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for more info about the continuation of

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season two of Derelict. Huh,

3:44

okay, big. Hi,

3:49

excuse me. Hi,

3:53

can you, excuse

3:56

me, hi. I'm

3:59

looking for the. infirmary

4:02

can primary

4:06

docking ring airlocked

4:08

corridor C to level 10

4:10

promenade then I

4:17

don't see a gimza stand

4:20

I don't even know what a gimza stand is hi

4:23

can you help me no of course not

4:29

maybe that guy I

4:31

assume can help hi

4:34

sir can man

4:37

sir definitely sir sorry I

4:39

I'm looking for the infirmary great

4:44

yes in the gimza stand

4:46

would be oh

4:51

so that's Kim's ah that

4:56

is disgusting no

5:25

it could be to larry and flu have

5:28

you been to tell area and prime lately

5:30

not this rotation oxenian disease

5:32

perhaps should I remove my pants

5:34

you can check no thank you I don't mind

5:37

it's okay it will take but a second

5:39

go back to the kitchen Levi oh

5:47

hi I'm signing at the kiosk with

5:49

your name species ID and station identifier

5:51

please no I'm looking I'm

5:54

sorry I'm dr. dahlias and nice

5:56

to meet you John's Jane nurse

5:58

Jane John's Really?

6:01

Good. Really, really nice

6:04

to meet you, Lieutenant

6:06

Johns, Nurse Lieutenant Johns.

6:10

Jane is fine. Okay, I'm

6:13

looking for Dr. Ervidian. Oh, you?

6:16

He's been waiting for you. Is that a good thing?

6:20

No, not even a little bit. Dr.

6:25

Ervidian Dr. Dallius is here to

6:27

see you. Dr. Dallius? Dr.

6:33

Dr. Dr. Dr. Dallius? Er...

6:37

Finally! I've been

6:39

waiting for you. Waiting

6:42

for you to come replace me. Come

6:45

to take my job. Come

6:47

to undo my life's work. Well,

6:50

not as long as I'm standing here

6:52

on my own feet. He

6:55

just passed

6:57

out. Uh-huh. He'd

7:01

do that a lot. Uh-huh. Ugh.

7:11

Welcome back. Something hurt? Yes.

7:15

Everything. Also, I

7:18

am Suga. You're welcome. This is

7:20

unacceptable. Do you

7:22

have any idea how high your blood alcohol

7:24

was? Is this a game?

7:27

Would you like me to guess? Child's

7:31

play. You dosed me for that. Okay.

7:35

Two questions. What were you drinking and how

7:37

are you alive? Cerulea Gale.

7:40

The Alliance banned Cerulea Gale more than 100 rotations

7:42

ago. The Grow Up. And

7:44

the Being Alive part? Postnatal, hebatic,

7:46

mutagenic resequencing. You

7:50

altered your genes? Your liver?

7:54

To metabolize more alcohol. Try to keep up,

7:56

Doctor. Genetic engineering was banned.

7:58

Yes, yes. Just by the alliance more

8:01

than a hundred rotations ago. Two

8:03

hundred, actually. I know, is this

8:05

prudish, how... Sensible,

8:07

sage? Joyless. Actually, you

8:10

seem like a joyless person, very

8:12

sad. And your

8:14

forehead is much too large for a

8:16

man of your stature. Okay.

8:20

I've neutralized the alcohol, you're fine, so now

8:22

we can- No, I'm not. I'm

8:24

sober, you miscreant. We can finally

8:26

take care of this. And

8:29

this would be what? My

8:32

transfer orders, commanding me- No,

8:34

no thank you. You've come to cast me

8:37

out? Well think again.

8:39

Wait, doctor- To you, miscreant, I

8:41

say suck it. I'm

8:44

not leaving, I don't care what the orders

8:46

say. Dr. Ervidian, if you would just- No!

8:49

Begone, petulant little fly.

8:52

You're nasty, disturbing, and uncomfortable.

8:55

And you bother me. I

8:57

will not be undone by the likes

8:59

of you, especially not while sober. Well,

9:07

I think that went well. Hi.

