question is, yes...
I would have left Blake where he was
and said nothing...
if things had gone according to plan.
I must try and work that into the conversation
when we meet him.
- If we meet him.
- Still not convinced?
You tell me what a line
through the pattern of infinity is...
and I'll tell you whether I'm convinced or not.
You sure they were bounty hunters?
Well, it's not my irresistible charm
that keeps them coming.
- How long have they been tracking you?
- Long enough.
You ask a lot of questions.
Try answering one occasionally, maybe I'll stop.
I've got a better idea.
Thanks for the food.
You can keep the Federation gun as payment.
- There's no charge.
- Arlen pays her debts.
I'll keep the gun.
Give me my gun and get down, quick.
- I think there were four of them tracking me.
- There were.
And then there was one.
You scum!
Don't bother calling me names, girl.
Not after the killing you've done.
There's a premium for bringing you back alive,
but I'll kill you if I have to.
The price for you dead isn't bad.
I'm not a greedy man.
VILA: I can't see Blake doing anything like that.
My interpretation of the data
leaves little room for error.
Hunting people for money? Not him.
Avon?
Why ask me?
DAYNA: Because you and Vila know him. We don't.
Could he be a bounty hunter, do you think?
- Does it matter?
- TARRANT: Well, it might.
There's still a price on our heads
from the old days.
- Not on GP, there isn't.
- GP?
I imagine that is what the locals call Gauda Prime,
your home planet.
I grew up there, yes.
But for a home you need a family.
And mine were murdered
when the Federation declared
Gauda Prime an open planet.
A general suspension of the penal code.
- That's right.
- DAYNA: You mean there's no law at all?
It's the fast way to get resources exploited.
In this case, mineral resources.
I don't understand.
Neither do I.
How does junking the law speed up mining?
GP was an agricultural world.
The settlers were sent there
to grow crops, raise timber.
They were farmers, my family among them.
They were given title to the land.
Then somebody discovered there was
more profit under the ground than on top of it.
Only the farmers were in the way
and the law was on their side.
Hence the open planet designation.
What, get rid of the law
you get rid of the problem?
You seem to know a lot about it.
Orac is an excellent research tool.
Do you imagine I would take us in blind?
You've done it before.
What happened to your family?
When the mining corporations moved in
the farmers moved out.
- Those that didn't were murdered.
- And it wasn't even a crime.
Oh, yes, it was a crime all right.
It just wasn't illegal.
- That's what I meant.
- I hope so.
The planet must have been a draw
for every crook and killer in the quadrant.
A lot of people made a lot of money.
Some even lived to enjoy it.
I imagine they are the ones who now
want the planet returned to normal legal status.
- You're not serious.
- Orac?
A formal application
was laid before the High Council on Earth
within the last 30 days.
- I could get you the exact date.
- SLAVE: I don't wish to interrupt, Master...
- Then kindly don't.
- I wasn't talking to you.
You were attempting to override
a superior system. Be silent.
...the exact date, if you wish.
But the importance of the application
lies not in its exact date,
but in its general requirements.
Which are?
That the citizens of Gauda Prime
put their house in order.
Law must be established
before the benefits of law can be restored.
It is the day of the bounty hunter.
Thieves, killers, mercenaries...
psychopaths are as unwelcome now
as the farmers once were.
(Alarm sounding)
- Slave, what's wrong?
- Well, nothing is actually wrong, sir, yet.
Explain the alarm, Slave.
I had to get your attention, Master,
and I was forbidden to speak unless spoken to.
All right, you're spoken to. What is it?
I beg to advise you, Master,