0 FadeIn 90 00000000 363 Dialog 120 FFFFFFFF 1 Pardoning me for extruding myself in your cabin. 503 Dialog 56 FFFFFFFF 1 That's OK, Ne'Ban. What can I do for you? 575 Dialog 224 FFFFFFFF 1 I still do not understand why the hero of the Strider Wars is serving on this ship. 820 Dialog 54 FFFFFFFF 1 Ya gotta minute? I'll tell ya. 893 Dialog 117 FFFFFFFF 1 Aida was a child prodigy, a strategic genius. 1013 Dialog 253 FFFFFFFF 1 She was an international 3D-chess-master by the age of ten, and drafted by the Terran Military before she was out of braces. 1269 Dialog 174 FFFFFFFF 1 About ten years ago, at the height of the Strider Wars, things were going badly for us. 1443 Dialog 174 FFFFFFFF 1 We were outnumbered and outgunned. It seemed only a matter of time before we'd be wiped out. 1637 Dialog 45 FFFFFFFF 1 Aida turned it all around. 1701 Dialog 298 FFFFFFFF 1 On an out-of-the-way planet called Taiko, she created a sort of electronic Potemkin village -- a massive underground complex of transmitters and antennas. 2007 Dialog 195 FFFFFFFF 1 She made it seem as if the Terran military had concentrated their headquarters and most of their forces there. 2205 Dialog 57 FFFFFFFF 1 The Striders went for it. 2266 Dialog 115 FFFFFFFF 1 They landed in full force, right above the transmitters. 2386 Dialog 172 FFFFFFFF 1 Our ships had been hiding behind Taiko's moon. They came out and nuked the planet into oblivion. 2581 Dialog 76 FFFFFFFF 1 It was a brilliant victory. 2662 Dialog 200 FFFFFFFF 1 Yeah, but it had a price. Taiko had hundreds of Terran colonists - innocents who couldn't be warned of Aida's plan. 2882 Dialog 175 FFFFFFFF 1 When she activated the transmitters, she signed their death warrant. 3000 Dialog 120 FFFFFFFF 1 But because they died, millions lived. 3197 Dialog 246 FFFFFFFF 1 She knows that. She made the choice, but she's never forgiven herself. As she grew older, she rebelled. 3463 Dialog 195 FFFFFFFF 1 She thinks the military made her a monster, and now she doesn't trust ‘em -- or anyone else. 3662 Dialog 87 FFFFFFFF 1 You should tell her to trust you. 3747 FadeOut 30 00000000