contacting him?
I mean, you just turn up here at this time of day?
It seems a bit haphazard.
We didn't have time to get organised.
What, so you've no contact
with other resistance units?
None.
Maybe mine's the only column still fighting.
There's Leitz now.
These are friends. Dayna, Tarrant.
They're from Earth.
Enemies of the Federation.
- Have you any news of the other columns?
- Nothing good.
Two has been practically wiped out.
One and Three have suffered heavy casualties
and pulled back
into the White Mountains to regroup.
So mine is the only unit still functioning.
And you can expect to come under heavy attack
in the next few days.
The General is getting impatient.
Yes, well, we beat off their last attack.
Shot down two gunships.
I heard.
- How did you get into the city?
- I swam in under the reactors.
Well, I'm sorry you took such a risk
to hear bad news.
Well, that isn't why I came.
I wanted to see how far the flood level's fallen.
Why?
I had hoped we could tunnel in from the lower city
and lay mines under the Magnetrix terminal,
but the floodwater's too high.
In the early days of the fighting,
we blew the reservoirs.
The terminal is their communication centre?
If we could knock it out, they'd be isolated.
Couldn't you infiltrate an assault group?
Or is it too heavily defended?
It's not defended, but the city's sealed off.
- What is it?
- Sealed off.
About 100 years ago
they sealed off the old monorail.
Hunda, if you could find it...
I know where it runs. It's still shown on the plans.
You could bring an army in through there
right into the heart of the city.
You're right.
We could destroy the terminal
and their command HQ in one strike.
We'll win this war yet!
I must get back to my column.
I don't think we'll meet again.
I hope you get the information you need.
- Oh, and, Leitz.
- Yes?
Remember to keep your head down
when we come in.
What's the information you need?
We've come to learn what we can
about the new drug the Federation's using.
Pylene-50. What do you want to know?
(Alarm beeping)
- So Pylene-50 is actually made here?
- It has to be.
It only remains stable for a few days,
and then the enzyme bonds break up
and it's no longer effective.
If we could find a sample for analysis...
Where's the synthesising plant?
You're sitting on top of it,
but it's guarded night and day.
It's worth taking a look.
- I wouldn't leave without.
- Well, be careful.
I wish I could help you,
but I can't stay any longer.
You've been a great help already, Leitz.
We're very grateful.
- Have you fixed its position?
- Not enough time, sir.
But it's above Roche's limit,
so it must be a spacecraft.
Or a spy satellite.
- What's that thing called? Orac?
- Yes, sir.
- Means nothing to me. How was it detected?
- A one-in-a-thousand chance, General.
The operator happened to pick it up
while running a routine line scan.
And what was this data
it was taking from the terminal?
A study on freighter design modification.
Information being relayed from Space Centre.
Sounds like a bit
of commercial jiggery-pokery, Quute.
- I shouldn't worry about it.
- That's not really the point, sir.
These spaceship builders,
they're always at each other's throats.
- Underhanded bunch.
- Yes, sir, but...
Most of them are Scalerians, you know.
- Utter rogues. Corruption's a way of life.
- Yes, sir, but...
Can't fight worth a damn, either.
It's a security problem, General.
It means that whatever's up there
must be able to take information
from databanks anywhere in the Federation.
- Really?
- Yes, sir.
What, you mean, troop movements,
that sort of thing?
An open book, General.
Then put a stop to it at once.
Yes, sir, well, if you would authorise
a search and destroy mission...
Absolutely.
No, Commissioner,
the video system's been destroyed.
All right, Leitz.
- See nothing's touched and inform the General.
- I already have. He's here.
Good.
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