01 Starship Troopers - 4K Remastered 1997 English

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[UPBEAT THEME MUSIC PLAYING]

[ANNOUNCER] Young people all over the globe
are joining up to fight for the future.

- I'm doing my part.
- I'm doing my part.

- I'm doing my part.
- I'm doing my part too.

[ALL LAUGHING]

They're doing their part. Are you?

Join the Mobile Infantry
and save the world.

Service guarantees citizenship.

The Bugs send
another meteor our way.

But this time we're ready.

Planetary defences
are better than ever.

Klendathu, source of the attacks,
orbits a twin-star system...

whose brutal gravitational forces...

produce an unlimited supply
of Bug meteorites...

in the form of this asteroid belt.

To ensure the safety
of our solar system...

Klendathu must be eliminated.

We break net now
and take you live to Klendathu...

where the invasion has begun.

[MAN OVER RADIO]
DXQ up-link on. Two, one, you're on.

We've just landed here
on what Cap Troopers...

are calling Big K,
with the 6th Mobile Infantry Division.

It's an ugly planet, a Bug planet.

A planet hostile
to life as we know it.

[ROARING]

[SCREAMING]

Help me!

- Die. Die.
- Come on. Go, go!

- [SOLDIER] Keep moving.
- Get out of here now.

[YELLING]

[SCREAMING]

Kitten, no!

[♪♪♪♪]

[SCREAMS]

Oh, God.

Oh, God. Unh...

[RASCZAK]
Rico.

Rico.

Rico!

Pay attention.

Sorry, Mr. Rasczak.

Let's sum up.

This year we explored
the failure of democracy...

how the social scientists brought
our world to the brink of chaos.

We talked about the veterans,
how they took control...

and imposed the stability
that has lasted for generations since.

You know these facts.

But have I taught you
anything of value this year? Hm?

You. Why are only citizens
allowed to vote?

It's a reward.
What the Federation gives you...

- for doing Federal Service.
- No. No.

Something given has no value.

Look, when you vote,
you are exercising political authority.

You're using force.

And force, my friends, is violence.

The supreme authority from which
all other authority is derived.

My mother says violence
never solves anything.

Really?

I wonder what the city fathers
of Hiroshima would say about that.

You.

They probably wouldn't
say anything.

- Hiroshima was destroyed.
- Correct.

Naked force has resolved
more issues...

throughout history
than any other factor.

The contrary opinion,
that violence never solves anything...

is wishful thinking at its worst.

- People who forget that always pay.
- Heh.

Rico, what's the moral difference,
if any...

between a civilian and a citizen?

A citizen accepts responsibility
for the safety...

of the body politic,
defending it with his life.

- A civilian does not.
- The exact words of the text.

But do you understand it?
Do you believe it?

I don't know.

Of course you don't.
I doubt anyone here...

would recognize civic virtue
if it reached up and bit you in the ass.

[BELL RINGS]

[WOMAN OVER PA] This
is the end of period three.

Period four begins in five minutes.

Remember, all graduating seniors
must fill out a 7-10 form.

Not here.

Come on. Let's see if
they posted the math final.

- Rico, we gonna take Tesla?
- We're gonna kill them.

[WOMAN OVER PA] Remember,
all graduating seniors must fill out...

First thing Fleet Academy
looks at is your math scores.

Wish me luck.

[TEACHER]
Just wait a minute.

- [MAN] Hey, way to go.
- Good job.

Ha, ha. Your turn. Hold on.

I wanna talk to Marco.
His sister's at Fleet.

- Marco.
- Hi, Carmen.

[CARMEN]
What'd you hear about Roxy?

[MARCO]
She made pilot.

[CARMEN]
She did?

Thirty-five percent. Very nice.

Look at that.

[ALL LAUGHING AND CLAPPING]

Thirty-five percent,
ladies and gentlemen.

- Big numbers.
- Carl.

Sorry.

So you haven't done it yet,
have you? Don't lie.

I'm not in any hurry.

[FLORES CHUCKLES]

Others are waiting.

- Did you read her mind?
- Don't have to. I know what she wants.

Yeah, but I want Carmen.

Aw. You got it bad.
Hey, don't forget about this afternoon.

He's always late when he walks
you home to fish for a kiss.

Heh. Get out of here.

- Marco's sister made pilot.
- So will you.

I mean, imagine flying
a half a million tons of starship.

You gotta have nerves of steel.

- You do. Let's see how yours hold up.
[TEACHER] You may begin.

[GRUNTS]

- Ugh.
- Come on. It's just a Bug.

- Better put your goggles on.
- Just a Bug. Ha.

We humans like to think
we are nature's finest achievement.

I'm afraid it just isn't true.

This Arkellian Sand Beetle
is superior in many ways.

It reproduces in vast numbers...

has no ego, has no fear,
doesn't know about death...

and so is the perfect,
selfless member of society.

But humans have created art,
mathematics and interstellar travel. Unh.

True, but before you
let that go to your head...

take the example
of the Arachnids...

- a highly evolved insect society.
- Ugh.

By human standards,
they are relatively stupid...

but their evolution stretches
over millions of years.

- And now...
- Here, take this.

They can colonize planets...

by hurling their spore into space.

[RICO]
Yeah, I think we got it.

There's the heart...

and here's the stomach.

[LAUGHING]

[COUGHING]

[FLORES]
Nerves of steel, huh? Ha, ha.

Ugh. Don't think about it.
Just go on instinct.

Try to visualize it.

[♪♪♪♪]

I see the ace of spades.

Statistically speaking...

you should have accidentally
guessed right by now.

- Try another.
- So my psychic abilities...

are zero and I'm unlucky.

No, luck's not a factor.

No one really knows why some
are sensitive and some aren't.

Who knows? Maybe it's
a new stage of human evolution.

That's why they do
these kind of federal studies.

But, Cyrano... Shit. Time-out.

He just wants some attention.
You don't play with him any more.

Cyrano.

Go bug Mom, Cyrano.

[CHITTERS]

[♪♪♪♪]

How do you make him do that?

I gave him the impression there's
a grub crawling up my mom's leg.

He's on a mission to go eat it.

[CLATTERING
THEN MOM SCREAMS]

[MOM]
Get off my leg!

Carl!

I sure hope you don't do
anything like that to me.

Don't be afraid. Can't do human.

Yet.

[CHEERING]

[GRUNTING]

All right.

Yeah! Yeah!

[ANNOUNCER OVER PA] Touchdown,
Tigers. And the score is now 41 to 38.

Tigers lead with 2:46 remaining here
at the Buenos Aires Sports Arena.

- Time-out, Giants.
- Are you all right?

Much better...

- now.
- Good.

[PLAYER]
Way to go, team!

Hey, your helmet.

So, what are you doing
after the game?

Heh. Well, everyone's going
to the dance. Aren't you?

- It's my last night as a civilian.
[REF] Number 12, let's go.

- Ship off to Tereshkova tomorrow.
- You're going to the Fleet Academy?

Uh-huh.

- That's where I wanna go.
- [REF] Come on, number 12. Let's play ball.

Don't get any ideas
about my girlfriend.

All is fair in love and war.

- [CHEERLEADERS] Giants, Giants!
- Johnny. Yeah.

[QUARTERBACK]
Hut, hut.

[YELLING]

[GRUNTING]

Whoo! Yeah!

[ANNOUNCER] Giants lead 43 to 41.
Just over 42 seconds remaining.

Time is running out
for the Buenos Aires Tigers.

Yeah.

