ADE ALEX AMOS ASSISTANT AVASARALA AWP_WORKER BELTER_COMMUTER_1 BELTER_COMMUTER_2 BOUILLOTTE_DEALER DIOGO DOCK_MASTER ERRINWRIGHT HAVELOCK HEIKKI HOLDEN JOON JULES_PIERRE_MAO JULIE MILLER MUSS NAOMI SHED ADE … real lemon works best , if you could ever get your hands on one, but the freeze-dried stuff’ll do. Neutralizes acidity. Adds body HOLDEN Wow. Yes. I mean, of course ADE Acquired taste. Wait and see. HOLDEN Hey. What’s your name ? ADE Ade. Jim, there’s something you should know… ALEX Hoss ! hoss! Debris field. Buckle in ! HOLDEN How bad are we gonna catch it ? ALEX We’re sure gonna find out. C’mon, you know I love you… ALEX We’re through it. We’re though ! God, I love this bucket. HOLDEN Do we have thrust? ALEX Yeah, we have. HOLDEN Don’t lose that ship ALEX Jeez you’re not thinkin’ of HOLDEN We’re going after them ALEX I… don’t think that’s a… HOLDEN We’re going after them NAOMI Don’t do it, Alex HOLDEN They just dusted fifty of our friends NAOMI Let’s not make it fifty-five. HOLDEN Alex, I’m telling you to go after that ship AMOS And what if they don’t like bein’ followed HOLDEN If they slip off that screen, they’re gone forever. They’ll get away with this. What is wrong with you ? I gave an order ! AMOS You think rank matters now ? HOLDEN Get up, I’ll do it myself. Get up ! ALEX Why don’t we all take a deep breath ? BOUILLOTTE DEALER They trying to thirst us out. MILLER Huh ? who’s that ? BOUILLOTTE DEALER Earth, Mars, doesn’t matter. Inyalowda. Da water shipment ain’t late, copeng. They holdin’it back. MILLER You seem pretty sure about that. BOUILLOTTE DEALER Water means life. One shipment late, you get protests. Two shipments late, you get dead people in the streets… unte it gonya get worse. Mark my words. MILLER See now, copeng, that’s how things get started. ‘bother, father poured hot coffee in the parking lot. ‘bother, father poured hot coffee’ Home. Home . I’m home. Show me my files. Copy all files. Replay my last messages. JULES PIERRE MAO … tried giving you the best of all worlds, and you choose to live like filthy hand-maid among the riff-raff of the solar system. Fine. I get the message. Now stop acting like a child and come back home where you belong. And if you don’t, well… maybe I’ll just go ahead and sell your precious Razorback. I have no use for your toys. MILLER Jesus. Spare me. Show me my replies. JULIE You are so blind and so condescending… and you’re never going to change. If you won’t take yourself seriously as an adult, then why should I care about being your child ? you want to sell the razorback ? do it? you can’t buy me off or control me anymore… maybe what you hate about me the most.. Mom. Dad. Do what you have to do … MILLER Poor little rich girl. Keep it up, partner. You’ll get there. ERRINWRIGHT Is it true you’ve had a belter up on hooks for twenty hours ? AVASARALA He’s a o.p.a smuggler and a terrorist. He didn’t want to talk ERRINWRIGHT The secretary general has publicly disavowed gravity torture. You want to talk to that belter, put him in the tank. AVASARALA My remaining vice. It used to be Ganymede gin, but let’s not get into that. I suppose you’ve never tried one of these. Or eaten a ripe pear. It is the magic of earth. HEIKKI I once tried an apple on eros. It tasted like seat stuffing. AVASARALA Well, if you’d ever bitten into a new York apple in September, you’d remember it forever. HEIKKI Like I will remember this. AVASARALA I find that regrettable HEIKKI As I do , that your only son died during the struggles. AVASARALA You know who I am ? HEIKKI I’ve heard of you , yes. Many interesting tales AVASARALA You’re well-spoken for an opa soldier. What faction are you ? inaros? Golden bough ? HEIKKI Because I’m a belter, I’m naturally opa ? I’m just a citizen of the belt. I work for the future of my people as you do for yours AVASARALA Then for the future of both our people, I need to know how you got your hands on restricted stealth technology, that could destroy the balance in the system. HEIKKI You mean the balance between earth and mars. Either way, it’s a lousy deal for belters. AVASARALA The opa demands legitimacy through violence. They haven’t earned it any other way. HEIKKI No? you talk to me through a piece of glass, you see my body which can no longer survivre on the very planet that bore my great grandmother. Earth’s created a race of exiles out in space, who have no homes to return to. Should this go unanswered ? HEIKKI I don’t mean to make you afraid, madam. I think if I knew you outside of this room, we would have great long talks. AVASARALA