3 security break.
Hundreds have been killed
General, you have disturbed my meditation.
When it is completed I will deal with you
and also with this minor matter
Invalid code. Access denied
Zev of B3K, there is no escape. Surrender at once
I got her, I have her! I got Zev of B3A!
Fugitive alert. This fugitive wanted, for immediate termination
Can you open it?
I can open many wonderful things for you
darling of all darling things
I worship His Shadow, I worship His Shadow!
Surrender at once
How did you do that?
I don't know
Maybe I've got some cluster lizard in me
I could get past that
Don't you even think about it, fugitive
She's my woman
Hail Thodin, winner of His Shadow's award of merit
Good boys
Hail Thodin, winner of -
correction - award of merit rescinded.
Thodin arch heretic and rebel
wanted for immediate termination
Please return our weapons
May His Shadow fall upon you
They appear to be headed towards the special projects area, Divine Shadow
There are many access points where they could potentially enter the Lexx
They cannot control the Lexx
We are closing all the throughputs
General, do you believe that time flows in a straight line?
I have observed that time is continuous
Major, do you believe that time travels in a circle,
that it is possible to see into the future
by looking into the past?
I am not aware of any such divine teaching
So you do not believe that it is possible?
No, Divine Shadow
I am a more complex being than my Divine Predecessors.
Unlike them I do not believe that time travels in a circle
and therefore I do not believe in prophecies
Divine Shadow?
Yes?
How shall we deal with the heretics?
You will ensure that they make their way
to the special projects area...
The time has come to prove that all prophecies are false,
that no-one can know the future
Major?
Yes, Divine Shadow
Kill him
Kill him?
Yes. Kill him
I worship His Shadow
Thank you
Now kill yourself
Kill myself?
Yes. Now kill yourself
But I - I -
Shoot yourself
I worship His Divine Shadow
Shoot!
Disengage, repeat, disengage
Awake, last of the Brunnen G.
You will show my misguided predecessors
that I make my own destiny
Who would you like me to kill?
Code access denied, buttercup
Access denied
All access denied, except to the gates of my heart
I don't like it
We can't go up there, that's the special projects area
Do we have a choice?
Only authorised persons are admitted to
the Special Projects highest level security area
If the system is not able to recognise your facial images
from its library of authorised persons
your flesh will be disposed of as useful organic material
and added to the protein bank
Doesn't this thing have a down button?
It's not fair, I was just doing my job
Life is not fair
- something I know well
Special projects elevators
offer their special passengers complimentary snacks
Upon arrival
you will be welcomed by elite officers
of His Shadow's personal guard
The system does not recognise your facial images.
You are unauthorised passengers
You will be disposed of as useful organic material
to be added to the protein bank
May His Merciful Shadow fall upon you
Don't shoot! I'm Ostral B!
Stanley Tweedle?
Thodin?
You're alive!
It's a miracle, a wonderful, wonderful miracle!
I should kill you on the spot, worm
Hi
I'm Zev
Thodin
790.
What is it?
Why don't you tell her what it is, arch traitor?
It's the Lexx
- the most powerful destructive force ever built
I don't think it's necessarily a good idea to go up there
Do you remember Erico?
The only reason that millions
- millions!
sacrificed their lives for that overheated rock
was because two Ericons were bio-code specialists
for the Cluster.
We fought that war, traitor
so that I could be here, today
They died
so that I could have the key to the Lexx
He must be inorganic
He's decarbonised
My life means nothing in the great equation
Beauty such as yours must live on
Don't leave me
Everybody always leaves me
I will never leave you
The Divine personal guard can be there in less than one minute
No. I do not believe in prophecies
Is it possible? You look Brunnen G.
Could you be the fulfilment of the prophecy?
Brunnen-G?
I guess not
Wait for me!
You're on your own, traitor
I'd better go with him.
Excuse me
Hey!
I think it wants in
Let me in! Let her in!
