Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000 (2000) Edit

A beast!

A complete imbecile

A first rate job here as interim security chief.

A man getting leverage over a Psychlo. That'll be the day.

A monster!

A nonbeliever, huh? You from the caves?

A Planetship faced with a profit threatening situation

According to the book, there's a firing mechanism

After tonight, won't matter much either way.

Again!

All it takes is one demon to follow you back from the forbidden land.

All right, sir.

All we have to do is find out what it is

All your soldiers and all their advanced technology

Allow me to demonstrate.

Allowing the demons to descend from the sky.

Always looking for something better, something out there.

And buy new ones.

And check the compo gradients.

And cruel. So the gods left

And do not use a personal or employee

And I've already ordered as many new workers as possible

And I've got five wives to support, sir.

And it had nothing to do with the fact

And it looks as if we're still working.

And keep the gold for yourself.

And one group stays

And telling all the workers

And that is final!

And that is when we blow the dome.

And the food would magically appear.

And the gods respect thinkers.

And the human animals, grossly undersized.

And the only reason they survived was because radiation is

And then we'll sit back and watch it choose its favorite food.

And this remote

And was left behind, frozen as punishment.

And you are out of your skull bone if you think I'm going to write

And your little friend will no longer be among the living.

Any report filed today still has my name on it

Are you not aware that I graduated top of my class?

Are you sure this was a god?

As I try to educate you in Psychlo

As I've said, I won't kill him.

As long as we stay here, there'll never be enough to eat. Never.

As long as you cling to the feeble hope

As survivors, we must dedicate our lives to pleasing the gods

As we may have been exterminated like many other races

As you are listening to me, I most likely do not exist

At least it'll be a step up from this place.

Attention! This is Terl, your chief of security.

Based on what I've read about Psychlo security

Because if you don't give me the disc now

Because of the defiance of one person.

Because there is nothing that will help you.

Because you've learned Psychlo doesn't mean you are one.

Before they were exterminated.

Being at Home Office's discretion.

Better that you don't know where, and try and train them.

Bring in new workers

But before we educate it on the machine

But cheer up. There's one bright side to this.

But Home Planet owns this planet. The gold belongs to them.

But I should get the 80%.

But I'd never double cross you.

But I'm not lying. I put the photo in your box as soon as it came in.

But I've always known this was your destiny.

But if they learn that it was your greed

But if we don't deliver it in 14 days to Terl, he's just gonna kill us.

But it shot the wrangler.

But it would be prudent of you to start to share your authority.

But it's also defiant.

But it's your stinking plan, sir.

But nobody works for free.

But remember, as soon as we blow the dome

But these forms are all blank, undated.

But under no circumstance do we spy on our own office."

But we have to go back.

But we have to pay the new workers.

But what can I do?

But what I do mind is that you betrayed me over a lousy recon photo!

But why do I have to be the patsy?

But you didn't know it was worthless!

But you may never ask of me anything again.

But, sir, I might get shot.

By men and women just like us.

Cages!

Can get there without his breath gas exploding. No way to mine the gold.

Carlo! Carlo!

Carlo.

Carlo's gonna blow the dome.

Come if you want.

Come on, sir.

Come on! Nuclear firebomb!

Coming up with ways to solve your financial problems.

Crap, lousy ceiling!

Crash one more time

Damn right, rat brain! That's the first intelligent thing you've said.

Damn right, rat brain! That's the first intelligent thing you've said.

Do you want lunch?

Do you? Those are planets, planets like this one.

Don't be a knot head. It's a man animal.

Don't bother me with every little detail.

Don't breathe the air!

Don't let anything happen to you out there.

Don't touch the auto sensor.

Don't worry, rat brain.

Don't you know anything? The leader of the pack always eats first. See?

Double or nothing I can blow off one of its limbs.

Due to our new working relationship, I will grant you this one request.

Easy!

Easy!

Education, huh?

Eight.

Equal to what?

Even if he does survive this time, he's a greener

Even if we fail, the people will be safe if they stay

Everything you humans knew is here.

Exterminate all man animals at will.

Fine.

First you show me the god.

First, learning how to fly

First, we trade.

Five guards from the south, heavily armed and moving fast.

