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BRECKINRIDGE
Sir, yes, sir. It's my arm. I think it's
broken, sir.
ZIM
MEDIC !
A MEDIC charges up, checks Breckinridge's arm, grins.
MEDIC
Clean break... Doc'll have him back on
active duty by tomorrow.
ZIM
Good. Who's next ?
Shujumi steps up, assumes a fighting stance. Zim looks him over.
There's not not much to him. Shujumi attacks Zim, counters his
counter, dances out of range.
DJANA'D
Lookit the little guy go !
Now Zim attacks. Shujumi flip kicks Zim in the head.
JOHNNY
He's good alright.
KATRINA
I'll bet he makes squad leader.
ACE
He'll have to get past me.
The recruits check Ace out. Zim sweeps Shujumi's legs, puts a
knee in the little man's throat. Shujumi passes out.
ZIM
MEDIC !
51 EXT OBSTACLE COURSE - DAY - THE RECRUITES
tumble a brutal obstacle course using JUMP BOOTS.
ZIM (V.O.)
Some of you may not ┤make it.
Djana'd hits a tower and falls to the deck hard, dropping her rifle.
She holds her knee, hurt. Zim races over to her.
ZIM
WHY IS THAT WEAPON ON THE GROUND ?
YOUR WEAPON IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN
YOU ARE ! PICK IT UP ! PICK IT UP !
Zim begins to kick her because she doesn't move fast enough.
ZIM (V.O.)
You might think I am unfair.
52 EXT ZERO GRAVITY COMBAT - DAY - THE RECRUITES
watch poor Kitten Smith spar with Zim. Kitten Smith whacks Zim across the jaw.
Zim doesn't even flinch.
ZIM
Is that all you got ? You hit like kitten, Smith !
This is a punch.
WHAM ! Zim knocks Kitten Smith for a loop.
ZIM (V.O.)
You will not like me.
53 INT HYPERPHYSICAL TRAINING ENVIRONMENTS - DAY - ZIM
watches the recruits face simulated 3-D OFF-WORLD FOES. In one room,
CYCLOPS SOLDIERS of Antilles, in another, red DEATH WALKERS,
and in a third, screeching ARACHNID WARRIORS.
ZIM (V.O.)
But if you survive you will thank me
because you will be born again hard.
You will be a new person.
You will be a Cap Trooper. And then,
MAYBE, you'll be good enough...
54 EXT COMBAT KNIFE PRACTICE - DAY - ZIM
throws a knife, buries the point in a narrow post.
ZIM (V.O.)
...to serve in my family.
ACE
Sir, I don't understands who needs a
knife in a nuke fight anyway...
All you gotta do is push a button, sir !
Zim yanks the knife out of the post.
ZIM
Put your hand on the post, private.
Ace obeys. Zim throws, sticks his hand to the post.
ACE
AWK !
ZIM
The enemy cannot push a button if you
disable his hand. MEDIC !
Zim pays no attention to Ace who remains stuck to the post. A
recruit trots up. Johnny stares, surprised. It's Dizzy.
DIZZY
Sir, recruit Flores, reporting for duty , sir.
She snaps Zim a salute and hands him her orders.
ZIM
I see you specifically requested transfer
from Fort Cronkite to this training group...
Dizzy grins self-consciously at Johnny.
DIZZY
Sir, I heard it was the best, sir !
ZIM
It is the best... BUT WHAT MAKES YOU
THINK YOU'RE GOOD ENOUGH ?
ON YOUR BELLY AND GIVE ME
FIFTY, RECRUIT !
Dizzy hits the deck and starts doing push-ups, counting off as
MEDICS arrive and go to work on Ace's hand.
55 INT MESS HALL - DAY - THE RECRUITES
line up for mess piled four-square together on a single plate,
meat on the bottom, ice cream on top.
ACE
I'd like to disable Zim...!
KATRINA
Improper Attitude ! They'll kick you out
for talking like that...
DJANA'D
They can kick you out for anything.
Improper Conduct, Unsatisfactory
Performance...
KITTEN SMITH
Off you go down Washout Lane, bye-bye !
Ace cuts into the front off the mess line.
ACE
Aw, you either got what it takes
or you don't.
DJANA'D
C'mon Ace, wait your turn !
ACE
At ease, soldier. It's all the same muck.
JOHNNY
Better get in line like everyone else, Ace.
Silence. There could be a fight. Zim, standing nearby, watches
with interest. Ace opens his hand.
ACE
You got some guts for a rich kid.
