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[Sound: Cars honk, crowd panics as a Covenant assault carrier passes overhead.]<br />
[Sound: Cars honk, crowd panics as a Covenant assault carrier passes overhead.]<br />
'''Crowd''': Move! The Covenant are coming!<br />
'''Crowd:''' Move! The Covenant are coming!<br />
'''Crowd''': Please, mister, you gotta take me! Get me outa here! Please! Wait!<br />
'''Crowd:''' Please, mister, you gotta take me! Get me outa here! Please! Wait!<br />
'''Crowd''': Can I use your [[chatter]]? I gotta call my family!<br />
'''Crowd:''' Can I use your [[chatter]]? I gotta call my family!<br />
'''Crowd''': I told 'em! I told 'em this was going to happen! They didn't listen, and now we're all going to die!<br />
'''Crowd:''' I told 'em! I told 'em this was going to happen! They didn't listen, and now we're all going to die!<br />
'''Sadie''': (into chatter) Vergil? Can you hear me? I'm on my Chatter. But I'm off the train in Old Mombasa and--<br />
'''Sadie:''' (into chatter) Vergil? Can you hear me? I'm on my Chatter. But I'm off the train in Old Mombasa and--<br />
'''Superintendent''': (from Chatter) No parking, violators will be ticketed and towed!<br />
'''Superintendent:''' (from Chatter) No parking, violators will be ticketed and towed!<br />
'''Sadie''': I know! I can see it! A giant Covenant ship, just hanging above the city center!<br />
'''Sadie:''' I know! I can see it! A giant Covenant ship, just hanging above the city center!<br />
'''Sadie''': There's a kiosk on the platform. Makupa station. Meet me there, ok?<br />
'''Sadie:''' There's a kiosk on the platform. Makupa station. Meet me there, ok?<br />
[Sound: Vergil chime]<br />
[Sound: Vergil chime]<br />
'''Sadie''': (pushing through the crowd) Excuse me! Sorry! Hey! Watch it, mister!<br />
'''Sadie:''' (pushing through the crowd) Excuse me! Sorry! Hey! Watch it, mister!<br />
Kiosk: (from speaker) Please state your destination.<br />
'''Kiosk:''' (from speaker) Please state your destination.<br />
'''Sadie''': Vergil, give me eyes on Dad, quick!<br />
'''Sadie:''' Vergil, give me eyes on Dad, quick!<br />
Kiosk: I'm sorry, I don't recognize that -- (distortion)<br />
'''Kiosk:''' I'm sorry, I don't recognize that -- (distortion)<br />
'''[[Daniel Endesha|Dr. Endesha]]''': (from kiosk) Sadie, where are you?<br />
'''[[Daniel Endesha|Dr. Endesha]]:''' (from kiosk) Sadie, where are you?<br />
'''Sadie''': Train station, Old Mombasa. Dad, there's a ship --<br />
'''Sadie:''' Train station, Old Mombasa. Dad, there's a ship --<br />
'''Dr. Endesha''': Listen sweetheart, I wanted to tell you at breakfast, but you left so early...<br />
'''Dr. Endesha:''' Listen sweetheart, I wanted to tell you at breakfast, but you left so early...<br />
'''Dr. Endesha''': You know my latest project? The seismic survey for the new construction downtown?<br />
'''Dr. Endesha:''' You know my latest project? The seismic survey for the new construction downtown?<br />
'''Sadie''': Dad! There's a Covenant ship --<br />
'''Sadie:''' Dad! There's a Covenant ship --<br />
'''Dr. Endesha''': Well Vergil found [[Portal at Voi|something]] under the city! I've never seen anything like it --<br />
'''Dr. Endesha:''' Well Vergil found [[Portal at Voi|something under the city]]! I've never seen anything like it --<br />
'''Sadie''': Dad! Covenant are attacking the city, do you hear what I'm saying?! You've got to get out of there!<br />
'''Sadie:''' Dad! Covenant are attacking the city, do you hear what I'm saying?! You've got to get out of there!<br />
'''Dr. Endesha''': Don't worry, I'm nine levels underground. And I built Vergil's data-center to be very, very secure.<br />
'''Dr. Endesha:''' Don't worry, I'm nine levels underground. And I built Vergil's data-center to be very, very secure.<br />
