MOTHER 9001 AWAKENS
FEBRUARY 9, 2142
TARGET OBJECT IN RANGE
TARGET OBJECT RECOVERED RETURN JOURNEY STARTED
Calling all workers.
The day shift starts in 15 minutes. Farmers must register at the fair immediately.
Anyone who has symptoms such as fever, cough, -
- vomiting or difficulty breathing, must be examined by a doctor immediately.
The safety and health of the colony is Weyland-Yutani's number one priority.
Calling all workers.
Have you heard the one about the dancing astronaut? He loved the rumba.
Please stop.
I just bought a watch that won't go off. Waste of time.
Give me that cornbread.
I have started such a juice diet.
I was pressured into it.
How bad it is.
- You always laughed at that. - Yes, when I was 12.
It's guaranteed Mr. Finch. We owe him for three months.
He just calls again.
By that time we may not be here.
Andy, stay close to me.
Wake up! Now wake up!
We are all Weyland-Yutani's slaves.
They give us food and shelter and take our lives in return.
Don't believe their lies!
They own you!
Andy, Andy. So come here.
What did I do wrong?
The ball is never under the cup you choose. It's a scam.
- How am I supposed to raise money? - Money for what?
To buy a horse when we get to Yvaga.
- Do you want a horse? - It should be called Raindy.
- Did you get it? Raindy. - Yes, it's a good name.
You just wait there. It may take some time.
Now don't make a fuss, will you?
Good luck!
Next. Name and occupation?
Marie Raines Carradine. Agriculture. It's about my travel documents.
I have met my quota and should be free to rent now.
- Where do you want to go? - To Yvaga.
The system is independent but fully terraformed. You can even see the sun.
where are your parents
They died three cycles ago. Of pneumonia from the mines.
Now it's just me and my brother.
They sell us hope to keep us enslaved.
Unfortunately, you cannot be released from your contract yet.
You will be transferred to the mines.
What kind of thing? But I have earned the required hours.
The quota is set up to 24,000 hours, so you will be released from your contract -
- in five or six years. The company thanks you for your hard work.
Rain!
Stop! Leave him alone, you filth!
I have you. You're bleeding.
Don't worry, I'll reboot you. I have you.
Such. I shouldn't have left you.
They sell us hope to keep us enslaved.
Wake up now. They own you.
Rain, you have to excuse me, I'm kidding you, -
- but there is something you need to hear about. So come on down and take Andy with you.
- Damn... - Game over, man.
Hi Rain. A long time ago.
I said she would probably come. You owe me five dollars.
Andy!
- Why was the street sweeper fired? - Why?
Because he swept dirt.
- Please don't encourage him. - Go inside and I'll come.
- Kay. - Rain.
I have missed you. And so does my brother.
It was good you came.
I heard about your father. It hurts me.
If it's not hail, then it's an illness.
Death must have a cause. Should we show her?
Show me what?
Last night we were loading the last Tesotek.
We were a good 300 km up, and all of a sudden -
- the freighter intercepted a signal that turned out to be stuttering -
- from a large Wey-Yu ship drifting off above us.
- Discarded and abandoned. - An old, worn wreck.
- Just like him. - Bjorn...
Now just tell her.
Why sit here and wait for travel permits, -
- which we'll never get anyway, when the freighter can get us to Yvaga?
Because it takes nine years to reach Yvaga, and you have to sleep cryosleep.
Discarded ships may have functional equipment.
And the hyperlink shows that the ship still has capsules left.
Will you empty a Weyland-Yutani ship of heavily banned equipment?
- Before others do. - You must be insane.
- Of course we are. - Will you help us?
What do you need me for?
- Andy. We need Andy. -Andy?
He is synthetic and speaks mother.
He can interact with the ship and get us in and out with no fuss.
But what if we get caught? Then we will never get a travel permit.
Rain doesn't want to go. So can't we just borrow Andy?
- My brother is not going up there alone. - He's not your brother.
Shut your ass, Bjorn.
He's defective Wey-Yu scrap your father found in the dump. Wake up though.
- Come on. - I didn't say anything.
Rain, wait.
My cousin may be a fool, but he's right about one thing.
You must wake up. The company gives us nothing, and you know it.
We have to take it.