I guess you and me could be buddies.
JOHNNY
What an honor...
ACE
Hey, don't laugh. Everyone oughta have
a friend like me !
Ace makes a big friendly show of trading places with Johnny.
BRECKINRIDGE
Come on, Ace, back off the line !
Bacl off the line !
Now everyone's laughing, pushing Ace to the back of the line.
Johnny has his grub. Dizzy comes up with her tray.
DIZZY
Hey, amigo, come chow with me.
JOHNNY
No thanks, Diz.
DIZZY
What's your malfunction, Rico ?
JOHNNY
You are. I joined up to get out on my
own. And you had to tag along.
DIZZY
What ? You think I joined the Mobile
Infantery because of you ?
JOHNNY
You saying you didn't ?
Johnny turns away. Dizzy watches him go, hurt.
56 EXT OBSTACLE COURSE - DAY - THE RECRUITS
tumble down the difficult course in their power suits. At the head of
the pack , breathing hard, Johnny and Ace race.
ACE
What makes you think... you'll make...
squad leader, Rico ?
JOHNNY
Something... I've got...you don't.
ACE
You rich kids... are all the same !
JOHNNY
It isn't about rich... It's about
who's best...!
They come to a trap, prepare to leap.
DIZZY
Coming through !
Dizzy jumps over them from behind. Johnny and Ace tumble into the mud.
They watch, chagrined, as Dizzy reaches the end of the course effortlessly.
ZIM
C'mon, move it, you apes !
57 INT SHOWERS - NIGHT - DIZZY
enters as the recruits scrub down.
KITTEN SMITH
We all have one thing in common. We were
all stupid enough to sign up for Mobile
Infanterie. What's your excuse,
Breckinridge ?
BRECKINRIDGE
Well, my family is all farmers. I hate farming.
Mobile Infantery's pure picnic by comparison.
KITTEN SMITH
So the grow 'em big and dumb on the farm
planet, eh ? Djana'd ?
DJANA'D
I'm going in for politics. You gotta be a
citizen for that. So here I am.
KITTEN SMITH
C'mon, keep it going... Katrina !
KATRINA
I wanna be a mom. It's easier to get
a licence if you've served.
ACE
I'm going career... officer's training.
That's why I wanna be squad leader.
They look for that.
JOHNNY
Wanting it doesn't make you the best
one for the job.
ACE
Oh, yeah ? I don't see anyone else here
with the chops to lead.
JOHNNY
Well, maybe you better look again.
SHUJUMI
Federation's gonna give me a scholarship
when my hitch is up. I wanna be a
neurologist, study brain chemisty and
associated stimulus...
Dizzy dresses down. Johnny and all the other guys check her out.
She has a fabulous body. Dizzy cathes Johnny looking. He turns
his back as she steps into the shower next to him.
KITTEN SMITH
Your turn, Rico !
JOHNNY
Aw, who asked you to be so nosey ?
KITTEN SMITH
Me, I got plans to be writer, and a writer's
got a right to be nosey. Flores, you know
Rico from Buenos Aires... What's his story ?
Dizzy uses her hand to divert the shower spray towards Johnny's crotch.
DIZZY
Well, some say he turned his back on the family
fortune to be a citizen, others say he did it for
a girl... missed a spot there, bucko... which is
funny because Johnny says I joined up to be
with him, but why would I do that ?
He doesn't even like me.
BRECKINRIDGE
Don't look that way to me.
Everyone look down at Johnny's crotch, laughing. Johnny
blushes, grabs a towel and exits the shower.
58 INT BARRACKS - NIGHT - INTO CAMERA - JOHNNY
pans the barracks with a little handcam, neat bunks in a row, other recruits
lounging around in their skivvies.
JOHNNY
I know it's not much, but it's home. Over
there's my bunk where I dream about you
every night...
Ace, Kitten Smith, Shujumi and Breckinridge dance around and moon the
camera.
JOHNNY
Hey, do you mind ?
Johnny moves the camera away from the guys. Katrina walks by from the
shower with Dizzy, mugs into frame.
KATRINA
Hey, what's going on ?
DIZZY
I bet it's that girl I was talking about...
Her name's Carmen, I think.
ACE AND THE OTHERS
Carmen ! Ooh la la, Carmencita !
KATRINA
Hi, Carmen !
Johnny heads for the door.
ACE AND THE OTHERS
Hey, where you going ? Come back...! He's
getting awy... Grab him...!