'''Sadie''': Fine. then I'll come to you.<br />
'''Sadie:''' Fine. then I'll come to you.<br />
'''Dr. Endesha''': No, absolutely not! Stay exactly where you are! I'll have Vergil --<br />
'''Dr. Endesha:''' No, absolutely not! Stay exactly where you are! I'll have Vergil --<br />
'''Sadie''': Sorry, Dad! (fakes static) There's, uh, something wrong..<br />
'''Sadie:''' Sorry, Dad! (fakes static) There's, uh, something wrong..<br />
'''Dr. Endesha''': This is a video connection, Sadie. I can see you making those sounds.<br />
'''Dr. Endesha:''' This is a video connection, Sadie. I can see you making those sounds.<br />
'''Sadie''': Right... well, tough!<br />
'''Sadie:''' Right... well, tough!<br />
'''Sadie''': Vergil, get that train going in reverse!<br />
'''Sadie:''' Vergil, get that train going in reverse!<br />
'''Dr. Endesha''': Sadie Endesha, I will not allow you to put yourself in danger... --<br />
'''Dr. Endesha:''' Sadie Endesha, I will not allow you to put yourself in danger... --<br />
[Sound: Whistle of Covenant tank fire.]<br />
[Sound: Whistle of Covenant tank fire.]<br />
'''Dr. Endesha''': What's that noise?<br />
'''Dr. Endesha:''' What's that noise?<br />
'''Sadie''': Uh oh... Incoming!<br />
'''Sadie:''' Uh oh... Incoming!<br />
[Sound: Covenant plasma fire slams into station]
[Sound: Covenant plasma fire slams into station]
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[Sound: Police car accelerates away from the station.]
[Sound: Police car accelerates away from the station.]
<br />'''Kinsler''': Branley? The partition if you please.
<br />'''Kinsler:''' Branley? The partition if you please.
<br />'''Mike''': Yes sir... [Raises privacy partition.]
<br />'''Mike:''' Yes sir... [Raises privacy partition.]
<br />'''Sadie''': Where are we going?
<br />'''Sadie:''' Where are we going?
<br />'''Kinsler''': The police department has an emergency bunker outside the city limits. We'll be very safe.
<br />'''Kinsler:''' The police department has an emergency bunker outside the city limits. We'll be very safe.
<br />'''Sadie''': That's very kind of you, Commissioner. But I can't. I'm sorry. If you would please take me to the city center --
<br />'''Sadie:''' That's very kind of you, Commissioner. But I can't. I'm sorry. If you would please take me to the city center --
<br />'''Kinsler''': Such a serious young woman. Just like your mother... 'New Mombasa's most passionate public defender'.
<br />'''Kinsler:''' Such a serious young woman. Just like your mother... 'New Mombasa's most passionate public defender'.
<br />'''Kinsler''': Too bad her last client really was a sick, murdering bastard.
<br />'''Kinsler:''' Too bad her last client really was a sick, murdering bastard.
<br />'''Kinsler''': (sliding across the seat to Sadie) She had your eyes...
<br />'''Kinsler:''' (sliding across the seat to Sadie) She had your eyes...
<br />'''Sadie''': (into her Chatter) Vergil, stop the car!
<br />'''Sadie:''' (into her Chatter) Vergil, stop the car!
<br />'''Kinsler''': As police commissioner it's my job to uphold the law. And I'm afraid this city has very strict, personal privacy statutes.
<br />'''Kinsler:''' As police commissioner it's my job to uphold the law. And I'm afraid this city has very strict, personal privacy statutes.
<br />'''Kinsler''': My car is off the grid, Sadie. As far as Vergil is concerned, you just disappeared...
<br />'''Kinsler:''' My car is off the grid, Sadie. As far as Vergil is concerned, you just disappeared...
<br />[Sound: Sadie slaps Kinsler's face.]
<br />[Sound: Sadie slaps Kinsler's face.]
<br />'''Kinsler''': (laughs) Assaulting a police officer. That's a serious offense.
<br />'''Kinsler:''' (laughs) Assaulting a police officer. That's a serious offense.
<br />'''Sadie''': Don't come any closer!
<br />'''Sadie:''' Don't come any closer!