Rain, I just don't want to end up like our parents.
Do you want to?
Is your plan as simple as you make it sound?
You don't even have to get out of Corbelan. I promise.
What do you say?
Come on, Bjorn.
I fire her up. Batteries for.
Beautiful.
Hydro, please. Comm panel.
- Ground spoilers. - Activated.
- First trip in space? - Yes.
Also for you?
- Fuel pump. - Two space maidens on board.
Take a good look at the view, because we will never come back.
- Are you okay? - I'm fine.
It will probably work.
- Now is this a good idea? - Yes, yes, father.
Now comes the pressure.
That's how it should be done.
Is it...?
Yes, it is our sun.
Yvaga had to have the most beautiful sunsets.
I have seen them.
In dreams.
I look forward to seeing them with you.
Cryosleep is said to feel like a drunken night.
So when we wake up at Yvaga tomorrow, it will be with a hangover.
There she is.
- It's not a ship. - No.
- Shut up, it's big. What is it? - A scrapped space station perhaps.
- Navarro, get us closer. - Okay, I match its roll.
Danger. Collision warning.
- What's wrong? - The belt is closer than expected.
How long?
- About 36 hours. - For what?
To the station the rings hit.
What have? What did you say? It didn't sound very good.
36 hours. This should take half an hour. Not?
- Andy. - Highest.
Are you sure you want this?
I only have one directive.
Doing what's best for Rain. Your father wrote it.
Yes. That and too many far jokes.
I am happy to be able to help.
Now be careful.
Pairing in two minutes.
- Put this on. - Why?
- So your dates don't freeze. - You think too much about my dates.
- Be careful I don't cut them off. - You just want them, huh?
- Now shut up. - Take these gloves.
- Hey, stop fiddling. - Now leave him alone.
- Andy, don't take care of him. - He just destroys something.
- Hatch ahead. I connect. - Just take it easy.
- Shut up, it's cold in there. - What is it?
A temp scanner. It will lead us to the capsules.
The compression is tolerable. Too little oxygen to breathe.
Andy, it's you. Show what you're good at.
That's right, Andy. Well done.
Now you are not a virgin anymore.
Come on.
- Fuck... - There is no gravity here.
I can feel it in my stomach.
- What was that? - The gravity generators.
- The control starts at intervals. - So the whole place doesn't explode.
Now the stomach makes knots again. We continue straight ahead.
According to the scanner, the capsules should be in there.
- Andy, are you okay? - Yes.
I have located the capsules.
Oh fuck. Damn!
Bjorn, are you okay?
I think I've leathered the arsehole.
Shit, those control launches are no joke.
SYSTEM STARTUP
MOTHER 9000
Thank God there is still current in the old story.
Watch out, here comes gravity.
Damn it!
Well, let's see here.
YEAR 3.20
- Shit. - What's wrong?
The capsules do not have enough fuel. There is enough for three years of hibernation.
- It takes nine years to reach Yvaga. - I am aware of that.
Piss too. I knew it. I fucking knew it.
- Then you better come back. - No, we're not giving up now.
Yvaga is the closest system. What do you want us to do?
Now shut up.
There seems to be a cryodepot somewhere. There must be fuel.
Navarro, I'm disconnecting the EEV.
You can pick it up while we get cryofuel.
Held.
400 meters straight ahead.
What is all that military piss for?
- It is effective. - Is it?
- And cool. - You look like a clown.
- Sorry. - Now relax.
Next time I'll smash you. He must stay away from me.
- Why is he so angry with him? - Because of the thing with his mother.
- What do you mean? - There was a gas leak in the mines.
A synthetic gave the order to close them while Bjorn's mother was down there.
Synthetics then cannot harm people.
It sacrificed three miners to save half a dozen.
They can do that.
How gruesome.
I have you, I have you.
Come on, come on...
Careful.
Well done.
Kay? kay...
- I'm right here. - I look for the capsules.
- Don't worry, I'm not sick. - What's wrong?
There is nothing wrong.
oh my gosh...
- Who is the father of it? - Some fool.
Just don't tell my brother. He has enough to worry about.
I don't say anything.
I'm just happy that the baby is going to see the sun.
We're about to get there.
Navarro, airlock 5-B is our exit once we find the cryogenic fuel.