[FLORES]
Let's go. Irving, Latham, cover the rook.

Perry, fake left.
Ricoli, you go long.

Rico, flip six, three hole.
Got it?

[SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]

- Hey. Rico. Hey!
- What?

You're drifting.
Flip six, three hole on one. Got it?

Just throw me the ball, Diz.

- Ready? Break.
- [PLAYERS] Break!

[FLORES]
Down. Set.

- Flank left.
- [PLAYER] Screen.

Hut.

[GRUNTING]

Yeah! Go, go, go!

All right!

[TIMER BUZZES]

Yeah!

[WHISTLE BLOWS]

He's in there. It's over.

[CROWD CHEERING
AND BAND PLAYING UPBEAT MUSIC]

Yeah!

[YELLS]

Who said you could grow up
so fast?

Mom, don't get mushy.

This came for you today.
I presume, at your request.

A lot of my friends
are doing Federal Service.

Why, you're not thinking
of applying?

Have you lost your mind?

I'd rather take 10 lashes in Public Square
than see you ruin your life.

It's a term of service.

It's not a career.

I just wanna get out on my own.

See the galaxy
for a couple of years.

Johnny, people get killed
in the Federal Service.

Who gave you this idea?
It's that teacher, isn't it?

What's his name?

You know the one I'm talking about.

Mr. Rasczak.

Rasczak?

Heh. Silly name.

There should be a law against
using a school as a recruiting station.

No, Rasczak doesn't do that at all.

He sort of discourages you.

Well, that's good...

because you're going to Harvard
and that's the end of it.

It's my decision, not yours.

- Oh, is that how it is, huh?
- Wait, you two.

Dad and I have a surprise
for you that will settle this.

Can you guess what it is?

No.

You wanted to see the galaxy?

How about a trip
to the Outer Rings?

Zegema Beach, huh?

- I've always wanted to go there.
- Good, good, then it's all settled.

[SINGERS]
Into it, into your head

Save it, sour Mix in hate

Leftover waste spills

- Excuse me.
- Sure. Don't go away.

[RICO]
I'm just gonna go see Mr. Rasczak.

Hey, Rico, you wanna dance?

Actually, Diz, I promised Carmen...

Come on. Too bad for her
if she's not around.

You know, it's sad.
After tonight, most of us...

probably won't
see each other again.

So you still gonna play for Rio?

Yeah, looks like,
unless Tokyo lets me start.

Well, anyone who gets you is lucky.

Johnny, how come
we never got together?

Can't we just be friends, Diz?

Sure.

[PEOPLE CHATTERING]

Into it, into your head
I can lead you into it II'

Look, Diz,
I wanna talk to Mr. Rasczak.

You better hurry up
if you wanna catch him.

You're the best.

[CHUCKLES]

- Mr. Rasczak.
- What is it, Rico?

I wanna thank you. Your class
was the best one I had this year.

It's not my job to please.
I just hope you learned something.

Well, I wanna join up. I think I got
what it takes to be a citizen.

Good for you. Go find out.

Well, my parents are against it.
And I know it's my choice.

I was wondering.

What would you do
if you were me?

Figuring things out for yourself is
the only freedom anyone really has.

Use that freedom.
Make up your own mind, Rico.

All is well

All is well
But I have not been to paradise

All is well
No, I have not been to paradise

Watch the days go by All is well

[CARMEN]
Don't exaggerate.

Seriously, I think you have
really beautiful eyes.

Ha, ha. Johnny.

This is Zander.

Yeah, we know each other
from the game.

No hard feelings?

Oh, none at all. We won.

Come on, Carmen.

- It's the last dance.
- Heh.

- Maybe I'll see you at the Academy.
- Yeah, who knows?

Good luck.

Zander's going for pilot too.

You two have so much in common.

Johnny Rico, are you jealous?

Well, maybe.

You don't have to be jealous.

No, I have not been to paradise

Hey, hey, break it up, you two.
There's a place for that sort of thing.

[EXHALES SHARPLY]

I've been thinking,
and I'm gonna do it, Carmen.

I'm gonna go for Federal Service.

That's great. Carl and I are signing
up tomorrow. Come with us.

I Will.

Toll the bell
Watch the days go by

My father's not home tonight.

All is well

All is well

Toll the bell
Watch the days go by

All is well
Twenty-third century dies

All is well.

[PEOPLE]
of my own free will...

after having been
duly advised and warned...

of the meaning and consequences
of this oath...

enrol in the Federal Service
for not less than two years...

and as much longer
as may be required...

by the needs of the Federation.

- [WOMAN] All set.
- Thank you.

Fresh meat for the grinder, eh?

[CHUCKLES]

- So how'd you kids do?
- I'm gonna be a pilot.

Well, good for you.
We need all the pilots we can get.

- Hey, did you get Starside R&D?
- No.

- I don't believe it.
- I got Games and Theory.

Games and Theory?

- That's military intelligence.
- Way to go, Carl.

Next time we meet,
I'll probably have to salute you.

Hm.

What about you, son?

- Infantry, sir.
- Good for you.

Mobile Infantry made me
the man I am today.

[MAN OVER PA]
All recruits must report...

to the Federal Transportation Hub
within 24 hours.

Welcome to the adventure
of Federal Service.

Let's make a vow.

No matter what,
we'll always be friends.

I'll go for that.

Well, chances are
we'll never see each other again.

We'll be millions of light-years
away from each other.

But, uh, yeah, sure. Why not?

You'll resign. That's all there is to it.

It may look bad, but if that's
the worst you suffer, that's fine.

- I won't quit.
- I'm telling you, you will.

You're not going back.
You're going on vacation.

I am not going on vacation.
I wanna be a citizen.

It's my decision. I made it.

You walk out that door, you are cut off,
young man, understand me?

All right, that's it. You are cut off!

Johnny, why won't you
change your mind?

Does citizenship
mean that much to you?

Well, yeah, sure.

I hope so.

Don't ruin your life
over some silly little girl...

who wants you to look handsome
in uniform.

- Don't talk about Carmen that way.
- Johnny.

[WOMAN OVER PA] Your attention, please.

Outbound group 13-A,
all-hub 29 connection.

[MAN]
Do you have everything? Great.

[CARMEN]
Johnny.

- You're late.
- My dad had to help me pack.

Suddenly, he's afraid he's never
gonna see me again or something.

It was sweet, but it took forever.

[CARMEN GROANS]

Anyway, I guess I'm ready to go.

Yeah, me too.
I'm wearing everything I own.

[♪♪♪♪]

I'm sorry your parents were mad.

Who cares? The Federation
will give me all I need...

for the next two years, right?

You talk to Carl?

Yeah, he left this morning.
Couldn't say where.

Oh, it's exciting, going away.

But I'm scared. Aren't you?

[EXHALES SHARPLY]

I'm gonna miss you.

I'm gonna miss you too.

I love you.

[WOMAN OVER PA] Outbound group 94-A...

Tereshkova, all sections.

That's me.

Just say it once. Try it on for size.

I love you.

Don't forget to write.

I won't.

[UPBEAT THEME MUSIC PLAYING]

[SOLDIER] Fully automatic Morita.
Who wants to hold it?

KIDS: Me, me, me.
[ANNOUNCER] Citizen rule.

People making a better tomorrow.

[KIDS GRUNTING]

[LAUGHING]

A murderer was captured
this morning and tried today.

Guilty.

Sentence, death.
Execution, tonight at 6.

[ANNOUNCER READS
ON-SCREEN TEXT]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]

If you think you're psychic...

maybe you are.