The picture goes all screwy, comes up again on:
59 EXT BARRACKS - NIGHT - INTO CAMERA - JOHNNY
talk quietly now outside the barracks door.
JOHNNY
Boot's pretty tough, and sometimes
I think I won't make it, but then I
imagine you're watching me, and that
gives me someting... I try harder.
Thanks to you, I think I might have
a shot at squad leader.
The barracks lights go out. Taps plays over the public address.
Johnny lowers his voice.
JOHNNY
Uh-oh, I gotta pack it in. I hope you're
having fun, hope you're careful.
No training accidents for you, eh ?
(leaning into camera)
I want to kiss you so badly. I want
to feel you next to me, I-
Behind him , someone begins to sing , badly.
ACE
I love you truly, so truly, dear...!
Ace, the singer, and the other guys peer down from the transom
over the door, giggling, delighted with themselves.
PULLBACK TO REVEAL:
60 INT TERESHKOVA FLIGHT ACADEMY - DAY - CARMEN
watches the end of Johnny's letter. Ace continues to sing.
ACE
Our love will grow, dear, year by year...
JOHNNY
Bye ! Write me ! I'm gonna kill you guys !
The letter ends. Carmen smiles. A BALD CADET PILOT smacks her on the
arm as she runs by in a sleek blue pressure suit.
BALD CADET
Orbit in five, Ibanez ! First one there gets
to fly !
Grinning, Carmen grabs her duffel, takes off after her.
61 INT BOARDING CORRIDOR - DAY - CARMEN
and the bald cadet race for the hatch past other recruits.
62 INT BOAT - DAY CYCLE-CARMEN
gets there first, jumps into the pilot seat. The Bald Pilot takes
second seat.
CARMEN
Looking it down !
Two LATE CADETS duck in through the closing hatch door.
LATE CADET
Oh no, not Ibanez again, she's crazy !
CARMEN
On my mark, in three, two, one...
63 EXT LUNAR ORBIT - THE BOAT
straeks upward from the lunar floor past orbitting training platforms where
CADETS in brightly colored pressure suits float against the Earth which
hangs beyond the horizon.
CARMEN (O.S.)
...GO !
64 INT BOAT - LUNAR ORBIT - CARMEN
blasts past a DESTROYER orbiting in dock, zips between CORVETTES
and other slower fleet traffic in the crowded space lanes of Luna.
The two late cadets are terrified.
BALD CADET
Geez, I thought I liked to fly fast !
CARMEN
This is nothing. Today, I get to fly that !
She points. Now visible from behind a host of smaller ships,
STARSHIP ATHENA, of older design, but impressive.
65 INT ATHENA - COMMAND AND CONTROL - DAY CYCLE - CARMEN
arrives on the bridge, dark, cramped, all-business. She salutes the instructor,
CAPTAIN DELADIER, 40s.
CARMEN
Pilot Trainee Ibanez reporting for duty, ma'am.
DELADIER
Take the number one chair, Ibanez.
Follow all instructions of you supervisor.
CARMEN
Yes, ma'am !
Carmen turns for her station, but stops in her tracks. Her supervisor is
Zander Barcalow, now a 2nd Lieutenant.
CARMEN
Hey ! What are you doing here ?
ZANDER
I'm the guy who's gonna teach you to
fly this crate.
Carmen logs on. The ship recognizes her as a pilot trainee.
CARMEN
Assistant insructor... You must be some
kind of a hot stick.
Should I call you "sir" ?
ZANDER
Only when I give you an order.
DELADIER
Prepare for departure.
Carmen and Zander go to work.
CARMEN
It's amazing, us running into each other
like this. Maybe it's fate.
ZANDER
Maybe not. I heard about this crazy girl
coming through the academy, solid math,
a little wild on the stick, but a natural.
When it turned out it was you, I made
sure we'd run into each other...
DELADIER
Alright, take her out, Ibanez.
CARMEN
Yes, ma'am.
All eyes are on carmen as she grabs the stick. The ship shudders under
her hand. She winks at Zander.
CARMEN
In simulation, my supervisors could never
keep up.
ZANDER
This isn't simulation anymore.
Take'er out easy, cadet.
CARMEN
Oh, yes, sir. Vector ?
ZANDER
Twenty-five by five, roll seven.
And don't exceed port speed.
Carmen rocks the stick, and the view from the bridge spins smoothly
away from the dense orbiting yards os Luna toward the outer system.
CARMEN
Or...?
ZANDER
They revoke our flight status.
