Humans Were Just a Folktale—Until Their Warships Erased Stars from the Sky! | HFY | Sci-Fi
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[{'start': '0.080', 'end': '4.480', 'text': 'They erased us from'}, {'start': '1.720', 'end': '7.440', 'text': 'history, buried our bones beneath ice'}, {'start': '4.480', 'end': '9.360', 'text': 'and silence, told their children we were'}, {'start': '7.440', 'end': '12.240', 'text': 'monsters, and then slept peacefully'}, {'start': '9.360', 'end': '15.440', 'text': 'under that lie. But now, every system'}, {'start': '12.240', 'end': '17.600', 'text': 'across the stars is hearing a signal'}, {'start': '15.440', 'end': '20.560', 'text': "they were never meant to hear. It's not"}, {'start': '17.600', 'end': '22.880', 'text': "a cry for help. It's not a threat. It's"}, {'start': '20.560', 'end': '24.560', 'text': 'a reckoning. And it starts with a'}, {'start': '22.880', 'end': '26.960', 'text': 'mechanic who finds a corpse that was'}, {'start': '24.560', 'end': '30.000', 'text': 'never supposed to be found. No one'}, {'start': '26.960', 'end': '32.559', 'text': 'believed in humans anymore. Not really.'}, {'start': '30.000', 'end': '34.559', 'text': 'They were stories told in hush tones.'}, {'start': '32.559', 'end': '37.440', 'text': 'Myths from the days when the stars were'}, {'start': '34.559', 'end': '40.239', 'text': 'still wild and uncharted. The young ones'}, {'start': '37.440', 'end': '42.640', 'text': 'laughed them off. Tales of creatures so'}, {'start': '40.239', 'end': '45.360', 'text': 'stubborn, so violent, and so wildly'}, {'start': '42.640', 'end': '47.360', 'text': 'unpredictable that the galaxy itself was'}, {'start': '45.360', 'end': '49.399', 'text': 'said to have pushed them out, erasing'}, {'start': '47.360', 'end': '52.559', 'text': 'their existence like a bad'}, {'start': '49.399', 'end': '54.719', 'text': 'memory. The elders, though, they never'}, {'start': '52.559', 'end': '56.800', 'text': "laughed. They didn't speak of humans"}, {'start': '54.719', 'end': '59.039', 'text': 'often, but when they did, there was'}, {'start': '56.800', 'end': '61.120', 'text': 'always a pause in their voice, a flicker'}, {'start': '59.039', 'end': '63.520', 'text': 'in their eyes, like they remembered'}, {'start': '61.120', 'end': '65.680', 'text': "something they'd rather forget. Among"}, {'start': '63.520', 'end': '68.320', 'text': 'the Azari people, the story of humans'}, {'start': '65.680', 'end': '70.720', 'text': "was like a bedtime ghost tale. Don't"}, {'start': '68.320', 'end': '72.799', 'text': 'lie, or the humans will come back.'}, {'start': '70.720', 'end': '75.040', 'text': 'They\'d say to naughty children, "Don\'t'}, {'start': '72.799', 'end': '78.000', 'text': "cheat the trade markets or you'll end up"}, {'start': '75.040', 'end': '80.159', 'text': 'like the V Dominion." The humans didn\'t'}, {'start': '78.000', 'end': '81.720', 'text': 'spare them either. But that was all it'}, {'start': '80.159', 'end': '84.720', 'text': 'was.'}, {'start': '81.720', 'end': '87.119', 'text': 'folktale until the silence broke. It'}, {'start': '84.720', 'end': '88.960', 'text': 'started with a signal. Just a weak'}, {'start': '87.119', 'end': '91.360', 'text': 'transmission picked up on the outer rim'}, {'start': '88.960', 'end': '94.240', 'text': 'of sector X12 close to what was known as'}, {'start': '91.360', 'end': '97.360', 'text': 'the dead space. A transmission that'}, {'start': '94.240', 'end': '101.119', 'text': 'repeated one phrase over and over. This'}, {'start': '97.360', 'end': '104.799', 'text': 'is Earth Command. We are returning. Most'}, {'start': '101.119', 'end': '106.880', 'text': 'brushed it off as static, a prank. Maybe'}, {'start': '104.799', 'end': '109.520', 'text': 'it is a leftover automated probe from a'}, {'start': '106.880', 'end': '111.439', 'text': 'forgotten war. But the Zarn Intelligence'}, {'start': '109.520', 'end': '113.759', 'text': "Collective picked it up and didn't like"}, {'start': '111.439', 'end': '115.840', 'text': "what they heard. Machines don't fear"}, {'start': '113.759', 'end': '118.079', 'text': 'stories unless they come with data. And'}, {'start': '115.840', 'end': '120.560', 'text': "this signal carried metadata that didn't"}, {'start': '118.079', 'end': '121.920', 'text': 'make sense. The code embedded in it was'}, {'start': '120.560', 'end': '124.479', 'text': 'human, or at least something'}, {'start': '121.920', 'end': '127.280', 'text': 'terrifyingly close. So, the collective'}, {'start': '124.479', 'end': '130.239', 'text': 'sent scouts, then battle cruisers, then'}, {'start': '127.280', 'end': '133.360', 'text': 'an entire drone fleet. None of them came'}, {'start': '130.239', 'end': '135.840', 'text': "back. That's when things got serious."}, {'start': '133.360', 'end': '138.680', 'text': 'The Galactic Accord met in an emergency'}, {'start': '135.840', 'end': '141.440', 'text': 'session for the first time in over 6,000'}, {'start': '138.680', 'end': '143.200', 'text': 'cycles. Every species showed up, even'}, {'start': '141.440', 'end': '146.160', 'text': "the ones who hadn't left their home"}, {'start': '143.200', 'end': '147.800', 'text': 'worlds in centuries. They debated, they'}, {'start': '146.160', 'end': '150.800', 'text': 'denied, they'}, {'start': '147.800', 'end': '152.160', 'text': 'dreaded. And then the warships arrived.'}, {'start': '150.800', 'end': '154.239', 'text': "They didn't look like anything the"}, {'start': '152.160', 'end': '156.640', 'text': 'galaxy had ever seen. No curved'}, {'start': '154.239', 'end': '159.519', 'text': 'elegance, no polished chrome, no'}, {'start': '156.640', 'end': '161.040', 'text': 'unnecessary design, just dark, massive'}, {'start': '159.519', 'end': '163.080', 'text': 'monsters.'}, {'start': '161.040', 'end': '165.519', 'text': 'engine trails that burned like dying'}, {'start': '163.080', 'end': '168.959', 'text': "suns. Hulls that looked like they'd been"}, {'start': '165.519', 'end': '172.080', 'text': 'carved from black stone. No insignias,'}, {'start': '168.959', 'end': '175.120', 'text': "no greetings, no demands. They didn't"}, {'start': '172.080', 'end': '179.720', 'text': 'need to speak. One by one, orbital'}, {'start': '175.120', 'end': '182.640', 'text': 'defenses fell. Silent, precise, not just'}, {'start': '179.720', 'end': '184.400', 'text': 'destroyed. Humiliated whole fleets'}, {'start': '182.640', 'end': '187.760', 'text': 'blinked out of the stars without ever'}, {'start': '184.400', 'end': '189.920', 'text': 'getting a lock. AI cores went dark.'}, {'start': '187.760', 'end': '193.360', 'text': 'Fleets surrendered before even seeing'}, {'start': '189.920', 'end': '195.920', 'text': 'the enemy. Rumors spread like fire. They'}, {'start': '193.360', 'end': '197.840', 'text': "don't use shields, they are shields."}, {'start': '195.920', 'end': '200.080', 'text': 'They upload viruses through quantum'}, {'start': '197.840', 'end': '202.560', 'text': 'space. They took down a worm gate'}, {'start': '200.080', 'end': '204.080', 'text': 'without firing a shot. By the time the'}, {'start': '202.560', 'end': '206.319', 'text': 'ships reached the capital world of'}, {'start': '204.080', 'end': '208.400', 'text': "Velmora Prime, the galaxy wasn't"}, {'start': '206.319', 'end': '210.560', 'text': 'laughing anymore. And then came the'}, {'start': '208.400', 'end': '212.879', 'text': 'message, one broadcast in every'}, {'start': '210.560', 'end': '214.799', 'text': 'language, every code, every neural'}, {'start': '212.879', 'end': '218.400', 'text': 'interface and auditory channel across'}, {'start': '214.799', 'end': '220.720', 'text': 'the stars. It said, "You erased us. You'}, {'start': '218.400', 'end': '221.879', 'text': 'hunted us. You wrote our extinction into'}, {'start': '220.720', 'end': '225.519', 'text': 'your history'}, {'start': '221.879', 'end': '228.840', 'text': 'books. We were myths to you. Now we are'}, {'start': '225.519', 'end': '232.319', 'text': 'memory. We are back and we do not'}, {'start': '228.840', 'end': '235.519', 'text': 'forget." Panic turned into terror. But'}, {'start': '232.319', 'end': '238.159', 'text': 'amidst the chaos, some remembered. The'}, {'start': '235.519', 'end': '241.360', 'text': 'old Azari priestess, eyes clouded with'}, {'start': '238.159', 'end': '243.760', 'text': 'age, whispered to no one in particular.'}, {'start': '241.360', 'end': '246.040', 'text': 'They warned us, "The humans don\'t come'}, {'start': '243.760', 'end': '248.799', 'text': 'to talk. They come to'}, {'start': '246.040', 'end': '252.080', 'text': 'finish far away on a mining station'}, {'start': '248.799', 'end': '254.560', 'text': 'orbiting the ice planet. Tyrex, a young'}, {'start': '252.080', 'end': '256.479', 'text': 'mechanic, stared out the viewport. His'}, {'start': '254.560', 'end': '258.600', 'text': 'hands shuddered as dozens of black'}, {'start': '256.479', 'end': '261.040', 'text': 'silhouettes cut across the stars like'}, {'start': '258.600', 'end': '263.639', 'text': "blades. He'd grown up thinking humans"}, {'start': '261.040', 'end': '266.400', 'text': "were just a joke. Now he couldn't stop"}, {'start': '263.639', 'end': '268.520', 'text': 'shaking. The silence after that message'}, {'start': '266.400', 'end': '271.759', 'text': 'was worse than the'}, {'start': '268.520', 'end': '274.080', 'text': 'destruction. Mora Prime stood still.'