Flying spears.

Follow my orders or I'll have you killed.

Food. Food!

For our children.

Forget about me. Get out of here. I can't move!

Forget about me. Get out of here. I can't move!

Four.

Get it?

Get off my brother.

Get them mad, think what they'll do to us.

Give me three pans to go.

Go on, say something else.

Go. Go.

God stone.

Good work, Mickey.

Gotta round them up.

Greener, let's just stay alive.

Greener, you're a thinker

Greener?

Greener? Carlo. Explosives are set. Can I blow the dome?

Hang on. I'm right on his tail.

Has a lot of friends.

Has anyone here ever seen one?

Have him vaporized on the spot."

Have them do some test mining.

Have you ever seen one?

Have you?

He has been fully trained to replace me as chief of security.

He has no intention of sharing that gold with you.

He shot the wrangler.

He was a wild spirit and this was always to be his fate.

He's gonna help us fight.

He's ordered me to take a group of man animals to a remote area

Hear, hear! Hear, hear!

Help me!

Help us!

Here they are.

Here. When the Psychlos attacked Earth

Hold on, I'm taking it out now.

Home Office does not make mistakes.

Home Office is well aware of your academic achievements and talents.

Home Planet doesn't know the gold exists.

Hope is an admirable quality, but foolish isn't.

How am I supposed to know who it is?

How do I even know you understand the plan?

How do we know what he wants?

How exactly do you plan to do that?

How the crap should I know?

I am authorizing you to use whatever means necessary to prevent it.

I am going to make you as happy as a baby Psychlo

I assumed, sir

I believe you.

I can make this up to you, sir. I promise. I swear.

I can't give you permission to go and get killed.

I can't!

I could understand someone in your situation

I didn't think you'd mind.

I do what I can.

I don't know if I could've kept my sanity

I don't know if I want to partner up with an idiot.

I don't know what you're so down about.

I don't know.

I don't mean to second guess the Home Office

I don't mind. Turn it in. But before you do, pretend you're not

I don't need your permission.

I eat first.

I graduated top marksman in my class. I can kill any of you at 1 000 paces.

I had to go way beyond the call of duty to get these.

I hate these puny, undersized planets. The gravity is so different.

I hate these things. It's like it's a test I'm not prepared for.

I have one more demonstration for you and your friends.

I hope their eye in the sky didn't see the gold through the lead walls.

I hope you thanked the gods.

I just want to do whatever serves the corporation best, sir.

I know the perfect way to celebrate.

I know who they are and where they're from. I can speak their language.

I learned molecular biology.

I made a copy and gave it to someone for safekeeping.

I only claimed that it was running at a loss

I promise.

I said I would mine your gold.

I see. Well, that's why I especially chose you.

I think it's time that we show our little friend a thing or two.

I think that is not living either.

I think there's a little more to it than that.

I think this is it.

I think we're in Washington.

I thought we were supposed to be working on stuff to help us escape.

I thought you said nuclear fires were powerful?

I thought you said you believe what you can see.

I want the ship's cage half filled with gold.

I was being trained to conquer galaxies!

I was wondering when you'd look at that.

I will be the laughingstock of the universe.

I will be vaporized.

I will blow your head off.

I won't kill him.

I would be honored to expedite your clearance through security.

I would be nothing but a puppet.

I would never hurt you, sir.

I'll be watching you.

I'll exchange it for my woman's life.

I'll expect the rest of the gold in seven days.

I'll have you vaporized and find someone else to mine it.

I'll never set my sights elsewhere.

I'll take the guardhouse.

I'm a little pressed for time. Save the going away jokes for later.

I'm a lowly Clinko language slave.

I'm afraid so, sir.

I'm blowing the dome. In five.

I'm no longer a child.

I'm not going to blow up your little female friend.

I'm seconds away.

I'm sending the gold to Psychlo, then I'm getting off this stinking planet.

I'm sorry. I can't take you.

I'm still waiting for the Planetship's accounts.

I'm teleporting Mickey and the bomb. Hang on.

I'm unarmed. You can't shoot me. It's against regulations, sir.

I've been watching, we haven't crossed this line.

I've gotta blow this dome now!

I've wasted my time, haven't I?