<br />'''Kinsler''': (laughs) Just like your mother...
<br />'''Kinsler:''' (laughs) Just like your mother...
<br />'''Sadie''': (struggling) Let go of me!
<br />'''Sadie:''' (struggling) Let go of me!
<br />'''Kinsler''': (struggling) It's the end of the world...
<br />'''Kinsler:''' (struggling) It's the end of the world...
<br />'''Sadie''': Vergil! Please! Somebody!
<br />'''Sadie:''' Vergil! Please! Somebody!
<br />'''Kinsler''': Nobody cares what happens to one-lost-soul!
<br />'''Kinsler:''' Nobody cares what happens to one-lost-soul!
<br />[Sound: Tires squeal as the car comes to an abrupt stop.]
<br />[Sound: Tires squeal as the car comes to an abrupt stop.]
<br />'''Kinsler''': Officer! Why are we stopping? Keep going!
<br />'''Kinsler:''' Officer! Why are we stopping? Keep going!
<br />[Sound: Mike exits the car and opens Kinsler's door.]
<br />[Sound: Mike exits the car and opens Kinsler's door.]
<br />'''Mike''': Get out.
<br />'''Mike:''' Get out.
<br />'''Kinsler''': What?!
<br />'''Kinsler:''' What?!
<br />'''Mike''': You heard me... (grabs Kinsler)
<br />'''Mike:''' You heard me... (grabs Kinsler)
<br />'''Kinsler''': Let go of my coat! What do you think you're doing?!
<br />'''Kinsler:''' Let go of my coat! What do you think you're doing?!
<br />'''Mike''': My job.
<br />'''Mike:''' My job.
<br />[Sound: Mike punches Kinsler, knocking him to the ground.]
<br />[Sound: Mike punches Kinsler, knocking him to the ground.]
<br />'''Sadie''': I hope that hurt, you son of a bitch!
<br />'''Sadie:''' I hope that hurt, you son of a bitch!
<br />'''Kinsler''': (panting) Not as much as you're going to hurt when I --
<br />'''Kinsler:''' (panting) Not as much as you're going to hurt when I --
<br />[Sound: Mike punches Kinsler again]
<br />[Sound: Mike punches Kinsler again]
<br />'''Mike''': Commissioner, I'm taking the car.
<br />'''Mike:''' Commissioner, I'm taking the car.
<br />'''Mike''': You want to get out of the city? You can walk like everyone else. (enters car, slams door)
<br />'''Mike:''' You want to get out of the city? You can walk like everyone else. (enters car, slams door)
<br />'''Kinsler''': (spitting blood) You'll pay for this Branley!
<br />'''Kinsler:''' (spitting blood) You'll pay for this Branley!
<br />'''Mike''': It's the end of the world... Nobody cares what happens to you.
<br />'''Mike:''' It's the end of the world... Nobody cares what happens to you.
<br />[Sound: Tires squeal as the police car pulls away from Kinsler.]
<br />[Sound: Tires squeal as the police car pulls away from Kinsler.]
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[Sound: Honking car horns and panicked screams.]
['''Sound:''' Honking car horns and panicked screams.]
<br /> Crowd: Hold my hand, son! Don't look down!
<br /> '''Crowd:''' Hold my hand, son! Don't look down!
<br /> Crowd: Is it true? They've shut down the tether!?
<br /> '''Crowd:''' Is it true? They've shut down the tether!?
<br /> Crowd: Officer? Where should we go when we're off the bridge?
<br /> '''Crowd:''' Officer? Where should we go when we're off the bridge?
<br /> Cop: Just keep walking! Get out of the city!
<br /> '''Cop:''' Just keep walking! Get out of the city!
<br /> Cop: Everyone try and stay calm! Marines will be here soon!
<br /> '''Cop:''' Everyone try and stay calm! Marines will be here soon!
<br /> Propaganda: (from PA) Citizens! Your neighbors are resisting!
<br /> '''Propaganda:''' (from PA) Citizens! Your neighbors are resisting!
<br /> Propaganda: A popular uprising is inflicting heavy casualties on the invaders! We will prevail!
<br /> '''Propaganda:''' A popular uprising is inflicting heavy casualties on the invaders! We will prevail!
<br /> Mike: How are we going to get across this bridge? It's packed!