Welcome to the space station Renaissance, -
- Weyland-Yutani's Center for Research and Development.
The station is divided into two halves: Romulus and Remus.
Both serve our efforts to improve the human role in space.
This place gives me goosebumps.
Have you heard the one about the bowler who only has one ball?
It always takes cones. Did you get it?
Please turn yourself off.
You said you were nervous, so I tried…
I'm looking forward to getting into a capsule and never seeing you again.
- See you then at Yvaga. - You are not going to Yvaga.
- Bjorn, stop. - Shouldn't I?
- Hold up. - Didn't she say that?
The system is anti-Weyland-Yutani, so fake people are prohibited.
I prefer the term "artificial person".
Andy, listen.
Rain can go to jail if she takes you.
And if you stay at Jackson, you will be scrapped by the company.
Are you in? I need you on board to protect the capsules.
But when we get there...
Scrap. Farewell and tobacco.
- Are you done? - I'm just saying it like it is.
It's okay. If it's what's best for Rain, it's what's best for me.
You're a nice guy, Andy. We will miss you.
So he didn't know?
I didn't bother to tell him.
Don't be sad about that.
Don't waste your life for Andy.
It doesn't matter to him.
He is not...
...you know, real.
The signal comes from inside.
- Didn't you say the base was scrapped? - Yeah.
- It doesn't look discarded. - No, but it is definitely abandoned.
Andy, look here.
It can certainly short-circuit a synth if you turn up the power.
I'd better bring it along if it clicks for you.
It was just for fun.
Take care.
Shit.
It's just a synthetic.
Shit, I just thought it was a real person.
- What happened? - Maybe a chemical spill.
The fuel must be in there. Let's take it and get away.
CRYO CHAMBER
Andy?
Bjorn, take the lantern.
There are no capsules in here.
No, it is refrigeration equipment, but it uses the same type of fuel.
Yes.
45 kilos. More than enough to get us to Yvaga.
Bjorn, give me a hand.
Pull to three. Clear?
One, two, three.
Ouch, my fingers.
I can't feel my fingers.
- My hands are frozen. - What's going on?
It is a form of shutdown. Andy, the door.
He is not authorized. To open the door.
He can restart the ship but not open the door to an indifferent room?
I guess it doesn't matter.
Come now! Come now!
We'll probably get them out.
If Andy can't open the door, we probably can't either.
He is a Weyland-Yutani synth. We are just intruders.
- Do you have any ideas? - Not yet.
It's shown in here.
Bear?
Tyler?
They are in there.
what are you doing
If the module works, I can transfer its authorization to Andy so he can open the door.
It's stuck.
Shut up, it's hot in here.
- Sick enough. - You must not tamper with anything.
Help me! Take out the module!
- Are you okay? - It was damn stupid.
- Here. - Let me see.
Yes.
Such.
Rain!
This is from the synthetics. Try putting it in Andy's module.
- It hurts me terribly. - Now let's just get out.
Andy...
So let's see.
Shit. Did I do something wrong? He has gone into a back lock.
He's just rebooting. It takes a few minutes.
Let me find something for your fingers.
What was that?
Stay straight.
Tyler?
What are you doing?
- Bjorn? - Stop that fart.
- There is something in the water. - What is it?
No idea, but it's in the water.
Bear!
What the hell was that?
Andy!
Bjorn, help him!
- Tyler! - Sorry.
Come help me! Navarro!
Andy, go!
Bear! Andy, the door! Bear!
Come on, come on, come on!
Out with you!
Out, out!
Come on, Bjorn!
Andy, the door!
Lie still.
It suffocates her. Stop! It's suffocating her!
- Stop, Bjorn! Stop, dammit! - It's about to kill her!
I don't think that's what the creature is doing.
Andy?
The rhythmic pulse of the bladder in time with her breathing -
- tells me it gives her oxygen to keep her alive, unknown why.
Who the hell are you?
An ND-255 Weyland-Yutani synth with mining and guard functions.
- You called me "Andy". - That's the module.
Yes.
The new module has upgraded both my powers and my AI -
- and am now in the process of repairing my motor system.
A much needed upgrade.
- I'm roasting that creep. - No!
The current will cause its tail muscle to break her neck.
