1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,000 Kuiper Belt Productions presents Kingdom by Phil McMurtry. 2 00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Episode 7. 3 00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:16,000 Now that Cleopatra and Mark Antony have been convinced of Robert and Kimberley's good intentions, 4 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:24,000 the next item on their agenda is the preparation and harvesting of the Designer Babies and the creation of the Super Army. 5 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:30,000 Dan, how are the plans for the Designer Babies coming along? 6 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:32,000 I believe that we're on the right track. 7 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:34,000 OK, can you tell me more? 8 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:37,000 Well, we hit a couple of problems early on. 9 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:43,000 There were some unforeseen limits to strength and mental capability with versions 1 and 2. 10 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:46,000 They were little more than humanoids. 11 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:53,000 We could apply exterior control, give them orders they could obey, but they couldn't think for themselves. 12 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:54,000 Not so good. 13 00:00:54,000 --> 00:01:01,000 No. So I have had to re-engineer and synthesise a new type of DNA, which is especially powerful, 14 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:05,000 both from a physiological and psychological perspective. 15 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:09,000 And as we speak, version 3 is just about complete. 16 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:13,000 These will be truly superhuman in all ways. 17 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:15,000 Smarter than us, hey? 18 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:21,000 Yes. Their IQs will be 100 times better than ours. It's been programmed into their genes. 19 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:25,000 Surely they can then outsmart us, Dan. What happens then? 20 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:32,000 How would that scenario be safely contained to protect the rest of civilisation as we know it? 21 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:38,000 I'm not entirely sure how to contain this phenomenon, although I have a couple of ideas of my own. 22 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:44,000 This is why we must produce the Super Army anywhere here and now, in the future. 23 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:46,000 I think I understand, Rob. 24 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:54,000 I hope you do, because I'd like you to design a self-destruct button within their own software, which they will be unaware of. 25 00:01:54,000 --> 00:02:00,000 Should they manage to override the software constraints and become inquisitive and independent, 26 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:06,000 and try to get back here, to the future, then they will need to be destroyed. 27 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:09,000 I absolutely insist about this, Dan. I am sorry. 28 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:12,000 But, Rob, isn't this going over the top? 29 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:22,000 Dan, sorry. I'll say no more on this risk analysis topic. That's what I'm paying you for now. Please, just do it this way. 30 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:30,000 Alright. What I can ensure, right from the off, is that if any of them try to time travel without our authority, they will self-destruct. 31 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:32,000 Will that solve the problem? 32 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:35,000 Great. That makes me very happy. 33 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:38,000 Well, at least one of us is happy, Rob. 34 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:44,000 Right. How long to perfect the self-destruct algorithm? 35 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:49,000 That's going to take a few weeks, but we're not in any sort of mad rush, are we? 36 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:54,000 I just wanted to get it all sorted. I am just being the interested boss. 37 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:59,000 Indeed. Aren't we supposed to be discussing the distraction plans for Augustus? 38 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:05,000 Yes, we must. Now, because we can't teleport further back in time beyond the Battle of Actium, 39 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:10,000 we have to find a means of delaying Augustus back in 30 BC. 40 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:16,000 At least until we can get the super-soldiers to clear Patcher and Mark Antony from where we are building them in the desert. 41 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:22,000 Well, Rob, I think I have the solution. Now, this should be very interesting. 42 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:28,000 I've spent a few months producing a virtual digital army which can be teleported in time. 43 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:37,000 It's based on version 1 of the super-soldiers. These are cheap to produce, easy to control, and simple to teleport. 44 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:40,000 I thought version 1 was not up to scratch. 45 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:50,000 Not quite good enough to defeat a Legionnaire, but we can just about produce enough to keep Augustus' Legions busy for the four years it will take to produce version 3. 46 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:55,000 Augustus and his generals will have to take them seriously, as long as we can throw enough at him. 47 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:59,000 And we can, without it affecting their super-army schedule. 48 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:00,000 Can I see them? 49 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:04,000 Of course. Follow me into the 3D holographic studio. 50 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:11,000 Well, what do you think about this? 51 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:18,000 That's amazing! They look so intimidating! 52 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:24,000 Those warhorns, they are so mean-loving. And the sound from them, wow! 53 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:25,000 How will it work? 54 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:30,000 We'll drop them somewhere south of Rome, out in the Italian countryside. 55 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:37,000 That will wrong-foot Augustus, because he won't know how they arrived there without being noticed, or where they're from. 56 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:41,000 He'll be furious and intensely curious. 57 00:04:41,000 --> 00:04:49,000 It'll take him a while to decide what to do, and every day we delay and confuse him is a day he won't be able to move against Egypt. 58 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:53,000 How about Augustus' Legions already on their way to Egypt? 59 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:58,000 We have enough virtual soldiers ready to force Augustus to recall these legions. 60 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:01,000 He'll fear for the safety of himself and Rome. 61 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:06,000 To attack Marc Antony in Egypt, he will first have to defeat this new army. 62 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:13,000 We can continually replace our losses, no matter how many we lose, so that Augustus will never win. 63 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:16,000 Sheer genius! Well done! 64 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:18,000 We'll be ready to launch by the end of this week. 65 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:28,000 I'm glad you like their intimidating physique. Plus, they're all over six foot four, and have armour which would make them top of a prison warlock tank. 66 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:35,000 Do you like their facial scars too? Their distorted warhorn sounds will travel for many kilometres. 