}, {'start': '271.759', 'end': '276.240', 'text': 'Billions of citizens held their breath,'}, {'start': '274.080', 'end': '278.800', 'text': 'staring at the sky like waiting for a'}, {'start': '276.240', 'end': '281.360', 'text': 'second sunrise. Only this time, they'}, {'start': '278.800', 'end': '284.400', 'text': "knew it wouldn't bring warmth. The human"}, {'start': '281.360', 'end': '286.240', 'text': "fleet didn't fire. Not at first. They"}, {'start': '284.400', 'end': '289.520', 'text': 'hovered, watching like predators,'}, {'start': '286.240', 'end': '291.639', 'text': "studying prey. The Accord's top minds"}, {'start': '289.520', 'end': '293.800', 'text': 'scrambled, trying to understand their'}, {'start': '291.639', 'end': '296.160', 'text': 'intentions. But none of their models'}, {'start': '293.800', 'end': '298.560', 'text': "worked. Humans weren't acting with"}, {'start': '296.160', 'end': '301.040', 'text': 'logic, or at least not the kind galactic'}, {'start': '298.560', 'end': '304.160', 'text': "civilizations understood. They're"}, {'start': '301.040', 'end': '307.919', 'text': 'waiting for something, said Admiral Nyla'}, {'start': '304.160', 'end': '310.240', 'text': 'of the Threx Dominion. Maybe surrender.'}, {'start': '307.919', 'end': '312.080', 'text': "But others disagreed. The humans didn't"}, {'start': '310.240', 'end': '314.560', 'text': 'come for surrender. They came for'}, {'start': '312.080', 'end': '316.720', 'text': 'something else. High Chancellor Vaughn,'}, {'start': '314.560', 'end': '319.680', 'text': 'leader of the Galactic Accord, ordered a'}, {'start': '316.720', 'end': '322.639', 'text': 'message to be sent. Diplomatic,'}, {'start': '319.680', 'end': '324.800', 'text': 'respectful, desperate. It began with,'}, {'start': '322.639', 'end': '328.000', 'text': '"We welcome you back." And ended with,'}, {'start': '324.800', 'end': '330.479', 'text': '"Let us coexist in peace." The humans'}, {'start': '328.000', 'end': '333.680', 'text': "didn't answer. Instead, one of their"}, {'start': '330.479', 'end': '336.039', 'text': 'ships broke formation. It moved slowly,'}, {'start': '333.680', 'end': '338.560', 'text': 'deliberately toward the moon of'}, {'start': '336.039', 'end': '340.479', 'text': 'Elmora. The moon held the Accords War'}, {'start': '338.560', 'end': '343.000', 'text': 'Museum, a place dedicated to past'}, {'start': '340.479', 'end': '345.600', 'text': 'conflicts, including the so-called human'}, {'start': '343.000', 'end': '348.560', 'text': 'cleansing, an event now known to be far'}, {'start': '345.600', 'end': '350.880', 'text': 'less one-sided than records claimed. The'}, {'start': '348.560', 'end': '354.160', 'text': "ship didn't fire at the moon. It opened"}, {'start': '350.880', 'end': '358.320', 'text': 'a bay door. A single object dropped. No'}, {'start': '354.160', 'end': '360.160', 'text': 'weapon, no bomb, a statue. It landed'}, {'start': '358.320', 'end': '362.560', 'text': 'hard enough to shake seismic sensors'}, {'start': '360.160', 'end': '365.120', 'text': 'across the hemisphere. When drones'}, {'start': '362.560', 'end': '366.960', 'text': 'approached, they saw it clearly. An'}, {'start': '365.120', 'end': '370.160', 'text': 'obsidian figure shaped like a human'}, {'start': '366.960', 'end': '372.479', 'text': 'warrior armored in old Terran design. At'}, {'start': '370.160', 'end': '375.680', 'text': 'its feet, engraved in flawless common'}, {'start': '372.479', 'end': '378.560', 'text': 'galactic script were six words. We bury'}, {'start': '375.680', 'end': '382.080', 'text': 'the lies with fire. That was when the'}, {'start': '378.560', 'end': '384.360', 'text': 'first real wave began. Human drop pods'}, {'start': '382.080', 'end': '387.520', 'text': 'screamed through the atmosphere. Not'}, {'start': '384.360', 'end': '389.680', 'text': 'thousands, millions. Black spheres'}, {'start': '387.520', 'end': '392.800', 'text': 'slicing through clouds, landing across'}, {'start': '389.680', 'end': '395.440', 'text': 'military outposts, communication relays,'}, {'start': '392.800', 'end': '397.840', 'text': 'old battlegrounds. Each carried one or'}, {'start': '395.440', 'end': '400.319', 'text': 'two soldiers, tall, armored, faceless'}, {'start': '397.840', 'end': '403.280', 'text': "behind reflective visors. They didn't"}, {'start': '400.319', 'end': '406.160', 'text': "speak. They didn't broadcast. They just"}, {'start': '403.280', 'end': '409.199', 'text': 'moved with terrifying precision. And'}, {'start': '406.160', 'end': '411.720', 'text': 'they knew the terrain, every bunker,'}, {'start': '409.199', 'end': '414.240', 'text': 'every shield pattern, every emergency'}, {'start': '411.720', 'end': '416.319', 'text': 'protocol. Because humans never forgot'}, {'start': '414.240', 'end': '418.039', 'text': 'what was done to them. and they never'}, {'start': '416.319', 'end': '420.479', 'text': 'stopped planning for'}, {'start': '418.039', 'end': '422.800', 'text': 'payback. Admiral Nyla launched a'}, {'start': '420.479', 'end': '424.960', 'text': 'counterattack from orbit. Her cruisers'}, {'start': '422.800', 'end': '428.639', 'text': 'opened fire, sending plasma bolts toward'}, {'start': '424.960', 'end': '430.919', 'text': 'the drop pod zones, but nothing hit. The'}, {'start': '428.639', 'end': '433.840', 'text': 'humans ships projected some kind of'}, {'start': '430.919', 'end': '434.599', 'text': 'distortion. A black mist that bent light'}, {'start': '433.840', 'end': '437.280', 'text': 'and'}, {'start': '434.599', 'end': '440.199', 'text': 'signals. Her own fleet systems began'}, {'start': '437.280', 'end': '444.720', 'text': 'glitching. One by one, the ships turned'}, {'start': '440.199', 'end': '448.520', 'text': 'cold. No explosion, just silence. Inside'}, {'start': '444.720', 'end': '451.639', 'text': 'the accord war room, dread turned into'}, {'start': '448.520', 'end': '454.800', 'text': 'paralysis. Ministers yelled, generals'}, {'start': '451.639', 'end': '457.360', 'text': 'wept. Chancellor Vaughn stood frozen,'}, {'start': '454.800', 'end': '459.680', 'text': 'watching as his empire unraveled. Not'}, {'start': '457.360', 'end': '461.400', 'text': 'through negotiation or siege, but'}, {'start': '459.680', 'end': '464.240', 'text': 'through a methodical'}, {'start': '461.400', 'end': '466.759', 'text': 'unraveling. The worst part, there were'}, {'start': '464.240', 'end': '468.720', 'text': "no demands. The humans weren't here for"}, {'start': '466.759', 'end': '471.039', 'text': "territory. They weren't here for"}, {'start': '468.720', 'end': '473.599', 'text': 'reparations. They were here to erase the'}, {'start': '471.039', 'end': '477.039', 'text': 'myth to remind the galaxy. We were never'}, {'start': '473.599', 'end': '479.599', 'text': 'your story. You were part of ours. And'}, {'start': '477.039', 'end': '482.400', 'text': 'in the mining station above Trix, the'}, {'start': '479.599', 'end': '485.680', 'text': 'young mechanic. Kale found himself'}, {'start': '482.400', 'end': '488.080', 'text': "drafted by a force he didn't understand."}, {'start': '485.680', 'end': '490.240', 'text': "The humans hadn't touched Tyreek yet,"}, {'start': '488.080', 'end': '492.479', 'text': 'but their ships hung above the planet'}, {'start': '490.240', 'end': '495.360', 'text': 'like executioners, waiting for the rope'}, {'start': '492.479', 'end': '497.360', 'text': 'to swing. Kale watched as the local'}, {'start': '495.360', 'end': '499.400', 'text': 'governor tried to send messages to the'}, {'start': '497.360', 'end': '501.800', 'text': 'human ships. No'}, {'start': '499.400', 'end': '505.879', 'text': 'response. Then came a flicker on the'}, {'start': '501.800', 'end': '508.160', 'text': 'screen. A single word.'}, {'start': '505.879', 'end': '510.800', 'text': 'Survivors. No one knew what it meant,'}, {'start': '508.160', 'end': '512.880', 'text': 'but Kale felt something in his gut. This'}, {'start': '510.800', 'end': '515.279', 'text': "wasn't a war of revenge. It was a"}, {'start': '512.880', 'end': '517.440', 'text': "reckoning. The word survivors didn't"}, {'start': '515.279', 'end': '519.320', 'text': 'make sense at first. It hung on the'}, {'start': '517.440', 'end': '522.719', 'text': 'monitors like a warning written in'}, {'start': '519.320', 'end': '525.200', 'text': 'blood. Cryptic cold. Final people across'}, {'start': '522.719', 'end': '527.839', 'text': 'the station whispered theories. Maybe'}, {'start': '525.200', 'end': '529.360', 'text': 'the humans were identifying themselves.'