Nier: Automata Ver1.1a (2023) s01e11 Episode Script

[orchestral music]
♪
[record skipping]
[Aimer's "escalate"]
♪
- Who sings this song
about us pain and sorrow ♪
[singing in Japanese]
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The weight
of my sins nails me down ♪
[singing in Japanese]
Is it the future falling ♪
[singing in Japanese]
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Despair of all ♪
Emptiness follows you here ♪
This never-ending war ♪
[singing in Japanese]
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Escalate ♪
[singing in Japanese]
Escalate ♪
[singing in Japanese]
I need someone to ♪
[singing in Japanese]
Pray in my name ♪
[singing in Japanese]
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Again and again and again ♪
[singing in Japanese]
One thing ♪
[singing in Japanese]
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[hogs squealing]
[distant howling]
- This isn't just machine
life-forms going berserk?
[beeping]
[grunts]
- 2B, hostile machine life-forms
have been detected in
the city ruins.
YoRHa units
are to intercept them.
You now have permission
to use additional weapons, 2B.
I'll transfer the data
to your Pod.
But please,
be careful out there, okay?
- Roger.
[beeping]
[grunting]
- This is the 12C
north defense headquarters.
If anyone can hear
this broadcast,
my name is 42S
and I'm in charge of PR!
Our defense facility
has been surrounded
by multiple hostile
machine life-forms!
At this rate, I--
[hissing]
- The Council of Humanity bears
a message
for all our brave androids
fighting on the surface.
Currently
the combat against machine--
[static hissing]
[whirring down]
- We need to raise
the weapon grid already!
That way we can--
- We can't.
I fear it could further
the enemy's evolution,
putting us in a stalemate.
- But at the rate
we're going now--
- And what about
the other camps?
- We've yet
to receive any contact,
but I'm willing to bet they're
in the same boat we are.
- We have a report
from the scouts!
The second wave
has 200,000 units!
- Seriously?
- We're in no position to deal
with that many enemies
right now!
- Just when we thought
the first wave finished.
[booming]
Jackass, are you able
to hold them off on your end?
- No can do.
It's never-ending.
We have to pull back.
- There's no end in sight
to these things!
We can't hold out
any longer here!
- [groans]
After all the effort
I went through
to get that.
- Both of you try and fall back
to somewhere safe for now.
[grunts]
- At the rate we're going,
Lily, we'll be--
- Lily, our ammo's running low.
- Well then we should retreat.
- But where are we supposed
to run to?
The machine life-forms
have us surrounded.
[all groaning]
- Lily!
[all gasping]
- 2B!
You came for us!
[all gasping]
- Hey, you're that
YoRHa soldier, right?
- Your status?
[all groaning]
- Not good.
They're quickly overwhelming us.
- At first we seemed
to be holding our own
but there was one unit that
was much stronger than
the others.
In order to defeat it, we
- We had to sacrifice
half our troops.
- A unit stronger than
the others.
- What about YoRHa's
other units?
- I don't know.
The entire city is under attack,
and we have orders
to intercept the enemy.
That's all I've been told.
- The entire city is--
- So what do we do?
- Hey, Pod,
is the weapon
you downloaded earlier ready
for use yet?
- Report: ready for use.
- [gasps]
- Amazing.
- I have an idea.
Lily, gather everybody here.
- Even YoRHa soldiers have--
have limits to what you can do.
You don't have to waste
your time here with us.
- Hey, Pod,
prepare laser relay.
- Affirmative.
- YoRHa soldiers to the south
have encountered
and entered combat against
multiple hostile
machine life-forms.
[all speaking at once]
- Commander,
if I'm not mistaken,
you have already submitted
18 requests for this project.
Surely someone
of your position understands
what this means for you.
- I am the commander
of the YoRHa soldiers.
If it means aiding
my YoRHa units,
I believe my objection here
is in line with my duties.
- Even that has limits.
And as such we
are rejecting your request
to use satellite lasers.
- Why, though?
If we don't act,
it will be too late.
Our soldiers will be wiped out
along with this project.
- We of the Council of Humanity
are to decide the significance
of this project.
