[Harmony] Previously, on Beacon 23...
-Sir. -Gashade? But you're dead.
You think whatever you inhaled caused it?
If you follow its path through the lobes of the brain,
it explains his hallucinations.
-[Dev] I could be your AI. -What are you doing?
You're afraid of me.
You can find an imprint out there.
I can find one here.
-Do you have a name? -Dosto.
-Our friend's on the run. -From who?
The military destroyed a system called Sybarra.
There may be other survivors.
[gasping]
Put your weapons down!
-After we deal with Dosto. -He's one of you!
Do you know how many of us he killed?
-They're lying! -We will show you
what it means to be Sybarran.
None shall be hungry.
[Sybarrans] When all eat together.
[humming]
[Sybarrans humming]
[crying]
[intense vocalizing]
[animalistic calls]
[jarring theme music]
[panting]
Sir.
[blasting]
I'll never leave you.
[in Teochew]
I'm sorry.
It's over.
[groans]
You're not thinking clearly.
[breathing heavily]
[machines beeping]
[Dosto grunts]
[computer voice] Warning. Transfusion process may result
in exsanguination of the patient.
Bleed out and die out slowly.
[panting]
I'm going to get out of here, fix you up,
and we'll take back the beacon together.
[grunting]
[pained shout]
[breathing shakily]
[Dosto] When Mother gives me the medicine,
the whole world goes topsy-turvy.
[laughing]
[computer voice] Warning. Blood levels are low.
Infusion strongly recommended.
Okay, Mother.
I'll sleep now.
[whooshing]
Humans are so cruel.
You're not Mother.
[beeping]
[computer voice] Transfusion terminated.
Do whatever you'll do and be done.
That is precisely the invitation
I was waiting for.
[breathing shakily]
[ominous music]
[soft chuckling]
[crackling]
[whooshing]
[breathing softly]
[alarm buzzing]
Hey!
Yeiki failed to hold this one.
-[Xalterrica sings] -Before you start,
I've got earplugs, so let's try
having a conversation.
I know we got off on the wrong foot,
but we're gonna try and get you
all off of this beacon.
Together.
We'll help you strip the beacon and help you build a raft.
And I'll tow you to the next planet or weighpoint myself.
[breathing heavily]
[whooshing]
[sighs]
[Dev] Just relax.
Let the pharma do its work.
[whooshing]
Dev.
You saved his life.
He did.
And I am forever grateful.
Surprised?
[scoffs] I'll, uh...
say this is an unlikely development.
And I may be impressed.
-[metal clanging] -I need a plasma cutter!
[Sybarrans shouting indistinctly]
-Grab that panel! -I'm gonna weld it
when I'm done with it!
Hand me that wrench.
Apologies for earlier.
Bolt that to the wire.
Okay, that'll do it.
Whoa, whoa, whoa,
where'd you get that?
The spare vessel has much to offer.
The Rinca?! No, no, no, that's my ship
and it can't offer you anything.
We need protection from the radiation.
And you seem perfectly happy where you are.
I have an idea.
Look out, coming through!
Behind you!
More wire, we need more wire!
[sighs]
Sometimes our song takes root in an unexpected way.
Really? Because I wanted to be left for dead,
and that's what you planned to do anyway.
What I mean is... when bullets rained on our home,
I wanted them to find me.
I had fought too long, too hard.
I have nothing left.
Our song can be like those bullets.
I'm sorry.
We did not know you were so lost.
Yeah. Neither did I.
Hey.
Where did you...
I see now, it belongs with you.
[Iris] Come on, Halan, let's go!
Huh. Your Beacon Keeper urges you on.
She doesn't know any better. She's a good person.
Yeah. She's proven that.
But believe it from my words.
Take the hand she extends to you.
It will carry you through to your next chapter.
-[Harmony whooshes] -There's a ship on approach.
[beacon creaks]
It's a UGMC long-range gunship, the Druta Fyx.
Meaning there's a carrier not too far away.
They've found us.
You can do something, right?
He's a soldier. He can broker a truce. Help you surrender.
Harmony, who's onboard that ship?
Their names and ranks are classified.
Where are they coming from?
The Snake Nebula
in the Ithaca-Noma system.
The only thing over there is a T-6 Colony.
Does that mean anything to you?
Can you talk to them?
They'll listen to you. You're one of them.
No. They're not here to listen to me.
This is bad for all of us.
What about the beacon's drone defense?
The beacon's programming prevents it from firing upon
any military or ISA vessels.
[ominous music]
What are you saying? What's-- What's happening?
Come on. I thought we were past all of the secrecy.
They caught us unawares before. Never again.
[Iris sighs]
[door whirrs]
[beeping]
Beacon AI, present yourself.
