Wastelander (2018) Movie Script
[SCI-FI BUZZING
SOUND EFFECTS PLAY]
[SCI-FI AMBIENCE ENSUES]
[SPACE SHIP
WHIRRING SOUND EFFECT]
[LIGHT AND AIRY
SCI-FI AMBIENCE CONTINUES]
[WIND CHIMES SOUND EFFEC AND CLANKING POTS SOUND]
SCOURGE: Hey Dickhole,
get your ass in line.
Back the
fuck off! All of you!
[MELODRAMATIC SCI-FI
AMBIENCE CONTINUES]
[ZAPPING SOUND EFFECT]
DEBILITAS: What brings you
out here Wastelander?
What? You're some kind of
ultra, badass wasteland killer?
We don't like trouble out
here, unless we're the ones
making it.
So answer my question!
RHYOUS:
Eden.
Eden? You speak of the
forbidden paradigm.
Dando the
Usurper has forbidden
the thought, the even mention
of it! Speak not of it again.
Then you're all gonna die.
[STABBING SOUND]
INTENSIFIED
BATTLE MUSIC BEGINS
50'S DANCE MUSIC BEGINS
BACK TO INTENSE MUSIC
[AIRY SCI-FI AMBIENCE
WITH SYNTHESIZERS CONTINUES]
[CLANKING METAL POTS WITH
INTENSIFIED AMBIENCE]
[FIRE BURNING SOUNDS]
SCI-FI SYNTH MUSIC BEGINS
[LASER SHOT!]
SOLEK:
No, no, no, not...
[SCREAMING SOUND EFFECTS]
Whoa, whoa, whoa, I'm not here
to fight, I'm a messenger.
I have a message.
Benedict wants to see you.
You've got the wrong guy.
I don't think so, my shitbags
here heard you talking about
Eden.
Then you will all die.
No don't... Hey heyyyyy!
C'mon you already
killed one of my men.
A likely scenario when you
ambush a man in his sleep.
Just... would you just...
would ya fuckin' listen to me?
Benedict has
information about Eden.
THUG: Ahhhhhh, ahhhh,
ahhhh, ahhhh, ahhh!
Who's this Benedict guy?
I work for him. He hires
mercs to go on expeditions.
You know what... I don't... I don't
give a fuck if you come or not.
What kind of expeditions?
I don't know, tech
kind of expeditions.
What's tech got to do with it?
I don't know,
you'll have to talk to him.
If this is a trick...
Well, you know how it ends.
Boys! Let's get the
fuck outta here.
DRAMATIC DRIVING
SYNTH MUSIC BEGINS
[MUSIC SLOWS DOWN]
[BREATHING SOUND
EFFECT IN DISTANCE]
Ah, welcome Wastelander.
Please excuse my current state.
Glad we were able
to bring you here.
My name is Caldwell Benedict.
I am the local doctor, as well
as acting regent of
this crude settlement.
Doctor...
What are you doing,
experiments on your self?
Indeed.
What is your name friend?
Rhyous.
Rhyous? A curious name,
if not slightly pre war-ish.
Your guy told me that
you have information about Eden.
What you know is what I know.
I brought you here in hopes that
we can work together.
An expedition, I know,
but I work alone and I have no
reason to trust you.
And I have no more
reason to trust you, but I'm a
civilized man and I hope
that you are as well.
I've killed people just
for knowing what I'm up to.
Assuming that we are both fairly
civilized, this has to make
sense to you as well.
You have talents and I the
resources.
It would be foolish to pass up
my offer.
I came here just to
exchange information,
you couldn't possibly have
anything else that I need.
You will listen
to me first. Then I decide.
You do not want to
play this game with me.
Then listen very carefully.
You are trying to find the ruins
of Eden, as am I.
For whatever reason there are
Scourge in the wasteland that
also seek it.
They are barbarians,
and must not find it first.
If they are barbarians,
then they won't find the hole in
their asses.
You want something
specific that's there, right?
Knowledge, of course.
It is the last known
undiscovered remnant of the old
world, as well as the epitome of
human evolution.
The tech is the key to our
salvation.
Ridiculous.
Humanity is on it's last
limbs, since the Final War,
we have not made any
progress whatsoever towards
restoring civilization.
Instead, we've regressed
further into savagery.
And you have the solution...
A step in the right direction
rather. The scourge would
pillage the tech, or worse, use
it to destroy themselves and the
rest of humanity.
If we are to be responsible men,
we must prevent such cataclysm
from happening.
Bullshit.
Especially coming
from a cyber-cripple.
Don't be a fool Rhyous.
The wasteland needs leadership.
Sure. Just don't kill yourself
trying to make that happen.
You will regret this.
SYNTH POP MUSIC PLAYS
I know what you're
thinkin'....And I agree.
This is bullshit. If you ask me,
it's not worth my men getting
their asses kicked for a
second time! I'll just say...
I never saw you.
[GUNSHOT!]
Ambush!
Goddamn scourgers.
It's one guy.
All my guys are dead.
He's low on ammo. You
draw his fire, I'll flank him.
You fuckin' crazy?
Alright, I'll draw his
fire, you flank him.
Ehhh.
I thought so.
[DRAMATIC AMBIENCE AND
CLANKING OF METAL POTS]
CINEMATIC MUSIC WITH
SYNTHESIZERS CONTINUES
[GUNSHOT]
(he groans)
[QUIET EXCEPT FOR MUSIC]
Ahhhhhh!! Ah ha... ugh.
Fuck! Ahhhh. That plan sucked!
You're not even hit.
Ugh fuckin' burns, I'm hit.
Did you get a look at that guy?
I was too busy fucking
protecting my head from his
bullets.
Looked like some sort
of pre war Inquisitor.
Hey! Wait! Where you goin'?
Don't follow me.
I see you again, I kill you.
[DRAMATIC SYNTH BANG
SOUND EFFECT]
PROSPECTOR: Like I told ya,
I'll trade ya for canned
rations, or gunpowder, or a
clean fuckin' towel if ya got
got one.
CRICHTON:
It's of no use to you old man.
Maybe not, but it's of some
use to you, so trade me for a
fuckin' towel or somethin'
You can have that coin.
Coin? A fuckin' coin? What kind
of dickery you tryin' to pull?
[GUNSHOT SOUND EFFECT]
[LIGHT AND AIRY SYMPHONIC
SYNTH AMBIENCE BEGINS]
[WIND AND HIS GAGGING]
[AMBIENCE FADES IN THEN
INTENSIFIES WITH OMINOUS SOUNDS]
HILDENSTERN:
That helmet...
I never knew the
man by his face
only the aftermath
of his destruction
and the water boss
doesn't suit your style.
It's a bold move to make an
enemy of Dando and the Scourge.
I am Hildenstern, the Cyber.
I swear no allegiance to
decadent vermin.
I took this bounty in the name
of glory.
[SUSPENSEFUL AMBIENCE SOUNDS]
[STATIC SOUNDS]
[HIT]
DRAMATIC, DARK MUSIC
(he screams)
[AMIDST THE SOUND OF SPURTING]
[ENGINE REVVING SOUND EFFECT]
[LIGHT AND AIRY DRAMATIC
AMBIENCE CONTINUES]
[HEAVY SYNTHESIZER
SOUNDS AND CHIMES FADE IN]
[CHIMES CONTINUE]
KROGNAR:
[ROARING SOUND EFFECT]
[HIGH PITCHED MACHINE
WHIRRING SOUND EFFECT]
So you still gonna kill me?
