Hunter Prey

Title Card:
It is not the strongest of a species that survives, nor the most intelligent. It is the one most adaptable to change, that survives. - Charles Darwin

Jericho:
Your gods are telling you to wipe out entire worlds?

Commander Karza:
No, we spread our knowledge to the stars. To surrounding races.

Jericho:
By enslaving and destroying them...

Commander Karza:
If they don't accept our way of life, then yes.

Jericho:
You make me sick.

Commander Karza:
This from a race that couldn't even defend themselves from each other. Let alone an invading army. Only an ignorant species would war against its own kind.

Clea:
It is not in my programming to lie, lieutenant.

Centauri 7:
You won't be lying. You just won't be volunteering information. Can you do that?

Clea:
Of course.

Centauri 7:
Thanks.

Clea:
Odd.

Centauri 7:
What's that?

Clea:
Of all the soldiers that I have been assigned to, you are the only one that has ever thanked me.

Centauri 7:
Do you mind it?

Clea:
No. I quite prefer it. It can get tiresome being endlessly ordered about.

Centauri 7:
We have that in common, then.

Clea:
Your words conflict with military directive, Centauri.

Centauri 7:
So I've been told.

Centauri 7:
What level was this mission, sir?

Commander Karza:
Priority one, nova class.

Centauri 7:
Highest level. And you were so caught up in your own ego, you didn't bother to tell us how dangerous this creature was.

Commander Karza:
Your men were incompetent.

Centauri 7:
Don't blame me for your mistakes. *You* jeopardized this mission. You got my men killed.

Commander Karza:
I am your superior officer! And you will speak to me as such!

Centauri 7:
Why? You don't deserve it.

Centauri 7:
Clea, I thought I lost you there.

Clea:
You can't get rid of me that easily, Centauri. I've suffered some damage, but seem to be functioning properly. I'm an early model, and quite durable, you know.

Centauri 7:
That's why I keep you around, babe.

Clea:
I thought it was my charming personality.

Centauri 7:
[to Orin] You want to play a game? Well, here's mine. I know why they want you brought in. And I don't care. I'm gonna hunt you down, and kill you. That's my game.

Orin Jericho:
I'm surprised you Cydonians have lasted as long as you have. Seeing how incompetent you all are.

Centauri 7:
Now I know why they put that inhibitor mask on you. You talk too much.

Orin Jericho:
I didn't want anyone to know I could speak your language.

Centauri 7:
They were right. It's offensive for a creature like you to speak the language of the stars.

Orin Jericho:
Something we picked up from the Drax.

Centauri 7:
Insects teaching apes. It's repugnant.

Orin Jericho:
The Drax are a noble race. You wouldn't know anything about that?

Centauri 7:
Noble? They're a disease of the galaxy. Filthy creatures.

Orin Jericho:
That's funny. They say the same thing about you.

Centauri 7:
Blind bugs.

Orin Jericho:
I'll tell you this - no one's gonna miss you guys while you're gone.

Centauri 7:
You're the race that's extinct, human. Not mine.

Orin Jericho:
Not for long.

Centauri 7:
Is that so?

Orin Jericho:
Yep. I'm taking you all to hell.

Centauri 7:
All right. I'll entertain your fantasy, human. Being that you're the last of your kind, how do you hope you'll accomplish this remarkable feat?

Orin Jericho:
Don't you want to know why?

Centauri 7:
Don't care.

Orin Jericho:
Heh. *That's* why.

Centauri 7:
You entered this war on your own, Earthman, and you lost your home world. Those are the consequences.

Orin Jericho:
We didn't enter this war, you attacked us.

Centauri 7:
You were harboring Draxian fugitives.

Orin Jericho:
You mean refugees. Big difference. They needed our help.

Centauri 7:
You chose the wrong side.

Orin Jericho:
No. It cost us everything, but we chose the right side. Now, it's gonna cost you everything.

Centauri 7:
We all die. That's your solution? How can you be so naive? Another faction will rise up in our place. And endless cycle. The only way to break it is to take control from those in power, to rule in their stead.

Orin Jericho:
You've thought about this?

Centauri 7:
No. It's just the way it is.

Orin Jericho:
Maybe you're right.

Centauri 7:
Human, you have two options. You can come with me and survive, or you can join the rest of your race in oblivion. It's your decision.

Orin Jericho:
I choose option number 3.

Centauri 7:
Which is what?

[Orin cuts off transmission]

Orin Jericho:
You're a bounty hunter.

Slyak:
That is such an ugly word. "Soldier of Fortune" more like it.

Orin Jericho:
[to Centauri 7] Now, you're gonna learn what it feels like to be the last of your kind. You want to know the difference between you and me? I *did* have a wife and son back on Earth.

[last lines]

Clea:
And just how are we supposed to get out of here?

Centauri 7:
The bounty hunter ship has to be around here somewhere.

Clea:
You realize we'll be breaking 26 High Council laws by taking this course of action.

Centauri 7:
Is that a problem?

Clea:
Not at all.

Centauri 7:
Let's get the 12 hells off this rock.

Slyak:
No one likes Cydonians!