<br /> '''Mike:''' How are we going to get across this bridge? It's packed!
<br /> '''Sadie''': Good manners and pointy elbows!
<br /> '''Sadie:''' Good manners and pointy elbows!
<br /> Mike: (whispers) Jeez, Branley. The things you do for a kiss...
<br /> '''Mike:''' (whispers) Jeez, Branley. The things you do for a kiss...
<br /> '''Sadie''': What?
<br /> '''Sadie:''' What?
<br /> Mike: I said, I won't let you down, miss!
<br /> '''Mike:''' I said, I won't let you down, miss!
<br /> '''Sadie''': Right!
<br /> '''Sadie:''' Right!
<br /> Crowd: Ow! Wrong way, girl!
<br /> '''Crowd:''' Ow! Wrong way, girl!
<br /> Crowd: Hey! Watch where you're stepping!
<br /> '''Crowd:''' Hey! Watch where you're stepping!
<br /> '''Sadie''': (pushing through crowd) Excuse us! Sorry!
<br /> '''Sadie:''' (pushing through crowd) Excuse us! Sorry!
<br /> Mike: Hey, step aside! Police business!
<br /> '''Mike:''' Hey, step aside! Police business!
<br /> '''Sadie''': It's an emergency! Let us through!  
<br /> '''Sadie:''' It's an emergency! Let us through!  
<br /> {Mike: Coming through. Look out!}
<br /> {'''Mike:''' Coming through. Look out!}
<br /> Mike: Step aside people
<br /> '''Mike:''' Step aside people!
<br /> '''Sadie''': You know, if the panicked mobs would just stay in nice, neat lines we'd -- Oof! Watch it! -- get across this bridge a lot faster!
<br /> '''Sadie:''' You know, if the panicked mobs would just stay in nice, neat lines we'd -- Oof! Watch it! -- get across this bridge a lot faster!
<br /> Mike: Do you hear that?
<br /> '''Mike:''' Do you hear that?
<br /> '''Sadie''': What, the water? Don't tell me you're afraid of heights!
<br /> '''Sadie:''' What, the water? Don't tell me you're afraid of heights!
<br /> Mike: [[D77C-NMPD Pelican|Pelican]] drop-ship. Hard to see through all the smoke. But it's heading our way.
<br /> '''Mike:''' [[D77C-NMPD Pelican|Pelican]] drop-ship. Hard to see through all the smoke. But it's heading our way.
<br /> '''Sadie''': (into Chatter) Vergil? Got eyes in the sky?
<br /> '''Sadie:''' (into Chatter) Vergil? Got eyes in the sky?
<br /> [Sound: (from Chatter) Vergil chime, followed by tapping and barking.]
<br /> ['''Sound:''' (from Chatter) Vergil chime, followed by tapping and barking.]
<br /> '''Sadie''': Not good. Cane tapping. Seeing-eye dog. Means Vergil can't see it...
<br /> '''Sadie:''' Not good. Cane tapping. Seeing-eye dog. Means Vergil can't see it...
<br /> Mike: And who do we know who likes to travel off the grid?
<br /> '''Mike:''' And who do we know who likes to travel off the grid?
<br /> Crowd: That's a police drop-ship! We're saved!
<br /> '''Crowd:''' That's a police drop-ship! We're saved!
<br /> Crowd: We can't all fit on that!
<br /> '''Crowd:''' We can't all fit on that!
<br /> Crowd: Says you! I'm getting on first!
<br /> '''Crowd:''' Says you! I'm getting on first!
<br /> [Sound: A Pelican drop-ship settles on the bridge and opens its troop-bay door]
<br /> ['''Sound:''' A Pelican drop-ship settles on the bridge and opens its troop-bay door]
<br /> Mike: Aw, crap...
<br /> '''Mike:''' Aw, crap...
<br /> Kinsler: Hello Sadie... Remember me?
<br /> '''Kinsler:''' Hello Sadie... Remember me?
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[Sound: Kinsler's Pelican drop-ship settles on the bridge.]
[Sound: Kinsler's Pelican drop-ship settles on the bridge.]
<br /> Crowd: The commissioner! We're saved! He has a drop-ship!
<br /> Crowd: The commissioner! We're saved! He has a drop-ship!