Yeah.
So try not to die until then.
KROGNAR:
[ROARING]
SCOURGER:
Oh, this is gonna be good.
[ROARING SOUND EFFECT]
SUSPENSEFUL CINEMATIC
MUSIC CONTINUES
[GRUNTING AND GROANING SOUNDS]
[ROARING SOUND CONTINUES]
DRAMATIC MUSIC
[LOUD ROAR]
SCOURGER:
That's how it's fuckin' done!
[ROARING SOUND EFFECT]
CINEMATIC BATTLE MUSIC
[FIGHT SOUNDS]
CINEMATIC BATTLE
MUSIC CONTINUES
[SLICING SOUND]
SCOURGER #2:
Ah, come on...
[ROBOTIC SOUND EFFECTS ENSUE]
What the fuck is wrong with him?
Un-fucking-believeable.
[SLICE SOUND]
[MECHANICAL
WHIRRING/GRINDING SOUNDS]
Kill these fucks!
Ahhh!
[LASER SHOOTING SOUNDS]
Let's get the hell out of here!
[CLANKING METAL
POTS SOUND EFFECT]
SCOURGER #3:
Ahhh! Uhhh! Ahhh...
[PISTOL SHOT SOUND]
[LASER BLASTS SOUND EFFECT]
[CLANKING METAL POTS SOUND]
DRAMATIC SYNTH MUSIC
Smells like burnt
colon in there.
Why are you following me?
'Cuz I'm
watching your six, dickhole.
Just stay out of trouble.
[CLANKING POTS]
Fuck this, let's get
the fuck out of here.
DURAN:
You've been followed.
What do you want Wastelander?
Who the hell are you?
I'm nobody to you.
You're the fucking
guy who shot my men!
Thought you were scourgers,
but I saved your asses too.
So we're even.
What's with the Inquisitor gear?
Took it from a dead man.
[DRUM SOUND EFFECTS BEGIN]
Damn that rail gun.
They're gonna try and keep us
pinned.
Why don't we just fall back?
They'll bury us.
Cover me, I'm gonna make for the
rail gun, flush 'em down the
middle, you guys do the rest.
INTENSIFIED DRAMATIC
ELECTRONIC MUSIC BEGINS
[LASER BLASTS SOUND EFFECT]
[LASER BLASTS SOUND EFFECTS
AND SYNTH MUSIC CONTINUE]
That was a good
fight Wastelander.
Name's Duran.
You like killing Scourgers I
could use an extra guy or two.
Who do you work for?
No one, I'm on a hunt
to eradicate the Scourge.
You serious?
They destroyed my life long ago,
and they're an enemy to the
human race.
It's not my fight, I just
thought you might know something
about the Inquisitors.
Inquisitors?
If you don't know,
don't worry about it.
If you say so...
anyway what I was say...-
Solek will stay and help you.
Whoa, what?
He's not comin' with me.
Hold on, Rhyous!
Alright, it's settled.
You can't leave me with here
with that fucking psychopath.
You're not coming with me.
What have I done, but help you?
It's not so bad, he doesn't
want to kill you like I do.
This is bullshit man, bullshit!
We're done talkin'.
MELANCHOLY INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC
UPBEAT GRUNGE
ROCK SCI-FI MUSIC
SUPERVISOR: Hey fuckface, what
d'ya think you're doin' here?
Trade for water.
[LAUGHS SOUND EFFECT]
Trade for water?
Kill this waster fuck!
Do you really want to do this?
No, fuck, no. Take as much as
you want, you want the water,
take it. Take it.
UPBEAT GRUNGE
ROCK SCI-FI MUSIC
DECREPID: Wastelander.
Just passin' through?
It's a long road.
Maybe you'd like a
little fine refreshment? A man
just cannot live on food, water,
and pain medicine alone. A man
like you... You need the finer
things in life.
Peddle your wares elsewhere.
I'm talkin' about pussy!
Fine. Tight. Young. Tasty.
Pussy. You want a little
put inside?
Why so secretive?
I am a connoisseur.
I'm a man of taste.
And I don't want the Scourge
to befoul my little yum-yums.
Show me what you got.
I got a light-haired one,
and I got a dark haired one.
And look at this, huh?
No scars on her face. Haha!
Nice and healthy.
Smile for the man.
Show him those pretty teeth.
Look at this one, aren't those
tasty, huh?
Young and plump.
And if they don't treat you
the way you deserve, I'm going
to beat their fucking faces in.
GIRLS:
[SNIFFLING SOUND EFFECT]
I'll take them both.
Well that's very expensive.
I got you covered.
Up.
[CRYING SOUND EFFECT]
You are a fine, upstanding
gentleman, so I think I'm
going to extend to you a line of
credit, but if you don't pay,
these gentlemen here
will pay you a little visit.
[SLICE SOUNDS and
LASER BEAM SOUND EFFECT]
SCOURGE GUARD:
Don't be a fuckin' pussy!
That's the guy!
Goddamnit, what guy?
- The guy!
- What fuckin' guy?
The guy who killed our boys!
[STABBING SOUND with GROAN]
Shit!
Get him!
CINEMATIC BATTLE MUSIC BEGINS
[FIGHT SOUNDS]
TRISH:
Neve!
[WIND CHIMES SOUND EFFECT]
NEVE:
Wait, where you going?
They'll be sure to send
reinforcements after this
spectacle.
You've got enough guns
here to fight them off.
Or you could just
bail out of town.
We're not bailing
anywhere, this is our town.
And you got it back.
None of this is my problem.
We could use the extra gun.
The girls are dead weight in a
fire fight.
Sounds like they're
slowing you down.
They're gonna try
to come take back the water.
Fuck that guy
Neve, he's a dick!
He's kind of a badass,
we could use his help.
Take what you need, and leave.
Don't get killed over this well.
If it was just me, I would, but
I got them to look out for.
We're no better
off in the Wasteland.
Do what you must,
but I can't stay.
Just stay overnight at
least. If we're prepared, we
can probably manage.
You girls are gonna need
to toughen up sooner or later.
I know you're tired, and some
extra water won't hurt.
[CRICKET SOUND EFFECTS]
[BIRDS CHIRPING SOUND EFFECT]
Hey.
Slipping outta here,
huh? Where ya headed?
Saw a scrapyard on my way here,
a little ways to the west.
Thought I'd try to
find something useful.
Mind if I tag along?
Workin' on a nano-splicer,
could use some parts for it.
I suppose.
[HEAVY WINDS SOUND EFFECT]
LIGHT SYMPHONIC MUSIC BEGINS
[LIGHT BUZZING SOUND EFFECT]
[MUFFLED VOICES FROM AFAR]
SUSPENSEFUL SYNTH MUSIC BEGINS
JUNK DEALER: That bit, you know
there's good stuff inside there. Huh?
Right inside there, you can
see it... Okay....Hmmm.
For sure.
You can tell there's plenty
of things to use here.
This, uh, some sorta
neural... modification...
Messiah Corporation!
[TRUCK WHEELS WHIR]
Pre-War.
An exercise in futility
Crichton. You're wasting your
time, and more
importantly, mine.
CRICHTON:
I can kill you easily.