What the hell do you want us to do, what?
Do you know how we can help her?
My databases are unchanged.
I don't know what the creature is or how it can be removed.
But there is possibly someone in the room who does.
Must secure substance Z-01.
Highest priority. Must complete the mission.
It pains me, but your mission failed.
What? No, I...
How can we help her?
You must not help her. You must escape. Hurry away.
Nah, no. We are not leaving her.
So show mercy and kill her. Otherwise you will all die.
- What does he mean? - What does it do to her?
The parasitoid implants a Plagiarus praepotens in her.
It will absorb her DNA and grow out of her.
What will grow out of her?
Xenomorph XX121.
One of our ships came into contact with the specimen here two decades ago.
Only one of the USS Nostromo's crew survived -
- and blew the creature out of the airlock. We've been looking for it ever since.
170 days ago the search was successful.
The xenomorph was brought on board, presumed dead.
But lack of oxygen and food -
- has no real meaning for this perfect organism.
But nothing is immortal.
Obviously.
It razed the station until our surviving soldiers shot it -
- and triggered its swan song.
- Acid blood? - Sulfuric and hydrochloric acid.
- I sealed the station, but too late. - We are very happy with your ship!
Okay, okay, okay.
What if we use the cryofuel to freeze its tail root?
Then it might stop suffocating her.
It is a possibility.
Get it away!
It's gone. I have you.
- It's gone. - You can handle it.
I'm not so sure about that.
- What are the odds? - 60-40 against your friend.
The odds for what?
For the creature to finish its mission.
What does he mean?
Listen here. Humans have to go through too many emotional phases, -
- before they take the cold, rational and often most difficult consequence.
You must help them. You must help them.
Andy? What is happening?
We can't take her back to the ship.
- You must understand that. - It has clicked for him.
You deranged pig!
Let's get away. Come on, come on.
- Come on, Tyler. - We can't leave her. Bear!
Now listen here. You have to go in and start the ship.
Forgive me. I have always been nothing but a burden to you.
Today I can finally help you. Don't see me as a child anymore.
Andy?
Navarro, disconnect the ship!
Disconnection initiated. Please escape the airlock.
- What the hell is he doing? - He thinks Andy will kill Navarro.
What? Does he want it?
I don't know.
Andy. Andy! Open the door.
Sorry, I couldn't stop them.
Bear? What are you doing? You must come back for us.
Not before she turns him off the psychopath.
- What's going on? - Andy...
Andy has gone crazy. I just need to get out of this airlock.
Navarro, are you okay?
What's wrong? What do you need?
Navarro?
Oh god, what is it?
Navarro! Navarro!
I don't know what to do.
Bjorn, talk to me! What is happening?
Help! Help!
What is happening?
You must not let me die.
- Bjorn? Kay? - We have to get them out.
47 minutes to collision.
- It can't fit. - You said we had more hours.
The explosion has shifted the axis of the station, -
- so it will now hit the asteroid belt earlier.
Where did they land?
The Romulus hangar on the other side of the station. Away.
45 minutes to collision.
Mother, what does substance Z-01's integrity look like?
There is still hope.
We must find a way to the Romulus module.
- No, no, no... - They must have spread.
- I can't see any other way. - Andy, can ...?
I heard your voice in my head calling me.
ND-255, artificial person.
Your model was the mainstay of our colonization push. An honor to me.
Allow me to introduce myself.
I am Research Officer Rook and I respectfully request your assistance.
Unfortunately, I only have one directive. Doing what is best for…
The directive in your upgrade overrides the old one.
Yes.
What is required of me, Mr. Officer?
That you complete our mission.
Andy!
Andy.
About forgiveness. I have discussed our situation with my friend.
Come along.
Our situation? Andy?
The parasitoids have no eyes. They go for sounds and heat signatures.
- What? - Your body temperature.
If we raise the temperature in the room, will that make us invisible to them?
If we are quiet enough?
It will turn out.
It's all my fault.
Yes, it is.
Yours, mine and everyone else's.
We made the decision together.
We'll probably get to them.
40 minutes to collision.
The temperature now matches that of your bodies, so the creature should not be able to see you.
But stress, fear and panic will raise your temperature and expose you.