Federal studies are being
conducted in your community.

[ANNOUNCER READS
ON-SCREEN TEXT]

Every school kid knows
that Arachnids are dangerous.

[ROARS]

[COW SCREAMING]

However, Mormon extremists
disregarded Federal warnings...

and established Port Joe Smith
inside the Arachnid Quarantine Zone.

Too late, they realized that Dantana...

had already been chosen
by other colonists:

Arachnids.

[ANNOUNCER READS
ON-SCREEN TEXT]

[SOLDIERS CHANTING]
One, two, three, four.

One, two, three, four.

[ZIM] Most of you will not live
to be in the Mobile Infantry.

The trouble is, you are not
good enough the way you are.

Hands at your side.

Chin up. I am your senior drill
instructor, Career Sergeant Zim.

Suck in that gut.

- Feet together.
- Agh!

To think this had to happen to me.

What a bunch of apes.

No, strike that.
You don't rate that good.

Never in my life have I seen...

[SMITH SNICKERING]

Do you think I'm funny?

Do I make you laugh?
Do you think I'm a comedian?

- I'm sorry. Ahem.
- The first words and the last words...

out of your stinking holes
will be sir.

- Do you get me?
- Sir, yes, sir.

See that armoury? Run around it.

- Ugh.
- Run, I said.

Run, run.

- Bronski, keep pace.
- [BRONSKI] Move!

Now, any time you think
I'm being too tough...

any time you think
I'm being unfair...

any time you miss your mommy,
quit.

You sign form 1240-A,
you grab your gear...

you take a stroll down
Washout Lane.

- Do you get me?
- [RECRUITS] Sir, yes, sir.

Pathetic. I wonder if there's a handful
of guts in the whole bunch of you.

Now...

who here thinks they got
what it takes to knock me down?

Sir, I guess maybe I do, sir.

[YELLING]

[BONES SNAP]

[GRUNTING AND GASPING]

- You all right, son?
- Sir, yes, sir.

It's my arm. I reckon it's broken, sir.

Medic.

Pain is in your mind.

- Who's next?
- [FLORES] Sir.

Recruit Flores
reporting for duty, sir.

You specifically requested transfer...

from Fort Cronkite
to this training unit?

- Sir, I heard it was the best, sir.
- It is the best.

But what makes you think
you're good enough?

That's the kind of gal
who makes squad leader.

That's my job you're talking about.

[ZIM]
Come on.

[GRUNTING]

[GASPING]

You know, I'd like to kill Sergeant Zim.

Whoa. Improper attitude.
They'll kick you out for talking like that.

Bye-bye. There you go
down Washout Lane.

Yep, you either got what it takes,
or you don't.

- Hey, there is a line.
- Wait your turn, Ace.

Hey. At ease, little soldier.
It's all the same muck.

Get in line like everyone else.

[LAUGHS]

You got some guts for a rich kid.

I guess you and me could be buddies.
What do you say?

- I'm honored.
- Hey.

Of course you are. Everybody
should have a friend like me.

- Come on, Ace, back of the line.
- Come on, back, back, back.

- What a jerk, man.
- [SHUJUMI] Tough guy.

Hey, Rico, wanna sit together?

No, thanks, Diz.

What's your malfunction, Rico?

You are.

I joined up to get out on my own,
and you had to tag along.

You think I joined
the Mobile Infantry because of you?

You saying you didn't?

Hi.

[RICO] Forget about it, Ace.
You don't stand a chance.

What makes you think
you'd make squad leader, Rico?

- Something I got you don't.
- [LEVY] Ha.

- You rich kids are all the same.
- It isn't about that.

- It's about who's the best.
- [FLORES] Hey.

[BOTH GRUNT]

[LAUGHS]

[ZIM]
First squad.

Sir, I don't understand.

Who needs a knife
in a nuke fight anyway?

All you gotta do
is push a button, sir.

Cease fire.

Put your hand on that wall, trooper.

Put your hand on that wall!

Aah!

[LEVY]
Damn it.

[GROANING]

The enemy cannot push a button
if you disable his hand.

Aah!

Medic.

Well, we all have
one thing in common.

We were all stupid enough
to sign up for Mobile Infantry.

Breckinridge, your excuse?

Oh, my family's all farmers.
I hate farming.

I mean, Mobile Infantry, it's like
pure picnic by comparison.

All right, so they grow them big
and dumb on the farm planet, huh?

[MAN] And pretty.
[WOMAN] I like big.

- Djana'D, what about you?
- Oh, I'm going in for politics.

And, you know, you gotta be
a citizen for that, so here I am.

- Ah. You want some responsibility.
- Yeah.

Shujumi. Come on,
let's keep it going.

I got into Harvard,
but my father says, Forget it...

it'll cost an arm and a leg,
you know? If I serve...

Federation pays my way. Ha, ha!

I wanna have babies.

It's a lot easier to get a license
if you serve, so...

I'm going career.
Officer's training. All the way.

Ah. Future sky marshal.
All right, Rico, your turn.

- Who asked you to be so nosy?
- What, I'm the bad guy?

I'm gonna be a writer, you know.
A writer's got a right to be nosy.

Hey, Flores. You know Rico from
Buenos Aires. What's his story?

Oh, uh...

He's here because of a girl.

[RECRUITS WHOOPING]

Oh, Rico! Lover-boy.

[MAN] Stand back, he's getting excited.
[WOMAN] He's gonna blow.

IS it you?

[RICO] This is where we live.
It's not much, but it's home.

Right there, there's my bunk,
where I dream about you every night.

Boot's pretty tough.

Sometimes I think I won't make it.

But then I think about
what you're doing, and I try harder.

[RECRUITS WHOOPING
AND LAUGHING]

- [RICO] Do you mind?
- Try harder, baby, try harder.

Who knows? They might
even make me squad leader.

Uh-oh, well, I better pack it in.

[ALL YELLING]

- Write me.
- I love you.

[RICO]
I'm gonna kill you guys.

[LAUGHING]

- Bye. Write me.
- [WOMAN] Bye.

Orbit in five, Ibanez.

First one there gets to fly.

[♪♪♪♪]

[BOTH LAUGHING]

Oh...

- Locking it down.
- [MAN] Wait. Wait.

Oh, no, not Ibanez again.
She's crazy.

Ready, go!

[♪♪♪♪]

[LUMBREISER]
Deploying wings.

[♪♪♪♪]

How come you're in
such a good mood, huh?

Because today I get to fly that.

[♪♪♪♪]

Pilot Trainee Ibanez
reporting for duty, ma'am.

- Take the number two chair, Ibanez.
- Yes, ma'am.

- Identify.
- [COMPUTER] Ibanez, T325A. Clear.

[CHUCKLES]

What are you doing here?

I'm the guy who's gonna teach you
to fly this crate.

Oh. Assistant instructor.

Should I call you sir?

Only when I give you an order.

Prepare for departure.

Heh. It's amazing,
us running into each other like this.

Maybe it's fate.

Maybe not. I heard about this
crazy girl coming through the Academy.

Solid math,
a little wild on the stick...

but a natural.

When it turned out to be you, I just
made sure we'd run into each other.

[WOMAN OVER PA] Rodger Young
cleared for undocking and departure.

All right, Ibanez.

- Take her out.
- Yes, ma'am.

All systems go.

[♪♪♪♪]

In simulation, my supervisors
could never keep up.

Well, this isn't simulation any more,
so take her out easy, cadet.

Yes, sir.