You exist because of me!
You're different from your
predecessors. If technology
allows us to defy and surpass
our creators, then that should
be the natural order of things.
One cannot expect to procure
anything of value from filthy
peddlers such as this.
Are you... you sure you
don't want anything?
I'll give you a discount.
[PISTOL SHOT]
[ROBOTIC LIKE COUGHING SOUND]
[CINEMATIC AMBIENCE SOUNDS]
You know what will
happen without the tech.
Thanks for walking me back.
Hey, uh, I was thinkin'.
If those guys back there decide
to make it up this way, maybe
I should stay here tonight.
If it's alright with you.
Stay as long as you'd like.
Here.
For your nano-splicer.
You can use the actuators.
You know a little about
everything don't you?
[OMINOUS AMBIENCE ENSUES]
Rhyous?
Thanks.
[WIND SOUND]
[DRUM SOUND EFFECT]
Hey Neve? NEVE!
[DRUMMING SOUND
EFFECT CONTINUES]
What's goin' on?
God damnit. Hold your fire.
SOLEK:
[GRUNTING]
I got shot for
real this time!
It's nothing,
just like last time.
Aaaaah. Aaaaah.
[GROANING SOUND
EFFECTS CONTINUE]
We gotta... we gotta go back
for Duran. Oh, shit. Fuck.
What is this?
Drink it.
Ugh!
Ack, fuckin' mouth is on fire!
Drink it!
Whoa-whoa-whoa what are you
doing? AAAAAAHHHHH FUCK!!
Ahh, you bitches from
hell! AAAAAAHHHHHH Fuck.
Are you serious? Fuckin'
psycho? Ahhh. Ow. Duran!
He's pinned down
a ways from here.
Who's Duran?
Some waster bent on
killing Scourge for some reason.
You have to help.
The Scourgers are headed
this way.
How far?
I don't know, like maybe
half a day, I'm not sure.
Where?
Aah, just over the ridge,
right where the fork ends.
I know where that is.
Let's go.
No. I'll go, you stay
here and help Solek.
Trish and Raven
can help your friend.
I'm not taking the main road,
I'll go much faster on my own.
I won't slow you down,
and you'll need the extra gun
when you get there.
Fine.
Rhyous.
Try not to
lose it this time.
[AIRY SYNTH AMBIENCE]
[LASER BEAM SOUND EFFECTS]
[LIGHT OMINOUS SCI-FI AMBIENCE]
We found Solek
limping through the desert.
So he's alive?
Yeah.
Where is he now?
My friends are
taking care of him.
I need him up on his
feet as soon as possible.
He's shot in the leg,
he's gonna need some
time to rest.
We don't really have time to
rest, Miss. And if I were you,
I'd be makin' plans to get as
far away from here as possible.
We can hold
off whatever Scourge.
A large legion is due in this
area, and they're looking to
make examples of
anybody they run into.
Word is they lost contact
with some slavers at a water
outpost nearby.
They sent some
scouts to check on it
but it's only a matter of time
before Dando realizes the scouts
haven't returned.
Dando the Usurper?
Are you sure?
I would count on it. Take me to
Solek and we'll be on our way.
What do you need Solek for?
He's my spotter.
I'll be your spotter.
You sure you know
what you're getting into?
I have a
pretty good guess.
There's still the matter of
finding the bastion before their
scouts are due back.
SUSPENSEFUL CINEMATIC MUSIC
Don't get soft.
[LASER BEAMS SOUND EFFECTS]
MERCHANT:
[MOANING SOUND EFFEC Fuck you!
SUSPENSEFUL DRAMATIC
ELECTRONIC MUSIC CONTINUES
DRAMATIC MUSIC CONTINUES
SUSPENSEFUL DRAMATIC
MUSIC CONTINUES
[COLD WIND SOUNDS]
SYNTH POP DANCE MUSIC
SYNTH POP
DANCE MUSIC CONTINUES
[MUSIC CONTINUES,
LIGHT CHATTER IN BACKGROUND]
SYNTH POP
DANCE MUSIC CONTINUES
[ROARING ENGINES SOUND EFFECT]
[DRAMATIC CINEMATIC
AMBIENCE CONTINUES]
[DRAMATIC SYNTH
AMBIENCE CONTINUES]
[OMINOUS AMBIENCE CONTINUES]
(no whispering can be heard)
[DRAMATIC AMBIENCE]
DRAMATIC
CINEMATIC MUSIC BEGINS
Duran.
What is it?
Those guys back there...
We don't have time
to think about that.
[CINEMATIC DRUM BEAT SOUNDS]
[CINEMATIC BEATS CONTINUE]
DANDO: We have a new enemy.
A Wastelander.
SCOURGER DON:
Don't worry my liege.
We'll find this asshole
and turn him into paste.
[HARD THUMP SOUND EFFECT]
This man is far more
dangerous than the Inquisitor,
you failed to kill! He already
took out Krognar, he already
took out Hildenstern, and I know
many of you are only good up
against unarmed women.
He took out Hildenstern the
Cyber with a fucking knife!
And he's coming this way.
Word has it that this impudent
heretic is in search for
the Forbidden Paradigm.
Many of you will die. So prepare
yourselves for a fucking war.
What do we do?
Wait and see.
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[OMINOUS SCI-FI AMBIENCE]
[ROARING SOUND EFFECT]
[SYNTHESIZER SOUNDS ENSUE]
[ROARING SOUND EFFECT]
[MECHANICAL
WHIRRING AND BUZZING]
[BASS HEAVY SYNTHESIZERS PLAY]
[ROBOT BEEPING SOUND EFFECT]
[A MIX OF ROBOT SOUNDS
ROARS AND FIGHT SOUNDS]
We should do something.
Thin them out.
The guard up on the
tower, you see him?
I see him. You ready for this?
Do it.
[GUNSHOT SOUND EFFECT]
3 meters to the left,
see him coming up?
There's four mo-, no, six
more, coming through the gate.
Riflemen to the left.
Fuck it.
Huh? Eh!
[LASER BEAM SOUND
EFFECTS CONTINUE]
[CHOKING SOUND EFFECT]
[FIGHT SOUNDS CONTINUE]
Your meddling has caused me
great grief Wastelander.
All of which could have been
avoided had your men just given
me the information I needed.
You seek an evil that
must not be brought back.
Ancient dogma led to war,
destruction. And eventually,
extinction.
That's a bit heavy.
I know you search for
Eden, but do you even know what
it is?
Suppose I don't?
It's merely a concept.
It's to keep human-kind in
line. It's no promised land.
And yet,
somehow it's a threat to you?
The Forbidden Paradigm is a
threat to all of the Wasteland.
Which you've already
conquered. And pillaged.
I united the land.
The weak do nothing to
rebuild the world.
They only squander what is left.
It is only logical we
usurp what we must.
You're talking madness.
Ancient apocrypha
have no place in our world.
Unless we wish to make
the same mistakes, humanity must
begin anew.
Under your rule...
I see how it is.
[FIGHT SOUNDS]
COMPUTER VOICE:
Initializing cryogenic sequence.
I will have my fun
with you later.
Override denied.
Denied.
Denied. Denied.
[CINEMATIC AMBIENCE ENSUES]
[HIS BREATHING]
[CINEMATIC AMBIENCE CONTINUES]
Miranda.
Duran.
Why have you done this?