CARMEN
Oh, I see... teamwork.
Carmen jogs past lumbering freighters. Zander's impressed.
DELADIER
Steady as she goes, number one.
Prepare for warp. Number two,
design for Jupiter orbit.
ZANDER
Yes, ma'am. Star drive in three...
two... one...
Space appears to bend. Zander and Carmen share a smile. They
blur together, becoming one, then: WHAM !
66 EXT LUNA - STARSHIP ATHENA
disappears in a flash of blinding light.
67 EXT WAR GAMES COURSE - DAY - THE RECRUITS
have been divided into two teams. RED TEAM includes Ace, Katrina,
Breckinridge, and Djana'd. Johnny, Shujumi, Kitten Smith, and Dizzy
are part of BLUE TEAM.
ZIM
The object of this exercise is to capture
your enemy's flag before your enemy
captures yours.
Bronski passes out Morita SmartRifles.
ZIM
These weapons have been modified for
this exercise. If your enemy hits you,
your suit will fail. You will be unable
to move. You will be as good as dead.
68 EXT WAR GAMES COURSE - LATER - DJANA'D
bumps the magnification of her heads up display to survey Blue Team's
flag guarded by two recruits. She jumps down to joining other Red
Team members on the move.
DJANA'D
It's right over the next ridge...
Only two guards.
Johnny, Kitten Smith, and Dizzy open fire from athicket as they pass.
Djana'd and the others collapse as their suits fail, Djana'd laughing
because playing at war seems funny.
KITTEN SMITH
You are now prisoners of the Blue Team.
Tell us your plans or die !
DJANA'D
Oh no ! Name, rank, and mind your own
business is all you get from me !
69 EXT RED TEAM FLAG - DAY - RED TEAM
opens fire as the Blue Team appears. Shujumi and other Blue Team members
go down in an ambush led by Breckinridge. Johnny dives for cover, and finds
himself sharing it with Dizzy.
KITTEN SMITH
I'm going in ! Let's go !
Kitten Smith makes arun for the flag with a rifle team. Ace and Katrina open
fire from two new hidden Red Team positions, taking Kitten and his team
down with a cross fire.
JOHNNY
Man, they're defended... no way in.
DIZZY
Flip six, three hole.
JOHNNY
What ?
DIZZY
High school... remember ? Run a flip
six, three hole play, and you might
score...
Johnny looks at the course in a new way, nods.
JOHNNY
Cover me.
DIZZY
You got it.
Johnny tumbles open ground, vaults into the air. Dizzy takes out Breckinridge
as he rises to fire. Johnny lands, knocks out Katrina, then Ace. He picks up
Ace's fallen Morita.
JOHNNY
Thanks, pal.
70 EXT OBSERVATION TOWER - DAY - ZIM AND CORPORAL BRONSKI
watch Johnny firing both Moritas simultanously and taking out the remaining
Red Team defenders. He grabs the Red Team flag and hurls it into the air like spear.
ZIM
Kid's got some moves...
71 INT AIRBORNE SKIMMER - DAY - THE RECRUITS
line up in the door of a SKIMMER, the military's standard utility aircraft,
to practice drops from altitude.
ZIM
Smith, GO ! McIntire, GO ! Flores, GO !
Rico, I'm making you sqaud leader !
JOHNNY
Sir, thank you, sir !
ZIM
Don't stand there dumb... GO !
Johnny jumps, plummeting toward the earth.
JOHNNY
YEEEE-Haaaaaaaaaaaaa...!
Next in line, Ace scowls.
72 INT BARRACKS - NIGHT - THE RECRUITS
have some free time. Johnny makes a big show of polishing the chevrons
that designate him as Squad Leader.
KITTEN SMITH
Look at him. Do you think anyone has
ever been so pleased with himself ?
ACE
Zim hadda choose someone to be
his brown nose, I guess.
JOHNNY
I just want you guys to know that I'll
never do anything that I haven't asked
you to do first.
Johnny approaches Dizzy.
JOHNNY
Couldn't've done it without you, Diz.
Friends ?
Dizzy smiles, shakes.
DIZZY
Yeah, sure... friends.
Bronski walks through with the mail.
BRONSKI
Levy... Shujumi... Rico.
Johnny grabs the E-disk, pops it into his handcam. The Fleet Mail logo appears:
APPROVED MESSAGE
JOHNNY
Bet it's from my girl.
Johnny's pals gather for a look. Carmen appears, dressed down to skivvies,
in her quarters aboard starship Athena.