[♪♪♪♪]

[ALARM BEEPING]

[COMPUTER]
Five meters from object.

Three meters from object.

Clear.

Don't exceed port speed.

- Or what?
- Or they revoke your flight status.

And mine.

Your career is in my hands.

Steady as she goes, Number Two.

- Prepare for warp.
- Yes, ma'am.

Number One,
design for Jupiter orbit.

[MAN OVER PA]
All crew, all sections...

stand by to cut in C-drive.

Start drive in:

- Five, four...
- Five, four...

- ready, steady...
- three, two...

- go!
- One.

[♪♪♪♪]

[WEAPON POWERS UP]

[YELLING AND GRUNTING]

We're going in! Move!

Man, they're defended. No way in.

[LAUGHING AND HOOTING]

- Flip six, three hole.
- What?

Run a flip-six, three-hole play,
and you can score.

- Cover me.
- You got it.

[♪♪♪♪]

Now!

Thanks, buddy!

Bastard!

[♪♪♪♪]

[RICO]
Yeah!

The kid's got some moves.

Give him a squad,
see what he can do.

[DANCE MUSIC
PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS]

Someone's gotta teach you guys
how to play some pool here.

Look at him.

You ever seen anybody
so pleased with himself?

Well, Zim must've had to choose
someone to be his brown nose.

All right, where was I? Okay,
watch and learn, watch and learn.

I couldn't have done it
without you, Diz.

Friends?

Friends.

- [BRONSKI] Mail call! Levy.
- Yeah, that's me.

- Shujumi.
- [SHUJUMI] Here.

- Rico.
- [RICO] Here.

- Breckinridge.
- [BRECKINRIDGE] Here.

- Nyla.
- [NYLA] Yeah, here I am.

Oh, great, my dad.

[BRONSKI]
That's all, folks.

Hi, Johnny.

I'm sorry I haven't written you
sooner, but...

- it's been really busy.
- Oh, Rico, you don't deserve that.

Shh.

They must've made you
squad leader by now.

And if they haven't,
tell them to talk to me.

See? All it takes is the love
of a good woman.

That is a woman.

- Look at that.
- [LEVY] Look at that.

- [KATRINA] Stop it.
- Isn't it beautiful?

I love it out here.

[EXHALES SHARPLY]

That's also the problem.

Because...

I think I'm gonna go career.

[♪♪♪♪]

I wanna command...

a ship of my own, and, you know...

I don't think that's gonna leave
a lot of room for you and me, Johnny.

[SMITH] Oh, God.
[KATRINA] Jeez.

I know that's not
what you wanted to hear.

But, uh...

I have to follow my heart.

I'm sorry.

Write me, all right?

Write me so that I know
we'll always be friends.

[LEVY SIGHS]

Funny how they always wanna be friends
after they rip your guts out.

Yeah.

Well, that's what I deserve.

What are you talking about?

I joined up for her.

I wouldn't even be here
if it wasn't for her.

What are you talking about?
You made squad leader on your own.

And, hey, you still got me
to kick around.

[ZIM]
Fun and games are over, children!

You will be firing live ammunition
in a simulated combat environment.

You will exercise extreme caution
on my assault course.

Do you get me?!

[ALL]
Sir, yes, sir!

Rico, take them out.

First fire team with me.
Next team in 10 seconds.

Maximum score has been 280.

I expect you to do better!

[BUZZER SOUNDS]

Go!

[YELLING]

[RICO]
Stay low! Keep moving!

Shujumi, stay down!

[GRUNTING]

Hey! God damn it, Breckinridge!

Clear my line of fire!

It's my helmet. It's all screwed up.

- You're gonna blow the score!
- Man!

- Dumb shit.
- Diz, stay put! What's the problem?

Damn thing keeps getting in my way!

Whenever something goes wrong,
it's always you.

- Must be because I'm big and dumb!
- Yeah, right!

[YELLS]

[♪♪♪♪]

Medic!

[BUZZER SOUNDS]

[ZIM] Rico, you are relieved
of squad command!

[OFFICER] Rico, did you give the recruit
permission to remove his helmet?

He reported a helmet malfunction,
and I asked him to show it to me, sir.

Are you rated to repair
the M3 tactical helmet, Rico?

Sir, no, sir.

Then why did you order your man to
remove it during a live-fire exercise?

Sir, I needed everyone
in my squad operational, sir.

I wanted to win, sir.

[OFFICER SIGHS]

Sergeant, we've already lost
two recruits over this incident.

Do you think there's any possibility
of salvaging this man?

Yes, sir, I do.

All right.

We'll try administrative punishment.

[♪♪♪♪]

Prisoner, halt.

Bite down on this, son.

It helps.

I know.

[OFFICER]
For incompetence of command...

for failure to abide
by safety regulations...

during a live-fire exercise...

for negligence which contributed
to the death of a teammate...

Recruit Trainee John Rico...

is sentenced
to administrative punishment.

Ten lashes.

You may carry out the sentence.

[BRONSKI]
One!

[RICO GROANING]

Two!

Three!

Four!

Five!

Six!

Seven!

Eight!

Nine!

Ten!

[MAN OVER RADIO]
All sections secure. EBX is high-normal.

Switch to Slave on my mark.

Mark.

[CARMEN SIGHS]

[CHUCKLES]

Thanks. You read my mind.

Oh. Third watch always seems
to last forever.

I don't know.

It depends on who
you're spending it with.

Something's wrong.

There.

I re-plotted the course.

It's more efficient this way.

Three weeks aboard a starship,
and you think you can lick my navs?

Check it.

You know, I was talking
with Captain Deladier...

and, uh, she said...

Don't change the subject.

Am I right?

Yeah. Yeah, you're right.

So, what did the captain say?

She thinks we ought
to team up officially...

and crew for her.

- You and me, huh?
- We're good together, Carmen.

We're way ahead of the curve
in every department.

I can anticipate you.

You know what I want.

No.

What do you want?

[RATTLING]

There's a gravity field out there.

Run a scan.

- Sensors on?
- There.

- Gravity at 225 and rising.
- Report!

We are in the path of an unidentified
object moving at us at high speed.

Profile suggests an asteroid, ma'am.

[♪♪♪♪]

[ALARM BEEPING]

- Impact, six seconds.
- Emergency evasion.

Three.

Two.

Fire!

Close compartment 21.

Where'd it come from?

It came out of the Arachnid
Quarantine Zone, ma'am.

Number Four, contact Fleet.
A loose asteroid's headed their way.

Communications are down, ma'am.
They're gone.

Damage assessment.

Hull's compromised.
We're lucky to be alive, ma'am.

Luck didn't have anything
to do with it.

We have a hell of a flight team.

[FLORES SIGHS]

It really stinks, you going.

Yeah, well, the Mobile Infantry will
just have to get along without me.

I don't get it, Rico.

If they didn't want you,
they would've kicked you out.

Hey.

I joined up for the wrong reasons.

I got a guy killed.
I don't have what it takes.

[BRONSKI]

Your call's going through.
Take it there.

Hello?

Oh, Johnny.

- Hi, Mom.
- Bill, pick it up! It's Johnny!

- Johnny?
- Dad.

- Where's your uniform?
- Bill.

[BILL]
It's just good to hear from you.

How are you, son?

It's not really working out
here for me, Dad.

I was thinking...

I was hoping it'd be all right
if I came home.

Well, of course,
you should come home immediately.

I'm sorry. I've been an idiot.

Don't talk like that.
You just come on home.

Talk things out.

We love you, son.