<br /> Crowd: Yeah, and a sub-machine gun!
<br /> Crowd: Yeah, and a [[M7 SMG|sub-machine gun]]!
<br /> Crowd: Why's he pointing it at that girl?
<br /> Crowd: Why's he pointing it at that girl?
<br /> Crowd: Not our problem! Keep moving!
<br /> Crowd: Not our problem! Keep moving!
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<br /> [Sound: Mike throws his pistol into the water.]
<br /> [Sound: Mike throws his pistol into the water.]
<br /> Kinsler: Good. I must say, Sadie. You play very hard to get.
<br /> Kinsler: Good. I must say, Sadie. You play very hard to get.
<br /> '''Sadie''': Bet that makes you angry.
<br /> Sadie: Bet that makes you angry.
<br /> Kinsler: Oh... quite the opposite.
<br /> Kinsler: Oh... quite the opposite.
<br /> '''Sadie''': (whispers into Chatter) Vergil... a little help here!
<br /> Sadie: (whispers into Chatter) Vergil... a little help here!
<br /> Kinsler: Your chatter made you easy to track. But I think you and Vergil have talked quite enough. Take it off.
<br /> Kinsler: Your chatter made you easy to track. But I think you and Vergil have talked quite enough. Take it off.
<br /> [Sound: Sadie rips her Chatter off her wrist.]
<br /> [Sound: Sadie rips her Chatter off her wrist.]
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<br /> [Sound: Sadie crushes her chatter with her foot.]
<br /> [Sound: Sadie crushes her chatter with her foot.]
<br /> Kinsler: Do you know what I've learned in all my years of politics?
<br /> Kinsler: Do you know what I've learned in all my years of politics?
<br /> '''Sadie''': That you're an asshole?
<br /> Sadie: That you're an asshole?
<br /> Kinsler: The value of escalation. For example, last time we met, Branley hit me with his fist.
<br /> Kinsler: The value of escalation. For example, last time we met, Branley hit me with his fist.
<br /> Mike: Keep talking. I might do it again.
<br /> Mike: Keep talking. I might do it again.
<br /> Kinsler: I think not. This time, I have a sub-machine gun. You see? Escalation...
<br /> Kinsler: I think not. This time, I have a sub-machine gun. You see? Escalation...
<br /> Kinsler: Goodbye, Branley.
<br /> Kinsler: Goodbye, Branley.
<br /> '''Sadie''': Do it and you're a dead man.
<br /> Sadie: Do it and you're a dead man.
<br /> Kinsler: Sadie. You're such a bright, beautiful girl. You have no idea how much it pains me when you act so incredibly stupid.
<br /> Kinsler: Sadie. You're such a bright, beautiful girl. You have no idea how much it pains me when you act so incredibly stupid.
<br /> [Sound: Rattle of approaching treads.]
<br /> [Sound: Rattle of approaching treads.]
<br /> {Kinsler:} I have. The gun.  
<br /> Kinsler: I have. The gun.  
<br /> '''Sadie''': Yes... But I have the garbage truck.
<br /> Sadie: Yes... But I have the garbage truck.
<br /> [Sound: Metallic crunch as an Olifant smashes into the Pelican.]
<br /> [Sound: Metallic crunch as an Olifant smashes into the Pelican.]
<br /> Crowd: An Olifant just hit that Pelican!
<br /> Crowd: An Olifant just hit that Pelican!
<br /> Crowd: Don't see that every day!
<br /> Crowd: Don't see that every day!
<br /> Kinsler: My drop-ship! That's city property, Vergil! What the devil do you think you're doing?
<br /> Kinsler: My drop-ship! That's city property, Vergil! What the devil do you think you're doing?
<br /> '''Sadie''': Escalation.
<br /> Sadie: Escalation.
<br /> [Sound: The Olifant honks then drops its garbage onto Kinsler.]
<br /> [Sound: The Olifant honks then drops its garbage onto Kinsler.]
<br /> Kinsler: [Chokes and gags.]
<br /> Kinsler: [Chokes and gags.]
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<br /> Crowd: (claps) The commissioner's totally buried in garbage!
<br /> Crowd: (claps) The commissioner's totally buried in garbage!
<br /> Mike: Ugh... Man, what a smell!