9:19

Hello. Sorry,

9:23

I was just walking by. Would you like me

9:25

to close the door so you can have some

9:28

privacy? Oh no. Nurse

9:30

Johns opened it, and she'll be very angry if you

9:32

close it. I see, but

9:36

you're not wearing any pants. And

9:39

you're quite obviously from Arian VII. I

9:42

am a rule de la Trolevithi in the third. Eighty

9:44

second prince of the high command of Helisanki. Protector

9:46

of the sacred Azmuthian bones and heir to the

9:49

diamond throne. And yes, from

9:51

Arian VII. How could you tell? We

9:53

look much like humans. Not with your pants off, you

9:55

don't. Prince? Deposed.

10:01

I was toppled by insurgents from the southern continent, ghastly

10:04

creatures with no sense of decorum or appreciation for

10:06

the finer things in life. Also,

10:11

they have spikes on their backs. Unseemly.

10:17

I will return to Ariane 7 one day and reclaim

10:19

my birthright. Until then, I live

10:21

here, on Eos 10, and

10:23

work in the kitchen. You're

10:26

a cook. Ditchwasher. For

10:28

now. How

10:31

wonderful, uh, are a rule.

10:33

Everyone calls me Levi. Levi.

10:37

About your pants. Yes. I'm

10:39

waiting for an exam from Nurse Johns. I

10:43

see. Until then, why

10:46

don't we close this door? Ahhh. Lieutenant.

10:54

Jane is good. Jane, you

10:57

have a patient in exam 3. I

10:59

do. A Levi from Ariane 7. Ugh,

11:02

he's still here. And he's not wearing

11:04

any pants. That's typical. Is he really

11:07

a prince? Deposed. How'd

11:09

he end up in the kitchen? He arrived on a

11:11

transport full of refugees one day and the next thing

11:13

we knew, he ousted the planger

11:15

in a coup d'etat and installed himself

11:17

as his own marmitton. He

11:20

took over for the guy who cleans the

11:22

plates and forks and made him wash pots

11:24

and pans instead. You

11:27

know French? I grew up in Paris, actually. The

11:29

French was Levi's doing too. Once

11:32

he secured his position on the dish line,

11:34

he was able to use his influence to

11:36

institute a strict brégade de cuisine system with

11:38

the help of newly formed coalition of the

11:41

Bussers from Food Court Delta. The Bussers are

11:43

on his side? Just the Food Court Delta

11:45

ones. I think he promised them a place

11:47

in his new kingdom. In the kitchen.

11:50

Or maybe just longer bathroom breaks. Both

11:52

seem plausible. What's wrong with him? He's

11:54

absolutely completely and totally insane.

11:57

I meant physically? Nothing. He's

11:59

a hypochondriac. Good to know. Can

12:01

we talk about Dr. Irvidian? Not

12:04

a hypochondriac. Not what I meant. But

12:06

also absolutely completely and totally insane. Also

12:08

good to know, how often is he

12:11

drunk? Hello?

12:14

Sorry, you threw me. Most people just ask

12:16

when he'll be sober next. I

12:19

didn't know it was this bad. Well... What

12:26

was that? I don't know. Hold on. Some

12:30

kind of explosion, lower plant ring. Are there any

12:32

people in that section? Three.

12:35

Let's go. What

12:40

happened? Power conduit. He was working on blue.

12:43

The computer doesn't have his bio on file. What

12:45

is he? No idea. He just started. He's not

12:47

wearing an ID. He just started today! He's got

12:49

four arms. No one can slap an ID bracelet

12:51

around one of them. Do

12:54

you recognize this species? No. Is

12:56

he... is he conscious? I

12:59

can't tell. He's vital. He

13:01

has no vitals. So either he's

13:03

dead or taking

13:05

a nap. He's not dead. Jesus! Where

13:08

did you come from? He's not dead.

13:11

And he's definitely not asleep. You recognize this species?

13:13

He's a native of Sigma

13:15

Upsilon in the Perseus. Yes,

13:18

Q3, if I'm not mistaken. It must have taken him

13:20

for effort just to get here. He

13:23

said he left three rotations ago, hoping to start

13:25

a new life in the Alliance. Oh, well, good

13:27

thing we put him in a furnace and blew

13:29

him up then. This is a fourth generation zero-point

13:31

reactor. Yes. Wonderful. Now do we

13:34

actually plan to treat this man sometime soon? I'd

13:36

love to if I could tell exactly how to do

13:39

that. I can't even find his heart. That's because he

13:41

doesn't have one. Oh. Well,

13:44

that explains it. His species enters a

13:46

protective neurogenic stasis when confronted with severe

13:49

injury. You'll need to revive him to

13:51

diagnose his injuries. 55

13:54

cc's of neuroponephrine. 55 cc's? Into

13:58

the upper right thoracic quadrant. Quick now!