- Oh, my, what's that?
- Looks like rain.

- This time of year?
- Sure is dark.

[OPERATOR] Transmission terminated
due to atmospheric interference.

Please try your call again later.

Well, see you.

[FLORES]
Hey.

Take that stroll down Washout Lane,
you're only proving one thing.

What's that, Diz?

That you don't have
what it takes to be a citizen.

[RECRUITS CHANTING
AND GRUNTING]

[MAN]
Sound off.

Sound off.

[RECRUITS SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY]

[RECRUIT 1] Roll out! Roll out!
[RECRUIT 2] What's happening?

What's going on?

- Hey, Kitten, what's going on?
- War! We're going to war!

[ANNOUNCER] The devastation
we are seeing is unparalleled.

Judging from early estimates,
millions dead, a city in ruins.

Is that Geneva?

God damn Bugs whacked us, Johnny.

The meteor was shot
out of orbit by Bug plasma...

that derived from Klendathu,
the Arachnids' home planet.

[♪♪♪♪]

Nothing lives in what was
once called the Latin paradise.

Oh, Johnny, that's us.

Buenos Aires has been
wiped off the Earth.

It's home.

The Federal Council met moments ago
and voted unanimously...

for mobilization to destroy
the Arachnid threat.

- [ZIM] I'm serious, I'll go anywhere.
- We need you here!

- I want combat!
- The only way you'll see combat...

is if you bust yourself to private.
Get me?

Yes, sir, I get you.

Sir!

What do you want, Rico?

I wish to reconsider
my request to drop out, sir.

You already signed
your 1240-A, son.

- It wouldn't be legal.
- Major, I know it was wrong.

I didn't learn from one mistake,
and I made another, sir.

You made your decision, son.

Sir, my family.

My whole family
was in Buenos Aires, sir.

Is this your signature, Rico?

Sir, yes, it is, sir.

It doesn't look like it to me.

- Carry on, private.
- Yes, sir!

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]

[ANNOUNCER]
Out of the ashes of Buenos Aires...

comes first, sorrow...

then anger.

The only good Bug is a dead Bug!

In Geneva,
the Federal Council convenes.

We must meet the threat
with our valour, our blood...

indeed, with our very lives...

to ensure that human civilization,
not insect...

dominates this galaxy
now and always.

Sky Marshal Dienes
announces plans...

for an offensive
against Klendathu...

source of the Bug meteor
that destroyed Buenos Aires.

Every day, federal scientists
are looking for new ways to kill Bugs.

Your basic Arachnid warrior isn't too
smart, but you can blow off a limb...

and it's still 86 percent
combat effective.

Here's a tip. Aim for the nerve stem
and put it down for good.

[ANNOUNCER READS
ON SCREEN TEXT]

Everyone's doing their part.
Are you?

[KIDS SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY]

The war effort needs your effort
at work, at home, in your community.

[LAUGHING]

We now break net
and take you live...

to Fleet Battle Station Ticonderoga,
deep inside...

the Arachnid Quarantine Zone,
where the men and women...

of the Federal Armed Services
prepare to attack.

[MAN OVER RADIO]
DXQ up-link on two, one. You're on.

No one here in the AQZ
knows exactly...

when the invasion
of Klendathu will occur.

But everyone's talking about it,
and the talk says tomorrow.

Here's a bunch of M.I. kids who
look like they eat Bugs for lunch.

Heh. Yum, yum, yum.

You're not worried
about fighting the Arachnids?

Shoot a nuke down a Bug hole,
you got a lot of dead Bugs. Am I right?

I just hope it's not over
before we get some.

Some say the Bugs were provoked
by intrusion of humans...

into their natural habitat.

That a live- and-let-live policy
is preferable to war with the Bugs.

Let me tell you something.
I'm from Buenos Aires...

and I say kill them all!
[SMITH] Yeah! Oh, yeah!

[RICO] Yeah!
[SMITH] Oh, yeah!

Big bad Bugs, huh?

- Hey, guys, we ought to get tattoos.
- Let's all get cut together.

- What do I want a tattoo for?
- What? Your skin's too pretty?

- Come on, everyone's doing it.
- [CARMEN] Hey, Johnny!

Johnny Rico.

Carmen?

[CARMEN]
Oh.

At ease. Guess I ought to lose
the hat when I'm off duty.

Hi, Diz.

Carmen.

My mother was right about you.

You look great in a uniform.

You look pretty good yourself.

So, what do you hear?

You know about anyone
who made it out of B.A. alive?

Most of the time,
I don't think about it.

Like it happened to someone else.

Then it hits me,
and I can't stop crying.

Well, we're still alive.
You've gotta be happy about that.

You don't look
very happy to see me.

[♪♪♪♪]

Should I be?

Johnny...

it's different now.

We're at war. I think what I did...

was probably
the best thing for both of us.

Everything copacetic, lieutenant?

Zander, you remember Johnny.

Zander and I are a flight team now.

Yeah, we're the best in the Fleet.

I get it.

This is the part
that's best for both of us.

Don't do me any more favours.

- Johnny, wait.
- Forget it. He's Mobile Infantry.

See, when you're trained to kill...

it just doesn't pay to be polite.

You got something to say
about the Mobile Infantry?

I think you heard me.

You wanna make something of it...

private?

Not with an officer. No, sir.

The M.I. doesn't
mint stupid troopers.

- Well, let's disregard rank.
- Zander, please.

- [MAN] Let it go, Rico.
- Everybody hear that?

Rank is not an issue here.

- Don't do this.
- [MAN] Let it go.

Come on, what's he gonna do?

[YELLING AND GRUNTING]

Come on! Come on!
I'm gonna kill you!

I'm gonna kill you! I'll kill you!

Guys! Guys! Quit it!
He's not worth it! Come on!

Come on!

[FLORES]
Forget it, Rico.

Mobile Infantry and Fleet don't mix.
Come on.

Come on, let's go.

Jarheads.

[LEVY] Mobile Infantry rules!
[SMITH] Yeah! Ha, ha!

Oh, God, that hurts!

Hey, well, I got something that might
hurt just a little bit more, buddy.

[YELLS]

Oh, yeah! We're gonna fight!
And we're gonna win!

[YELLING]

[♪♪♪♪]

[MAN OVER PA]
This is the captain speaking.

All personnel prepare for drop.

We are at D minus three
and counting.

[♪♪♪♪]

We are going in with the first wave.

Means more Bugs for us to kill.

You smash the entire area.

You kill anything
that has more than two legs.

- You get me?
- [ALL] We get you, sir!

[♪♪♪♪]

- Plasma, ma'am, from the planet.
- Bug batteries.

According to Military Intelligence,
it'll be random and light.

- Drop status?
- Drop is 35 percent complete, ma'am.

Steady as she goes, Number Two.

[MOANING]

[OFFICER]
Remember your training...

and you will make it back alive!

[RETCHING]

[PANTING]

Woo-hoe!

This isn't random or light.

- Someone made a mistake.
- [ZANDER] That's it.

We're empty, ma'am.

Someone made
a big god damn mistake.

[♪♪♪♪]

Break for high orbit!

[YELLS]

[♪♪♪♪]

[SOLDIER]
Go, go, go!

[YELLING AND
SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY]

- Rockets up!
- Rocket crew, move up.

[BUGS CHITTERING]

Nuke them!

- Levy, Rico.
- Heat them up.

- Set.
- Fire!

- Follow me!
- [SOLDIER] Let's go!

[GUNFIRE AND SOLDIERS YELLING]

First Platoon, left flank!