It's not so simple.
You remember what they did?
Those that have wronged us
have paid, the rest are mere
beasts to be tamed.
You sound like one of them.
I am one of them!
You were once somebody else.
Those days are gone.
And you, you come
here to kill me?
Precisely.
[RICOCHET SOUNDS]
[STABBING SOUND]
[OMINOUS AMBIENCE]
[LASER BEAM SOUND EFFECTS WITH
DRAMATIC AMBIENCE BEGIN]
[FIGHT SOUNDS]
[ENGINE STARTING SOUND EFFECT]
[CRUNCHING SOUND]
[SCREAMING SOUND EFFECT]
(she screams)
SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC FADES IN
[CHASE SOUNDS - MOTORCYCLES,
BUGGYS, TRUCKS, ETC]
[LASER BEAM SOUND EFFECTS AND
SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC CONTINUES]
[CHAOTIC FIGH AND CHASE SOUNDS]
SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC
WITH SYNTHESIZER PLAYS
[GRUNTS, FIGHTING]
[ROBOT-LIKE
SCREAMING SOUND EFFECT]
[ATMOSPHERIC SCI-FI AMBIENCE]
Out of gas! Let's move!
Neve.
What is it?
How far back can you remember?
What do you mean?
You don't remember
the Old World?
Before the wars?
That was before my lifetime.
How old do you think you are?
How are you supposed to
measure something like that?
In years...
Years? How long is a years?
Twelve months.
How many minutes is that?
365 days.
Why 365?
That's how long it takes the
earth to go around the sun.
There's leap year with an
extra day every four year...
How do you not know this?
No timing on machines....
But, I guess to answer
your question, I would say,
probably about the same number
of years, whatever you call it,
as you.
I don't think so.
Well, what, how
old do I look to you?
I have no idea.
That's why I'm asking.
Bullshit, that's not why.
I want to know how
old I look to you?
How the hell am I supposed
to answer that when you don't
even know what a year is?
You just told me its 365 days.
With a leap year every four.
Yeah, sure. So what is it?
Am I too old or too young?
For what?
I don't know, nevermind.
Nevermind?
Yeah. Just drop it already.
You better head
back in the morning.
I'm gonna go on alone from here.
I'll check up on you later.
[DRAMATIC SCI-FI AMBIENCE
WITH SYNTHESIZERS CONTINUES]
[LIGHT AIRY ELECTRONIC AMBIENCE]
[BUZZING SOUND EFFECT]
[MECHANICAL DOOR OPENING SOUND]
[ELECTRONIC
AMBIENCE CONTINUES]
COMPUTER:
Welcome.
Messiah Corporation. We
have your salvation solutions.
LIGHT AIRY
ELECTRONIC MUSIC CONTINUES
MUSIC GETS MORE DRAMATIC
[COMPUTER SOUNDS]
I know this place.
C.A.I.N: Yes sir, you
are a former resident.
Where am I?
You are in Messiah Corporation
Arc 257, and you've just
logged on to the E.D.E.N
simulation program.
Who are you?
A 3-dimensional avatar
designated for human interaction
A VR program....
I'm the Central
Artificial Intelligence Node.
CAIN for short.
You can change my
appearance, voice, or gender,
in the options menu.
The simulated reality
offers an unprecedented
sensory stimulation.
In time, it becomes
indistinguishable from reality.
Of course.
What's the purpose?
To make the prospect of
indefinite cryogenic sleep more
pleasant.
So they knew the
end of days were coming.
It was prophesized
in the early 24th century.
This shelter was built to ensure
the survival of its members.
What happened to me?
That information is
classified. But, in a few
moments you will
recall the override.
They only saved themselves.
It would have been impossible to
obtain enough resources to save
the masses.
There was another purpose
for this simulated reality.
Override Solidor 766 Delta.
Confirmed.
Suggestive implementation.
Explain.
A process in which all
combat and survival training
ever documented, are recorded
into the subjects mind during
hibernation.
Did I know of this?
You were the creator.
Me? Why did I leave the shelter?
Because you did not
take to the process.
What do you mean?
A lucid awareness made further
implementation impossible.
The only solution was to purge
and start the process on the
next subject.
How come I can't remember any of
this, and yet I remember all the
codes?
I would attribute the
selective memory loss due to the
fact that gestation stopped at
83%. Your memory was erased and
then repurposed in
fragments at random.
No shit.
You were aware of this
possibility when you went in.
Why?
Because eternal cryogenic
sleep is equally damning.
The Messiah Corporation needed a
savior, one that could travel to
the surface and tame the land
so the others could follow.
[AIRY SCI-FI AMBIENCE ENSUES]
[CAR DRIVING SOUND]
[CAR CAN BE HEARD
UNDER THE SYNTH MUSIC]
[LASER SHOT]
[CLINK OF HIS SPURS]
[DRAMATIC SCI-FI
AMBIENCE CONTINUES]
[EERIE AMBIENCE]
If the human race is to
survive this calamity, then it
is imperative men like us
prevent the Scourge from being
the sole progenitors
of the human race.
It was conflicting nonsensical
dogma that destroyed the Old
World.
Be that as it may.
We must rely on ourselves
and our creations.
ELECTRONIC
SYNTHESIZER MUSIC BEGINS
The ability to manipulate and
perfect the human genome has
rendered the
belief in god obsolete.
If you're talking about
E.D.E.N. I don't care.
I'll give you all the codes,
you can have everything that's
there, just let us go.
I do not need the
codes, I already cracked the
security,
there's nothing there of value.
You are here for one reason.
This is your last chance Rhyous.
Join me, or die!
I already said no.
And threatening to kill me
doesn't usually end well.
This is why I like you and why
you should join me Rhyous.
We are men of a superior breed.
We are meant to work together.
The only desire that you
have is to live forever.
Naturally.
Do you really think
this world has any hope if
we do not take charge,
or any sort of initiative?
No. The foolish masses
are meant to be led by us.
The centuries of breathing
through a hose has turned you
into a narcissistic madman.
Then, unfortunately
you will have to die Rhyous.
Bring it.
HEAVY DRAMATIC
SYNTHESIZER MUSIC BEGINS
[SOUND EFFECTS OF STRUGGLE]
Ugh! Uh.
Ugh!!!
CINEMATIC MUSIC INTENSIFIES
[STRUGGLE SOUNDS RESUME]
[BAM!]
[PISTOL SHOT]
[MUSIC STARTS TO SLOWLY FADE
INTO DRAMATIC AMBIENT SOUNDS]
[STABBING SOUND]
(breathing is heard)
[ROBOTIC
MALFUNCTIONING SOUND EFFECT]
[GUSHING LIQUID SOUND EFFECT]
[SYMPHONIC
INSTRUMENTAL AMBIENCE ENSUES]
[CRYING SOUND EFFECT]
[COUGHING AND STRUGGLED
BREATHING SOUND EFFECT]
[MELANCHOLY AMBIENCE WITH
SYNTHESIZER SOUNDS ENSUES]
MELANCHOLY
ELECTRONIC MUSIC ENSUES
[CINEMATIC SOUND EFFECTS]
[CLICK SOUND]
ELECTRONIC MUSIC FADES IN
UPBEAT ELECTRONIC MUSIC
SOUND EFFECTS PLAY]
[SCI-FI AMBIENCE ENSUES]
[SPACE SHIP
WHIRRING SOUND EFFECT]
[LIGHT AND AIRY
SCI-FI AMBIENCE CONTINUES]
[WIND CHIMES SOUND EFFEC AND CLANKING POTS SOUND]
SCOURGE: Hey Dickhole,
get your ass in line.