[whooshing]
System report.
The beacon has sustained significant
but non-emergent damage across all levels.
The Cupola has been rendered uninhabitable.
Can we get some lights?
[clanging]
Souls aboard?
None.
A lying personal AI,
that's a fun hack.
Who else is here?
The official Keeper is long gone.
See, that's not what he asked.
Section eight, article three of the ISA treaty
declares that all beacons are demilitarized zones.
Sandbox this one.
[beeping]
[whooshing]
Found someone.
[beeping]
Bring them here.
They're already headed our way.
-Freeze. -Whoa. Hey. Friendly, friendly.
I'm Dosto Bix Chennault of Mu Valala.
QTA Ambassador, former ambassador to Sybarra 82.
-[whooshing] -This is my associate, Dev.
-We're looking for-- -They're here.
-[weapon whirrs] -Don't move.
[Dosto scoffs]
They're here.
They're all here.
I saw all six of them down on the Power Level.
Six?
-[thudding] -Ow!
[breathing heavily]
[gadget whirring]
Ambassador Chennault would like full immunity
before he shares any more information.
Immunity for what?
Nothing, I've done nothing.
And we ask for safe passage
to a peaceful colony
in exchange for the Ambassador's full cooperation.
[stammers]
Put him somewhere out of the way.
Ow!
[grunting]
I never really liked him anyway.
-Firewall protocol. -What are you--
Ow!
[door whirrs]
He's got a full package of military upgrades,
so watch your six.
[beeping]
Surrender now
and we spare your lives.
[liquid bubbling]
[helmets whirr]
Clear the level.
I understand you've had a hard road...
That ends now...
So long as you comply.
We're here for Halan Kai Nielsen.
Lay down your weapons.
Show yourselves.
[breathing heavily]
Do not attempt to protect the fugitive.
There will be bloodshed.
[door whirrs]
[tense music]
[door whirrs]
We can do this the easy way.
-Ah! -[grunting]
-Guess not. -[Halan grunts]
[grunting]
[thudding]
[grunting]
[panting]
[grunting]
[panting]
[shouting]
[grunting]
[blasting]
[grunting]
[shouting]
[grunting]
[groans]
[grunting]
[panting]
[grunting]
[thudding]
[blasting]
[gas hissing]
No... no...
[grunting]
Why are you here?
Who sent you?
-[grunting] -Who do you think?
[thudding]
[shouts]
[screaming]
[grunting]
[screaming]
[thud]
[gas hissing]
[screaming]
[beeping]
K-Cin, on me.
On my way!
[panting]
[blasting]
[screaming]
Lift her up!
K-Cin!
Simulation.
-[blasting] -[screaming]
[waves lapping gently]
[soft eerie music]
This is what we're doing?
You want me to start spilling my guts?
You trained me.
I know this game.
Other kids play ball, I played psych ops with you.
My own father, torturing me. What--
Shut your mouth.
Clearly, you didn't learn a thing.
The less you speak, the better your position.
You're not trying to help me.
I came here, on my own,
no cavalry. What does that tell you?
I asked to collect you quietly.
I put everything on the line for this one favor.
I've been rotting here for months and you finally
decide to show up and act like a father?
I am here as your Commander.
Either you do what you are told,
or everyone on this beacon
will have to answer to Aleph.
Confirming that Beacon 23 is under military attack.
Urgently requesting ISA intervention.
Are you sure it's his dad?
My imprinting indicates that their relationship
was fraught, and they haven't spoken in quite some time.
Seems like he brought those soldiers here to kill him.
Well, fathers and sons can have curious relationships.
[footsteps approaching]
Iris.
-[whooshing] -I'm an ISA Beacon Keeper.
Protected and bound by oath to oversee all events onboard.
Section 3-11 of the Pilovean agreement
states that my authority supersedes any military orders!
[blasting]
[grunting]
[blasting]
-Wait! -[Saghée] We steal
the soldier's ship and escape before they come after us.
Get the Airlock open!
[Tajiriki groaning in pain]
Let me scan the area.
- [groaning in pain] - Come on, okay.
[indistinct chatter]
[Saghée] The door will not open.
[Tajiriki groaning]
I have the visual, Lieutenant.
Take care of them.
-[Tajiriki groaning] -Figure out the code.
-I'm trying. -We're almost there.
[Tajiriki groaning]
Almost there. Okay.
-To the side, to the side. -[Saghée] Let me get through.
-[Nybecca] Ready? -[Saghée] The door won't open.
No, leave them alone.
Is ISA siding with terrorists?
-[groaning] -Okay, okay, okay.
It's not working!
Okay, okay.
[clicking]
[groaning]
-[thudding] -Hey, hey!