Have I given you the impression that I’m afraid ? HEIKKI Then why waste your time on a meaningless courier like myself ? AVASARALA You’re too modest, child. Someone entrusted you to transport pieces of the holy grail. The question is … who ? there are places far worse than this. And I imagine there’s a mother somewhere, who would love nothing more than to see her boy again HEIKKI Yes. She’s very proud of her son, who works for the largest export firm on ceres. Who sends her scrip and small gifts every month AVASARALA Proud, indeed. HEIKKI I understand, madam. We all have our duty. SHED Paj was lookin’forward to kickin’ my ass at ping-pong with his new arm. AMOS Great.we’ll wait here ALEX Hate being’ the bad news bull, but the airlock’s done. All cherries. HOLDEN Then we’ll have to vent the ship NAOMI We’ll lose all the oxygen in the cabin , probably an hour”s worth. And I can’t vouch for the ship staying intact when we re-pressurize. HOLDEN Everything depends on fixing that radio. We’re wasting time AMOS There you go, calling the shots again HOLDEN I’m going outside. You git a problem with that ? NAOMI Amos, go with him. At least one of you will know what you’re doing. SHED Don’t do it ! we open those doors and we’re done. The ship’ll crack apart, I’m telling you ! HOLDEN Shed HOLDEN Listen to me ! we’re alla gonna die if we air out. Look at me ! you’re in shock . you know the symptoms. Breathe. Deep. Do it. Okay, not that deep. We’re conserving, right ? There. You chilled ? now we’re going out to fix that antenna, and we’re gonna make some noise and get rescued. I swear it . could’ve been worse AMOS It can always be worse… Okay it’s worse. NAOMI Alex, send me some juice to E-12. Alex. Alex ! ALEX Yeah. E-12. You got it. NAOMI You doin’ okay over there ? ALEX Like dew in the mornin’. HOLDEN Shit ! you’re an earther. And I don’t even know where you’re from. That was funny ? AMOS Probably gonna be space trash in a few hours and you wanna start a friendship ? HOLDEN If you don’t think we have a chance, what are you doing up here ? AMOS Naomi said help you , so that’s what I’m doing. Far as I’m concerned, she’s ‘cap’ right now HOLDEN What’s the story with you two ? you … an item ? AMOS Item ? HOLDEN Hey. None of my business. I didn’t mean… AMOS You think I’m pretty stupid, don’t you ? well, you’re right . I can take apart a core and put it back together, eyes shut.. but ask me if I should shove you off this bucket right now, and I can’t figure out a good reason, why I should… or shouldn’t. except … naomi wouldn’t like that. Pass me the torch. MILLER Must be my week. New earth partner. Drawing all the “hot” cases… JOON Expected you an hour ago MILLER Long hoof from the medina. Sir. JOON This isn’t about aesthetics, gentlemen… it’s an attack on the very ecosystem of our station. Some belters clearly don’t respect the green space’s role in recycling the air and the water. JOON Not to mention the embarrassment it causes the governor. HAVELOCK You seem sure it was belters. JOON Criminals here tend to be. HAVELOCK I see JOON You’re new here, aren’t you ? MILLER We’ll get right on it, sir. HAVELOCK Maybe if everyone on ceres had this view… they’d respect it more. JOON There. Now you can make your own view. SHED Alex ? NAOMI What’s going on up there ? Alex ! what are you doing ? ALEX Bringin’ her home… home. Only one rotation more… short run to Ganymede… don’t be like that… I’m comin’ home… NAOMI What’s wrong with him ? SHED He’s hypoxic. His breather’s crapping out. NAOMI Damnit. How long can he hold on ? SHED Dunno. Coupl’ a minutes. We’re losing him ! HOLDEN We’re coming back in NAOMI Negative. We don’t have enough oxygen to vent again. Shed take care of him ! do something ! SHED Suck it in ! It’s all gonna be good. All good. NAOMI Amos, move you esses out there ! SHED Don’t look at it. Think about something else. Nude vixens. Swingin’your kid on a … swing or something’ ALEX You’re trying to distract me. SHED Hey, did I ever tell you how I go my medical cert ? AMOS You’re mother was a… HOLDEN Get another one from the ladar. How’s alex doing ? NAOMI He’s hanging in there HOLDEN What does that mean ? NAOMI Means he’s hanging in there ! focus. HOLDEN Shed you got this ? shed ? nobody else dies today … NAOMI Holden, we’re between a rock and a rock here. If we don’t get that radio back, we all die. Today HOLDEN Move it ! SHED Help… please… HOLDEN Now ? NAOMI No carrier. HOLDEN Piece of shit ! AMOS Third’s always my lucky one… NAOMI We have connection ! HOLDEN Pressurize ! SHED … hell did you do to