Identification number."

If all these sides are equal

If any of you get any bright ideas about escaping

If any of you rat brains knew anything about firearms

If I don't get Mickey to Psychlo, they'll send drones.

If I'd had even an inkling that that was his daughter

If it doesn't work out, no one will know.

If man animal prefers rat uncooked, then our job is that much easier.

If the worker revolt takes place, my informants tell me

If there are other Psychlo colonies out there

If there are other Psychlo colonies out there

If there's anything left, you can share it with them.

If they like their rat so much, how come those two aren't eating?

If they send more monsters to Earth, we get wiped out.

If we don't take back our planet

If we revolted

If you don't, it's a certainty you will be killed.

If you need proof

If you two kept your eyes open, that'd be a great help.

If you'll forgive such arrogance

If you're fighting the beast, me and my men are with you.

If you're going to lie to me, have the decency to do a credible job

In case you ever get found out.

Indeed.

Initiate the gas drone extermination sequence.

Interrupting something?

Is a disgrace to my entire family line.

Is everyone clear?

Is relieved of all other ordinances

It came in last week, and I put it right in your box.

It could be anybody in communications.

It could be anybody on this damn planet.

It helps you breathe. Take it!

It is a pleasure to see you, Your Excellency.

It is against the law.

It really is amazing

It sends pictures through your head so fast, it's spinning.

It shows a rockslide in the mountains. It exposed a gold vein.

It speaks Psychlo.

It teaches. It's a knowledge machine.

It was right for all of us.

It'd be like you said.

It's a joke.

It's a learning machine.

It's a recording machine.

It's brave of you, Mickey, but it's my plan, so I go.

It's Carlo. What's going on? Talk to me.

It's for good luck.

It's full of uranium. No Psychlo

It's good to have friends on the outside!

It's like breaking a horse.

It's more clever than that.

It's not nuclear. Mickey!

It's obviously too much to ask a man animal

It's poison!

It's really of no interest to anybody

It's the basic foundation of Euclidean geometry.

It's worthless! You said so!

Jonnie, come on.

Jonnie, come on.

Jonnie, I know you don't believe in fate

Jonnie, the shooting's triggered the alarm.

Jonnie, this is not living.

Jonnie!

Jonnie! Jonnie!

Jonnie? Jonnie?

Jonnie. Jonnie. Human.

Just

Keep in mind that although you know nothing about firearms, I do.

Ker bango!

Ker?

Kill it, I say! Destroy it!

Kill it. Then we'll run.

Land it!

Last time we didn't even stop timing until its lungs burst.

Laying out the plan and my reprimanding you.

Let alone all three.

Let him navigate and watch me. You're gonna fly on the way back.

Let it be said that we took this one chance and fought!

Let me go there and detonate the weapon.

Let them think they've escaped

Let's do the universe a favor.

Let's eat.

Let's give this demon what it deserves.

Let's go, Jonnie. Come on.

Lethal to the Psychlos.

Leverage? Over a man animal?

Leverage.

Leverage.

Listen, there will be no mining, but we'll deliver it.

Look at the bright side.

Look at this.

Look at those poor bastards. They really angered the gods.

Look for an ocean. If you see any, we've gone too far.

Look!

Look.

Look. Greeners from this cave.

Magic.

Man animal getting leverage over a Psychlo. That'll be the day.

Man animals do.

Man animals operating machinery?

Man is a primitive species

May the gods be with you.

Maybe it's secretly listening, trying to get leverage over on us.

Maybe pretty ones this time.

Maybe she was right.

Maybe we should train another one.

Maybe you were absent the day they taught economics at the academy, Ker.

More books, Jonnie.

My chest is on fire!

Never engage in a criminal activity unless you have a patsy to pin it on

Next time, you fly.

No spark, no flints, nothing. You, Floyd?

No time. When they detect the gold

No way they know about the cameras.

No way this man animal lasts more than four minutes.

No, I can't. I have to stay. I have to learn more about them.

No, I don't know her.

No, no. This is mathematics.

No, only at first. And then it becomes clear in your mind.

No, you keep it. You keep it.

No!

No!

No! Wait!

No. He has leverage over you

Not a lot of meat on a dragon.