}, {'start': '527.839', 'end': '533.040', 'text': 'Maybe they were looking for their own'}, {'start': '529.360', 'end': '535.680', 'text': 'kind left behind. Or maybe, and this'}, {'start': '533.040', 'end': '537.839', 'text': "sent chills down Kyle's spine. They were"}, {'start': '535.680', 'end': '540.320', 'text': 'searching for collaborators, those who'}, {'start': '537.839', 'end': '543.440', 'text': 'had helped erase them. Tyrex had always'}, {'start': '540.320', 'end': '546.160', 'text': 'been a backwater planet. Icy, isolated,'}, {'start': '543.440', 'end': '548.240', 'text': 'only good for mining rare crystals. It'}, {'start': '546.160', 'end': '550.480', 'text': "wasn't part of the human cleansing wars,"}, {'start': '548.240', 'end': '552.880', 'text': 'at least not directly. But after that'}, {'start': '550.480', 'end': '554.640', 'text': "message, the governor's face went pale."}, {'start': '552.880', 'end': '557.519', 'text': 'He locked himself in the control room'}, {'start': '554.640', 'end': '559.279', 'text': 'and refused to speak to anyone. Kyle'}, {'start': '557.519', 'end': '562.000', 'text': 'watched the broadcasts like everyone'}, {'start': '559.279', 'end': '565.360', 'text': 'else. Footage leaked from Velora showed'}, {'start': '562.000', 'end': '567.680', 'text': 'human infantry. Silent fluid almost like'}, {'start': '565.360', 'end': '568.920', 'text': 'ghosts moving through cities untouched'}, {'start': '567.680', 'end': '572.480', 'text': 'by'}, {'start': '568.920', 'end': '576.800', 'text': "fire. They didn't destroy everything,"}, {'start': '572.480', 'end': '579.120', 'text': 'just certain things. Statues, libraries,'}, {'start': '576.800', 'end': '580.800', 'text': 'government buildings, especially'}, {'start': '579.120', 'end': '582.320', 'text': 'anything that contained official'}, {'start': '580.800', 'end': '585.680', 'text': 'history.'}, {'start': '582.320', 'end': '590.000', 'text': 'The entire archives were erased, wiped'}, {'start': '585.680', 'end': '593.360', 'text': 'clean, not hacked, not burned, erased.'}, {'start': '590.000', 'end': '595.480', 'text': 'No trace left, no backups. It was like'}, {'start': '593.360', 'end': '598.720', 'text': 'the humans were removing the lie at its'}, {'start': '595.480', 'end': '601.279', 'text': 'roots. Back on Tyreek, tension'}, {'start': '598.720', 'end': '603.200', 'text': 'thickened. Ships stopped coming.'}, {'start': '601.279', 'end': '605.279', 'text': 'Communications were jammed. The'}, {'start': '603.200', 'end': '607.440', 'text': "station's upper class started hoarding"}, {'start': '605.279', 'end': '610.560', 'text': 'supplies. Armed guards appeared at'}, {'start': '607.440', 'end': '612.640', 'text': 'exits. The miners, people like Kyle were'}, {'start': '610.560', 'end': '615.200', 'text': 'told to keep working. But no one'}, {'start': '612.640', 'end': '617.279', 'text': 'believed in the system anymore. One'}, {'start': '615.200', 'end': '620.079', 'text': 'night, Kale was fixing a damaged coolant'}, {'start': '617.279', 'end': '622.399', 'text': 'line in suble 9 when he stumbled on an'}, {'start': '620.079', 'end': '625.120', 'text': 'old maintenance panel behind a bulkhead.'}, {'start': '622.399', 'end': '627.040', 'text': "It hadn't been used in years. Curious,"}, {'start': '625.120', 'end': '629.680', 'text': 'he pried it open and found something'}, {'start': '627.040', 'end': '633.120', 'text': 'strange. A body, or at least what was'}, {'start': '629.680', 'end': '635.839', 'text': 'left of one, mummified, wrapped in rags.'}, {'start': '633.120', 'end': '639.040', 'text': 'The bones were strange. Longer limbs,'}, {'start': '635.839', 'end': '642.480', 'text': 'broader shoulders, a single dog tag hung'}, {'start': '639.040', 'end': '645.240', 'text': 'from its neck. Jay Draven, United Taran'}, {'start': '642.480', 'end': '647.920', 'text': 'front. Kale stumbled back,'}, {'start': '645.240', 'end': '650.200', 'text': "heartthuting. A human. He didn't call"}, {'start': '647.920', 'end': '652.640', 'text': "security. He didn't even tell his"}, {'start': '650.200', 'end': '655.279', 'text': 'co-workers. Something in him screamed to'}, {'start': '652.640', 'end': '658.079', 'text': 'keep quiet. He took the tag and left the'}, {'start': '655.279', 'end': '660.320', 'text': 'body untouched. Later that night, he'}, {'start': '658.079', 'end': '662.880', 'text': 'stared at it in his bunk, tracing the'}, {'start': '660.320', 'end': '665.519', 'text': 'letters with his thumb. How had a human'}, {'start': '662.880', 'end': '668.079', 'text': 'corpse ended up on Tyrex? The next'}, {'start': '665.519', 'end': '670.079', 'text': 'morning, the human ships moved. One'}, {'start': '668.079', 'end': '672.880', 'text': 'descended into the lower atmosphere'}, {'start': '670.079', 'end': '675.839', 'text': 'directly above Tyreek station. No'}, {'start': '672.880', 'end': '677.240', 'text': 'weapons deployed, no troops dropped,'}, {'start': '675.839', 'end': '679.240', 'text': 'just a'}, {'start': '677.240', 'end': '683.680', 'text': 'signal. We are'}, {'start': '679.240', 'end': '685.920', 'text': 'aware. Three words. That was it. But'}, {'start': '683.680', 'end': '688.399', 'text': 'those three words shattered whatever'}, {'start': '685.920', 'end': '690.959', 'text': 'illusion remained. The governor tried to'}, {'start': '688.399', 'end': '693.800', 'text': 'flee. His shuttle exploded before it'}, {'start': '690.959', 'end': '697.040', 'text': 'left the hangar. Then came the second'}, {'start': '693.800', 'end': '699.279', 'text': 'broadcast. It was a recording. years'}, {'start': '697.040', 'end': '702.160', 'text': "old, buried in a file that shouldn't"}, {'start': '699.279', 'end': '704.800', 'text': 'have existed anymore. The governor, much'}, {'start': '702.160', 'end': '707.279', 'text': 'younger, laughed in a bar on Velora,'}, {'start': '704.800', 'end': '709.279', 'text': 'bragging about cleaning up a crash site,'}, {'start': '707.279', 'end': '711.839', 'text': 'one where some filthy Terran tried to'}, {'start': '709.279', 'end': '714.640', 'text': 'hide. He spoke of burying bodies in'}, {'start': '711.839', 'end': '718.160', 'text': 'Tyreek tunnels. Kale watched in stunned'}, {'start': '714.640', 'end': '720.560', 'text': 'silence. So did everyone else. Suddenly,'}, {'start': '718.160', 'end': '723.600', 'text': "Tyrex wasn't innocent. It wasn't a"}, {'start': '720.560', 'end': '726.959', 'text': 'forgotten rock. It was a graveyard, a'}, {'start': '723.600', 'end': '729.440', 'text': 'secret one. And the humans knew. Kale'}, {'start': '726.959', 'end': '731.519', 'text': 'understood now what survivors meant. The'}, {'start': '729.440', 'end': '733.600', 'text': "humans weren't looking for allies. They"}, {'start': '731.519', 'end': '735.760', 'text': 'were looking for the truth. For those'}, {'start': '733.600', 'end': '738.480', 'text': 'who survived the cleansing, for the ones'}, {'start': '735.760', 'end': '741.200', 'text': 'who hid. And maybe, just maybe, for'}, {'start': '738.480', 'end': '744.160', 'text': 'those willing to remember. Outside the'}, {'start': '741.200', 'end': '746.720', 'text': 'human ship hovered unmoving. Its black'}, {'start': '744.160', 'end': '748.720', 'text': 'hole gleamed with frost and fire light.'}, {'start': '746.720', 'end': '751.519', 'text': 'Kyle stared up through the cracked dome'}, {'start': '748.720', 'end': '753.440', 'text': 'of the station and whispered, "What do'}, {'start': '751.519', 'end': '756.639', 'text': 'you want from us?"'}, {'start': '753.440', 'end': '758.480', 'text': "The answer didn't come in words. That"}, {'start': '756.639', 'end': '761.440', 'text': 'night, every system on the station shut'}, {'start': '758.480', 'end': '765.360', 'text': 'down and a figure appeared in sub level.'}, {'start': '761.440', 'end': '767.440', 'text': 'Nine alone human. He stood there'}, {'start': '765.360', 'end': '769.200', 'text': 'surrounded by silence like the whole'}, {'start': '767.440', 'end': '771.760', 'text': 'world had stopped spinning just to'}, {'start': '769.200', 'end': '775.200', 'text': 'watch. Kale had never seen a human'}, {'start': '771.760', 'end': '778.480', 'text': 'before. Not in real life, only in old'}, {'start': '775.200', 'end': '781.360', 'text': 'distorted images. Tall shadows in dusty'}, {'start': '778.480', 'end': '784.560', 'text': 'archives. faces blurred by time or'}, {'start': '781.360', 'end': '786.480', 'text': 'erased entirely. But this one was real.'}, {'start': '784.560', 'end': '789.440', 'text': "He wasn't wearing the black armor like"}, {'start': '786.480', 'end': '792.079', 'text': 'the others. Just a simple dark coat,'}, {'start': '789.440', 'end': '794.320', 'text': 'worn boots, a utility belt, and'}, {'start': '792.079', 'end': '796.720', 'text': 'something strange on his shoulder. A'}, {'start': '794.320', 'end': '800.000', 'text': 'symbol, two broken wings wrapped around'}, {'start': '796.720', 'end': '802.240', 'text': 'a burning star. His face was unreadable.'