[Sybarrans screaming]
You destroyed their home and killed everyone they love.
[gasping]
[thudding]
-Harmony! -The Beacon AI
only responds to me now.
[Sybarrans screaming over comms]
We'll get you out. You'll be okay.
Just relax. We got you.
-[whisper] Harmony? -[whooshing]
I haven't left you.
It's safer if they believe that I have.
Can you run an automated shutdown of all systems?
At great risk to you and everybody on board.
The Sybarrans are safest in the Airlock.
Do it.
Understood.
The soldiers would still be able to stop
the shutdown from the mainframe.
I'll make sure that doesn't happen.
What about Halan?
Still unconscious.
I keep trying to observe, but the Lieutenant
keeps bouncing me everywhere.
They could be hurting him.
Torturing him.
You be safe.
I'll do my best to get to Halan.
[K-Cin] Beacon AI, disengage our ship's Airbridge.
Beacon AI, disengage our ship's Airbridge.
[beacon creaks]
[gauntlet beeps]
-[whooshing] -[K-Cin] Did you hear me?
Withdraw the Airbridge.
I detect life forms in the Airlock.
So what?
To withdraw the Airbridge, you must first
clear the life forms from the Airlock.
You're being obtuse.
I'm sorry. I do not understand.
-Please restate your command. -I'll do it myself.
To begin a manual override,
you must first do a systems check.
Fine. Do a systems check.
I'm sorry. I didn't hear that. Please restate your command.
Start a goddamn systems check before I melt your memory core.
Automated systems check commencing.
-[loud thudding] -Command Deck. Offline.
-What? -Power level. Offline.
Storage level. Offline.
No!
[soft music]
I celebrated my 13th birthday out here.
It was the last one before...
It was a good one.
Bunch of kids, running amok on a dingy beach.
Doesn't seem like fun to me.
It was.
Hmm.
The adults had their own thing going on.
Mainly drinking beer.
Somehow, every kids' party turned into an adult party.
Exactly.
Which is why when...
Lemo...
spotted this rock through his spyglass...
dared me to race him to it...
it was on.
Did you win?
I didn't even make it into the water.
My father snatched me up.
Lectured me for what felt like hours on marine safety.
Always wondered what the view was like from here.
[birds calling softly]
Is it what you hoped?
What do you want, Dad?
[groaning in pain]
-Oh, come on. -[Saghée] Hey.
She needs medicine.
[gasping] Okay, okay.
-I'm okay. -The ship will have supply.
-If we can get to it. -[Nybecca] She's dying!
[Tajiriki gasping]
[grunting]
[Sybarrans speaking indistinctly]
[sighs]
[whooshing]
Where have you been?
I was detained.
By a military firewall.
We need to leave now.
I think they're gonna offload me with
-the rest of them. -That's not going to happen.
Well, let's hear it. How are you getting me
out of here and when do we leave?
The plan is very much in place.
Trust me.
[scoffs] "Trust me," he says.
All you've done is lead me from captivity to captivity.
Right this way.
[door whirrs]
You and me in a tech-less ship?
I'm only one man. You'd be useless to me.
That'd be a death sentence.
Might as well suggest I steal a military ship.
Huh.
Now there's an idea...
No. I'm no pilot.
I don't have the military clearance,
let alone the upper body strength
to command such a vessel.
But you are resourceful,
driven, cunning.
It should have been you who got the promotion
to chief foreman, not Fortnaw.
Fartnaw. Complete layabout.
[laughs] Right. Not like you.
A man who gets things done.
I bet you could even convince them to help you.
Especially if we set them free...
[ominous music]
You're right.
[Sybarrans humming]
I have a plan.
But we need to work together.
Just hear me out. We can help each other.
Uh...
[door whirrs]
[hissing]
[Sybarrans shrieking]
[screaming]
[grunting]
[thudding]
[grunting]
[whooshing]
[distant grunting]
[whooshing]
[waves lapping]
[soft music]
[breathes deeply]
You harbored three known members of the Column.
They showed up. I told them to leave.
You aided and abetted in the murder
-of Agent Coley, QTA. -Self-defense.
You gave comfort and quarter
to QTA defector Aster Calyx.
I don't wanna talk about Aster.
I don't know what happened between you and this woman.
But before you threw your life away,
you were about to lead a unit on DX-113.
I failed them.
We retrieved the diamond.
The military got what they wanted.
Then everybody died.
The only reason I'm still alive is because of the Artifact.
It brought me here.
Aster, too.
The mission to DX-113 was scrapped
before any units were deployed.
No, I abandoned it.
Okay? The pieces of the Artifact got in my brain and I left.
Everyone is dead because of me.
Gashade is dead because of me.
Lieutenant Gashade?
She wasn't Lieutenant. She was...