Giggerota drives
Oh bosom of electrical delight!
Look, over there - that looks important
Anybody know how to drive this thing?
Later
Today, I, Thodin -
Stanley
- come here. Why?
Come here
Up. Up? Up
Your hand
What planet would you like me to destroy, Divine Shadow?
What planet would you like me to destroy? This one
This planetoid is a member of the League of 20,000.
I am not permitted to destroy it
Then take us out of here. Take us out of here
As you command
Destination?
The frontier Yes
Take us away from here, take us out past the frontier
take us some place better
As you command, Divine Shadow
Shadow
I gather you
Divine Predecessors, I have failed you
but I will not fail you again
Predecessors, forgive me for my pride
Predecessors, this sacrifice I make for order
This sacrifice I make for you
Shadow, take my body
Who could ever imagine all this could be built
from a tiny capsule of amino acids in my tooth?
What?
You are really the famous arch traitor Stanley Tweedle?
I am not a traitor
The Stanley Tweedle?
Formerly designated data co-operator
and presently fugitive, Stanley Tweedle
was the one who provided the forces of His Shadow
with the amino acid codes
used to destroy a hundred reform planets
It was the Sub-Ns
hey did things to me, to every part of my body
No man could've stood up to it.
And it was more like 94 planets, not a hundred
So why did they let you live, tweed man?
In case they ever needed any more questions answered
This is frontier station 65-798-4-8
Unidentified vessel please provide your exit code
Earn your keep, security guard
No-one asks for the exit code anymore
To pass at the frontier an exit code is required
one hundred percent of the time
If you pass the frontier without the proper exit code
I will arm the outer ring mines and your vessel will be destroyed.
Exit code, please
Lexx -
would you please destroy frontier post
65-798-4-8?
As you command, Divine Shadow
Stanley, I've got new appetites
I want to eat the liver
Ladies -
I've got the hand, the key to the Lexx
It only does what I tell it, remember?
- what's that?
His Shadow's personal flagship, the MegaShadow
and the Cluster's 24th attack wing
Er - Lexx
could you please destroy them
if you don't mind?
I cannot fulfil your command.
They are forces under the immediate direction of His Divine Shadow
And you are not permitted to destroy them
I'm security guard 4th class Stanley Tweedle
and I've been captured by these escaped prisoners,
and I'm surrendering the Lexx,
and I truly worship His Divine Shadow
You waste of skin!
You are Giggerota, also known as the Wicked?
You got a problem with that?
You are minor heretics, disloyal to His Shadow
Very very minor
Are there other minor heretics with you?
Lots
They're coming up here now and they're heavily armed
No - you are alone
We worship His Divine Shadow and beg his forgiveness
Don't, Stan -
die with some dignity
I, the arch heretic
and reformer Stanley Tweedle,
although only an assistant deputy backup courier
I did everything I could, I really tried,
but I was captured by Sub Nebula mercenaries
and I tried my best, but they found the code
And then what could I do after they made me
security guard 4th class on the Cluster
but I tried, I really tried, I did
You have the Lexx back, let us go
I do as His Shadow instructs
I will kill both of you
And if I do not return, destroy the Lexx
But the Divine Predecessors -
- will understand
that my priority must now be
to end this prophecy
The last of the Brunnen G must be destroyed
Who are you?
I have been sent by His Divine Shadow
I have been instructed, number one, to protect you
number two,
to kill those who are trying to steal the Lexx
Yes
kill those who have done this terrible deed
Kill them quickly
No, kill them slowly
Make them feel pain
as no living thing has suffered before
I know that sound
But you cannot remember it
as you do not remember who you are
I am Kai
last of the Brunnen G
The prophecy is upon us!
The Brunnen G are no more
You are animated flesh that kills
as His Shadow instructs
You were once His Shadow
You -
killed me
You may have recovered your memory
but you are nothing
You have no willpower of your own
Wrong
I have the willpower
You have given it to me
But they're not firing, they're not shooting at us
For how long?