}, {'start': '800.000', 'end': '804.240', 'text': 'Calm, but with a weight behind his eyes,'}, {'start': '802.240', 'end': '807.120', 'text': 'like he carried a thousand stories no'}, {'start': '804.240', 'end': '810.480', 'text': "one wanted to hear. Kel didn't move,"}, {'start': '807.120', 'end': '812.639', 'text': "didn't breathe. The human raised a hand,"}, {'start': '810.480', 'end': '815.279', 'text': 'not in threat, but something closer to'}, {'start': '812.639', 'end': '819.040', 'text': 'acknowledgement, maybe even peace. Then'}, {'start': '815.279', 'end': '822.959', 'text': 'he spoke. "You found Draven Kale<unk>\'s'}, {'start': '819.040', 'end': '826.160', 'text': 'throat tightened. The dog tag the body.'}, {'start': '822.959', 'end': '828.880', 'text': 'How did he You carry it?" the man added,'}, {'start': '826.160', 'end': '831.680', 'text': 'glancing at Kale<unk>\'s chest. "We can'}, {'start': '828.880', 'end': '833.680', 'text': 'sense our own." Kale pulled the tag from'}, {'start': '831.680', 'end': '836.240', 'text': 'under his shirt, slow and careful, like'}, {'start': '833.680', 'end': '838.560', 'text': 'it might explode. The man took a step'}, {'start': '836.240', 'end': '842.000', 'text': 'forward, boots scraping against the'}, {'start': '838.560', 'end': '844.600', 'text': 'metal floor of suble 9. "He wasn\'t'}, {'start': '842.000', 'end': '847.360', 'text': 'supposed to be here," Kale managed to'}, {'start': '844.600', 'end': '851.519', 'text': 'say. "None of us were supposed to be'}, {'start': '847.360', 'end': '854.839', 'text': 'anywhere," the man said, voice low. "Not'}, {'start': '851.519', 'end': '858.880', 'text': 'after what they did," Kyle swallowed'}, {'start': '854.839', 'end': '860.399', 'text': 'hard. "Why are you here? I mean, why'}, {'start': '858.880', 'end': '862.959', 'text': 'now?"'}, {'start': '860.399', 'end': '864.880', 'text': "The human's gaze drifted upward as if"}, {'start': '862.959', 'end': '867.160', 'text': 'staring through the layers of steel and'}, {'start': '864.880', 'end': '870.560', 'text': 'rock all the way to the'}, {'start': '867.160', 'end': '873.440', 'text': "stars. Because it's time, he said. The"}, {'start': '870.560', 'end': '876.360', 'text': "truth rots in the shadows. We're here to"}, {'start': '873.440', 'end': '880.959', 'text': "burn it into the light. Kyle's mind"}, {'start': '876.360', 'end': '883.040', 'text': 'raced. Tyrax was nothing forgotten. It'}, {'start': '880.959', 'end': '886.639', 'text': "didn't matter in the galactic scheme,"}, {'start': '883.040', 'end': '889.839', 'text': 'but now now it was on the map and not in'}, {'start': '886.639', 'end': '892.639', 'text': "a good way. They'll fight you, Kyle"}, {'start': '889.839', 'end': '895.600', 'text': "said. The accord. They'll send"}, {'start': '892.639', 'end': '899.360', 'text': 'everything they have. They already did.'}, {'start': '895.600', 'end': '902.959', 'text': 'The man replied flatly. And they lost.'}, {'start': '899.360', 'end': '906.079', 'text': "Kyle's stomach turned. So what now? You"}, {'start': '902.959', 'end': '909.399', 'text': 'just erase us like they did to you? The'}, {'start': '906.079', 'end': '912.079', 'text': 'man looked at him, eyes steady. That'}, {'start': '909.399', 'end': '915.040', 'text': 'depends. Were you part of the lie or'}, {'start': '912.079', 'end': '917.120', 'text': "part of the silence? Kel didn't have an"}, {'start': '915.040', 'end': '919.839', 'text': "answer for that. He didn't even know"}, {'start': '917.120', 'end': '921.680', 'text': 'what it meant. All he knew was he was a'}, {'start': '919.839', 'end': '924.000', 'text': "mechanic who found a corpse he shouldn't"}, {'start': '921.680', 'end': '925.839', 'text': 'have. And now he was standing in front'}, {'start': '924.000', 'end': '926.519', 'text': "of something bigger than anything he'd"}, {'start': '925.839', 'end': '929.279', 'text': 'ever'}, {'start': '926.519', 'end': '931.920', 'text': 'imagined. The man turned. They are more'}, {'start': '929.279', 'end': '935.360', 'text': "like you ones who've seen the cracks,"}, {'start': '931.920', 'end': '937.880', 'text': 'the holes in the stories. He paused.'}, {'start': '935.360', 'end': '940.240', 'text': "We're not here to conquer. We're here to"}, {'start': '937.880', 'end': '943.040', 'text': 'correct. And if that means burning down'}, {'start': '940.240', 'end': '946.000', 'text': 'the systems that kept the lie alive, so'}, {'start': '943.040', 'end': '948.639', 'text': 'be it. Before KL could respond, the'}, {'start': '946.000', 'end': '950.480', 'text': 'lights flickered. Then a siren, a low'}, {'start': '948.639', 'end': '953.519', 'text': "moaning tone that hadn't been heard in"}, {'start': '950.480', 'end': '956.480', 'text': 'decades. Unidentified life form breach.'}, {'start': '953.519', 'end': '959.440', 'text': 'Central AI offline. Emergency lockdown'}, {'start': '956.480', 'end': '962.519', 'text': "initiated. Kale's calm buzzed. Voices"}, {'start': '959.440', 'end': '965.560', 'text': "screamed across the channel. They're"}, {'start': '962.519', 'end': '967.759', 'text': 'inside. Not soldiers.'}, {'start': '965.560', 'end': '971.600', 'text': "Civilians. They're opening doors from"}, {'start': '967.759', 'end': '975.440', 'text': 'the inside. Kale looked at the man. What'}, {'start': '971.600', 'end': '979.360', 'text': "did you do? I didn't do anything, the"}, {'start': '975.440', 'end': '982.079', 'text': 'human said quietly. They did. Your'}, {'start': '979.360', 'end': '985.199', 'text': 'people, the ones who remembered, the'}, {'start': '982.079', 'end': '987.880', 'text': 'ones who waited. A second figure stepped'}, {'start': '985.199', 'end': '990.920', 'text': 'out from the shadows behind him. A'}, {'start': '987.880', 'end': '994.959', 'text': 'woman, shorter,'}, {'start': '990.920', 'end': '998.639', 'text': 'sharper, scars down her neck. Her eyes'}, {'start': '994.959', 'end': '1002.320', 'text': "locked onto Kale. He's clean, she said."}, {'start': '998.639', 'end': '1006.560', 'text': "The man nodded. Then let's show him."}, {'start': '1002.320', 'end': '1009.600', 'text': "Kyle followed them. He didn't know why."}, {'start': '1006.560', 'end': '1011.920', 'text': 'Curiosity fear maybe something deeper.'}, {'start': '1009.600', 'end': '1014.240', 'text': 'They led him through old mining shafts'}, {'start': '1011.920', 'end': '1017.519', 'text': 'into sealed chambers no one had entered'}, {'start': '1014.240', 'end': '1020.240', 'text': 'in years. There, behind layers of rusted'}, {'start': '1017.519', 'end': '1022.480', 'text': 'doors, sat relics of a past denied'}, {'start': '1020.240', 'end': '1024.720', 'text': 'Terran banners, crates of forbidden'}, {'start': '1022.480', 'end': '1027.079', 'text': 'data, and in the middle an old'}, {'start': '1024.720', 'end': '1030.880', 'text': 'communications rig blinking'}, {'start': '1027.079', 'end': '1032.919', 'text': 'softly. The woman touched it gently.'}, {'start': '1030.880', 'end': '1036.480', 'text': "We've been waiting a long time, she"}, {'start': '1032.919', 'end': '1037.720', 'text': "said. But it's not just about revenge."}, {'start': '1036.480', 'end': '1040.039', 'text': 'She turned to'}, {'start': '1037.720', 'end': '1042.799', 'text': "Kyle. It's about"}, {'start': '1040.039', 'end': '1044.120', 'text': 'memory. Kyle had never seen tech like'}, {'start': '1042.799', 'end': '1046.880', 'text': 'this'}, {'start': '1044.120', 'end': '1049.679', 'text': 'before. The room was buried deep, far'}, {'start': '1046.880', 'end': '1052.160', 'text': "below Tyrix's mapped levels. It was"}, {'start': '1049.679', 'end': '1054.400', 'text': 'ancient, sealed behind bulkheads coated'}, {'start': '1052.160', 'end': '1056.640', 'text': 'in frost and carbon, scoring like'}, {'start': '1054.400', 'end': '1059.200', 'text': 'someone had tried to destroy it, then'}, {'start': '1056.640', 'end': '1062.240', 'text': 'gave up. The rig itself looked half'}, {'start': '1059.200', 'end': '1065.120', 'text': 'dead. barely humming with wires, snaking'}, {'start': '1062.240', 'end': '1067.919', 'text': 'out like veins into old crystal cores.'}, {'start': '1065.120', 'end': '1070.480', 'text': 'And still it worked. The woman knelt'}, {'start': '1067.919', 'end': '1072.080', 'text': 'beside the console. Her fingers danced'}, {'start': '1070.480', 'end': '1075.000', 'text': 'across the dusty interface with'}, {'start': '1072.080', 'end': '1078.400', 'text': 'practiced ease, waking it from its'}, {'start': '1075.000', 'end': '1081.679', 'text': 'coma. Kel watched in silence, unsure if'}, {'start': '1078.400', 'end': '1084.000', 'text': 'he was a prisoner or a witness. This was'}, {'start': '1081.679', 'end': '1086.320', 'text': "Draven's final transmission point, she"}, {'start': '1084.000', 'end': '1089.760', 'text': 'said without looking up. The last thing'}, {'start': '1086.320', 'end': '1093.039', 'text': 'he did before he died was send a signal.'