Sweat and goosebumps are your skin's attempt to cool you down, so watch out for that.
Keep calm and be quiet.
Come on, come on!
Come on!
Bjorn, come on.
Stay away!
Kay?
- Oh god, Tyler... - I'm here.
Tyler, you have to help me. I can't get the door open.
By the red button there is a key.
I can't find any key.
- It must be there. - Okay, okay.
I have it!
Oh god!
Run.
Run! Run!
Wait!
- Wait! - Come on!
- You almost pinned him in the door. - Yes, but I didn't.
I timed it perfectly with more success than last time. Don't you agree?
They have come closer. Let's move on.
30 minutes to collision.
Access denied.
We are here now. Take it easy. Andy, open the door.
Take it easy. We'll probably get you out.
Tyler, open the door.
Oh god.
Kay, look at me. We'll probably get you out.
- Andy, open the door. - What are you doing?
- Andy! - What's wrong?
- Now open that door. - That's what the creature wants.
Open it now!
Listen to me. She is pregnant.
- She's going to have a child. Do you hear? - The door is two seconds from opening.
What are you doing?
The creature will be able to reach in here easily.
Now open that door! Why won't you help me?
So help me though!
You are one of us. Now open the damn door! Andy!
You have to escape!
Andy, please open the door. I have to go in after her.
Sorry. I could do nothing to save her.
- You could have opened the damn door! - Then we were all killed.
We have to move on before the creature finds its way in here.
Andy...
What is your primary directive?
I have received a new directive. To do what is best for the company.
I have to remove the module.
Unfortunately, it is not in the company's interest.
We must move on. Now.
How could you?
What? Leave someone in the lurch?
What do we do now?
Complete the task Rook gave me.
Once that is done, he will give Corbelan permission to depart.
You will be able to go to Yvaga together and I will return to Jackson.
If we survive this otherwise.
So here we are.
Romulus beta lab.
All personnel must have A-1 security clearance.
- What is it? - Probably a sick bioweapon.
It's actually just the opposite.
Andy, tell them what I told you.
Our colonies are suffering in unbearable temperatures, new diseases -
- and toxic mine fumes. One unforeseen tragedy after another.
Man is not fit to colonize space.
It's too fragile.
It's too weak.
This station was to change that.
"The perfect organism" should be man.
So I corrected that.
I took its abilities to give them to man.
In the parasitoids I created from the xenomorph's DNA, -
- I discovered a unique non-Newtonian fluid.
Life in its most basic, unadulterated form.
This microorganism is the deadliest that exists.
But with acetylation and synthesis I turned it into that miracle, -
- Mr. Weyland died to find.
Fire of Prometheus. The gods' gift to man.
Z-01 contains that genome, -
- which gives the xeno the ability to regulate its own metabolism.
Its symbiotic nature rewrites the host organism's DNA through the blood.
It is a much needed upgrade for man.
We can no longer wait for evolution.
- Can't we just slip away now? - The substance must return to the colony.
Rook keeps an eye on the substance. When it is on board the ship, -
- he activates the autopilot and sends it back to the colony.
Wait.
Can you see it?
- There. - The creep is chasing us.
Well. New plan. Can you handle a gun?
You can damn well believe that.
This is an F44AA pulse rifle that the Marines used.
"AA" stands for Aiming Assist. Up under the arm with it.
Such. The hand here.
Aim at Andy and pull the trigger half way down. The fuse is switched on.
There you can see. Aiming Assist.
If the creep comes, you can't possibly shoot past.
Where did you learn all that?
Computer games and magazines.
You only have one magazine. 450 shots.
And you must not loosen a single one.
Acid blood, you probably remember.
We are on the lower deck of the station. Below us is empty space.
Shooting the creature will cause a sudden decompression and then we die.
- So what are we going to do with the rifles? - Maybe the threat will keep the creature away.
- Maybe. - A big one, maybe.
I've found a way through the conveyor belt. This way.
Andy...
are you there
20 minutes to collision.
The elevator at the end of the corridor will take us directly to the ship.
- There are several of them. - It's not that good.
They seem to have been here for a long time.
Andy?
You almighty.
Industrious little beasts.
- We'd better find another way. - That sounds like a good idea.
Andy, try to open the gate.