Stan, do you have any idea
where we should tell the Lexx to go?
Yes
Where?
My tooth!
Your tooth? Yes!
The Sub Ns never knew about my second tooth.
It contains co-ordinates of locations
supposedly inaccessible to His Divine Shadow
Which tooth?
This one, I think
It won't come out
Of course not!
Thank you!
Harder. Harder!
Is it?
Yes
Read it
It contains detailed flight path co-ordinates
You're a regular bundle of surprises, Stanley Tweedle.
Up
Lexx - follow the co-ordinates exactly
As you command, Divine Shadow
Hold course X axis 5-6.3441
Y axis 18.32815
I've killed mothers with their babies
I've killed great philosophers,
proud young warriors and revolutionaries
I've killed the evil, the good,
the intelligent, the weak
- and the beautiful
I have done this in the service of
His Divine Shadow and his predecessors,
and I have never once
shown any
mercy
Divine Shadow
I feel a loss of power from my predecessors
What have you observed?
The Divine Predecessors have suffered casualties
but they are now safe
And why are those
who are disloyal to my rule still alive?
The prophecy, perhaps
You do not know that word!
You have no memory from your life.
The protoblood only allows you to do as I instruct
I have the memory
of one of your predecessors
as well as the memories of all those he killed
Kill them!
I will not do that
Then kill yourself!
I'm already dead
Then you cannot fulfil the prophecy
I think -
I think
you should have listened to
your Predecessors, Divine Shadow
- or perhaps
not so Divine Shadow
as your Divine Predecessors
will now die!
No
you will die!
Admiral, if we maintain this course it means death
Having never before followed anyone into a fractal core
I do not know that with certainty
It is composed of antiparticles
crushed together by infinite gravity
- even light cannot escape its pull
I do know with certainty
the fate awaiting those who fail
to obey His Shadow's orders
We will stay with the Lexx
I worship His Shadow
What is that?
That, perfection in the female form
is our destination
- a fractal core
Oh universe of danger
What are you doing?
I don't exactly know
Coming?
Die, last of the Brunnen G!
Kill him, kill him! Die, Kai!
Foolish woman!
Don't hurt me, Divine Shadow!
You will all die!
No need, he's gone
Thank you
You're welcome
Hey Lexx, you did good
790, sweetheart, you too
The MegaShadow made it through the fractal core too
Admiral, if we target the accelerator
its energy will be released and the Lexx will be destroyed
Target it
The Lexx has directed its ocular parabolae at us
The Lexx is not permitted
to fire on His Shadow's vessels
Woohoo! Yes!
But Lexx, that was one of His Shadow's ships
Who is His Shadow?
I perceived that much of Lexx's memory was erased
when we passed through the fractal core
That's what I call a positive development
I say we don't waste any more time
We turn the Lexx around and blow the Cluster
into little tiny shadow bits right now.
OK propeller head
let's find a course back to the Cluster
I have no knowledge of this area, love dumpling
What kind of robot are you?
I am a robot who wants to live in your underpants
and I have knowledge of all sectors of our universe
but I have no knowledge of this sector of the universe, angel breath
Welcome to the Dark Zone
The Dark Zone?
We're in the Dark Zone?
So...
what are we supposed to do now?
Perhaps you should find yourself a home
But the Dark Zone is full of depravity
and evilness and darkness and -
My ancestors came from the Dark Zone.
I was taught that although there are not many good planets
there are some
Perhaps you should find one
You mean, we should find one
We're together in this
I'm dead
I have no future
The protoblood will not sustain me for much longer
Be certain of your need before you choose to reanimate me
In the Light Universe
I have been darkness.
Perhaps in the Dark Zone
I will be light
OK, Lexx
Let's find ourselves a new home
As you command, captain
Predecessors, I will avenge you