Back the
fuck off! All of you!
[MELODRAMATIC SCI-FI
AMBIENCE CONTINUES]
[ZAPPING SOUND EFFECT]
DEBILITAS: What brings you
out here Wastelander?
What? You're some kind of
ultra, badass wasteland killer?
We don't like trouble out
here, unless we're the ones
making it.
So answer my question!
RHYOUS:
Eden.
Eden? You speak of the
forbidden paradigm.
Dando the
Usurper has forbidden
the thought, the even mention
of it! Speak not of it again.
Then you're all gonna die.
[STABBING SOUND]
INTENSIFIED
BATTLE MUSIC BEGINS
50'S DANCE MUSIC BEGINS
BACK TO INTENSE MUSIC
[AIRY SCI-FI AMBIENCE
WITH SYNTHESIZERS CONTINUES]
[CLANKING METAL POTS WITH
INTENSIFIED AMBIENCE]
[FIRE BURNING SOUNDS]
SCI-FI SYNTH MUSIC BEGINS
[LASER SHOT!]
SOLEK:
No, no, no, not...
[SCREAMING SOUND EFFECTS]
Whoa, whoa, whoa, I'm not here
to fight, I'm a messenger.
I have a message.
Benedict wants to see you.
You've got the wrong guy.
I don't think so, my shitbags
here heard you talking about
Eden.
Then you will all die.
No don't... Hey heyyyyy!
C'mon you already
killed one of my men.
A likely scenario when you
ambush a man in his sleep.
Just... would you just...
would ya fuckin' listen to me?
Benedict has
information about Eden.
THUG: Ahhhhhh, ahhhh,
ahhhh, ahhhh, ahhh!
Who's this Benedict guy?
I work for him. He hires
mercs to go on expeditions.
You know what... I don't... I don't
give a fuck if you come or not.
What kind of expeditions?
I don't know, tech
kind of expeditions.
What's tech got to do with it?
I don't know,
you'll have to talk to him.
If this is a trick...
Well, you know how it ends.
Boys! Let's get the
fuck outta here.
DRAMATIC DRIVING
SYNTH MUSIC BEGINS
[MUSIC SLOWS DOWN]
[BREATHING SOUND
EFFECT IN DISTANCE]
Ah, welcome Wastelander.
Please excuse my current state.
Glad we were able
to bring you here.
My name is Caldwell Benedict.
I am the local doctor, as well
as acting regent of
this crude settlement.
Doctor...
What are you doing,
experiments on your self?
Indeed.
What is your name friend?
Rhyous.
Rhyous? A curious name,
if not slightly pre war-ish.
Your guy told me that
you have information about Eden.
What you know is what I know.
I brought you here in hopes that
we can work together.
An expedition, I know,
but I work alone and I have no
reason to trust you.
And I have no more
reason to trust you, but I'm a
civilized man and I hope
that you are as well.
I've killed people just
for knowing what I'm up to.
Assuming that we are both fairly
civilized, this has to make
sense to you as well.
You have talents and I the
resources.
It would be foolish to pass up
my offer.
I came here just to
exchange information,
you couldn't possibly have
anything else that I need.
You will listen
to me first. Then I decide.
You do not want to
play this game with me.
Then listen very carefully.
You are trying to find the ruins
of Eden, as am I.
For whatever reason there are
Scourge in the wasteland that
also seek it.
They are barbarians,
and must not find it first.
If they are barbarians,
then they won't find the hole in
their asses.
You want something
specific that's there, right?
Knowledge, of course.
It is the last known
undiscovered remnant of the old
world, as well as the epitome of
human evolution.
The tech is the key to our
salvation.
Ridiculous.
Humanity is on it's last
limbs, since the Final War,
we have not made any
progress whatsoever towards
restoring civilization.
Instead, we've regressed
further into savagery.
And you have the solution...
A step in the right direction
rather. The scourge would
pillage the tech, or worse, use
it to destroy themselves and the
rest of humanity.
If we are to be responsible men,
we must prevent such cataclysm
from happening.
Bullshit.
Especially coming
from a cyber-cripple.
Don't be a fool Rhyous.
The wasteland needs leadership.
Sure. Just don't kill yourself
trying to make that happen.
You will regret this.
SYNTH POP MUSIC PLAYS
I know what you're
thinkin'....And I agree.
This is bullshit. If you ask me,
it's not worth my men getting
their asses kicked for a
second time! I'll just say...
I never saw you.
[GUNSHOT!]
Ambush!
Goddamn scourgers.
It's one guy.
All my guys are dead.
He's low on ammo. You
draw his fire, I'll flank him.
You fuckin' crazy?
Alright, I'll draw his
fire, you flank him.
Ehhh.
I thought so.
[DRAMATIC AMBIENCE AND
CLANKING OF METAL POTS]
CINEMATIC MUSIC WITH
SYNTHESIZERS CONTINUES
[GUNSHOT]
(he groans)
[QUIET EXCEPT FOR MUSIC]
Ahhhhhh!! Ah ha... ugh.
Fuck! Ahhhh. That plan sucked!
You're not even hit.
Ugh fuckin' burns, I'm hit.
Did you get a look at that guy?
I was too busy fucking
protecting my head from his
bullets.
Looked like some sort
of pre war Inquisitor.
Hey! Wait! Where you goin'?
Don't follow me.
I see you again, I kill you.
[DRAMATIC SYNTH BANG
SOUND EFFECT]
PROSPECTOR: Like I told ya,
I'll trade ya for canned
rations, or gunpowder, or a
clean fuckin' towel if ya got
got one.
CRICHTON:
It's of no use to you old man.
Maybe not, but it's of some
use to you, so trade me for a
fuckin' towel or somethin'
You can have that coin.
Coin? A fuckin' coin? What kind
of dickery you tryin' to pull?
[GUNSHOT SOUND EFFECT]
[LIGHT AND AIRY SYMPHONIC
SYNTH AMBIENCE BEGINS]
[WIND AND HIS GAGGING]
[AMBIENCE FADES IN THEN
INTENSIFIES WITH OMINOUS SOUNDS]
HILDENSTERN:
That helmet...
I never knew the
man by his face
only the aftermath
of his destruction
and the water boss
doesn't suit your style.
It's a bold move to make an
enemy of Dando and the Scourge.
I am Hildenstern, the Cyber.
I swear no allegiance to
decadent vermin.
I took this bounty in the name
of glory.
[SUSPENSEFUL AMBIENCE SOUNDS]
[STATIC SOUNDS]
[HIT]
DRAMATIC, DARK MUSIC
(he screams)
[AMIDST THE SOUND OF SPURTING]
[ENGINE REVVING SOUND EFFECT]
[LIGHT AND AIRY DRAMATIC
AMBIENCE CONTINUES]
[HEAVY SYNTHESIZER
SOUNDS AND CHIMES FADE IN]
[CHIMES CONTINUE]
KROGNAR:
[ROARING SOUND EFFECT]
[HIGH PITCHED MACHINE
WHIRRING SOUND EFFECT]
So you still gonna kill me?