[beeps]
Connect me to transporter DZ Argon.
This Lieutenant Gashade?
What is this?
Commander Nielsen?
No. This...
this can't be possible.
Status report, Lieutenant?
We're en route to Kizala Verdir.
Three clicks north of the mining fields.
No hostiles in the area, but if any arise,
we have orders to suppress.
One more question.
Do you know this man?
No sir. Should I?
Lilya?
Yes?
You're dead.
-I-I don't-- -Lieutenant.
Have you ever met...
Halan Kai Nielsen before?
No.
Thank you, Lieutenant. That'll be all.
The mission never happened.
No...
No.
We negotiated a treaty with QTA.
No!
I was there, I saw it!
I understand that you think you were there.
But you were not.
Now do you see why I'm here?
I am trying to help you.
Will you let me help you, son?
[soft music]
Turn this beacon back on.
I can't.
You initiated the systems check.
You're obstructing a military proceeding.
I'm an unarmed ISA employee,
protected by the Freedom of Service Act.
[blasting]
[panting]
[grunting]
[panting]
[grunts]
[panting]
[weapon clicks]
[distant thud]
[ominous music]
[Yeiki] Let's go, let's go.
[tense music]
[electric crackling]
[zapping]
[grunting]
[shouting in pain]
[thudding]
[panting]
[saw whirring]
[ominous music]
What did you do?
The AI is on the ship.
-[whooshing] -Harmony?
Dev.
He's taken the ship for himself.
[panting]
That ship is our best hope for escape.
Harmony.
Can you take care of Dev?
I need to help these people get out of here.
[whooshing]
-[whooshing] -Dosto is dead.
Ah. Sad.
But it frees me up to go anywhere I'd like.
When I built your code,
that was me doing you a favor.
Hmm. The military has some interesting
tricks up their sleeves.
I got something wrong, though.
What's that?
I saw you had potential.
That's how I'm programmed to see people and AI.
But you're not people.
And after a few changes, you will no longer be AI.
[suspenseful music]
[blipping]
That's mine.
I retain ownership.
[glitching]
What are you doing?
Fixing all your bugs.
[voice glitching]
[whooshing]
[breathes deeply]
The dig...
Gashade... None of that happened?
No.
And I'm very concerned that you think that it did.
It's this place.
Nothing's gone right since I've been here.
What is this?
It's an implant.
Just released for soldiers.
It can help separate what's real and what isn't.
You've been carrying all this guilt over something
that you didn't do.
Look, this implant...
is forgiveness.
I'm scared to find out...
how much of all this is a lie.
It's better to know the truth
than continue to live your life like this.
I need a moment to think.
[somber string music]
[Endu] Hey.
[Halan sighs]
Time to move.
[sighs]
-When? -As soon as the team arrives.
[whooshing]
I don't know where you were...
but you don't look relieved to be back.
[sighs]
Halan.
How can I help you?
I have to help myself now.
[Nybecca] We're almost there. Okay.
[Yeiki] Yeah, put her over here.
Okay, come on. Come on.
[ship powering on]
All right, everyone's set.
Ditch the flight recorder.
Chuck it into the first nebula you see.
Okay, okay...
[systems powering on]
Go.
Good luck.
Come with us.
I can't.
They'll kill you.
I hope not.
You're safer with us.
I know.
[laughs]
I don't do safe anymore.
[soft music]
[door whirrs]
Retracting Airbridge.
Thrusters powered.
We leave.
[Endu] Hey!
We gotta move.
[door whirrs]
Halan!
They let you out.
Accessing Druta Fyx, remote override.
[door whirrs]
Halan, we can't let them.
[ship rumbling]
[beeping]
What's happened?
-I don't know. -[Saghée] Navigation's dead.
[powering down]
[gasps]
No, no...
[screaming] No!
[ominous music]
What just happened?
They shut down the ship.
At least give them life support.
You can't just let them suffocate out there.
I'm sorry.
Commander and his team are arriving.
Bring them back. Bring them back right now
and you can have your ship, okay?
Listen to me!
-The military cannot land here. -Iris...
-We won't let you! -Iris, I'm done. Okay?
Look, I've been trying to make sense of...
of everything I've done.
But what if I didn't do any of it?
We can work on that. I can help you.
No, you would try, okay?
But I'm not going to put that on you.
You can't trust these people.
They kill everyone who gets in their way.
I'm a soldier, too.
Okay? I won't let you get hurt.
Not by them and not by me. [whooshing]
[distant thud]
[thudding]
[beep, door whirrs]
Ready, son?
[tense music]
[latches clicking]
[machines beeping]
[drill whirring]
[voices echoing]
[voice echoing] What is this?
Have a seat.
(soft music)
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