Halo: Nightfall (2014) s01e05 Episode Script
Devil Take the Hindmost
HORRIGAN: Covenant's found their holy grail, then, haven't they? LOCKE: An element fatal to humans.
Native to this little piece of Halo ring and nowhere else.
We destroy the deposits with the Havok.
LOCKE: Make sure what happened back there on Sedra never happens again.
HORRIGAN: And in five hours and change that sun is coming up.
We're all gonna be dust.
[Grunting.]
Haisal! LOCKE: You don't do that! You don't play God! You see God anywhere? Tonight, we are God.
LOCKE: You got a death wish with what happened to you, that's fine.
But I still got some fight.
Me and you? Which one of us is gonna fly the tug? Then people are gonna start to make choices.
You realize that, don't you? [Screaming.]
He fell.
HORRIGAN: It's over, forget it.
Important thing is you still have that gun.
Put it down.
We will not go out like this.
I tried to save you.
I'm not the one who needs saving.
AIKEN: We're close.
[Panting.]
[Panting rapidly.]
Hurry up! He'll turn on you, huh? Shut up! The least essential one always dies.
Me, he needs to fly the ship.
You? What's he needs? You're telling me this why? Because I trust you more than him.
Havoks are supposed to be bulletproof.
Let's see if that was just advertising.
MACER: Sir, looks like some of the propulsion might still be functional.
Condor won't get us off the ring, but if we could disengage it, get the thrusters working, we could still make the tug.
[Grunting.]
[Ramos grunts.]
[Panting.]
HORRIGAN: What? He's right.
You don't need me.
He's got a point.
He has no point.
Tug like that has an autopilot.
Then why are we keeping him around? 'Cause it also has a biometric ignition.
That's the card he's been playing the whole time.
We need his fingerprint to start the thing.
But that's all we need.
His fingerprint.
Come on.
[Grunts.]
We got about a half hour left.
So all we gotta do is set this thing, get away clear, let it detonate while the tug is in orbit.
MACER: We have problems.
I spoke too soon.
Propulsion's still functional, but the fuel cells are shattered.
Not getting anywhere without fuel.
Might still be a way.
This thing has a standard backup power cell.
We use this for the ship instead, might be just enough to get us out of this canyon to that tug.
Get this cell into the system.
Test it, make sure it's still working.
MACER: Yes, sir.
We can't leave the deposits intact.
We came all this way.
And at least one of us isn't getting off this rock anyhow.
I think the only thing we can do is get two of us up and out towards that tug, whilst the other remains behind.
Detonates the Havok by hand.
[Ramos wheezing.]
I gotta top up.
We don't have time for this! HORRIGAN: Saturate quick.
[Panting.]
[Device beeps.]
I'm getting nothing.
[Grunting.]
[Machine whirring.]
It's a go.
But I suggest we get going ASAP.
Not sure how long it's gonna hold.
AIKEN: Save it till we're ready.
[Powering down.]
Go with her, you don't have much time.
Like hell you get to make that decision.
Three of us aren't making it out here, we already know that.
Let's make the choice now.
Walk, goddammit.
I called this mission.
It's on me.
Never did draw those straws, did we? [Bead clatters.]
[Beads clattering.]
I'll choose two.
One red.
One white.
Three.
You're too young.
Soldier's a soldier.
Three.
Just so you know, Private.
No do-overs.
You wanna be a soldier and you pick red, I will walk on you.
Let the beads decide.
[Beads clatter.]
Red one stays behind.
[Exhales.]
As it should be.
Go.
I could draw on you, if you want.
Get her going, Macer.
See you in Valhalla.
They don't let ONI into Valhalla.
You, they might.
[Powering up.]
[Engine rumbling.]
There they are! [Screeching.]
[Worms chittering.]
[Device beeping.]
What the hell? [Yells.]
[Engine stalling.]
We got problems.
Steady, Macer.
[Screaming.]
Come on! You'll never catch 'em if you're dragging me.
[Both panting.]
Don't do it! [Engine whirring.]
[Screeching.]
Don't do it! Don't do it! [Gun shots.]
[Screeching.]
No, no! No! No.
[Yelling.]
[Grunting.]
[Yelling.]
[Rumbling.]
[Beeping.]
[Timer beeping.]
[Screeching.]
[Beeping.]
Now, come on! I need you help here, bus driver.
Autopilot hardware's same as most.
[Beeping.]
[Powering up.]
We're going.
We're going! [Engine whirring.]
[Timer beeping.]
[Rumbling.]
AIKEN: Death will come to all of us.
Especially soldiers.
It will come inevitable as the sun.
It is only to be feared if you fear what's on the other side of it.
If you see darkness in your soul.
Rather than light.
In a way, I suppose soldiers are gods.
You give your life away so others will live.
In peace.
Even if it's only fleeting.
The ones that live carry part of you with them.
Your deeds become seeds for theirs.
The sacrifice carries forward.
And in their final moments as a soldier you know they will have to answer the same question you did in yours: with your life would you only create death? Or with your death would you create life? That is my question to you, Commander Locke.