<br /> Mike: Ugh... Man, what a smell!
<br /> '''Sadie''': Come on! This is our ride!
<br /> Sadie: Come on! This is our ride!
<br /> Mike: Oh, no... No, no, no!
<br /> Mike: Oh, no... No, no, no!
<br /> Mike: I am not getting in the back of a -- (gag) -- Olifant!
<br /> Mike: I am not getting in the back of a -- (gag) -- Olifant!
<br /> '''Sadie''': Think of it as an armored personnel carrier, for the... smell impaired.
<br /> Sadie: Think of it as an armored personnel carrier, for the... smell impaired.
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[Sound: Sadie and Mike run up the stairwell.]
[Sound: Sadie and Mike run up the stairwell.]
<br /> Mike: Emergency Comms. Fourteenth floor. Should have taken the elevator...
<br /> '''Mike:''' Emergency Comms. Fourteenth floor. Should have taken the elevator...
<br /> Sadie: After what just happened? I don't think so.
<br /> '''Sadie:''' After what just happened? I don't think so.
<br /> Mike: So...what exactly are you going to say to make them re-initialize Vergil?
<br /> '''Mike:''' So...what exactly are you going to say to make them re-initialize Vergil?
<br /> Sadie: I'll think of something.
<br /> '''Sadie:''' I'll think of something.
<br /> Mike: "Hi! I'm cute! Break the law for me!"
<br /> '''Mike:''' "Hi! I'm cute! Break the law for me!"
<br /> Sadie: That's not funny!
<br /> '''Sadie:''' That's not funny!
<br /> Mike: I'm just saying... It worked on me.
<br /> '''Mike:''' I'm just saying... It worked on me.
<br /> [Sound: Police communications officers type and answer phones.]
<br /> [Sound: Police communications officers type and answer phones.]
<br /> Comm Cop: Still no Covenant activity outside the city limits...
<br /> '''Comm Cop:''' Still no Covenant activity outside the city limits...
<br /> Comm Cop: I need a medivac, Nyali Bridge!
<br /> '''Comm Cop:''' I need a medivac, Nyali Bridge!
<br /> Comm Cop: I've got three more evac points at 200% capacity!
<br /> '''Comm Cop:''' I've got three more evac points at 200% capacity!
<br /> Comm Cop: Somebody answer that damn phone!
<br /> '''Comm Cop:''' Somebody answer that damn phone!
<br /> Mike: Where's the duty officer?
<br /> '''Mike:''' Where's the duty officer?
<br /> Comm Cop: Big desk. At the back.
<br /> '''Comm Cop:''' Big desk. At the back.
<br /> Mike: Thanks.
<br /> '''Mike:''' Thanks.
<br /> Comm Cop: Any of the ferries still running?
<br /> '''Comm Cop:''' Any of the ferries still running?
<br /> Comm Cop: No way we can get everyone out!
<br /> '''Comm Cop:''' No way we can get everyone out!
<br /> Comm Cop: Reports of another riot starting down at Kikowani!
<br /> '''Comm Cop:''' Reports of another riot starting down at Kikowani!
<br /> Comm Cop: Well, you'll just have to go down there yourself.
<br /> '''Comm Cop:''' Well, you'll just have to go down there yourself.
<br /> Comm Cop: I need someone else to man these comm lines!
<br /> '''Comm Cop:''' I need someone else to man these comm lines!
<br /> [[Communications Duty Officer|Duty Officer]]: (talking into chatter) As I've been trying to tell you, Captain, I don't have the authority to override --
<br /> [[Communications Duty Officer|Duty Officer]]: (talking into chatter) As I've been trying to tell you, Captain, I don't have the authority to override --
<br /> Duty Officer: What do you mean 'gross misconduct?' Captain Dare, I assure you. People are dying down here!
<br /> '''Duty Officer:''' What do you mean 'gross misconduct?' Captain Dare, I assure you. People are dying down here!
<br /> Sadie: Excuse me...
<br /> '''Sadie:''' Excuse me...
<br /> Duty Officer: Yes, of course I could turn the Superintendent back on. But Commissioner Kinsler gave me explicit instructions --
<br /> '''Duty Officer:''' Yes, of course I could turn the Superintendent back on. But Commissioner Kinsler gave me explicit instructions --
<br /> Sadie: You're busy, so I'm just going to borrow this stapler...