}, {'start': '1089.760', 'end': '1096.720', 'text': 'We think it never reached anyone until'}, {'start': '1093.039', 'end': '1098.919', 'text': 'now. Kyle finally spoke. Why would he'}, {'start': '1096.720', 'end': '1101.440', 'text': 'come here? Why'}, {'start': '1098.919', 'end': '1104.280', 'text': "Tyreek? The man who still hadn't shared"}, {'start': '1101.440', 'end': '1107.120', 'text': 'his name, leaned against the wall, arms'}, {'start': '1104.280', 'end': '1109.440', 'text': 'folded. Because Tyrix was neutral, a'}, {'start': '1107.120', 'end': '1112.320', 'text': 'blind spot. And because someone here'}, {'start': '1109.440', 'end': '1114.799', 'text': 'helped him? Kale blinked. Helped him.'}, {'start': '1112.320', 'end': '1117.600', 'text': 'The woman nodded.'}, {'start': '1114.799', 'end': '1119.760', 'text': "Draven didn't crash here by accident. He"}, {'start': '1117.600', 'end': '1122.559', 'text': 'was guided, smuggled through mining'}, {'start': '1119.760', 'end': '1124.400', 'text': 'lanes off the record. Someone in your'}, {'start': '1122.559', 'end': '1126.320', 'text': 'station risked everything to protect'}, {'start': '1124.400', 'end': '1128.840', 'text': "him. We're here to finish what they"}, {'start': '1126.320', 'end': '1132.000', 'text': 'started. Kel felt like the air had'}, {'start': '1128.840', 'end': '1133.840', 'text': 'thinned. None of this made sense. His'}, {'start': '1132.000', 'end': '1137.360', 'text': 'whole life had been about keeping things'}, {'start': '1133.840', 'end': '1140.000', 'text': 'running. pipes, lights, machinery, not'}, {'start': '1137.360', 'end': '1142.160', 'text': 'uncovering buried history, not standing'}, {'start': '1140.000', 'end': '1144.679', 'text': 'in forgotten catacombs with the ghosts'}, {'start': '1142.160', 'end': '1147.360', 'text': 'of a species erased from'}, {'start': '1144.679', 'end': '1150.559', 'text': 'textbooks. "But what are you finishing?"'}, {'start': '1147.360', 'end': '1152.720', 'text': 'he asked, taking a slow step forward.'}, {'start': '1150.559', 'end': '1156.840', 'text': 'The man finally pushed off the wall.'}, {'start': '1152.720', 'end': '1159.440', 'text': '"The story, the real one." The screen'}, {'start': '1156.840', 'end': '1161.520', 'text': 'blinked, then grainy at first, a face'}, {'start': '1159.440', 'end': '1165.200', 'text': 'appeared, tired, bruised, but'}, {'start': '1161.520', 'end': '1168.520', 'text': 'unmistakably human. It was Draven. This'}, {'start': '1165.200', 'end': '1171.280', 'text': 'is Commander J. Draven, United Terran'}, {'start': '1168.520', 'end': '1173.440', 'text': 'Front. If this reaches anyone who still'}, {'start': '1171.280', 'end': '1175.919', 'text': 'believes in what we were, know that I'}, {'start': '1173.440', 'end': '1178.080', 'text': "didn't die quietly. They tried to erase"}, {'start': '1175.919', 'end': '1180.480', 'text': 'us. They told the galaxy we were'}, {'start': '1178.080', 'end': '1182.840', 'text': 'monsters. Maybe we were, but we were'}, {'start': '1180.480', 'end': '1186.400', 'text': 'alive, and that matters more than any'}, {'start': '1182.840', 'end': '1188.880', 'text': 'lie. He coughed blood staining his lips.'}, {'start': '1186.400', 'end': '1192.080', 'text': 'If Earth is gone, if no one else made it'}, {'start': '1188.880', 'end': '1195.799', 'text': 'out, let this recording be proof. We'}, {'start': '1192.080', 'end': '1199.039', 'text': 'were here. We fought. We bled. And we'}, {'start': '1195.799', 'end': '1202.160', 'text': 'remember. The screen faded to black. The'}, {'start': '1199.039', 'end': '1204.559', 'text': "woman's voice was soft. He died a few"}, {'start': '1202.160', 'end': '1207.120', 'text': 'hours after that. Alone, broken,'}, {'start': '1204.559', 'end': '1209.440', 'text': 'believing no one would hear him. Kale'}, {'start': '1207.120', 'end': '1212.559', 'text': 'swallowed the lump in his throat. It was'}, {'start': '1209.440', 'end': '1216.000', 'text': 'too much, too fast, too heavy. So,'}, {'start': '1212.559', 'end': '1218.400', 'text': "you're doing this for him? No. The man"}, {'start': '1216.000', 'end': '1221.280', 'text': 'said, "We\'re doing it for everyone like'}, {'start': '1218.400', 'end': '1223.520', 'text': 'him. The millions who were hunted. The'}, {'start': '1221.280', 'end': '1226.919', 'text': 'children who never saw Earth. The'}, {'start': '1223.520', 'end': '1228.760', 'text': "soldiers turned into shadows. This isn't"}, {'start': '1226.919', 'end': '1231.200', 'text': "justice. It's"}, {'start': '1228.760', 'end': '1234.000', 'text': 'remembrance. Kyle looked down at the dog'}, {'start': '1231.200', 'end': '1236.000', 'text': 'tag still in his hand. For the first'}, {'start': '1234.000', 'end': '1239.960', 'text': "time, it didn't feel like a strange"}, {'start': '1236.000', 'end': '1244.559', 'text': 'piece of metal. It felt like a weight, a'}, {'start': '1239.960', 'end': '1247.679', 'text': 'truth. So, what happens now? He asked.'}, {'start': '1244.559', 'end': '1248.760', 'text': 'The woman stood. Now we show the galaxy'}, {'start': '1247.679', 'end': '1251.720', 'text': 'what they'}, {'start': '1248.760', 'end': '1254.080', 'text': 'buried. Kel stared at the communication'}, {'start': '1251.720', 'end': '1257.280', 'text': "rig. You're going to transmit it to"}, {'start': '1254.080', 'end': '1259.679', 'text': 'everyone, she said. Every system, every'}, {'start': '1257.280', 'end': '1261.919', 'text': 'port, even the ones that banned human'}, {'start': '1259.679', 'end': '1265.919', 'text': "media. We're going to infect the lie"}, {'start': '1261.919', 'end': '1268.480', 'text': 'with the truth. Kel hesitated. "They\'ll'}, {'start': '1265.919', 'end': '1270.640', 'text': 'come for you. They already have." The'}, {'start': '1268.480', 'end': '1273.760', 'text': 'man said, "They just don\'t know we\'re'}, {'start': '1270.640', 'end': '1276.720', 'text': 'inside the walls." Outside alarms began'}, {'start': '1273.760', 'end': '1279.840', 'text': 'to blare again. Soft at first, then'}, {'start': '1276.720', 'end': '1283.039', 'text': "louder. The humans didn't flinch. The"}, {'start': '1279.840', 'end': '1285.919', 'text': 'woman looked at Kale. Really? Looked.'}, {'start': '1283.039', 'end': '1287.080', 'text': "You don't have to help. But if you do,"}, {'start': '1285.919', 'end': '1290.520', 'text': 'it means'}, {'start': '1287.080', 'end': '1293.440', 'text': 'something. What? That not everyone'}, {'start': '1290.520', 'end': '1296.240', 'text': 'forgot. Kale stared at her. Then the'}, {'start': '1293.440', 'end': '1298.559', 'text': "rig. Then at Draven's last words still"}, {'start': '1296.240', 'end': '1301.120', 'text': "echoing in his mind. He wasn't a"}, {'start': '1298.559', 'end': '1303.120', 'text': "soldier. He wasn't a historian, but he"}, {'start': '1301.120', 'end': '1306.320', 'text': 'was someone who saw the lie now. And'}, {'start': '1303.120', 'end': '1308.320', 'text': "once you see it, you can't unsee it. He"}, {'start': '1306.320', 'end': '1309.159', 'text': 'stepped forward and placed the dog tag'}, {'start': '1308.320', 'end': '1312.400', 'text': 'on the'}, {'start': '1309.159', 'end': '1314.320', 'text': "console. I'll help. The man smiled"}, {'start': '1312.400', 'end': '1317.679', 'text': "faintly like he'd been waiting for that"}, {'start': '1314.320', 'end': '1320.159', 'text': "all along. Then let's wake the stars."}, {'start': '1317.679', 'end': '1323.679', 'text': 'They moved quickly after that. The'}, {'start': '1320.159', 'end': '1326.240', 'text': 'woman. She finally gave her name. Seline'}, {'start': '1323.679', 'end': '1328.480', 'text': 'began routing power from auxiliary cores'}, {'start': '1326.240', 'end': '1330.080', 'text': 'to boost the old transmitter. Kale'}, {'start': '1328.480', 'end': '1332.320', 'text': 'watched as she pulled up ancient'}, {'start': '1330.080', 'end': '1335.120', 'text': 'encryption protocols, bypassing station'}, {'start': '1332.320', 'end': '1337.280', 'text': 'firewalls like they were made of paper.'}, {'start': '1335.120', 'end': '1340.400', 'text': "She wasn't just a rebel. She was a"}, {'start': '1337.280', 'end': '1342.720', 'text': 'relicorn architect of digital war. The'}, {'start': '1340.400', 'end': '1345.600', 'text': 'man now known as Thorne kept watch near'}, {'start': '1342.720', 'end': '1348.000', 'text': 'the sealed bulkhead. From his stance,'}, {'start': '1345.600', 'end': '1350.000', 'text': 'Kale could tell he was used to violence.'}, {'start': '1348.000', 'end': '1352.720', 'text': 'Not the theatrical kind the accords'}, {'start': '1350.000', 'end': '1355.280', 'text': 'enforcers displayed, but the quiet final'}, {'start': '1352.720', 'end': '1357.840', 'text': 'kind that left no witnesses.'}, {'start': '1355.280', 'end': '1360.000', 'text': 'Every part of Cyell wanted to dread. The'}, {'start': '1357.840', 'end': '1363.200', 'text': 'alarms were howling now. Red lights'}, {'start': '1360.000', 'end': '1365.159', 'text': 'painted the tunnels like veins on fire.'}, {'start': '1363.200', 'end': '1366.679', 'text': 'Somewhere above them, soldiers were'}, {'start': '1365.159', 'end': '1370.799', 'text': 'gathering.'