me ? ALEX You saved my hide, podna. SHED Easy, we don’t have a “safe word” AVASARALA Ebby’s birthday is this week. Don’t forget again. ERRINWRIGHT What do you need from me, chrisjen ? AVASARALA And remember… stargazer lilies are not the same as orchids. ERRINWRIGHT You forget I learned all my tricks from you . “disarm, then attack” “paralyze with a smile” … AVASARALA I don’t know what you’re talking about. I need him sent to luna for deeper interrogation. ERRINWRIGHT Let the team here go another round, they’ll break him. I have a budget, chrisjen, already shot to hell and unlike you, I have to grovel and promise and deliver, to get re-appointed. AVASARALA this concerns me , how ? ERRINWRIGHT You’re two heartbeats away from running the government of this planet … yet you’re accountable to no one. How does that happen ? AVASARALA Very carefully. Listen to me. This boy isn’t some hapless smuggler. I believe the opa may be trying to obtain first-strike stealth weapons. ERRINWRIGHT Not everything is an opa plot. And if earth can’t afford a stealth program, how can a bunch of rock tossers ? AVASARALA They can’t. unless they’ve found a new friend. Like mars . ERRINWRIGHT Or… maybe you worry too much? A cold war is a bloodless war. Mutual distrust… and complete co-dependence. Non one wants that to change… east of all mars. AVASARALA That’s another thing : I wanr every martian weapons facility under a microscope ERRINWRIGHT Perhaps once in a while, you could phrase that as a request. AVASARALA Perhaps I could. So, we’re good on luna… so, how doaes marlon like university ? ERRINWRIGHT Still calls his mother every night AVASARALA Good boy. ERRINWRIGHT Your belter will like the gravity on luna better. AVASARALA That’s the only thing he’ll like. I’m afraid for him. ERRINWRIGHT Heaven help your enemies. AVASARALA Heaven help us all if mars and the belt start sharing a tooth brush. A bold move, I’ll give them that. ERRINWRIGHT What ? AVASARALA I think your cold war is over. This is something new… HOLDEN How’s the radio coming ? NAOMI Antenna’s working . but our signal’s still too weak. SHED Which Means… ? ALEX Any sos we send out is gonna be a whisper, and we need a shout. HOLDEN So we get around it AMOS Ladar modulator NAOMI It’s fried. SHED This just gets better and better. SHED So we just blew an hour of air for radio that doesn’t even work ? HOLDEN Can’t we… rig ourselves an amplifier ? make that signal about ? NAOMI … I don’t know. Maybe. AMOS We’de need a crapload of power. NAOMI Take everything apart. Be fast and be careful… we’re inside a balloon with a pin here. If it has a battery , a power-pack, any charge capability.. it goes into a pile. Sorry ; did anyone need a back-rub first ? SHED Even if somone hears our sos… they’re gonna think we’re pirates. ALEX Then let’s hope there’s another caring soul out there. Like ade… SHED Ade ? she’s why we’re in this shit right now… if she hadn’t gone and logged that scopuli call.. HOLDEN You don’t know what you-re talking about, slappy , so if you want to keep your teeth in your month. NAOMI We’re . wasting . air. You want to unburden your soul ? do it on your own time, on the removest chance we get out of this alive. We have enough problems right now. HOLDEN Yes, sir. MILLER You know joon was telling you to go screw yourself. HAVELOCK Jeez, really ? I hadn’t realized that . anyway , I’ve got plans for it.MILLER Not even gonna ask. Your boss lets you wear your colors in the open like that ? AWP WORKER My boss has one just like it. Here’s the one. Feeds the southeast corner of the gardens. MILLER Amateurs. But you gotta admire their stones for hittin’ the park. Where’s the water being diverted ? AWP WORKER Twelfth level, condenser grid. It’s in a warehouse … DIOGO Gut! Gut ! we can sell im ! MILLER Be smart, kid … DIOGO Mi doin all da work, cop MILLER What are you little runts doing stealing up tunnel water ? DIOGO Free sample MILLER All piss and vinegar. Lucky it’s us chasing you and not the greigas. They’d feed you your fingers, for playin’ in their district. DIOGO Da greigas gone, all of dem. Our turf now, sasa ke ? MILLER Where’d the greigas go ? nobody just abandons their turf and leaves it to a bunch of street rats.. HAVELOCK Maybe I’m scaring all the bad guys away . MILLER Yeah, that must be it. Whatever it is, it’s not going to turn out to be good news. See, the griegas were mart, kid.. they siphon a little water, sell it off and nobody’s the wiser. You greedy little bastards screwed the golden goose. DIOGO Schoolin’ me on gangsters, ke ? MILLER That’s