- [gasps]
- Remember your place.
As I'm sure you're fully aware,
you're not allowed
to rest until we obtain God
through means of Process 11.
Don't lose sight of your role
in this project
and its significance to us.
That is all we have to say.
As you were.
Glory to mankind.
- Understood.
Glory to mankind.
I see.
So the cycle continues.
[whirring]
- Lily, they'll arrive
at the target line shortly.
- Roger that.
Hold back and rendezvous
with us.
[grunts]
- [gasps]
Now!
- All units,
deploy EMP cancelers!
[quiet beeping]
[clicks]
- Success!
The enemy's functions
have been jammed!
[all cheering]
[both gasping]
[all gasping]
- 9S!
- Oh, boy.
Looks like I made
it here just in time, 2B.
- Thank you for coming, 9S.
- Both of you from YoRHa,
on behalf of the resistance,
I thank you.
It would have been dangerous
without you.
- I'm just returning the favor
for sending my body back
to the bunker.
- You saved us a lot of trouble.
Our next move
is to finish cleaning up
the remaining machine
life-forms.
[thunder rolling]
[gasps]
Rain?
[mechanical whirring]
[suspenseful music]
♪
- Alert: special hostile
unit signal detected.
- Special unit?
- Ah! Look!
Beyond the building!
[choir singing]
- What is that?
[gasping]
[all stammering]
The unit from the other day?
- It's too big to be
a machine life-form, right?
- [roars]
- Special unit or not,
this is crazy.
- [laughs]
Well, I guess I won't
be collecting his data.
- Crap!
- Hey!
What are you--
- [groaning]
[booming]
[all gasping]
- [laughs]
Look at that!
All bark and no bite.
- Report: mass change
of the special unit detected.
- It's still alive?
[booming]
[snarling]
- Proposal: immediate retreat.
[all gasping]
- Retreat?
How are we supposed to run
from something like that?
- Is it evolving?
[gasps]
2B, look!
- So, we meet again, boy.
How lucky.
- It's him!
- [gasps]
- Before, I fostered
a keen interest in humanity.
As I unraveled the records
of their existence,
I found myself swept away
by their complexities.
But I finally understand
that records
and knowledge without others
of your kind to share them with
are meaningless,
just like this world.
Why? Why?
Yes, everything
in my path must be destroyed!
[shouting]
- It's gone berserk!
How are we supposed to fight it?
- [groans]
2B!
What in the world is that?
- A core unit!
It's a special unit that manages
the machine life-form network.
YoRHa wants it destroyed.
- So if we manage
to destroy that huge thing,
the others will cease
to function?
- Theoretically, yes,
it should.
But how?
Getting any kind of backup
from the bunker may
be difficult given
the situation.
- Weapons trader,
let's use it.
- [gasps]
Hold on!
You wanna use that thing
we found during
the descent operation?
I mean,
I did repair it,
but I can't guarantee I'll
be able to land a hit with--
- It's the ace up our sleeve,
isn't it?
And we'll set things up so
it does hit.
- Set things up so that it hits?
- [grunts]
I'll need all the info
you have on that weapon.
- Thank you.
If there's a chance
of pulling this off,
we're going to need your help.
Everyone, listen up!
[all chattering]
That machine life-form
is our target!
I need everyone
who can still fight.
If we act in cooperation
with YoRHa,
we might be able to end
this battle once and for all.
But I can't force you
to do this.
Not when it's a gamble.
Not when your lives
are the ones on the line.
But we can give meaning
to our fallen--
- Of course we'll do it!
- Let's knock those tin cans
into next week!
- Resistance
is all about struggling!
- Humanity's counting on us
to blow that thing sky high!
- Ooh, if we've got gunpowder,
then we've gotta fight!
- C'mon, let's hurry up
and calibrate that thing,
supply trader!
- [laughing]
Looks like business is booming!
- Thank you.
Now let's move.
all: Yes, ma'am!
[all cheering]
It's high time
we show those folks on
the moon how we do things!
If you can move,
follow me!
all: Yeah!
Miss Lily, continue as planned!
- Understood.
Standing by for you
to lure it to the spot.