Not yours.

Now, give me the original disc

Now, go ahead! Blow the dome! Go! Go! Go!

Now, listen, missy

Obviously, this is going to take a while.

Off. Off.

Oh, heavenly gods!

Oh, yes, of course.

Okay, now! Pull his breath mask off.

Okay, so we have to pretend that we're mining the gold.

Old Psychlo's gone completely insane.

On a straight diet of Kerbango.

On the other hand, what you show marginal proficiency at is

Once we finish mining out this miserable little planet

One day you're going to die, and when you end up in hell

One does get used to it.

Only if you believe in fate.

Only using weapons they don't perceive as any real threat

Our ancestors must've made it out into these remote radiated areas

Our first stop is a radiation bomb storage bunker.

Our race is slowly dying and will be gone forever.

Pathetic. All the green and the blue sky.

Piece of cake.

Piece of cake. Piece of cake, piece of cake.

Please don't harm her.

Please don't kill him. Please.

Please forgive my pretension

Please, call me Zete. Does all of Earth look like this?

Please, come this way.

Plenty to burn. Nothing to start a fire with.

Precisely. Now that the man animals feel

Probably never seen a god. Would you like to?

Production equals profits.

Psychlos!

Psychlos!

Putting aside the serious violations of teaching mining to inferiors

Quickly!

Radiation reacts with their planet's atmosphere.

Reach for the gun.

Reach for the gun.

Really?

Really?

Regulations say

Rest break is over.

Run!

Safe from being hunted

Satisfied?

Say your prayers to the gods!

Seems pretty hard to understand.

Send some guards out and round them up. I'm busy.

Sharp.

She hoped it'd be passed to your children.

She's one of the foulest looking females I've ever seen.

She's stupid enough not to be a menace, pretty enough to be decorative.

She's...

Shoot you? My most trusted colleague?

Shoot! Shoot!

Show me.

Since I'm teaching them our technology, they made me the head Psychlo.

Sir?

Sir.

Sir.

So I don't look like an idiot for training you.

So if you disobey me, let me show you what will happen.

So it is my duty to report you

So set your sights elsewhere for a husband.

So that one day they will come back and drive away the demons.

So the Psychlos are gonna have to come inside the city to round us up.

So this is the monster's language?

So we'll need something primitive for leverage. Like food.

So we've decided to keep you for another tour of service.

So you could turn it in and get credit.

So you don't get any bright ideas to get rid of Terl

So you should have me take man animals

So you'll keep your side of the bargain?

So you're the beast we're all afraid of.

Someone knows how to speak the Psychlo's language.

Soon they'll find their favorite food and celebrate.

Sorry.

Spy satellites recorded those.

Start filling the cage.

Start talking.

Stop! Chrissy, stop!

Stupid humans.

Sure, you might. And I might suddenly grow a third arm!

Teleportation sequence activated.

Teleportation sequence activated.

Teleportation sequence activated.

Teleportation sequence activated.

Tell them what I said.

Thank you, sir.

Thank you, Your Excellency.

Thanks for reminding me, rat brain. Now, where is it?

That a Psychlo of your refinement wouldn't want raw ore.

That destroyed their Home Planet

That even a moron like you could perform.

That has to be in place before it's operational.

That I was not groomed since birth to have some cushy job

That it allowed you to cut the workers' pay

That one does seem to be unusually intelligent and resourceful.

That the first order of business is to separate you from your head.

That the planet has been operating at a loss?

That they have enough distance from us

That you have been keeping two sets of books

That you'll ever get the better of me

That. Well, I can explain that.

That'll be six credits.

That's good, man animal.

That's how it used to work.

That's right. We don't. I do.

That's the wager.

That's why we're not mining.

That's why we've decided not to keep you here for another five cycles.

That's your choice. I'm not going back!

The best way is to increase profits and stop cutting the workers' pay.

The bomb will explode. Big fire.

The book.

The collection of discs you find in Terl's personal vault.

The control bunker's to the right.

The dome is holding!

The dome isn't broken. We can't hold out long.

The entire tribe must not be endangered

The evil beasts hunt in the dark. We need to find shelter.

The gods took your father in the night.

The gods used to live here.