Stop.
Why?
Kay!
Tyler! Tyler!
Kay!
Kay?
Kay!
I have her.
- We have you now. - She's alive.
- She's losing a lot of blood. - She has not been implanted.
- How do you know? - There is no dead parasitoid here.
Andy, you have to do something. I'm begging you, Andy.
The human genome is 25% similar to that of rats, and it worked on the rat.
Come on, Kay.
- Don't. - Do I have a choice?
We put her in cryo on board the ship.
It will keep her alive until she can be treated at the colony.
- Andy, will she survive? - If we hurry.
Run, run!
There it is. I have her.
Hey, we'll be right there. You just have to persevere.
Watch out!
Is that all you have to offer?
Andy!
Tyler!
Kay, listen carefully. The elevator runs up to the ship.
Take this and put yourself in a cryocapsule.
Then the autopilot will fly you back to the colony. Can you do that?
- Yes? - What about you?
I'll find another way back.
Let me take it out. Then I'll fix you up in return.
Listen to me.
You're going to die here, and it's neither in the company's interest -
- or in min.
Come now. Andy, come on.
10 minutes to collision.
Rain?
Andy...
- I apologize many times. - No, no, no.
I'm the one apologizing.
It won't keep them in check for long.
Come now!
You are wasting your time.
You must help us. Open the door.
Unfortunately, I must decline your request. This will endanger the substance.
But I am grateful for the help you two have given the company.
You stupid pig!
Andy, open it.
- It doesn't work. - Satan!
I can't lie about your chances, but you have my sympathy.
Press it. Then I'll take control of the ship and fly you out of here.
- Who are you? - A friend.
Your comrades died so that you could survive. Press the button, -
- and let me honor their sacrifice.
Andy, don't you want to tell me one of your jokes?
Why don't monsters eat clowns?
Because they taste funny.
- I don't understand cloning. - Then there are two of us.
I read a book about gravity.
It was a heavy case.
Rain? Rain?
- What are you doing? - Turns off the gravity generator.
Ten, nine, eight, -
- seven, six, five, four, -
- three, two, one.
- Now is this a good idea? - It will show.
It works.
Rain, you have 40% left.
20%.
Rain!
Shit.
Stay behind me.
Be careful.
Rain!
Andy, are you okay?
We have to go to the elevator.
COUNTDOWN TO WEIGHT CHECK START
The elevator does not work without gravity.
Clear?
Rain!
No!
Weight Control Start!
- Andy! - Come on!
Andy!
Leave her be...
...your sow.
Collision in ten, nine, eight...
...seven, six, five, four...
...three, two, one.
Kay!
- It was a long time coming. - Let's get out of here.
I'm glad you two made it.
MOTHER TAKES CONTROL
Like, watch your head.
- Thank you. - You'll probably both be able to handle it.
The company is proud of what has been accomplished here.
I have sent them the message.
Once they receive it, they will come to Jackson's Star and pick up the substance.
AUTOPILOT OFF
What are you doing?
The plan has changed.
Andy, stop her. Hit us up again.
You must not. The substance must reach the company.
Unfortunately, I must decline your request. Have a good time.
Listen, you two. You mean nothing in the grand scheme of things...
No.
It will keep your systems running until we reach Yvaga.
- But I thought... - I don't care. You must come along.
If that's what's best for Rain.
I have a new directive for you.
Do what's best for us.
Gladly.
Well.
LIFE DANGER SLEEP INTERRUPTED
Oh, Kay…
What's wrong?
Oh no...
Get it away from me.
CARGO DAMAGED
AUTOPILOT DISABLED
Kay.
Andy, Andy...
Rain, help her.
Andy, come on!
Get up!
Come now!
DANGEROUS TEMPERATURE
"Manual trunk opening: Pull the four handles."
A!
Thaw!
Three!
PULL ALL HANDLES
Straighten up. Straighten up.
Die, you pig!
I'll fix you.
Cryologist for the mine freighter Corbelan.
I have set course for Yvaga without certainty as to whether I will reach it, -
- or what fate awaits me.
But whatever happens, I'll deal with it.
This is Rain Carradine, the last survivor on Corbelan.
Finish.
Translation: Henrik Thøgersen Scandinavian: Text Service