right, dirtbag school’s in session. Pick all the pockets you want, roll drunks, but you mess with the water here and you’re going down. Maybe two years on the prison barge will set you straight. DIOGO Do what you gotta do … HAVELOCK Hey … hey ! MILLER Stay away from da awkwa. Tell your friends. HAVELOCK Didn’t see that comin’. MILLER How about that ? ASSISTANT Madam, I apologize for calling so late. There’s been an incident on the shuttle to luna. AVASARALA Go on. ASSISTANT The prisoner wa able to move his head just far enough to avoid the injections from the crash couch… he died several minutes after takeoff. HOLDEN Want to clue us in ? NAOMI This beacon we answered isn’t pirate tech… it’s top grade military stuff . NAOMI There, serial stamp on the main board. Martian congressional navy. ALEX That makes no kind of sense. HOLDEN It makes all kinds of sense. The ship that attacked the cant wasn’t tucked behind that asteroid, it was hiding in plain sight. A stealth ship. Only mars has stealth. ALEX Why would they nuke a civilian ship without warning ? HOLDEN Because they can. SHED What the hell are we tangled up in here ? AMOS Who gives a shit ? let’s stay alive. We’ll worry about mars later. NAOMI Good , so far. ALEX Good signal. Three hours of juice. HOLDEN You did it NAOMI Team effort SHED Well… all we gotta do now is pop a cold beer, and wait to be rescued. DOCK MASTER Nope. Got no record of a razorback on these docks. MILLER No… special section where rich folks store their pleasure craft ? DOCK MASTER On ceres ? not last I heard. Hah. There’s a girl I won’t forget anytime soon. MILLER Why’s that ? DOCK MASTER Few rotations back, some dock-jock was slobbering all over her while she was prepping to ship out. Guy must have muistaken her good manners for encouragement, and when he laid hands on her, goddamn, she planted him in the deck. That girl had skills. MILLER What ship was she leaving on ? DOCK MASTER Scopuli, dumpy old transport. No cargo, just this young lady and a few mates. MILLER I’ll need the ship manifest and transponder logs. DOCK MASTER She in some kind of trouble ? MILLER Probably nothin’ she can’t handle. HOLDEN Alex … ? ALEX Someone heard us… SHED Are they coming ? ALEX Waiting for the bounce back. Ship . en route. HOLDEN How far ALEX Bout eighty thousand clicks. HOLDEN Be a hell of a close shave. NAOMI We’l make it. We’ll make it ! HOLDEN What is it ? ALEX The ship. It’s mars navy… a destroyer.. the donnager. NAOMI … coming to finish the job. AMOS … and we just told ‘em we’re here. BELTER COMMUTER 1 … yesterday , the water ship is late. Today , the ship has gone missing…. Tomorrow… BELTER COMMUTER 2 Amen and amen, beratna…. MILLER Good golly, ms. Mao. You can pick them. MUSS Find your lost heiress yet ? MILLER She’s not on ceres. Her ship went dark after take off… vanished. MUSS The week for vanishing ships. You’d think a rich girl like her woul’ve fixed that birthmark MILLER If it was a birthmark, those parents would have had it fixed. No. it’s a scar. I don’t think she wanted it fixed. MUSS Why’s that ? MILLER It’s … a badge of defiance. Against everything she’s supposed to be. MUSS Wow, she tell you that herself ? MILLER She did . ALEX They’re getting ready to jam us. HOLDEN That doesn’t seem friendly ALEX Standard practice when preparing to board an unknown vessel. HOLDEN I d’on’t like their standard practice. NAOMI Let’s just stay calm here. HOLDEN We’re the only ones who know what happened to the cant. We go into that martian ship and chances are we’re never coming out. Throw the antenna to full broad beam. I want every bit of juice we got. NAOMI What the hell are you doing ? HOLDEN Maybe buying us insurance. Do it ! HOLDEN My name is james Holden, speaking for the five survivors of the Canterbury. Our ship was destroyed answering a bogus sos from a ship called the scopuli. We recovered a false beacon and identified it as martian naval technology, it was a trap …. SHED Are you insane ? now they know we know. They ‘ll kill us NAOMI Shut him down ! HOLDEN We are about to be taken a board the mcrn donnager. Naomi nagata. Alex kamal… NAOMI You don’t speak for us HOLDEN Shed garvey, amos burton. We intend to ccoperate and hope that means we won’t be harmed. AMOS let me smoke him, boss. HOLDEN We’re dead anyway. AMOS Say the word. NAOMI No. HOLDEN … any such action would only confirm the canter bury was destroyed by mars. It just needs to reach one ship, one station. Then it’ll spread. ALEX Don’t count on it … their jammers were in range. HOLDEN Did the message get out ?