Yeah.
So try not to die until then.
KROGNAR:
[ROARING]
SCOURGER:
Oh, this is gonna be good.
[ROARING SOUND EFFECT]
SUSPENSEFUL CINEMATIC
MUSIC CONTINUES
[GRUNTING AND GROANING SOUNDS]
[ROARING SOUND CONTINUES]
DRAMATIC MUSIC
[LOUD ROAR]
SCOURGER:
That's how it's fuckin' done!
[ROARING SOUND EFFECT]
CINEMATIC BATTLE MUSIC
[FIGHT SOUNDS]
CINEMATIC BATTLE
MUSIC CONTINUES
[SLICING SOUND]
SCOURGER #2:
Ah, come on...
[ROBOTIC SOUND EFFECTS ENSUE]
What the fuck is wrong with him?
Un-fucking-believeable.
[SLICE SOUND]
[MECHANICAL
WHIRRING/GRINDING SOUNDS]
Kill these fucks!
Ahhh!
[LASER SHOOTING SOUNDS]
Let's get the hell out of here!
[CLANKING METAL
POTS SOUND EFFECT]
SCOURGER #3:
Ahhh! Uhhh! Ahhh...
[PISTOL SHOT SOUND]
[LASER BLASTS SOUND EFFECT]
[CLANKING METAL POTS SOUND]
DRAMATIC SYNTH MUSIC
Smells like burnt
colon in there.
Why are you following me?
'Cuz I'm
watching your six, dickhole.
Just stay out of trouble.
[CLANKING POTS]
Fuck this, let's get
the fuck out of here.
DURAN:
You've been followed.
What do you want Wastelander?
Who the hell are you?
I'm nobody to you.
You're the fucking
guy who shot my men!
Thought you were scourgers,
but I saved your asses too.
So we're even.
What's with the Inquisitor gear?
Took it from a dead man.
[DRUM SOUND EFFECTS BEGIN]
Damn that rail gun.
They're gonna try and keep us
pinned.
Why don't we just fall back?
They'll bury us.
Cover me, I'm gonna make for the
rail gun, flush 'em down the
middle, you guys do the rest.
INTENSIFIED DRAMATIC
ELECTRONIC MUSIC BEGINS
[LASER BLASTS SOUND EFFECT]
[LASER BLASTS SOUND EFFECTS
AND SYNTH MUSIC CONTINUE]
That was a good
fight Wastelander.
Name's Duran.
You like killing Scourgers I
could use an extra guy or two.
Who do you work for?
No one, I'm on a hunt
to eradicate the Scourge.
You serious?
They destroyed my life long ago,
and they're an enemy to the
human race.
It's not my fight, I just
thought you might know something
about the Inquisitors.
Inquisitors?
If you don't know,
don't worry about it.
If you say so...
anyway what I was say...-
Solek will stay and help you.
Whoa, what?
He's not comin' with me.
Hold on, Rhyous!
Alright, it's settled.
You can't leave me with here
with that fucking psychopath.
You're not coming with me.
What have I done, but help you?
It's not so bad, he doesn't
want to kill you like I do.
This is bullshit man, bullshit!
We're done talkin'.
MELANCHOLY INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC
UPBEAT GRUNGE
ROCK SCI-FI MUSIC
SUPERVISOR: Hey fuckface, what
d'ya think you're doin' here?
Trade for water.
[LAUGHS SOUND EFFECT]
Trade for water?
Kill this waster fuck!
Do you really want to do this?
No, fuck, no. Take as much as
you want, you want the water,
take it. Take it.
UPBEAT GRUNGE
ROCK SCI-FI MUSIC
DECREPID: Wastelander.
Just passin' through?
It's a long road.
Maybe you'd like a
little fine refreshment? A man
just cannot live on food, water,
and pain medicine alone. A man
like you... You need the finer
things in life.
Peddle your wares elsewhere.
I'm talkin' about pussy!
Fine. Tight. Young. Tasty.
Pussy. You want a little
put inside?
Why so secretive?
I am a connoisseur.
I'm a man of taste.
And I don't want the Scourge
to befoul my little yum-yums.
Show me what you got.
I got a light-haired one,
and I got a dark haired one.
And look at this, huh?
No scars on her face. Haha!
Nice and healthy.
Smile for the man.
Show him those pretty teeth.
Look at this one, aren't those
tasty, huh?
Young and plump.
And if they don't treat you
the way you deserve, I'm going
to beat their fucking faces in.
GIRLS:
[SNIFFLING SOUND EFFECT]
I'll take them both.
Well that's very expensive.
I got you covered.
Up.
[CRYING SOUND EFFECT]
You are a fine, upstanding
gentleman, so I think I'm
going to extend to you a line of
credit, but if you don't pay,
these gentlemen here
will pay you a little visit.
[SLICE SOUNDS and
LASER BEAM SOUND EFFECT]
SCOURGE GUARD:
Don't be a fuckin' pussy!
That's the guy!
Goddamnit, what guy?
- The guy!
- What fuckin' guy?
The guy who killed our boys!
[STABBING SOUND with GROAN]
Shit!
Get him!
CINEMATIC BATTLE MUSIC BEGINS
[FIGHT SOUNDS]
TRISH:
Neve!
[WIND CHIMES SOUND EFFECT]
NEVE:
Wait, where you going?
They'll be sure to send
reinforcements after this
spectacle.
You've got enough guns
here to fight them off.
Or you could just
bail out of town.
We're not bailing
anywhere, this is our town.
And you got it back.
None of this is my problem.
We could use the extra gun.
The girls are dead weight in a
fire fight.
Sounds like they're
slowing you down.
They're gonna try
to come take back the water.
Fuck that guy
Neve, he's a dick!
He's kind of a badass,
we could use his help.
Take what you need, and leave.
Don't get killed over this well.
If it was just me, I would, but
I got them to look out for.
We're no better
off in the Wasteland.
Do what you must,
but I can't stay.
Just stay overnight at
least. If we're prepared, we
can probably manage.
You girls are gonna need
to toughen up sooner or later.
I know you're tired, and some
extra water won't hurt.
[CRICKET SOUND EFFECTS]
[BIRDS CHIRPING SOUND EFFECT]
Hey.
Slipping outta here,
huh? Where ya headed?
Saw a scrapyard on my way here,
a little ways to the west.
Thought I'd try to
find something useful.
Mind if I tag along?
Workin' on a nano-splicer,
could use some parts for it.
I suppose.
[HEAVY WINDS SOUND EFFECT]
LIGHT SYMPHONIC MUSIC BEGINS
[LIGHT BUZZING SOUND EFFECT]
[MUFFLED VOICES FROM AFAR]
SUSPENSEFUL SYNTH MUSIC BEGINS
JUNK DEALER: That bit, you know
there's good stuff inside there. Huh?
Right inside there, you can
see it... Okay....Hmmm.
For sure.
You can tell there's plenty
of things to use here.
This, uh, some sorta
neural... modification...
Messiah Corporation!
[TRUCK WHEELS WHIR]
Pre-War.
An exercise in futility
Crichton. You're wasting your
time, and more
importantly, mine.
CRICHTON:
I can kill you easily.
You exist because of me!
You're different from your
predecessors. If technology
allows us to defy and surpass
our creators, then that should
be the natural order of things.