}, {'start': '1366.679', 'end': '1372.799', 'text': "Accord soon, armed and paranoid. We'll"}, {'start': '1370.799', 'end': '1374.880', 'text': 'have maybe 5 minutes once the signal'}, {'start': '1372.799', 'end': '1378.000', 'text': 'launches, Seleni said without looking'}, {'start': '1374.880', 'end': '1379.679', 'text': "up. The rig's not cloaked. The second it"}, {'start': '1378.000', 'end': '1382.080', 'text': 'transmits, every surveillance drone in'}, {'start': '1379.679', 'end': '1384.720', 'text': 'orbit is going to ping its location.'}, {'start': '1382.080', 'end': '1387.760', 'text': "Kyle cleared his throat. So, we're doing"}, {'start': '1384.720', 'end': '1390.080', 'text': "this to die. Seline smirked. We're doing"}, {'start': '1387.760', 'end': '1392.240', 'text': "this so they don't die again. Thorne"}, {'start': '1390.080', 'end': '1395.440', 'text': 'tossed him a rifle. Kale caught it'}, {'start': '1392.240', 'end': '1398.240', 'text': "awkwardly, nearly dropping it. I I've"}, {'start': '1395.440', 'end': '1401.120', 'text': 'never used one of these, he admitted.'}, {'start': '1398.240', 'end': '1402.960', 'text': "Thorne only nodded. Don't shoot unless"}, {'start': '1401.120', 'end': '1404.480', 'text': 'you have to, but if you do, aim for'}, {'start': '1402.960', 'end': '1405.480', 'text': "center mass, they'll be wearing"}, {'start': '1404.480', 'end': '1408.000', 'text': 'suppressor'}, {'start': '1405.480', 'end': '1410.400', 'text': "armor. Kel's fingers tightened around"}, {'start': '1408.000', 'end': '1413.080', 'text': "the cold metal. This wasn't supposed to"}, {'start': '1410.400', 'end': '1415.600', 'text': 'be his fight. He fixed pipes and cleaned'}, {'start': '1413.080', 'end': '1417.760', 'text': "reactors. He didn't broadcast forbidden"}, {'start': '1415.600', 'end': '1421.600', 'text': 'messages to the galaxy or shoot at elite'}, {'start': '1417.760', 'end': '1423.400', 'text': 'security units. And yet here he was. The'}, {'start': '1421.600', 'end': '1426.280', 'text': 'console beeped three'}, {'start': '1423.400', 'end': '1428.919', 'text': 'times. Then a low hum filled the'}, {'start': '1426.280', 'end': '1433.120', 'text': "chamber. Seline's eyes lit"}, {'start': '1428.919', 'end': '1435.440', 'text': "up. We're online, she said, initiating"}, {'start': '1433.120', 'end': '1437.520', 'text': 'full spectrum burst. This will reach'}, {'start': '1435.440', 'end': '1440.559', 'text': 'every unshielded receiver from here to'}, {'start': '1437.520', 'end': '1442.480', 'text': 'the helix barrier. Kyle stepped closer'}, {'start': '1440.559', 'end': '1445.400', 'text': 'as the screen displayed hundreds of'}, {'start': '1442.480', 'end': '1448.320', 'text': 'symbols and languages from every known'}, {'start': '1445.400', 'end': '1452.080', 'text': 'species. Below them, a countdown ticked'}, {'start': '1448.320', 'end': '1455.760', 'text': 'down from 60. Seline looked up at him.'}, {'start': '1452.080', 'end': '1459.480', 'text': 'Still in, Kyle nodded. They killed the'}, {'start': '1455.760', 'end': '1462.720', 'text': 'truth once, not again. She hit the final'}, {'start': '1459.480', 'end': '1464.799', 'text': 'command. The rig pulsed. A wave of'}, {'start': '1462.720', 'end': '1468.159', 'text': 'energy surged out like a scream in the'}, {'start': '1464.799', 'end': '1471.120', 'text': "dark. Draven's recording began to play."}, {'start': '1468.159', 'end': '1474.320', 'text': 'than dozens more like it. Testimonies,'}, {'start': '1471.120', 'end': '1476.760', 'text': 'footage, photos, archive dumps, long'}, {'start': '1474.320', 'end': '1479.440', 'text': 'thought purged human cities in'}, {'start': '1476.760', 'end': '1481.840', 'text': 'flames. Accord soldiers laughing over'}, {'start': '1479.440', 'end': '1484.080', 'text': 'hidden grave sites. Internal'}, {'start': '1481.840', 'end': '1487.039', 'text': 'communications from officials who signed'}, {'start': '1484.080', 'end': '1489.640', 'text': 'the eradication directives. The ugly'}, {'start': '1487.039', 'end': '1492.960', 'text': 'buried core of Galactic Peace now'}, {'start': '1489.640', 'end': '1494.880', 'text': 'unburied in orbit. Accord monitors'}, {'start': '1492.960', 'end': '1497.120', 'text': 'exploded with data they never thought'}, {'start': '1494.880', 'end': '1499.120', 'text': 'could return. On every trade route,'}, {'start': '1497.120', 'end': '1502.480', 'text': 'hollow screens flickered, then showed'}, {'start': '1499.120', 'end': '1504.799', 'text': 'the words, "We were erased. Now we'}, {'start': '1502.480', 'end': '1506.720', 'text': 'speak." Kyle felt at the moment the'}, {'start': '1504.799', 'end': '1509.440', 'text': 'signal went through like a dam breaking'}, {'start': '1506.720', 'end': '1511.840', 'text': 'inside his chest. The room shuddered.'}, {'start': '1509.440', 'end': '1514.480', 'text': 'Outside, a blast shook the corridor.'}, {'start': '1511.840', 'end': '1517.360', 'text': '"The accord was coming." Thorne sealed'}, {'start': '1514.480', 'end': '1520.080', 'text': 'the inner hatch. "We hold them here," he'}, {'start': '1517.360', 'end': '1522.559', 'text': 'said calmly. "They can\'t stop it now,'}, {'start': '1520.080', 'end': '1524.960', 'text': 'but they\'ll try." Kale took position'}, {'start': '1522.559', 'end': '1527.200', 'text': 'behind a crate, heart pounding so loud'}, {'start': '1524.960', 'end': '1529.279', 'text': 'it almost drowned the noise. Seline'}, {'start': '1527.200', 'end': '1531.600', 'text': 'pulled out a compact pistol and covered'}, {'start': '1529.279', 'end': '1535.480', 'text': 'the side entrance. Then came the'}, {'start': '1531.600', 'end': '1539.279', 'text': 'thutting boots, voices, shouts, and then'}, {'start': '1535.480', 'end': '1541.120', 'text': 'smoke. The door burst open. Kyle fired'}, {'start': '1539.279', 'end': '1542.799', 'text': 'without thinking, and for a moment he'}, {'start': '1541.120', 'end': '1545.120', 'text': 'thought he missed, but one of the'}, {'start': '1542.799', 'end': '1547.520', 'text': 'armored soldiers dropped sparks flying'}, {'start': '1545.120', 'end': '1551.279', 'text': 'from their chest plate. The firefight'}, {'start': '1547.520', 'end': '1553.279', 'text': 'erupted. It was fast, brutal. Kyle'}, {'start': '1551.279', 'end': '1555.600', 'text': 'ducked behind piping as shots tore'}, {'start': '1553.279', 'end': '1558.840', 'text': 'through the air. Thorne moved like a'}, {'start': '1555.600', 'end': '1561.200', 'text': 'phantom. Two shots. Two'}, {'start': '1558.840', 'end': '1563.200', 'text': 'bodies. Seline yelled something he'}, {'start': '1561.200', 'end': '1566.480', 'text': "couldn't hear over the noise. The"}, {'start': '1563.200', 'end': '1569.279', 'text': "console sparked. They'd hit something."}, {'start': '1566.480', 'end': '1571.520', 'text': 'No. No. Hold it. Seline screamed, diving'}, {'start': '1569.279', 'end': '1574.080', 'text': 'for the terminal. The relay still'}, {'start': '1571.520', 'end': '1576.799', 'text': 'transmitting. Kyle saw a soldier raise'}, {'start': '1574.080', 'end': '1579.840', 'text': "his rifle toward her. He didn't think."}, {'start': '1576.799', 'end': '1582.880', 'text': 'He pulled the trigger. The shot hit. The'}, {'start': '1579.840', 'end': '1585.440', 'text': "soldier fell and KL couldn't breathe."}, {'start': '1582.880', 'end': '1587.919', 'text': 'Seline looked at him wideeyed. You just'}, {'start': '1585.440', 'end': '1591.440', 'text': "saved the truth. He didn't feel like a"}, {'start': '1587.919', 'end': '1594.400', 'text': 'hero. He felt nauseated, but he nodded.'}, {'start': '1591.440', 'end': '1596.159', 'text': 'Outside, more footsteps, more enemies.'}, {'start': '1594.400', 'end': '1598.799', 'text': 'But above them, in the stars, the'}, {'start': '1596.159', 'end': '1600.279', 'text': 'message flew. Carved into every data'}, {'start': '1598.799', 'end': '1603.360', 'text': 'stream, every'}, {'start': '1600.279', 'end': '1606.039', 'text': 'broadcast. The humans were never a myth.'}, {'start': '1603.360', 'end': '1608.679', 'text': "They were a warning. And now they're a"}, {'start': '1606.039', 'end': '1611.279', 'text': 'reckoning. The stars shuddered with'}, {'start': '1608.679', 'end': '1613.360', 'text': 'revelation across the galaxy. The'}, {'start': '1611.279', 'end': '1615.840', 'text': 'message spread like wildfire through a'}, {'start': '1613.360', 'end': '1618.159', 'text': 'vacuum. Entire networks crashed under'}, {'start': '1615.840', 'end': '1620.640', 'text': 'the weight of incoming data. Civilian'}, {'start': '1618.159', 'end': '1623.360', 'text': 'hubs blinked in and out of operation.'}, {'start': '1620.640', 'end': '1626.320', 'text': 'Military AI flagged the transmission as'}, {'start': '1623.360', 'end': '1628.960', 'text': 'level 9 forbidden content. And still it'}, {'start': '1626.320', 'end': '1631.120', 'text': 'reached billions. On V 4. A history'}, {'start': '1628.960', 'end': '1633.520', 'text': 'professor dropped her tablet as images'}, {'start': '1631.120', 'end': '1636.240', 'text': 'of Terran children in cages flashed'}, {'start': '1633.520', 'end': '1638.559', 'text': "across her screen. She'd taught for 20"}, {'start': '1636.240', 'end': '1640.880', 'text': 'years that humans were savages.'