Spread out!

[LEVY]
First and second squads, follow me!

Cover! Come with me!

[ROARS]

Fire!

[SCREAMING]

Here they come!

Ace, what are we doing?

Uh... I don't know.

[ROARING]

I don't know.

Kill them! Kill them all!

Come on!

Come on!

Come on! You want some?

Here's some! Yeah!

Take some of this!

[SCREAMS]

Oh, my God!

Shujumi!

[SHUJUMI]
No! No! No!

Help! Help!

No!

God!

Let's get out of here!

Fall back!

[SCREAMS]

[SCREECHING THEN ROARS]

[SCREAMS]

[RICO]
What's going on?

- You got com?
- It's a general retreat!

Back to the boats!

REPORTER: We've just landed here on
what Cap Troopers are calling Big K...

with the 6th Mobile
Infantry Division.

It's an ugly planet, a Bug planet.

A planet hostile to life as we...

[ROARS]

[SCREAMING]

Help me!

Split ranks!

Come on! Go, go, go!

Get out of here now!

[ALL SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY]

[SCREAMING]

Kitten, no!

[YELLING]

[BUG SCREECHING]

[SCREAMING]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]

[ANNOUNCER]
Crisis for humankind.

Fleet officials admit
they underestimated...

the Arachnids' defensive capability.

Accepting responsibility
for Klendathu...

Sky Marshal Dienes resigns.

His successor,
Sky Marshal Tahat Meru...

outlines her new strategy.

To fight the Bug...

we must understand the Bug.

We can ill afford another Klendathu.

[ANNOUNCER READS
ON-SCREEN TEXT]

Federal scientists
struggle to explain...

the intelligent military actions
of the Arachnids.

When a colony reaches
a certain size...

300 generations or something,
it gets smarter.

Insects with intelligence?
Have you ever met one?

- I can't believe this nonsense...
- Would you wait...

This is the most ridiculous
conversation I've ever...

Maybe there is some kind of Bug
that we haven't seen yet.

A leadership caste. A hive brain.

Brain Bugs? Frankly, I find the idea...

of a Bug that thinks offensive.

[♪♪♪♪]

Ticonderoga, this is Rodger Young
requesting approach vector.

[MAN OVER RADIO]
Affirmative, Rodger Young.

One-zero-zero-niner-five-two.
Welcome back.

[ZANDER]
My God.

How could this happen?

We thought we were smarter
than the Bugs.

[♪♪♪♪]

[MAN 1]
Give me something, please!

It hurts!

[GRUNTING]

[MAN 2]
Help me!

It's strange.
There's almost no wounded at all.

Bugs don't take prisoners.

Oh, no.

Carmen.

[♪♪♪♪]

[LEVY]
Heh, heh. There he is.

[FLORES]
Come on, we'll just wake him up.

Hey, Johnny! Hey!

[LEVY]
Hey, Rico.

- [FLORES] Hey, Johnny!
- Hey, Rico.

- [FLORES] Wake up!
- How you doing, fish boy? Look.

- You're dead.
- Killed in action!

[BOTH LAUGHING]

- Three more days.
- Three days.

- You're out.
- Good as new.

- See you later.
- Bye.

[MOUTHS]
Bye.

[♪♪♪♪]

So, what did you hear
about our new unit?

Roughnecks killed more Bugs
than any other outfit.

Yeah, well, I hear
their lieutenant's a real nut-buster.

Who's top kick?

[GUN COCKS]

You want the job, huh?

I wouldn't mind.

I would.

- Just doing my part.
- Orders.

Yours?

- Where you been besides Big K?
- Outer Rings, Zegema Beach.

[RICO]
Zegema Beach.

- I always wanted to go there.
- Good luck.

It's not there any more.

So I hear your lieutenant's
a real nut-buster.

[GRUNTING]

No one talks about
the lieutenant that way.

- He saved my life.
- Mine too.

- Same for me.
- Me too.

Well, sounds like he's quite a guy.

Who do you think saved your ass?

[MAN]
Stand by.

Attention on deck.

[♪♪♪♪]

This is for you new people.

I only have one rule.

Everyone fights. No one quits.

If you don't do your job,
I'll shoot you.

- Do you get me?
- [IN UNISON] We get you, sir!

- Welcome to the Roughnecks.
- Rasczak's Roughnecks!

- [ALL] Hoo!
- At ease. Listen up.

Got a new sky marshal
and a new battle plan.

We're gonna clean out the systems
outlying Klendathu...

one planet at a time.

Tomorrow we hit Tango Urilla.

After Fleet glasses the planet,
M.I. mops up.

Carry on.

[ROARING]

[SCREECHING]

[♪♪♪♪]

All right.

Spread out! Fire teams!

You locate a Bug hole, nuke it.

Watkins, take out Flores and Rico.

Copy that. Move out.

[BIRDIE]
First Platoon, we're going for that ridge.

- Levy, you're with me.
- No, I'm in A squad.

- I'm going with Rico.
- [BIRDIE] Shut up and follow me.

[ROARING]

[♪♪♪♪]

[SCREECHING]

Like it like that?

Funky, sucking sack
of maggot puke.

It's dead, Watkins, it's dead!

Ain't much to look at after
you scrape them off your boot.

[RICO]
Bug hole.

There.

[BUGS SCREECHING]

Nuke them, Rico!

Fire in the hole!

[BIRDIE OVER RADIO] Watkins,
we're under heavy attack. Position M-4.

- Get over here.
- Move!

[♪♪♪♪]

- You got a Bug problem, ma'am?
- Ah, stow it, trooper.

Tanker

- Oh, shit!
- Come on, move!

[ROARS]

Get down!

[YELLS]

[♪♪♪♪]

[SCREECHES]

[♪♪♪♪]

[GRUNTING]

[GRENADE BEEPS]

[SOLDIERS CHEERING]

Come on.

- Call for retrieval.
- [SOLDIER] Medic!

Nice moves.

Where'd you learn
how to do that, soldier?

Back in school, sir.
Don't you remember?

I was captain of the team.

- Rico?
- Sir?

I need a corporal.
You're it until you're dead...

or till I find somebody better.

Thank you, sir.

- [RASCZAK] All right, saddle up!
- Way to go, corporal.

- I need a squad leader.
- Oh, no.

No, I've been there and blew it.

I'm just here to fight.

What about it, Diz?

Looks like I'm your girl, sir.

[LAUGHS]

[IN UNISON]
Hooah! Unh!

[LAUGHING AND CHATTERING]

Listen up!

I expect the best,
and I give the best.

Here's the beer!

[ALL CHEERING]

Here's the entertainment!

Have fun! That's an order!

This one's for me!

Thank you, lieutenant!

[PLAYING UPBEAT MUSIC]

[WATKINS]
Rico.

You kill Bugs good.

Thanks.

You knew the lieutenant
before the war.

What was he like?

He was a teacher.
Kind of like he knew it all.

He always had this little smile.

Yeah, well, he don't
smile much any more.

Yeah, well, I guess
your bottle fills up quick...

- when your kids get smeared.
- Come on.

No, I don't do that any more.

I remember when you
used to dance. Come on.

Do I have to pull rank?

Excuse me, sir.

[RASCZAK]

You once asked me for advice.
Want some now?

- Yes, sir.
- Lieutenant.

HQ is on the com.

Never pass up a good thing.

[RICO]
Watkins.

Beer?

[CHUCKLES]

[PLAYING SENTIMENTAL MUSIC]

[FLORES] Heh. Ace.
[RICO] Heh.