The gods weren't allowed to fall in love with mortal women.

The grass is greener on the other side.

The great villages were built by us.

The last of humanity becomes extinct.

The man animal got a hold of this gun.

The monsters catch us, they'll take us to the mines.

The noble language of our superiors.

The one you're going to pretend is in the works

The photo's from last week's recon drone.

The Planetship is hiding something.

The Planetship will know what we're doing.

The question is, how clever?

The senator's exact words to me were, and I'm quoting:

The species is called "dog."

The stories are true.

The wager's off. The damn thing cheated.

The way to the great god village is marked by these frozen ones.

Their freedom!

Then meet me at the teleportation platform in two hours.

Then on to the learning machine for mining techniques.

Then we eat.

Then we have to get the supplies to help our revolt.

Then we'd all be struck down.

Then we'll have leverage.

Then what?

There may be other places we could live where food is plentiful.

There must be some mistake.

There you have it.

There.

There's a cave over here.

There's a place called Fort Knox where the gold's already been mined.

There's an illustration in Appendix A.

There's no time. When they detect the gold...

There's no way of knowing that.

There's nothing we can do.

There's something I need you to see so you're properly motivated.

These are flying machines. They're weapons of some kind.

They know about the camera.

They made him look into a light, a god machine.

They made me do this before. Follow me and you'll be fine.

They sent out flying gas drones.

They told me this planet was ugly, but this is one of the ugliest

They watched over and protected man, but man grew selfish

They weren't as useful when it came to manual labor.

They'll be here by the end of quarter cycle.

They'll just throw us back in the cages.

This great village was the capital for all our tribes.

This is

This is as far as I can go!

This is how he watches us.

This is our destiny. It's freedom for all of us.

This is the lever where we mine the gold!

This is the symbol for water and engineering.

This is the unifying language of the entire universe.

This is where our people's history was buried.

This may be our only way out of here.

This one.

This symbol is called a triangle.

This was found when she was collected.

This will.

This would go straight to the Home Office.

Those corporate crapheads won't know we stole it.

Those options, of course

Though you'll be vaporized, and I'll have to train a new assistant.

Three days, and they still haven't eaten anything yet.

Three guards left.

To be here another five cycles.

To boost production.

To do anything less

To each other.

To have you not be Planetship.

To learn a language as sophisticated as Psychlo.

To mine the gold for us.

To pursue, to protect and to acquire said profits.

To smelt it into bricks

To try and motivate them all to work harder.

Trust me, there's nothing I want more.

Trust me, you don't want to do that.

Try the numbers backwards.

Two from the guardhouse, one coming from the north.

Two.

Very admirable. And I must say, you've done

Wait a minute, we're hunting.

Wait a minute.

Wait.

Warning: External sensors indicate dangerous radiation levels ahead.

Warning.

Warning. Warning.

Was to have you as his patsy? Do you, Ker?

Watch your tongue.

We all chose to fight.

We all chose to fight.

We barely have men to do one of those things

We could always do it by

We couldn't have crossed all these lines.

We fight, it's to the death.

We go back and learn about their weapons.

We have enough problems without killing each other over food.

We have to figure out where we're gonna get the gold

We need food. We must hunt. Nonbeliever.

We need some extra supplies before we can do that.

We split them in half. One group goes

We stick to the original plan.

We train man animals who don't need breath gas

We'd be waiting for the Psychlos to hunt us down.

We'll be lucky to fill half of that cage in time.

We'll destroy their Home Planet before it happens.

We'll have to terminate the operation and cover our tracks.

We'll have to terminate the operation and cover our tracks.

We'll hide half and deliver the other half to Terl tonight.

We'll need leverage over it.

We'll take it to the mountains with a couple of the others.

We're gonna stage this revolt inside the dome.

We're not gonna make it! I think we should pull out!

We're really going to have leverage over them now.

We've decided to keep you here for another 50 cycles!

Well, dogs did prove to be more cooperative than the man animals.

Well, hell, it could even be our friendly bartender!

Well, hurry up. Just hurry up, because I've got company.

Well, I can assure you

Well, I'll be damned.

Well, if you don't want to do it that way

Well, isn't it interesting

Well, the point is, we don't let it get to stage 2.