}, {'start': '1638.559', 'end': '1643.840', 'text': 'Univilized aggressors were destroyed for'}, {'start': '1640.880', 'end': '1645.840', 'text': 'the safety of the stars. Now she watched'}, {'start': '1643.840', 'end': '1649.240', 'text': 'a human mother shielding her baby during'}, {'start': '1645.840', 'end': '1652.159', 'text': "a bombardment. She'd been told never"}, {'start': '1649.240', 'end': '1655.840', 'text': 'happened. In the capital domes of Satari'}, {'start': '1652.159', 'end': '1658.000', 'text': 'Prime, protests exploded within hours.'}, {'start': '1655.840', 'end': '1659.760', 'text': 'Young ones born after the war marched'}, {'start': '1658.000', 'end': '1662.520', 'text': "with stolen banners showing Earth's"}, {'start': '1659.760', 'end': '1665.360', 'text': 'crest. They yelled one word in every'}, {'start': '1662.520', 'end': '1668.159', 'text': 'dialect. Lies in military stations.'}, {'start': '1665.360', 'end': '1670.559', 'text': 'Soldiers hesitated to follow orders. One'}, {'start': '1668.159', 'end': '1672.240', 'text': 'squad refused to fire on demonstrators.'}, {'start': '1670.559', 'end': '1674.159', 'text': 'Another broke into their own records'}, {'start': '1672.240', 'end': '1676.720', 'text': 'room searching for classified archives'}, {'start': '1674.159', 'end': '1678.960', 'text': 'and leaked them. The galaxy had prided'}, {'start': '1676.720', 'end': '1681.120', 'text': 'itself on order on unity. But it had'}, {'start': '1678.960', 'end': '1683.919', 'text': 'built that unity on a graveyard and the'}, {'start': '1681.120', 'end': '1687.200', 'text': 'ghosts had started to speak. Back on'}, {'start': '1683.919', 'end': '1688.720', 'text': "Tyreek station, Kale's body achd. Smoke"}, {'start': '1687.200', 'end': '1690.880', 'text': 'choked the air in the transmission'}, {'start': '1688.720', 'end': '1693.360', 'text': 'chamber. Seline was crouched by the'}, {'start': '1690.880', 'end': '1695.799', 'text': 'console, frantically rerouting power.'}, {'start': '1693.360', 'end': '1698.720', 'text': 'After another hit, blew half the system'}, {'start': '1695.799', 'end': '1701.440', 'text': 'offline. Thorne had a gash on his side,'}, {'start': '1698.720', 'end': '1703.919', 'text': 'dark blood soaking into his coat. But he'}, {'start': '1701.440', 'end': '1706.240', 'text': "moved like it didn't exist. Kale's hands"}, {'start': '1703.919', 'end': '1709.279', 'text': 'were slick with sweat and maybe blood.'}, {'start': '1706.240', 'end': '1711.919', 'text': "He couldn't tell anymore. I I think"}, {'start': '1709.279', 'end': '1713.760', 'text': "we're surrounded, he said, ducking as a"}, {'start': '1711.919', 'end': '1716.520', 'text': 'blast ripped a piece of piping from the'}, {'start': '1713.760', 'end': '1719.200', 'text': 'wall above him. We were always'}, {'start': '1716.520', 'end': '1721.159', 'text': 'surrounded, Thorne growled. The'}, {'start': '1719.200', 'end': '1723.720', 'text': "difference is now they're"}, {'start': '1721.159', 'end': '1727.000', 'text': 'afraid. Kale swallowed'}, {'start': '1723.720', 'end': '1730.720', 'text': 'hard. Of three people in a frozen'}, {'start': '1727.000', 'end': '1732.640', 'text': 'cave. No, Seline muttered. Of the truth'}, {'start': '1730.720', 'end': '1734.720', 'text': 'being free.'}, {'start': '1732.640', 'end': '1737.360', 'text': 'She slammed a key, rerouting the last'}, {'start': '1734.720', 'end': '1739.840', 'text': 'power bank to the transmission relay.'}, {'start': '1737.360', 'end': '1742.799', 'text': 'Sparks shot up, lighting her face in an'}, {'start': '1739.840', 'end': '1746.399', 'text': 'orange glow. The final packet launching'}, {'start': '1742.799', 'end': '1747.880', 'text': 'now. The console let out a long beep.'}, {'start': '1746.399', 'end': '1751.360', 'text': 'Transmission'}, {'start': '1747.880', 'end': '1754.320', 'text': 'complete. They did it. Seline slumped'}, {'start': '1751.360', 'end': '1757.360', 'text': 'against the wall. Exhaustion pulling her'}, {'start': '1754.320', 'end': '1760.240', 'text': 'limbs like gravity. Outside the room,'}, {'start': '1757.360', 'end': '1763.440', 'text': 'the accord forces went silent. No more'}, {'start': '1760.240', 'end': '1766.159', 'text': 'shots. No more shouting, just a quiet'}, {'start': '1763.440', 'end': '1768.640', 'text': 'shuffle, waiting. Then a message came in'}, {'start': '1766.159', 'end': '1771.279', 'text': 'from space from the Terran fleet. Thorne'}, {'start': '1768.640', 'end': '1773.200', 'text': 'opened the comm, his face unreadable. A'}, {'start': '1771.279', 'end': '1775.679', 'text': "woman's voice came through cold, calm"}, {'start': '1773.200', 'end': '1777.919', 'text': 'Tyreek station. This is Earth Command.'}, {'start': '1775.679', 'end': '1780.880', 'text': 'We received the burst. Your actions have'}, {'start': '1777.919', 'end': '1783.880', 'text': 'ignited over 93,000 subnet networks.'}, {'start': '1780.880', 'end': '1788.000', 'text': 'Accordens is failing. Standby for'}, {'start': '1783.880', 'end': '1790.480', 'text': 'retrieval. KL blinked. Retrieval. Are'}, {'start': '1788.000', 'end': '1793.360', 'text': 'you sending ships? Selene asked, sitting'}, {'start': '1790.480', 'end': '1795.919', 'text': 'up. The number we already sent them.'}, {'start': '1793.360', 'end': '1798.399', 'text': 'Just then, the ceiling shook. Kale ran'}, {'start': '1795.919', 'end': '1800.640', 'text': 'to the viewing port. Cracked but still'}, {'start': '1798.399', 'end': '1803.360', 'text': 'intact. And there, piercing through the'}, {'start': '1800.640', 'end': '1806.000', 'text': 'clouds, came the warships. Not sleek,'}, {'start': '1803.360', 'end': '1809.039', 'text': 'not quite colossal. Ships shaped like'}, {'start': '1806.000', 'end': '1812.480', 'text': 'iron bones and ash, burned emblems on'}, {'start': '1809.039', 'end': '1815.120', 'text': "their sides. Their engines didn't hum."}, {'start': '1812.480', 'end': '1818.960', 'text': 'They growled like thunder, waking from a'}, {'start': '1815.120', 'end': '1821.919', 'text': 'long slumber. Accord fighters scrambled.'}, {'start': '1818.960', 'end': '1824.600', 'text': "They didn't last 3 seconds. The Terran"}, {'start': '1821.919', 'end': '1827.760', 'text': "fleet didn't fire first. They simply"}, {'start': '1824.600', 'end': '1831.080', 'text': 'arrived. And the message was clear. We'}, {'start': '1827.760', 'end': '1833.679', 'text': 'are not the hunted anymore. We are the'}, {'start': '1831.080', 'end': '1836.240', 'text': 'storm. The soldiers outside the room'}, {'start': '1833.679', 'end': '1837.880', 'text': 'laid down their weapons one by one. You'}, {'start': '1836.240', 'end': '1841.520', 'text': 'could hear them clatter against the'}, {'start': '1837.880', 'end': '1844.559', 'text': 'floor. The door slid open slowly, but it'}, {'start': '1841.520', 'end': '1847.080', 'text': "wasn't a firing squad. It was a cord."}, {'start': '1844.559', 'end': '1851.360', 'text': 'soldiers, hands up and behind them, more'}, {'start': '1847.080', 'end': '1854.240', 'text': 'civilians, miners, engineers, people.'}, {'start': '1851.360', 'end': '1856.720', 'text': 'Kyle had worked beside for years. None'}, {'start': '1854.240', 'end': '1858.960', 'text': 'of them looked at him the same way. One'}, {'start': '1856.720', 'end': '1862.159', 'text': 'of them, an older tech named Elias,'}, {'start': '1858.960', 'end': '1864.919', 'text': 'stepped forward and said, voice shaking.'}, {'start': '1862.159', 'end': '1867.919', 'text': 'We thought they were monsters. Kale'}, {'start': '1864.919', 'end': '1869.520', 'text': 'nodded. So did I.'}, {'start': '1867.919', 'end': '1871.679', 'text': 'Elias looked up at the sound of'}, {'start': '1869.520', 'end': '1874.559', 'text': 'approaching boots, heavy disciplined'}, {'start': '1871.679', 'end': '1877.399', 'text': 'echoing with the sound of iron justice.'}, {'start': '1874.559', 'end': '1880.399', 'text': 'Terran marines entered black armored and'}, {'start': '1877.399', 'end': '1883.360', 'text': 'wordless. They saw Thorne and Seline.'}, {'start': '1880.399', 'end': '1885.799', 'text': 'They saw Kale and nodded. Thorne stepped'}, {'start': '1883.360', 'end': '1889.120', 'text': 'forward and said only two'}, {'start': '1885.799', 'end': '1891.360', 'text': 'words. Truth holds. The air on tick'}, {'start': '1889.120', 'end': '1893.600', 'text': 'station had changed. Where once there'}, {'start': '1891.360', 'end': '1896.480', 'text': 'was fear and silence, now there was'}, {'start': '1893.600', 'end': '1898.480', 'text': 'stillness, but not the hopeless kind.'