One cannot expect to procure
anything of value from filthy
peddlers such as this.
Are you... you sure you
don't want anything?
I'll give you a discount.
[PISTOL SHOT]
[ROBOTIC LIKE COUGHING SOUND]
[CINEMATIC AMBIENCE SOUNDS]
You know what will
happen without the tech.
Thanks for walking me back.
Hey, uh, I was thinkin'.
If those guys back there decide
to make it up this way, maybe
I should stay here tonight.
If it's alright with you.
Stay as long as you'd like.
Here.
For your nano-splicer.
You can use the actuators.
You know a little about
everything don't you?
[OMINOUS AMBIENCE ENSUES]
Rhyous?
Thanks.
[WIND SOUND]
[DRUM SOUND EFFECT]
Hey Neve? NEVE!
[DRUMMING SOUND
EFFECT CONTINUES]
What's goin' on?
God damnit. Hold your fire.
SOLEK:
[GRUNTING]
I got shot for
real this time!
It's nothing,
just like last time.
Aaaaah. Aaaaah.
[GROANING SOUND
EFFECTS CONTINUE]
We gotta... we gotta go back
for Duran. Oh, shit. Fuck.
What is this?
Drink it.
Ugh!
Ack, fuckin' mouth is on fire!
Drink it!
Whoa-whoa-whoa what are you
doing? AAAAAAHHHHH FUCK!!
Ahh, you bitches from
hell! AAAAAAHHHHHH Fuck.
Are you serious? Fuckin'
psycho? Ahhh. Ow. Duran!
He's pinned down
a ways from here.
Who's Duran?
Some waster bent on
killing Scourge for some reason.
You have to help.
The Scourgers are headed
this way.
How far?
I don't know, like maybe
half a day, I'm not sure.
Where?
Aah, just over the ridge,
right where the fork ends.
I know where that is.
Let's go.
No. I'll go, you stay
here and help Solek.
Trish and Raven
can help your friend.
I'm not taking the main road,
I'll go much faster on my own.
I won't slow you down,
and you'll need the extra gun
when you get there.
Fine.
Rhyous.
Try not to
lose it this time.
[AIRY SYNTH AMBIENCE]
[LASER BEAM SOUND EFFECTS]
[LIGHT OMINOUS SCI-FI AMBIENCE]
We found Solek
limping through the desert.
So he's alive?
Yeah.
Where is he now?
My friends are
taking care of him.
I need him up on his
feet as soon as possible.
He's shot in the leg,
he's gonna need some
time to rest.
We don't really have time to
rest, Miss. And if I were you,
I'd be makin' plans to get as
far away from here as possible.
We can hold
off whatever Scourge.
A large legion is due in this
area, and they're looking to
make examples of
anybody they run into.
Word is they lost contact
with some slavers at a water
outpost nearby.
They sent some
scouts to check on it
but it's only a matter of time
before Dando realizes the scouts
haven't returned.
Dando the Usurper?
Are you sure?
I would count on it. Take me to
Solek and we'll be on our way.
What do you need Solek for?
He's my spotter.
I'll be your spotter.
You sure you know
what you're getting into?
I have a
pretty good guess.
There's still the matter of
finding the bastion before their
scouts are due back.
SUSPENSEFUL CINEMATIC MUSIC
Don't get soft.
[LASER BEAMS SOUND EFFECTS]
MERCHANT:
[MOANING SOUND EFFEC Fuck you!
SUSPENSEFUL DRAMATIC
ELECTRONIC MUSIC CONTINUES
DRAMATIC MUSIC CONTINUES
SUSPENSEFUL DRAMATIC
MUSIC CONTINUES
[COLD WIND SOUNDS]
SYNTH POP DANCE MUSIC
SYNTH POP
DANCE MUSIC CONTINUES
[MUSIC CONTINUES,
LIGHT CHATTER IN BACKGROUND]
SYNTH POP
DANCE MUSIC CONTINUES
[ROARING ENGINES SOUND EFFECT]
[DRAMATIC CINEMATIC
AMBIENCE CONTINUES]
[DRAMATIC SYNTH
AMBIENCE CONTINUES]
[OMINOUS AMBIENCE CONTINUES]
(no whispering can be heard)
[DRAMATIC AMBIENCE]
DRAMATIC
CINEMATIC MUSIC BEGINS
Duran.
What is it?
Those guys back there...
We don't have time
to think about that.
[CINEMATIC DRUM BEAT SOUNDS]
[CINEMATIC BEATS CONTINUE]
DANDO: We have a new enemy.
A Wastelander.
SCOURGER DON:
Don't worry my liege.
We'll find this asshole
and turn him into paste.
[HARD THUMP SOUND EFFECT]
This man is far more
dangerous than the Inquisitor,
you failed to kill! He already
took out Krognar, he already
took out Hildenstern, and I know
many of you are only good up
against unarmed women.
He took out Hildenstern the
Cyber with a fucking knife!
And he's coming this way.
Word has it that this impudent
heretic is in search for
the Forbidden Paradigm.
Many of you will die. So prepare
yourselves for a fucking war.
What do we do?
Wait and see.
TELEVISION: Dammerung
Industries Barbarian Warrior.
Krognar Mark 2 series.
With new and improved AI, and
realistic skin. Perfect for:
combat training, battle
arena, and birthday parties!
Available in 4 different colors.
Dammerung. Will to power.
[OMINOUS SCI-FI AMBIENCE]
[ROARING SOUND EFFECT]
[SYNTHESIZER SOUNDS ENSUE]
[ROARING SOUND EFFECT]
[MECHANICAL
WHIRRING AND BUZZING]
[BASS HEAVY SYNTHESIZERS PLAY]
[ROBOT BEEPING SOUND EFFECT]
[A MIX OF ROBOT SOUNDS
ROARS AND FIGHT SOUNDS]
We should do something.
Thin them out.
The guard up on the
tower, you see him?
I see him. You ready for this?
Do it.
[GUNSHOT SOUND EFFECT]
3 meters to the left,
see him coming up?
There's four mo-, no, six
more, coming through the gate.
Riflemen to the left.
Fuck it.
Huh? Eh!
[LASER BEAM SOUND
EFFECTS CONTINUE]
[CHOKING SOUND EFFECT]
[FIGHT SOUNDS CONTINUE]
Your meddling has caused me
great grief Wastelander.
All of which could have been
avoided had your men just given
me the information I needed.
You seek an evil that
must not be brought back.
Ancient dogma led to war,
destruction. And eventually,
extinction.
That's a bit heavy.
I know you search for
Eden, but do you even know what
it is?
Suppose I don't?
It's merely a concept.
It's to keep human-kind in
line. It's no promised land.
And yet,
somehow it's a threat to you?
The Forbidden Paradigm is a
threat to all of the Wasteland.
Which you've already
conquered. And pillaged.
I united the land.
The weak do nothing to
rebuild the world.
They only squander what is left.
It is only logical we
usurp what we must.
You're talking madness.
Ancient apocrypha
have no place in our world.
Unless we wish to make
the same mistakes, humanity must
begin anew.
Under your rule...
I see how it is.
[FIGHT SOUNDS]
COMPUTER VOICE:
Initializing cryogenic sequence.
I will have my fun
with you later.
Override denied.
Denied.
Denied. Denied.
[CINEMATIC AMBIENCE ENSUES]
[HIS BREATHING]
[CINEMATIC AMBIENCE CONTINUES]
Miranda.