So, Rico, what are you doing
after the dance?

[BOTH CHUCKLE]

[CHUCKLES]

What's so funny?

You know, just the way
things work out.

[♪♪♪♪]

We finally got together, Diz.

I love you, Johnny.

[RASCZAK]

We're moving out. There's been
a distress call from General Owen.

Get your shit wired,
report in 10 minutes.

Yes, sir.

Who's that with you?

Flores, sir.

Make it 20 minutes.

[RICO]
Yes, sir.

Ha-ha-ha. Twenty minutes?

We can do it.

[♪♪♪♪]

[SOLDIER]
Whiskey Outpost. Do you copy?

This is Roughneck 2-0
on tack three.

Come in, please.

Whiskey Outpost.
Whiskey Outpost.

This is Roughneck 2-0
on tack three.

- Any contact with General Owen?
- No, sir.

- Not even the transponder signal.
- It's these canyons.

Go to higher ground, sergeant.

[CHITTERING]

Whiskey Outpost, Whiskey Outpost,
this is Roughneck 2-0 on...

[SOLDIER GASPS
AND BUG SCREECHING]

[SOLDIER SCREAMING]

Sugar, your weapon.

Help me!

[SCREAMING AND GROANING]

I'd expect anyone in this unit
to do the same for me.

- Rico.
- Sir.

You're acting sergeant.
Move them out.

You heard the lieutenant!
Saddle up!

[♪♪♪♪]

Jeez, someone really
humped the bunk.

- Watkins?
- Sir?

Secure this compound.
Police these bodies.

Yes, sir.

- Give me three up on the tower now!
- [SOLDIER 1] Aye, aye.

- OP there! OP there!
- [SOLDIER 2] On the way.

[WATKINS]
Siren Two, police up these bodies!

Phew. It stinks in there.

- Rico?
- Yes, sir.

We need retrieval.
This place crawls.

Get somebody
in the communications tent.

Yes, sir. Diz, check it out.

[RASCZAK]
Command Group with me.

[LEVY]
Ah, shit. Lieutenant.

Dirty Bugs came in
right while they were having chow.

Ugh.

[RASCZAK]
Yeah. This is where they got in.

[FLORES]
Lieutenant.

I think you're gonna wanna see this.

[RASCZAK] What have you got, Flores?
[LEVY] God, I hate this place.

[SIGHS]

What's that look like to you, Rico?

Looks like a Bug
was in his brain, sir.

[GULPS]

They sucked his brains out.

[BANGING]

Open that.

[YELLING]

Officer on the deck!

- Pick up the general.
- [OWEN] Is it safe?

- We've gotta get out of here.
- General. Sir.

Thank God for you. All of you.

You're all gonna be heroes,
every last one of you.

- Close that hole.
- Yes, sir.

I had to evade capture. The security
of the Federation was at stake.

[EXPLOSION]

I have operational knowledge
of what we're up to out here.

- [RASCZAK] Flores, I need that up-link.
- Working on it, sir.

- Damn it.
- [OWEN] See?

They get in your mind.
Look, they did it to Farley.

They got in his mind.
They make you do things.

- They made Farley call headquarters.
- The distress call was a trap.

They're just like us.
They wanna know what makes us tick.

They wanna know us
so they can kill us.

Roughnecks, this is Lead. Prepare
for attack. We're gonna be attacked.

Where's the retrieval boat?

This is Roughneck 2-0
to Battle Group. Do you read?

Oh, God. We're gonna die!

Don't you understand?
We're all gonna die!

[WATKINS]
Second squad, follow me.

- Control yourself, general.
- [OWEN] I can't.

I can't. I wish you'd just shoot me.

Lieutenant. He's just a little
out of his mind, sir.

Bugs! Bugs!

All right.

Warm it all up.
Everything you've got.

Come on, you apes.
You wanna live forever?

[SOLDIER 1]
I got Bugs.

[♪♪♪♪]

[CHITTERING]

[ROARING]

[SOLDIER 2]
Magazine.

Fire at will.

[YELLS]

Incoming!

[MOANS]

[SOLDIER 3]
Down!

No! Aah!

Rico, where's my communications?

- Diz, status on the up-link?
- [FLORES] Give me a minute.

We don't have a minute.

[♪♪♪♪]

[FLORES]
Battle Group, we are under...

[MAN OVER RADIO]
This is Rodger Young. Go ahead.

We are under attack, sir.
We need retrieval now.

We have Planet P as clear.

This place crawls, sir.
We need pickup now!

- What's your position?
- Come down on this transmission.

- Inside the outpost? That's crazy.
- I hope you have a crazy pilot. Out.

[YELLING]

Lieutenant! Boat coming down, sir.

Fall back into the compound!

Fall back!

[♪♪♪♪]

[SCREAMING]

[SCREAMING]

Hold here! Hold what you've got!

Running low!

- I'm out!
- Here! Make them count!

[♪♪♪♪]

[SHIP APPROACHING]

Take cover and fire. Fall back!

Move, move, move!

Fall back to the boat! Haul ass!

[GRUNTING]

Oh, my God.

[SCREAMING]

Ric... Rico.

- You know what to do.
- Yes, sir.

[GUN COCKS]

Do it, Rico.

[ROARS]

Woo-hoe!

- Yeah!
- Dizzy!

[SCREAMING]

No.

Ace, help me. Hold her down.

[YELLING]

Move! Get her into the boat!

- Come on, Diz, don't die on me.
- Get her out. Let's go, let's go.

[SOLDIER]
Let's go, let's go, let's go!

Let's go, get aboard!

Tower, let's go!

Let's move it, Tower!

Run!

[SCREAMING]

Lift Off.

[GASPING]

[♪♪♪♪]

Johnny, I'm dying. I'm dying.

No. You're gonna be all right, Diz.

It's all right...

because I got to have you.

Johnny, don't let me go.

Don't let... Don't let...

[♪♪♪♪]

[MAN OVER RADIO]
This is Battle Control.

Proceed on vector
five-niner-two-two-seven.

I think you should know...

your friend Rico is back there.

Get on the com and tell Fleet
to blast that rock.

On whose authority, corporal?

That would be mine, sir.
I assumed command of the mission.

Rodger Young,
we have an official request...

by the Mobile Infantry to commence
bombardment of Planet P.

I thought you were dead.

I'm not, but a lot of my troopers are.

[DELADIER]
Negative on your request.

The sky marshal
has other plans for Planet P.

Welcome back.

M.I. does the dying,
Fleet just does the flying.

Hold on. Something's up.

Fleet's mobilized for a big operation.

Attention on deck!

Once, somebody asked me
if I knew the difference...

between a citizen and a civilian.

I can tell you now.
A citizen has the courage...

to make the safety
of the human race...

their personal responsibility.

[♪♪♪♪]

Dizzy was my friend.

She was a soldier...

but more than that...

she was a citizen of the Federation.

Present arms!

Order arms!

Left face!

[♪♪♪♪]

- Officer on deck.
- Carry on.

Burial detail, dismissed.

At ease.

- How are you, Carl?
- Carmen, good.

Johnny, I'm sorry it had to be
your unit on P.

That mission had a very low
survival probability.

The Bugs laid a trap for us,
didn't they?

Elegant proof of intelligence, isn't it?

We thought there might be
a Brain Bug on P.

You knew,
and you sent them anyway?

We couldn't afford to launch
an operation if there wasn't one.

You don't approve. Well, too bad.

We're in this for the species,
boys and girls. It's simple numbers.