Well, unfortunately, the company requires me to vaporize you.

Well, we did. The lines must have faded over time.

What about the big uglies watching us with that eye in the sky?

What about those we're leaving behind?

What are you thinking, Jonnie? Don't even think about it.

What did they do to him?

What do you mean, we? It's my plan.

What do you think a man animal would like to eat?

What does the auto sensor look like?

What if he's not dead?

What if it can understand and it's pretending it can't?

What if this one is particularly stupid?

What if we were to train them how to mine?

What is that?

What kind of life is it to run? Living in fear of being hunted?

What mutiny?

What the hell are you talking about?

What the hell does the Planetship need with all this mining equipment?

What would he consider a treat?

What you did was right.

What? What?

What's a "greener"?

What's an identification number?

What's with the dome?

When the gods left this world, they ordered man not to look at them.

When the gods lived here they could fly through the air.

When the sun goes down, you can see the rest of the gods in the sky.

When we attacked your planet

When you're stuffed and hanging on the academy wall.

Where we're from, a good woman is a hard thing to find.

Which is exactly why

Which is why man is an endangered species.

Which is why there will be no revolt.

Which is why you need to help the village.

Which means I haven't wasted my time training you, have I?

Which was?

Which, from what I can tell, is a pretty cushy job.

While I tend to agree

While you were still learning how to spell your name

While you, you go and get a transporter.

Who's responsible for allowing him to run around?

Who's responsible for allowing him to run around?

Why don't you tell me where she is so I can go get her for myself?

Why don't you vaporize me?

Why is it in bars?

Why isn't it coming down?

Why wait? Kill it!

Will activate it from anywhere on the planet.

Will this be enough to blow up their whole planet?

Willing to fight to the death for one thing:

With an eight digit combination code

With endless options for renewal!

With equipment, out to a remote area

With the equipment to see if they can be trained to mine.

Without food, we don't have strength to escape.

Without you leading this revolt

Won't equal the bounty on your head.

Won't the Psychlo see I'm not wearing the collar?

Would you please tell the senator

Yeah.

Yes, sir.

Yes, we can. Yes, we can!

Yes.

Yes.

Yes.

Yes.

You are just too good of a teacher.

You are pathetic. You wouldn't last one day at the academy.

You can handle yourself better than most men

You can look at anything you want

You can surrender and rot in those cages.

You can't defeat them.

You can't hide this from Home Office forever.

You can't shoot me.

You could put anything you wanted on them.

You didn't kill Sammy.

You didn't kill Sammy.

You do not have to shoot me, sir.

You don't have a tab.

You don't know her?

You drop him now!

You gotta let me in on it.

You have been fortunate in the hunt.

You have been quite a challenge, rat brain.

You haven't left for Psychlo.

You just found Appendix A.

You know how long I've waited for this day?

You know things about them!

You know what you gotta do.

You lying thieves.

You may not be wallowing in luxury on Psychlo

You must forget about him.

You really think the only reason he made that recording

You said we'd have a huge house when we go back to Psychlo next year.

You said:

You see, this is a square, like a cage.

You still get to be head of security.

You sure called that one, sir.

You talk as if he's already dead

You taught me better.

You think the lights in the sky are gods waiting to save us?

You understand me?

You understand?

You were waiting for me to transfer

You would know that you never store loaded weapons.

You wouldn't live the jump, Jonnie. You wouldn't live the jump!

You'll be pleased. I approved additional labor resources.

You'll be pleased. I approved additional labor resources.

You'll stay here as my prisoner

You're new here, so I'll explain how it works.

You're not paying attention.

You're right.

You're right.

You're the only one who speaks the monsters' language.

Your long overdue transfer.

Your mother gave this to me before she died.

Your powers of observation are simply startling.

80/20 is a pretty fair distribution of the gold.

ning.

A nonbeliever. I believe what I can see.

And I saw you. What?

As soon as my transfer goes through. Well, Ker

Don't you have some work to do? No.

How many numbers is that? Eight.

How's your side? It's good. Good.

in the entire universe. I couldn't agree more.

It could be a concubine. No, no.

It could be a mechanic. No.

It works now. You imbecile!

It's now or never. Now!