<br /> '''Sadie:''' You're busy, so I'm just going to borrow this stapler...
<br /> Duty Officer: Listen, Captain, there's a Covenant carrier hovering right outside my window!
<br /> '''Duty Officer:''' Listen, Captain, there's a Covenant carrier hovering right outside my window!
<br /> Duty Officer: There's a sniper in my lobby, and you're threatening to have me fired? [Slams chatter onto desk.]
<br /> '''Duty Officer:''' There's a sniper in my lobby, and you're threatening to have me fired? [Slams chatter onto desk.]
<br /> Duty Officer: Office of Naval Intelligence. Now there's a contradiction in terms...
<br /> '''Duty Officer:''' Office of Naval Intelligence. Now there's a contradiction in terms...
<br /> Duty Officer: [Sees Sadie and groans.] What do you want?
<br /> '''Duty Officer:''' [Sees Sadie and groans.] What do you want?
<br /> Sadie: I need you to turn Ver -- the Superintendent back on.
<br /> '''Sadie:''' I need you to turn Ver -- the Superintendent back on.
<br /> Duty Officer: Not you too! I'm telling all of you, the Commissioner --
<br /> '''Duty Officer:''' Not you too! I'm telling all of you, the Commissioner --
<br /> Sadie: I know. But I'm making you do it! At gunpoint!
<br /> '''Sadie:''' I know. But I'm making you do it! At gunpoint!
<br /> Duty Officer: What gun?
<br /> '''Duty Officer:''' What gun?
<br /> Sadie: This one!
<br /> '''Sadie:''' This one!
<br /> Duty Officer: You're holding my stapler inside your pocket and pointing it at me.
<br /> '''Duty Officer:''' You're holding my stapler inside your pocket and pointing it at me.
<br /> Sadie: You don't know that.
<br /> '''Sadie:''' You don't know that.
<br /> Mike: It might be a gun.
<br /> '''Mike:''' It might be a gun.
<br /> Sadie: Or a rifle!
<br /> '''Sadie:''' Or a rifle!
<br /> Mike: Or a rocket launcher!
<br /> '''Mike:''' Or a rocket launcher!
<br /> Sadie: And if it was, why, you would have to turn the Superintendent back on.
<br /> '''Sadie:''' And if it was, why, you would have to turn the Superintendent back on.
<br /> Mike: Nobody could blame you.
<br /> '''Mike:''' Nobody could blame you.
<br /> Sadie: Or fire you...
<br /> '''Sadie:''' Or fire you...
<br /> Duty Officer: ...If it was a gun.
<br /> '''Duty Officer:''' ...If it was a gun.
<br /> Duty Officer: Oh, no... Please don't shoot. I'll do...anything!
<br /> '''Duty Officer:''' Oh, no... Please don't shoot. I'll do...anything!
<br /> {Sound: Duty Officer typing.}
<br /> {Sound: Duty Officer typing.}
<br /> Superintendent: [Loud Engineer whistle] Sadie! Sadie! Sadie! Sadie!
<br /> '''Superintendent:''' [Loud Engineer whistle] Sadie! Sadie! Sadie! Sadie!
<br /> Sadie: It's OK, Vergil! I'm here!
<br /> '''Sadie:''' It's OK, Vergil! I'm here!
<br /> Mike: He sounds...different.
<br /> '''Mike:''' He sounds...different.
<br /> Sadie: Vergil?! What have those aliens done to you?!
<br /> '''Sadie:''' Vergil?! What have those aliens done to you?!
<br /> [Sound: Loud Engineer whistle.]
<br /> [Sound: Loud Engineer whistle.]
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<br /> Comm Cop: You hear that crazy noise?!
<br /> '''Comm Cop:''' You hear that crazy noise?!
<br /> Comm Cop: No clue. Must be a corrupted signal!
<br /> '''Comm Cop:''' No clue. Must be a corrupted signal!
<br /> {[Sound: Telephones ringing.]}
<br /> {[Sound: Telephones ringing.]}
<br /> Comm Cop: Lost the connection with UNSC orbital command!
<br /> '''Comm Cop:''' Lost the connection with UNSC orbital command!