CARMEN
Hi, Johnny, I would've written sooner,
but they've really got us going every
moment here.
ACE
Yeow, Rico, you don't deserve that !
JOHNNY
Shhhh...!
CARMEN
I'm glad you're doing so well. If they
haven't made you squad leader by now,
I'm sure you will.
Johnny holds up his squad leader chevrons victoriously.
JOHNNY
All it takes is the love of a good woman...
The image changes abrupltly. Now Carmen's wearing a trim blue flight suit.
She stands the camera on Athena's gunnery deck. Outside , the rings of
Saturn sparkle in bright solar light.
CARMEN
Look at that. Isn't it beautiful ? I had
to show you. It's great to be out here on
my own. I'm just not some little girl from
Buenos Aires anymore. I'm gonna be a
starship pilot, and I'm gonna see the
universe...
(she sighs)
And that's also the problem because I
don't really want to get married,
Johnny. I don't want to have kids.
I want a command, a ship of my own,
and you know, I don't think that's
gonna leave a lot of room for you and
me.
Johnny is stunned. All the other recruits suddenly seem to have
something else to do.
CARMEN
I know that's not what you wanted to hear...
but I have to follow my heart. I'm sorry.
I'm afraid you'll hate me, and I couldn't
stand that. Write me, alright ? Write me,
so I'll know that we'll always be friends.
The Fleet Mail logo appears again: END OF MESSAGE. Johnny
shuts the handcam off. Ace puts a hand on his shoulder.
ACE
Funny how they always want to be your friends
after they kick your guts out.
JOHNNY
It's what I deserve.
ACE
Whad'ya talkin about ?
JOHNNY
I joined up for her. I wouldn't even
be here if it wasn't for her.
I'm a fool.
ACE
You made squad leader on your own,
and, hey, you still got me to kick
around.
Johnny smiles in spite of himself.
JOHNNY
Thanks, Ace.
Johnny turns for the door, flipping the chevrons like a coin.
Dizzy watches him leave. She'd so like to comfort him.
73 EXT LIVE FIRE COMBAT RANGE - DAY - THE RECRUITS
arm their Marauder power suits. Zim and Bronski wear Command model suits
with rank designations. Johnny checks weapons, scans the electronics on
each squad member's power suit.
ZIM
With the Marauder's visual capabilities,
all you have to do is look at something
to hit it, so you will exercise EXTREME
CARE on my firing line.
Do you get me ?
RECRUITS
Sir, yes, sir !
ZIM
The live firing combat range is the
closest simulation of actual combat
we can provide. If you do not hit
your target, it will shoot you...
Fifty blackened AUTOMATED TARGET DRONES fitted with pulse guns
are presently visible along a gauntlet of low walls, gullies, and three-story
building facades.
ZIM
The Marauder power suit will prevent
serious injury, but if you are hit, you
will be non-operational and your team
score will suffer accordingly. Rico,
has each member of your squad completed
a weapons safety check ?
JOHNNY
Sir, yes, sir !
On a signal from Zim, the Live Fire Combat Range comes to life
as the target drones take cover and disappear from view.
ZIM
Perfect score for this exercise is 300.
B company came through last week
with 285. I expect you to do better.
74 EXT LIVE FIRE COMBAT RANGE - DAY - THE RECRUITS
take out the target drones as they appear. Halfway through the course,
a recruit takes a hit and goes down, immobilized. Djana'd has a clear
shot, but Breckinridge gets in her way.
DJANA'D
You're in my line of fire, Breckinridge
Before the others can react, a second drone appears.
JOHNNY
CROSSFIRE ! EVERYBODY DOWN !
Everyone kisses dirt. Pulses from the two drones fly thick overhead.
Shujumi rises to fire, a round slams him back to the ground.
Johnny and Djana'd knock out the two drones.
JOHNNY
Alright, no more screw ups. Ace takes
point. Diz, you and Kitten Smith cover
the flanks. Djana'd, you're rear guard.
Move out.
The squad resumes ist advance. Breckinridge bangs on his helmet.
There is something wrong with his "head up" display.
JOHNNY
What's the problem ?
BRECKINRIDGE
Dunno. Display's fritzed.
DJANA'D
Lose another rifle, we're gonna mess up
our score...
JOHNNY
Let me see.
Breckinridge takes off helmet, hands it to Johnny. Djana'd turns on
Breckinridge. Her "head up" zeroes him.
DJANA'D
How come when something goes wrong,
it's always you, Breckinridge ?