Duran.
Why have you done this?
It's not so simple.
You remember what they did?
Those that have wronged us
have paid, the rest are mere
beasts to be tamed.
You sound like one of them.
I am one of them!
You were once somebody else.
Those days are gone.
And you, you come
here to kill me?
Precisely.
[RICOCHET SOUNDS]
[STABBING SOUND]
[OMINOUS AMBIENCE]
[LASER BEAM SOUND EFFECTS WITH
DRAMATIC AMBIENCE BEGIN]
[FIGHT SOUNDS]
[ENGINE STARTING SOUND EFFECT]
[CRUNCHING SOUND]
[SCREAMING SOUND EFFECT]
(she screams)
SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC FADES IN
[CHASE SOUNDS - MOTORCYCLES,
BUGGYS, TRUCKS, ETC]
[LASER BEAM SOUND EFFECTS AND
SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC CONTINUES]
[CHAOTIC FIGH AND CHASE SOUNDS]
SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC
WITH SYNTHESIZER PLAYS
[GRUNTS, FIGHTING]
[ROBOT-LIKE
SCREAMING SOUND EFFECT]
[ATMOSPHERIC SCI-FI AMBIENCE]
Out of gas! Let's move!
Neve.
What is it?
How far back can you remember?
What do you mean?
You don't remember
the Old World?
Before the wars?
That was before my lifetime.
How old do you think you are?
How are you supposed to
measure something like that?
In years...
Years? How long is a years?
Twelve months.
How many minutes is that?
365 days.
Why 365?
That's how long it takes the
earth to go around the sun.
There's leap year with an
extra day every four year...
How do you not know this?
No timing on machines....
But, I guess to answer
your question, I would say,
probably about the same number
of years, whatever you call it,
as you.
I don't think so.
Well, what, how
old do I look to you?
I have no idea.
That's why I'm asking.
Bullshit, that's not why.
I want to know how
old I look to you?
How the hell am I supposed
to answer that when you don't
even know what a year is?
You just told me its 365 days.
With a leap year every four.
Yeah, sure. So what is it?
Am I too old or too young?
For what?
I don't know, nevermind.
Nevermind?
Yeah. Just drop it already.
You better head
back in the morning.
I'm gonna go on alone from here.
I'll check up on you later.
[DRAMATIC SCI-FI AMBIENCE
WITH SYNTHESIZERS CONTINUES]
[LIGHT AIRY ELECTRONIC AMBIENCE]
[BUZZING SOUND EFFECT]
[MECHANICAL DOOR OPENING SOUND]
[ELECTRONIC
AMBIENCE CONTINUES]
COMPUTER:
Welcome.
Messiah Corporation. We
have your salvation solutions.
LIGHT AIRY
ELECTRONIC MUSIC CONTINUES
MUSIC GETS MORE DRAMATIC
[COMPUTER SOUNDS]
I know this place.
C.A.I.N: Yes sir, you
are a former resident.
Where am I?
You are in Messiah Corporation
Arc 257, and you've just
logged on to the E.D.E.N
simulation program.
Who are you?
A 3-dimensional avatar
designated for human interaction
A VR program....
I'm the Central
Artificial Intelligence Node.
CAIN for short.
You can change my
appearance, voice, or gender,
in the options menu.
The simulated reality
offers an unprecedented
sensory stimulation.
In time, it becomes
indistinguishable from reality.
Of course.
What's the purpose?
To make the prospect of
indefinite cryogenic sleep more
pleasant.
So they knew the
end of days were coming.
It was prophesized
in the early 24th century.
This shelter was built to ensure
the survival of its members.
What happened to me?
That information is
classified. But, in a few
moments you will
recall the override.
They only saved themselves.
It would have been impossible to
obtain enough resources to save
the masses.
There was another purpose
for this simulated reality.
Override Solidor 766 Delta.
Confirmed.
Suggestive implementation.
Explain.
A process in which all
combat and survival training
ever documented, are recorded
into the subjects mind during
hibernation.
Did I know of this?
You were the creator.
Me? Why did I leave the shelter?
Because you did not
take to the process.
What do you mean?
A lucid awareness made further
implementation impossible.
The only solution was to purge
and start the process on the
next subject.
How come I can't remember any of
this, and yet I remember all the
codes?
I would attribute the
selective memory loss due to the
fact that gestation stopped at
83%. Your memory was erased and
then repurposed in
fragments at random.
No shit.
You were aware of this
possibility when you went in.
Why?
Because eternal cryogenic
sleep is equally damning.
The Messiah Corporation needed a
savior, one that could travel to
the surface and tame the land
so the others could follow.
[AIRY SCI-FI AMBIENCE ENSUES]
[CAR DRIVING SOUND]
[CAR CAN BE HEARD
UNDER THE SYNTH MUSIC]
[LASER SHOT]
[CLINK OF HIS SPURS]
[DRAMATIC SCI-FI
AMBIENCE CONTINUES]
[EERIE AMBIENCE]
If the human race is to
survive this calamity, then it
is imperative men like us
prevent the Scourge from being
the sole progenitors
of the human race.
It was conflicting nonsensical
dogma that destroyed the Old
World.
Be that as it may.
We must rely on ourselves
and our creations.
ELECTRONIC
SYNTHESIZER MUSIC BEGINS
The ability to manipulate and
perfect the human genome has
rendered the
belief in god obsolete.
If you're talking about
E.D.E.N. I don't care.
I'll give you all the codes,
you can have everything that's
there, just let us go.
I do not need the
codes, I already cracked the
security,
there's nothing there of value.
You are here for one reason.
This is your last chance Rhyous.
Join me, or die!
I already said no.
And threatening to kill me
doesn't usually end well.
This is why I like you and why
you should join me Rhyous.
We are men of a superior breed.
We are meant to work together.
The only desire that you
have is to live forever.
Naturally.
Do you really think
this world has any hope if
we do not take charge,
or any sort of initiative?
No. The foolish masses
are meant to be led by us.
The centuries of breathing
through a hose has turned you
into a narcissistic madman.
Then, unfortunately
you will have to die Rhyous.
Bring it.
HEAVY DRAMATIC
SYNTHESIZER MUSIC BEGINS
[SOUND EFFECTS OF STRUGGLE]
Ugh! Uh.
Ugh!!!
CINEMATIC MUSIC INTENSIFIES
[STRUGGLE SOUNDS RESUME]
[BAM!]
[PISTOL SHOT]
[MUSIC STARTS TO SLOWLY FADE
INTO DRAMATIC AMBIENT SOUNDS]
[STABBING SOUND]
(breathing is heard)
[ROBOTIC
MALFUNCTIONING SOUND EFFECT]
[GUSHING LIQUID SOUND EFFECT]
[SYMPHONIC
INSTRUMENTAL AMBIENCE ENSUES]
[CRYING SOUND EFFECT]
[COUGHING AND STRUGGLED
BREATHING SOUND EFFECT]
[MELANCHOLY AMBIENCE WITH
SYNTHESIZER SOUNDS ENSUES]
MELANCHOLY
ELECTRONIC MUSIC ENSUES
[CINEMATIC SOUND EFFECTS]
[CLICK SOUND]
ELECTRONIC MUSIC FADES IN
UPBEAT ELECTRONIC MUSIC