14:01

Okay... Here

14:04

goes. I'm

14:08

getting some neuro-electrical activity in the... Well,

14:11

we'll just call it a brain. You can

14:13

have a brain down there, right? He's coming

14:15

out of stasis. I think I'm seeing a

14:18

sinus rhythm. I mean, it's a rhythm, so

14:20

that's generally better than no rhythm, I think.

14:22

Looking at general percussive trauma, no real internal

14:24

damage that I can tell. Alright, let's get

14:27

him back to the infirmary and prep for

14:29

a full diagnostic scan. Keep him sedated until

14:31

we get a full idea of what's going

14:33

on. Dr. Arvidi... and...

14:38

Where'd he go? Anything

14:54

interesting out that window? Stars.

14:57

Lots and lots of stars. So...

15:00

no. Can

15:02

I help you? You were good today. I'm good

15:05

every day. Really? Yeah, I thought

15:07

so too. Especially when you were passed out

15:09

on the floor earlier. Genius.

15:11

Pretty odd information. When your

15:13

head hit the exam table. I had... shut

15:16

up. Everything under complete control. No

15:19

one asked you to intervene. Are

15:21

you familiar with alcohol poisoning? Clinically,

15:23

yes. Also, personally? Would you just

15:25

get this over with? What? Dammit,

15:28

man. Stop... Stop

15:30

driving the dagger in slowly, stab me in

15:32

the heart, and get it over with. Okay,

15:34

first of all... ew. Second, will

15:37

you just read the transfer orders? This

15:43

says you're to become my new Chief

15:45

of Surgery. That's right. That

15:47

would make you... Technically, your second

15:49

in command. Well, I've never

15:52

had a Chief of Surgery before. Well,

15:54

now you do. You're not here to replace

15:56

me. Not as far as I know.

15:59

Why not? I'm sorry? Why would they

16:01

not replace me? I deserve to

16:03

be replaced. I'm a derelict, I'm an alcoholic,

16:05

and I have no bedside manner to speak

16:07

of. Well, now that we've gone over your

16:09

CV... I've also been seriously thinking of diverging

16:12

prescription narcotics for my own use. Would you

16:14

think Toradale or Simcilia would have a higher

16:16

street value? And why would you- It seems

16:18

fun! Don't be stupid, Dr.

16:20

Dali is Toradale, I think. First,

16:22

Simcilia obviously, and second, I wasn't

16:25

trying to- I'm

16:27

not stupid. If they're sending you here but

16:29

they're not replacing me with you, there

16:32

must be something wrong with you. What? It's

16:34

simple logic. I'm awful. Anyone

16:36

would be better than me. That leaves us

16:39

with the question of what then is so

16:41

wrong with you, Dr. Dali is. There's nothing

16:43

wrong with me. Must be. There isn't. Has

16:46

to be, obviously. I assure you- Do

16:48

you have a mental instability? Thalesian Cowing

16:50

Syndrome, perhaps? Yes, yes, now I see

16:52

it. The signs are everywhere. What signs?

16:55

Like you've never noticed that sloping forehead

16:57

in the mirror. My forehead does not

16:59

slope, and besides- Little bit. That

17:02

is not even a symptom of Thalesian- Then what is wrong

17:04

with you? Nothing! Then why aren't you replacing

17:06

me? Because that is not the plan.

17:09

Ah ha! Ah,

17:11

gah ha, what? So

17:14

there's a plan. Was

17:17

I to be let in on this plan? Yes.

17:22

Eventually. Probably.

17:29

Okay, fine. Look, I

17:31

was sent here to

17:34

watch you mostly, and if

17:37

absolutely necessary, yes, to take

17:39

over. So, I was right. No,

17:43

no, you were not right. Central

17:46

Command has a lot of respect for you, and

17:48

honestly, a lot invested. Your failure here would be

17:50

an embarrassment. No,

17:53

please. Come

17:55

on. The great

17:57

Dr. Arvidian, pioneer of frontier

17:59

medicine. brilliant xenomorphologist, cure of

18:02

the barat-at-atheon plague, savior to

18:04

millions? That sounds like

18:06

my CV. Uh-huh. Special

18:09

skills, egotism, egocentricity, narcissism. Those

18:11

all mean the same thing.