}, {'start': '1896.480', 'end': '1900.399', 'text': 'This was the stillness that came after a'}, {'start': '1898.480', 'end': '1902.200', 'text': 'storm when everything broken could'}, {'start': '1900.399', 'end': '1905.120', 'text': 'finally be seen in the'}, {'start': '1902.200', 'end': '1908.320', 'text': 'open. Terran Marines moved through the'}, {'start': '1905.120', 'end': '1911.279', 'text': 'halls like shadows of judgment. They'}, {'start': '1908.320', 'end': '1913.760', 'text': "didn't speak, didn't boast, didn't touch"}, {'start': '1911.279', 'end': '1915.799', 'text': 'anything unless necessary. Their'}, {'start': '1913.760', 'end': '1918.399', 'text': "presence wasn't to conquer, but to"}, {'start': '1915.799', 'end': '1920.960', 'text': 'witness. Their armor bore the scars of'}, {'start': '1918.399', 'end': '1922.320', 'text': 'extinction, but their steps carried'}, {'start': '1920.960', 'end': '1924.640', 'text': 'purpose.'}, {'start': '1922.320', 'end': '1926.799', 'text': 'KL sat on the edge of the sublevel 9'}, {'start': '1924.640', 'end': '1929.600', 'text': 'platform feet, dangling over a'}, {'start': '1926.799', 'end': '1932.000', 'text': 'maintenance ledge. Below him, a recovery'}, {'start': '1929.600', 'end': '1934.559', 'text': 'vessel hovered. Terran Tech shaped like'}, {'start': '1932.000', 'end': '1937.200', 'text': 'a knife with folded wings. He still wore'}, {'start': '1934.559', 'end': '1939.360', 'text': 'his grimy overalls. His hands were still'}, {'start': '1937.200', 'end': '1941.279', 'text': 'calloused from years of work, and yet'}, {'start': '1939.360', 'end': '1944.399', 'text': 'something inside him had been carved out'}, {'start': '1941.279', 'end': '1946.240', 'text': 'and replaced with truth. Seline sat next'}, {'start': '1944.399', 'end': '1949.039', 'text': 'to him, sipping a sealed ration pack'}, {'start': '1946.240', 'end': '1952.039', 'text': "with a crooked grin. You've got good aim"}, {'start': '1949.039', 'end': '1954.640', 'text': 'for a mechanic. Kyle gave her a side'}, {'start': '1952.039', 'end': '1958.799', 'text': "glance. Don't get used to it. I don't"}, {'start': '1954.640', 'end': '1961.200', 'text': 'like guns. She nodded slowly. Neither do'}, {'start': '1958.799', 'end': '1962.760', 'text': 'I, but sometimes you pick one up because'}, {'start': '1961.200', 'end': '1965.440', 'text': 'no one else'}, {'start': '1962.760', 'end': '1967.760', 'text': 'will. Below them, survivors from the'}, {'start': '1965.440', 'end': '1970.919', 'text': 'station were being processed. Not'}, {'start': '1967.760', 'end': '1974.480', 'text': 'imprisoned, not punished, just talk'}, {'start': '1970.919', 'end': '1976.279', 'text': 'to. Every person was given a choice.'}, {'start': '1974.480', 'end': '1981.200', 'text': 'Testify or walk'}, {'start': '1976.279', 'end': '1983.519', 'text': 'away. Most chose to talk. Some wept,'}, {'start': '1981.200', 'end': '1985.200', 'text': 'others simply nodded, broken by the'}, {'start': '1983.519', 'end': '1988.159', 'text': "weight of a lie they didn't even know"}, {'start': '1985.200', 'end': '1990.360', 'text': 'they carried. Kale had already spoken to'}, {'start': '1988.159', 'end': '1994.000', 'text': 'the Terran officer leading the'}, {'start': '1990.360', 'end': '1995.919', 'text': 'operation. A woman named Commander Ria.'}, {'start': '1994.000', 'end': '1998.480', 'text': "Her voice had the calm of someone who'd"}, {'start': '1995.919', 'end': '2000.320', 'text': "lost too much to raise it anymore. She'd"}, {'start': '1998.480', 'end': '2002.720', 'text': 'listened to his account, nodded only'}, {'start': '2000.320', 'end': '2004.640', 'text': 'once, and said, "You did what billions'}, {'start': '2002.720', 'end': '2007.519', 'text': 'wouldn\'t." He hadn\'t known how to'}, {'start': '2004.640', 'end': '2010.480', 'text': 'respond. Thorne joined them. His side'}, {'start': '2007.519', 'end': '2012.640', 'text': 'bandaged movement stiff but steady. He'}, {'start': '2010.480', 'end': '2015.000', 'text': "sat down on Kyle's other side without a"}, {'start': '2012.640', 'end': '2017.600', 'text': 'word. For a few moments, none of them'}, {'start': '2015.000', 'end': '2019.919', 'text': 'spoke. The stars above Tyrix were'}, {'start': '2017.600', 'end': '2022.279', 'text': 'clearer now. The distortion fields were'}, {'start': '2019.919', 'end': '2026.000', 'text': 'gone, no longer hiding the truth from'}, {'start': '2022.279', 'end': '2029.679', 'text': 'space. Kale finally broke the silence.'}, {'start': '2026.000', 'end': '2033.919', 'text': 'What happens next? Thorne stared ahead.'}, {'start': '2029.679', 'end': '2036.559', 'text': 'The galaxy fractures, Selene added.'}, {'start': '2033.919', 'end': '2038.799', 'text': 'The accord will call it terrorism. Some'}, {'start': '2036.559', 'end': '2041.200', 'text': 'planets will riot. Others will try to'}, {'start': '2038.799', 'end': '2043.840', 'text': "erase us again, but this time they can't"}, {'start': '2041.200', 'end': '2046.240', 'text': "kill the message. The truth's out,"}, {'start': '2043.840', 'end': '2048.720', 'text': 'Thorne said. And the thing about truth,'}, {'start': '2046.240', 'end': '2050.919', 'text': 'it spreads faster than fear once people'}, {'start': '2048.720', 'end': '2055.040', 'text': "realize they've been lied to their whole"}, {'start': '2050.919', 'end': '2058.320', 'text': 'lives. Kel nodded slowly. And Earth,'}, {'start': '2055.040', 'end': '2060.879', 'text': "it's still there. Seline hesitated, then"}, {'start': '2058.320', 'end': '2063.879', 'text': "looked at Thorne. Thorne's jaw"}, {'start': '2060.879', 'end': '2067.280', 'text': "tightened. What's left of it? Kale"}, {'start': '2063.879', 'end': '2069.760', 'text': 'turned. What does that mean? Thorne met'}, {'start': '2067.280', 'end': '2072.159', 'text': "his gaze, tired but firm. They didn't"}, {'start': '2069.760', 'end': '2075.520', 'text': 'just erase us from records. They glass'}, {'start': '2072.159', 'end': '2078.879', 'text': 'the planet, every city, every ocean, the'}, {'start': '2075.520', 'end': '2081.520', 'text': "earth you've heard of. It's a tomb now."}, {'start': '2078.879', 'end': '2084.240', 'text': "Kel's stomach twisted. And you're still"}, {'start': '2081.520', 'end': '2086.240', 'text': 'fighting for it. Thorne shook his head.'}, {'start': '2084.240', 'end': '2089.040', 'text': 'A number were fighting because of it.'}, {'start': '2086.240', 'end': '2090.720', 'text': 'Earth was our home. But now, humanity'}, {'start': '2089.040', 'end': '2093.839', 'text': 'lives in the memory of what they tried'}, {'start': '2090.720', 'end': '2095.919', 'text': 'to destroy. Every colony that hit us.'}, {'start': '2093.839', 'end': '2098.720', 'text': 'Every survivor that raised a child in'}, {'start': '2095.919', 'end': '2100.560', 'text': 'secret. Every voice that still dares to'}, {'start': '2098.720', 'end': '2102.880', 'text': 'speak our name, he looked up at the'}, {'start': '2100.560', 'end': '2105.839', 'text': 'stars. They thought killing Earth meant'}, {'start': '2102.880', 'end': '2108.800', 'text': 'killing us. But humans were never just a'}, {'start': '2105.839', 'end': '2111.680', 'text': "planet. We're a species and were done"}, {'start': '2108.800', 'end': '2114.640', 'text': 'being quiet. Far above, a new Terran'}, {'start': '2111.680', 'end': '2117.680', 'text': 'vessel entered orbit. Not a warship this'}, {'start': '2114.640', 'end': '2120.000', 'text': 'time, but a broadcast ship. Its signal'}, {'start': '2117.680', 'end': '2122.240', 'text': 'tower unfurled like a steel flower,'}, {'start': '2120.000', 'end': '2123.640', 'text': 'sending waves of truth across a galaxy'}, {'start': '2122.240', 'end': '2126.079', 'text': 'built on'}, {'start': '2123.640', 'end': '2128.320', 'text': 'silence. Back on the station, the'}, {'start': '2126.079', 'end': '2131.079', 'text': 'surviving citizens of Tyrex gathered to'}, {'start': '2128.320', 'end': '2133.200', 'text': 'watch. The children stared'}, {'start': '2131.079', 'end': '2134.960', 'text': 'wideeyed. The elders stood with'}, {'start': '2133.200', 'end': '2137.800', 'text': 'shoulders slumped, unsure whether to'}, {'start': '2134.960', 'end': '2140.960', 'text': 'feel guilt or relief. The message played'}, {'start': '2137.800', 'end': '2143.520', 'text': 'again. We were never your monsters. You'}, {'start': '2140.960', 'end': '2145.440', 'text': 'made us into ghosts. But now we are the'}, {'start': '2143.520', 'end': '2146.720', 'text': 'flame, and you will never forget us'}, {'start': '2145.440', 'end': '2149.280', 'text': 'again.'}, {'start': '2146.720', 'end': '2151.920', 'text': 'Kale rose to his feet, the dog tag still'}, {'start': '2149.280', 'end': '2155.040', 'text': 'around his neck. "I want to see what\'s'}, {'start': '2151.920', 'end': '2157.920', 'text': 'next," he said quietly. Seline grinned.'}, {'start': '2155.040', 'end': '2160.320', 'text': '"Then come with us." Thorne offered his'}, {'start': '2157.920', 'end': '2162.560', 'text': 'hand. And for the first time, Kale took'}, {'start': '2160.320', 'end': '2164.880', 'text': 'it. Behind them, the station lit up, not'}, {'start': '2162.560', 'end': '2167.280', 'text': 'with fire, but with light. The kind of'}, {'start': '2164.880', 'end': '2169.440', 'text': 'light that comes after a long cold night'}, {'start': '2167.280', 'end': '2172.720', 'text': 'because the humans had returned and the'}, {'start': '2169.440', 'end': '2172.720', 'text': 'galaxy would never be the'}]