<br /> Mike: Sadie, what's going on?!
<br /> '''Mike:''' Sadie, what's going on?!
<br /> Sadie: I don't know! Those aliens have been working on Vergil, and now that he's back on he sounds...
<br /> '''Sadie:''' I don't know! Those aliens have been working on Vergil, and now that he's back on he sounds...
<br /> Mike: ...Different.
<br /> '''Mike:''' ...Different.
<br /> Sadie: Vergil? It's still you, isn't it?
<br /> '''Sadie:''' Vergil? It's still you, isn't it?
<br /> Superintendent: [Barks like a dog]
<br /> '''Superintendent:''' [Barks like a dog]
<br /> Sadie: Can you get Dad for me?
<br /> '''Sadie:''' Can you get Dad for me?
<br /> Superintendent: [Frightened Engineer whistle]
<br /> '''Superintendent:''' [Frightened Engineer whistle]
<br /> Sadie: Vergil can't reach him! Something's wrong...
<br /> '''Sadie:''' Vergil can't reach him! Something's wrong...
<br /> Propaganda: (from PA) Reports are coming in from all over the city! Covenant forces are pulling back in the face of furious resistance!
<br /> '''Propaganda:''' (from PA) Reports are coming in from all over the city! Covenant forces are pulling back in the face of furious resistance!
<br /> Mike: Man, I have had it with his crap!
<br /> '''Mike:''' Man, I have had it with his crap!
<br /> Propaganda: Our enemies are cowards! Battle on, brave citizens, and victory will be ours!
<br /> '''Propaganda:''' Our enemies are cowards! Battle on, brave citizens, and victory will be ours!
<br /> Mike: Hang on... That's coming from inside the building!
<br /> '''Mike:''' Hang on... That's coming from inside the building!
<br /> Sadie: Mike? Wait! Where are you going?
<br /> '''Sadie:''' Mike? Wait! Where are you going?
<br /> Propaganda: This hour we pay tribute to our fallen heroes: Jim Odingo, Roberto Bustamante, and Marshall Glick...
<br /> '''Propaganda:''' This hour we pay tribute to our fallen heroes: Jim Odingo, Roberto Bustamante, and Marshall Glick...
<br /> Mike: This is his office. Public Service Announcements Division...
<br /> '''Mike:''' This is his office. Public Service Announcements Division...
<br /> Propaganda: These officers were gunned-down in the very lobby of this building by Covenant snipers.
<br /> '''Propaganda:''' These officers were gunned-down in the very lobby of this building by Covenant snipers.
<br /> Propaganda: But moments ago members of our citizen militia wiped-out the sniper nest with a homemade flamethrower...
<br /> '''Propaganda:''' But moments ago members of our citizen militia wiped-out the sniper nest with a homemade flamethrower...
<br /> Propaganda: Made from nothing more than and old leaf-blower and a can of gasoline! Keep fighting, Mombasa! Fight and we will win!
<br /> '''Propaganda:''' Made from nothing more than and old leaf-blower and a can of gasoline! Keep fighting, Mombasa! Fight and we will win!
<br /> [Sound: Stephen turns-off his microphone.]
<br /> [Sound: Stephen turns-off his microphone.]
<br /> [[Stephen (Mombasa)|Stephen]]: Off the air...
<br /> '''[[Stephen (Mombasa)|Stephen]]:''' Off the air...
<br /> Mike: Covenant Sniper nest? Those people were massacred by a crazy ex-cop. Hell, one of those people was the crazy ex-cop!
<br /> '''Mike:''' Covenant Sniper nest? Those people were massacred by a crazy ex-cop. Hell, one of those people was the crazy ex-cop!
<br /> Stephen: And your point is?
<br /> '''Stephen:''' And your point is?
<br /> Mike: People are dying out there and you're feeding them this...this garbage! None of it is true!
<br /> '''Mike:''' People are dying out there and you're feeding them this...this garbage! None of it is true!
<br /> Stephen: Yeah, well... [Stubs cigarette.]
<br /> '''Stephen:''' Yeah, well... [Stubs cigarette.]
<br /> Stephen: Some days, truth isn't really a luxury we can afford.
<br /> '''Stephen:''' Some days, truth isn't really a luxury we can afford.
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