18:14

Caught that, did you? I dislike

18:16

you. So you've said, look, the

18:19

truth is... I

18:21

think you're scaring them. The

18:24

council, a little. Rubbish. How quickly

18:26

we forget the Pharmaceutical Microxeno Biology

18:28

Conference on Naryoka 3. I've not

18:30

forgotten. It was simply

18:32

blown way out of proportion. Really?

18:34

Of course. Then they

18:37

didn't find you behind a poster on

18:39

the effects of Siprosan on late-stage cybernosis

18:41

unconscious and naked? Half naked. Which half?

18:43

Shut up. And none of your business.

18:46

Should I move on to the pediatric

18:48

xenomorphologist section meeting on starbase delta? Now

18:50

that was not entirely my

18:52

fault. Did you see the video? There's

18:55

a video. Should I keep

18:57

going? How many conferences did you go to last rotation? You're

18:59

not as humorous as you seem to think you are. Well,

19:01

then why don't I pull up the video and we can

19:03

both have a laugh? Alright! Enough!

19:07

What is it you want from me? Just

19:10

your cooperation. What's

19:12

in it for me? If

19:14

all goes well, you get to keep your

19:17

post and retire into bourgeois senility without anyone

19:19

ever being the wiser. That's it. I'm

19:22

nice to you and you don't run home and

19:24

tell mommy and daddy. This has nothing to do

19:26

with me. My job is to

19:28

help you get your practice back on track so

19:30

you can keep your command and not embarrass yourself

19:32

in the dozens of now senior officers you stood

19:35

on to get here. And how do you intend

19:37

to do that? Sobriety would be a good place

19:39

to start. No! Nope! No!

19:42

Are you out of your tiny monkey brain? My

19:45

brain is not tiny. We can test that. Look, in

19:48

a few months I either tell Central Command you're fit

19:50

for duty and I'm out of your hair or

19:52

we haul you back to earth on a shuttle, possibly

19:54

in a straitjacket. Will there be beverage

19:57

service on this shuttle? Seriously?

20:00

Fine. Fine? Yes,

20:02

fine. I will cooperate

20:04

with you, you barbarian. Good.

20:08

We can start with no more

20:10

Cyrilliac ale.

20:12

Guardsman. Kind of demon audio. It's

20:15

for the best. I

20:18

suppose. Maybe it is. Bloody

20:20

expensive anyway. Doesn't even taste that

20:22

good. Great, then. That's settled. Where

20:24

is it? Doctor? Fine.

20:28

And in the drawer. Wow.

20:32

Nice vintage. Anything else for today? Perhaps

20:34

you can demonstrate your catheter insertion skills on me. That's

20:36

always fun. Seems like

20:38

something you'd be into. Oh, I have

20:40

a picture of my mother in my quarters. She's drinking a glass

20:43

of wine. Perhaps you'd like to throw that away as

20:45

well. I'm going to try to get her

20:47

a drink. I'm going to try to get her a drink.

20:50

I'm going to try to get her a drink. In

20:52

my quarters, she's drinking a glass of wine. Perhaps you'd

20:54

like to throw that away as well. It could be

20:57

a source of temptation. One

21:00

step at a time, right? Did you

21:02

happen to pick up a book of platitudes in the

21:04

station gift shop, or are you just that simple? There's

21:09

a gift shop. So what does this exactly make

21:11

you? My sponsor? Garantor?

21:14

Underwriter? Why

21:16

don't we just start with

21:19

colleague? I prefer

21:21

subordinate. I'm

21:23

still your commanding officer. Of

21:26

course, absolutely. One

21:29

who just has to defer

21:32

to my medical judgment when it

21:35

comes to his own well-being. So

21:38

it's come to this. Being

21:40

brow-beaten into sobriety by a central

21:42

command psychophant with a Neanderthal forehead.

21:45

There is nothing wrong with my forehead.

21:47

Of course not. Just be careful

21:50

where you point it. We don't

21:52

want you blinding pilots heading for the

21:54

docking pylons. That would be a disaster.

21:57

You know, it might not seem like it, but...

24:00

I'm likely at top, but I'm willing to

24:02

experiment just so you know. Thanks for sharing.

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