How will you die? And for what?
Native to this little piece of Halo ring and nowhere else.
We destroy the deposits with the Havok.
LOCKE: Make sure what happened back there on Sedra never happens again.
HORRIGAN: And in five hours and change that sun is coming up.
We're all gonna be dust.
[Grunting.]
Haisal! LOCKE: You don't do that! You don't play God! You see God anywhere? Tonight, we are God.
LOCKE: You got a death wish with what happened to you, that's fine.
But I still got some fight.
Me and you? Which one of us is gonna fly the tug? Then people are gonna start to make choices.
You realize that, don't you? [Screaming.]
He fell.
HORRIGAN: It's over, forget it.
Important thing is you still have that gun.
Put it down.
We will not go out like this.
I tried to save you.
I'm not the one who needs saving.
AIKEN: We're close.
[Panting.]
[Panting rapidly.]
Hurry up! He'll turn on you, huh? Shut up! The least essential one always dies.
Me, he needs to fly the ship.
You? What's he needs? You're telling me this why? Because I trust you more than him.
Havoks are supposed to be bulletproof.
Let's see if that was just advertising.
MACER: Sir, looks like some of the propulsion might still be functional.
Condor won't get us off the ring, but if we could disengage it, get the thrusters working, we could still make the tug.
[Grunting.]
[Ramos grunts.]
[Panting.]
HORRIGAN: What? He's right.
You don't need me.
He's got a point.
He has no point.
Tug like that has an autopilot.
Then why are we keeping him around? 'Cause it also has a biometric ignition.
That's the card he's been playing the whole time.
We need his fingerprint to start the thing.
But that's all we need.
His fingerprint.
Come on.
[Grunts.]
We got about a half hour left.
So all we gotta do is set this thing, get away clear, let it detonate while the tug is in orbit.
MACER: We have problems.
I spoke too soon.
Propulsion's still functional, but the fuel cells are shattered.
Not getting anywhere without fuel.
Might still be a way.
This thing has a standard backup power cell.
We use this for the ship instead, might be just enough to get us out of this canyon to that tug.
Get this cell into the system.
Test it, make sure it's still working.
MACER: Yes, sir.
We can't leave the deposits intact.
We came all this way.
And at least one of us isn't getting off this rock anyhow.
I think the only thing we can do is get two of us up and out towards that tug, whilst the other remains behind.
Detonates the Havok by hand.
[Ramos wheezing.]
I gotta top up.
We don't have time for this! HORRIGAN: Saturate quick.
[Panting.]
[Device beeps.]
I'm getting nothing.
[Grunting.]
[Machine whirring.]
It's a go.
But I suggest we get going ASAP.
Not sure how long it's gonna hold.
AIKEN: Save it till we're ready.
[Powering down.]
Go with her, you don't have much time.
Like hell you get to make that decision.
Three of us aren't making it out here, we already know that.
Let's make the choice now.
Walk, goddammit.
I called this mission.
It's on me.
Never did draw those straws, did we? [Bead clatters.]
[Beads clattering.]
I'll choose two.
One red.
One white.
Three.
You're too young.
Soldier's a soldier.
Three.
Just so you know, Private.
No do-overs.
You wanna be a soldier and you pick red, I will walk on you.
Let the beads decide.
[Beads clatter.]
Red one stays behind.
[Exhales.]
As it should be.
Go.
I could draw on you, if you want.
Get her going, Macer.
See you in Valhalla.
They don't let ONI into Valhalla.
You, they might.
[Powering up.]
[Engine rumbling.]
There they are! [Screeching.]
[Worms chittering.]
[Device beeping.]
What the hell? [Yells.]
[Engine stalling.]
We got problems.
Steady, Macer.
[Screaming.]
Come on! You'll never catch 'em if you're dragging me.
[Both panting.]
Don't do it! [Engine whirring.]
[Screeching.]
Don't do it! Don't do it! [Gun shots.]
[Screeching.]
No, no! No! No.
[Yelling.]
[Grunting.]
[Yelling.]
[Rumbling.]
[Beeping.]
[Timer beeping.]
[Screeching.]
[Beeping.]
Now, come on! I need you help here, bus driver.
Autopilot hardware's same as most.
[Beeping.]
[Powering up.]
We're going.
We're going! [Engine whirring.]
[Timer beeping.]
[Rumbling.]
AIKEN: Death will come to all of us.
Especially soldiers.
It will come inevitable as the sun.
It is only to be feared if you fear what's on the other side of it.
If you see darkness in your soul.
Rather than light.
In a way, I suppose soldiers are gods.
You give your life away so others will live.
In peace.
Even if it's only fleeting.
The ones that live carry part of you with them.
Your deeds become seeds for theirs.
The sacrifice carries forward.
And in their final moments as a soldier you know they will have to answer the same question you did in yours: with your life would you only create death? Or with your death would you create life? That is my question to you, Commander Locke.
How will you die? And for what?