- Over here!
It's more brutal than expected.
- Alert: massive energy
signal detected.
It appears to be coming
from a large number
of linked machine life-forms.
- No way!
- [roaring]
- [grunts]
- 2B! It seems to be absorbing
the life force
of whatever's left on
the network.
I'll try hacking in to stop
the energy supply
then lure it over.
- Roger!
[tires squealing]
- [grunts]
Don't worry about us here!
Head to the rendezvous poi--
[grunts]
Watch out!
[robotic shouting]
- [grunts]
What kind of unit is that?
- Careful!
- [gasps]
- It's the same kind
that took out half our camp!
His movements aren't like
anything I've seen!
- Understood.
Leave this one to me.
Continue as planned without me.
- Counting on you, 2B.
Let's hurry!
[tires squealing,
engine revving]
- Hacking in now!
Its shield is a lot tougher
than I imagined.
Hacking like this won't work.
[grunts]
[shouting]
[gasps]
Pascal!
[mechanical whirring]
Thank you, Pascal.
Is your village all right?
- Our village is severed
from the network
so we didn't go haywire.
Thank goodness for that!
- I see.
- Hmm?
- Alert: the equipping
of fortification connectors
by type S models requires
an authorization request.
- This isn't the time
to be worried about that.
[mechanical whirring]
[grunting]
[electric hissing]
Pascal, I have a favor to ask.
- Okay.
[robotic yelling]
- So fast.
[grunts]
[gasps]
[gasping]
[robotic chattering]
- Avenging my family.
- [grunts]
[grunting]
Pod! Program A100!
- Affirmative.
[mechanical whirring]
- [shouts]
[booming]
I hope he's okay.
- Pascal, after you drop me off,
evacuate to a safe location.
- Understood!
- Now, Pod.
- Affirmative.
[growling]
- [shouting]
I'm not finished yet!
[shouting]
Hacking in!
What is this place?
- [giggling]
- [gasps]
- [giggling]
- [gasps]
- Hello.
[slicing]
- What is it this time?
[gasps]
- Eve.
Why?
- Him again.
[slicing]
This is humanity's
[gasps]
- Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why?
- His self consciousness data
is collapsing?
Not good.
I have to execute the program
before it's all gone.
Just 30% left.
Almost there.
[doors hissing]
A little longer
and the program will execute.
[gasps]
- Hey. Big brother.
I don't wanna see
you get hurt out there.
I dunno what I'd do
if I lost you.
I would be all alone.
We should go
somewhere safe together.
- [gasps]
When did he
- Why?
[blow lands]
- Looks like it's not finished!
It's coming this way!
- We made it just in time!
This is Lily.
As planned,
the the target is advancing.
As soon as preparations
are complete,
retreat to safety.
We will end this battle
by our own hands!
[all grunting]
- Target has arrived
at the designated location.
- Direction, range,
and angle accounted for.
- Fire!
[roaring]
Jackass!
- About time!
[roaring]
- Now!
[roaring]
[all gasping]
[all cheering]
[beeping]
- [gasps]
9S!
- Whew, I guess we made it.
And in the nick of time.
I thought we were toast.
- I see you're as reckless
as ever, Nines.
- Hold on.
Am I going crazy,
or did you call me Nines?
You said it, didn't you?
- Terminate communication.
- Aww, wait!
Come on, 2B!
Just admit it!
- Communications
have been severed
as a result of the blast.
- Search for YoRHa soldiers on
the ground
and set up a rescue squad.
- Wait.
Communications are back online.
[all gasping]
- What the
- It's still alive?
- We can't deflect something
with that kind of mass.
[electric sparking]
[gasps]
- Charged particle signals.
Quick, run for cover!
[amazarash's "Antinomy"]
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- [singing in Japanese]
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♪
[buzzing]
[percussive music]
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- Report: pleasant sensation.
- Report: gratitude.
- Performance at regular
intervals appreciated.
- Report: satisfied.
- There, there.
Good Pod.
- Your affinity with this Pod
has risen.
- There, there.
Good Pod.
- Proposal: continue
to provide care for this Pod.
[beeping]
[typewriter dings]