They have more.

Every day I make decisions that send
hundreds like you to their deaths.

Didn't they tell you, colonel?

That's what the Mobile infantry's
good for.

I hope you're ready for more.

We're going back to P
to capture that Brain.

The Roughnecks
are always ready, sir.

I hear they need a new lieutenant.
Want the job?

I'll take it, until I get killed
or you find someone better.

[WOMAN OVER PA]
Attention.

- All personnel report to your stations-
- Well?

Prepare for drop in 75 minutes.

Take care of yourself, Johnny.

I'll see you again.

[SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY]

[♪♪♪♪]

Officer on deck!

- Who are all these kids?
- We got reinforced.

Most of them are fresh out of boot.

We're the old men, Ace.

This is for all you new people.

I only have one rule.

Everyone fights. No one quits.

If you don't do your job,
I'll kill you myself.

- Do you get me?!
- [ALL] We get you, sir!

- Welcome to the Roughnecks.
- Rico's Roughnecks!

[ALL]
Hooah!

Today we're gonna pay a visit
to Bug City.

We're looking for a Bug
no one's ever seen before.

Some kind of smart Bug.

And it probably knows we're coming.

Saddle up!

[SOLDIER]
Go, go, go!

[♪♪♪♪]

Evasive action.

Get us clear for warp, Number Two.

- Clear in five, four, three.
- Initiating star drive in five.

[GRUNTING]

[SCREAMING]

[♪♪♪♪]

[ALARM BLARING]

This is Rodger Young.
We're going down.

- This is Rodger Young. We're going...
- Get out! Abandon ship! Come on!

[YELLS]

- Zander!
- Here!

We've got to get to the rescue deck!

Come on!

[GRUNTING]

[YELLING]

[CARMEN]
Captain.

Abandon ship. That is an...

She's dead, Carmen. She's dead!

[♪♪♪♪]

[ALL CLAMOURING]

Here!

Follow me.

Ready?

Hit it!

[♪♪♪♪]

Life pod Bravo 6-3, two aboard.

Scouting for a landing zone.
Checking terrain. Here.

- Can you handle that?
- Piece of cake.

[♪♪♪♪]

[MAN OVER RADIO]
We've lost the Rodger Young.

Fleet Command,
we have confirmation.

The Rodger Young is down.

Ugh. Johnny.

Johnny.

Rodger Young just burned up.

It's on the rescue net.

CARMEN [OVER RADIO]: Life pod Bravo
6-3, two aboard. Is anyone receiving?

Any survivors?

Well, they're getting tarred up there
pretty bad.

Life pod Bravo 6-3, two aboard.
Is anyone receiving?

Affirmative.
This is Roughneck 2-0.

You're breaking up. Say again.

- Carmen?
- Say again, I'm losing you.

Carmen!

[♪♪♪♪]

Prepare for landing.
Retro in three, two, one.

Fire.

Carmen. Carmen?

- Hey, you okay? Get out. Get out.
- Uh-huh.

[HISSING]

[RICO] This is Roughneck 2-0.
Are you receiving? Over.

This is Roughneck 2-0.
Carmen, are you receiving?

- Johnny, is that you?
- Yeah, it's me.

- What's your position and situation?
- Yeah.

We're in Bug City, 20 meters
underground. Position:

South 42, east 118. Situation is...

[BUGS CHITTERING]

I repeat, south 42, east 118.
What's your situation?

Carmen?

[ROARING]

The situation is extremely hostile.

[♪♪♪♪]

I need a squad to pull them out!

- Direction?
- Three klicks, south by Southwest.

[SCREECHING]

Look out!

[SCREAMING]

[SCREAMING]

[STATIC CRACKLING OVER RADIO]

- What do you wanna do?
[WATKINS] You heard the lieutenant!

Rescue party.
Third squad, come with me!

Cancel that.

You know as well as I do
she's already dead.

Sorry, buddy.

Roughnecks...

- let's move.
- All right.

[SCREECHING AND CHITTERING]

[SCREAMS]

Why didn't they kill us?

They want us alive.

[♪♪♪♪]

[BEEPING]

We should go this way.

A Company's that way.

Yeah.

But Carmen's down there.

Hey, I hate to be rude, buddy,
but word has it she's dead.

- She's still alive.
- How do you know?

- I don't know how I know, but I know.
- [LEVY] Listen.

You got command,
but going off mission...

that's a serious offence.

Yeah. I think they hang you for that.

Roughneck 2-0,
proceed on mission.

I need two volunteers.

[SIGHS]

[SCREECHING]

[♪♪♪♪]

[GROANS]

[GROWLING]

One day, someone like me...

is gonna kill you
and your whole fucking race.

[YELLS]

[GASPING]

[YELLS]

[♪♪♪♪]

[SCREECHING]

[BEEPING]

[RICO]
You know what this is?

[IMITATES EXPLOSION]

Sure, you do.

You're some kind of big, fat
smart Bug, aren't you?

Come on.

[LEVY]
This is Roughneck 2-0.

Brain Bug sighted
moving west of grid five.

Run!

[♪♪♪♪]

[YELLING]

No! No!

- Give me the nuke!
- You trying to be a hero, Watkins?!

I'm trying to kill some Bugs, sir.

Get out of here!

Get out of here!

Move!

[♪♪♪♪]

You like that?! You like that?!
Come on!

You want a little more?

You like that? You like that?
You like that? You want a little more?

Come on! Come on!

[BUGS SCREECHING]

[SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]

[YELLING]

[♪♪♪♪]

Come on, Carmen.

[SOLDIERS CHATTERING]

[SOLDIER 1] We did it!
[SOLDIER 2] All right!

[SOLDIERS CHEERING]

- What's going on?
- We got it!

Come on!

[♪♪♪♪]

[GRUNTING]

What's it thinking, colonel?

[MOANING]

[♪♪♪♪]

It's afraid.

It's afraid!

[ALL CHEERING]

[CARMEN]
Carl! Carl! Hey!

Well, look who's here.

You made it. Good.

It was you, wasn't it?
You told me how to find Carmen.

Well, that's classified.

You know, whenever
the three of us are together...

I feel like things
might just work out.

I hope you're right, Carmen.
We've got one of their Brains now.

Pretty soon,
we'll know how they think...

and then we'll know
how to beat them.

One day, it will all be over...

and everyone will forget
that this was the moment.

This is when it turned.

And it wasn't the mighty Fleet.
It wasn't some fancy new weapon.

[LAUGHING]

It was a drill instructor named Zim
who captured a Brain.

Come on! Yeah!

Zim.

He got him! Yeah!

Zim. Zim got the Bug.
Zim got the Bug, man!

- Good job, sergeant.
- Thank you, sir.

That would be private, sir.

- Carry on, private.
- Yes, sir!

- [ALL] Yeah!
- Yeah!

[♪♪♪♪]

[ANNOUNCER] What mysteries
will the Brain Bug reveal?

Federal scientists are working
around the clock to probe its secrets.

Once we understand the Bug,
we will defeat it.

[ROARS]

We have the ships.
We have the weapons.

We need soldiers like
Lieutenant Stack Lumbreiser.

We're over the target area
now, captain.

And Captain Carmen Ibanez.

This is the captain speaking.
All personnel prepare for drop.

Soldiers like Private Ace Levy
and Lieutenant John Rico.

Come on, you apes!
You wanna live forever?!

We need you all.
Service guarantees citizenship.

[♪♪♪♪]

[♪♪♪♪]

[♪♪♪♪]