67 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:37,000 Nothing like a bit of build-up, eh? 68 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:41,000 Perfect! That should thoroughly confuse Augustus. 69 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:43,000 It certainly will. 70 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:49,000 One week later, Dr Scott begins teleporting the virtual army back to 30 BC, 71 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:56,000 to a point in time just before the legions of Augustus are about to embark on their voyage to Egypt. 72 00:05:56,000 --> 00:06:02,000 Once organised, they begin a slow march and arrive within a few days at the outskirts of Rome. 73 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:08,000 Their warhorns announce their presence and inside Rome, panic sets in. 74 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:16,000 In the Emperor's palace, Augustus is with his two sons and has summoned General Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa. 75 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:23,000 Gaius, Lucius, has Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa arrived yet? 76 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:28,000 No, Father, not yet. I'm hearing some very strange news though. 77 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:33,000 It appears that a gargantuan and hostile army has gathered around Rome. 78 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:38,000 The word has it that it has surrounded Rome. 79 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:43,000 They appeared from the south, but no-one knows from where, nor what their purpose is. 80 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:47,000 Though I fear they will not be friendly. 81 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:53,000 Yes, yes, so I hear. I need to speak to my general now. Where is he? 82 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:56,000 How about you, Lucius? Have you seen him? 83 00:06:56,000 --> 00:07:00,000 I saw him in the courtyard speaking with the quartermaster. 84 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:05,000 If you go out there now, you might just be able to catch him. Here he is! 85 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:07,000 Marcus! Marcus! 86 00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:08,000 My Lord Emperor? 87 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:10,000 Marcus, thank God you are here. 88 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:14,000 What is it, Augustus? You look all agitated and bothered. 89 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:24,000 I have very bad news. There is an army, a huge army on a monumental scale, marching towards Rome and we're now surrounded. 90 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:29,000 My Lord, is this some kind of joke? I've never heard of such a thing. 91 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:34,000 No joke? I've known you for a long time, but this is rather extreme. 92 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:39,000 No joke! Follow me. 93 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:42,000 Look! There! Over there! 94 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:49,000 In the name of Jupiter! Majesty, you are correct. Look at all the people. They are in panic. 95 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:57,000 But the army, it is just stationary. What are they doing? They are just all staring at Rome. 96 00:07:57,000 --> 00:08:03,000 Look at all our legions. Not just the ones here in Italy, but all the ones scattered all over the Republic. 97 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:10,000 We will need to withdraw our attack of Egypt. Mark Antony and Cleopatra shall live for another day. 98 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:15,000 But in the meantime, we need to sort this mess out and protect Rome. 99 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:23,000 We must leave the bare minimum in all our occupied territories. Go! Go now! Sort this out, Marcus. 100 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:29,000 I will place what legions I have around the perimeter of Rome, but it will take a few days to organize all of them. 101 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:33,000 That's the best I can do. So do it! 102 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:39,000 So long as that army is stationary, they are not attacking us. Let us not antagonize them. 103 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:45,000 I will pull all the legions throughout the empire back to Rome as a matter of extreme urgency. 104 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:50,000 It will take some weeks. This is not going to be easy. 105 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:59,000 A few days? A few weeks? We may only have less than half a day before they attack. You must do better than that. 106 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:08,000 You need to muster up some courage and inform the 17 legions to move the fastest that they have ever moved in their entire lives. 107 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:12,000 You need to get the fastest horses for your messenger boys to ride on. 108 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:16,000 I am on it, Majesty. 109 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:25,000 Messengers are dispatched by the fastest routes across the empire, east to Macedonia and Greece and on into Asia Minor, 110 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:31,000 and north and west to Gaul and Hispania and to Germany along the Rhine. 111 00:09:31,000 --> 00:09:41,000 Lord General, I have urgent messages for you from Augustus. 112 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:47,000 I am instructed to ask you to read them and carry out the instructions with immediate effect. 113 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:51,000 Well, pass it over, man. Hurry up. I don't have all day. 114 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:53,000 Gamalus here. Read it out. 115 00:09:53,000 --> 00:09:56,000 Greetings, blah blah blah. 116 00:09:56,000 --> 00:10:05,000 Why Jupiter, sir? I don't believe it. We are all ordered back to Rome forthwith. Rome is under attack. She's been surrounded by a foreign army. 117 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:16,000 But this is impossible. You, messenger, who sent you? You can't be from Rome. You're some kind of enemy. You are working for the enemy. 118 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:18,000 No, sir. I have written long and… 119 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:24,000 No, General. This is a sealed scroll with the symbol of the eagle from the palace in Rome. It's real enough. 120 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:29,000 An army surrounding Rome? Gods above us. What else does it say? 121 00:10:29,000 --> 00:10:39,000 It goes on, blah blah blah, foreign army. If this instruction is ignored, then we should be deemed traitors by Augustus and be sentenced to death. 122 00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:45,000 By the gods, where has this army come from and who will look after the occupied territories while we are in Rome? 123 00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:53,000 It simply orders us to leave the bare minimum of fighting men behind and return to Rome immediately. Jupiter, protect their souls. 124 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:57,000 Madness! And it definitely states that we are to leave immediately. 125 00:10:57,000 --> 00:11:01,000 Sir, you must leave by sunrise tomorrow morning. 126 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:04,000 Well, let us hope the gods watch over us. 127 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:17,000 And as the legions to the west are informed and begin to make their way back to Rome, Augustus and Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa are laying their plans to defeat this enemy army. 128 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:22,000 How many do we have in our legions at the moment? 129 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:33,000 We have slightly less than the enemy, Majesty. We have 90,000, so it is very close. But I don't understand. Who are they? Where are they from? 130 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:43,000 It's been weeks now and they have just set up camp outside Rome. They are doing nothing. It just doesn't make sense. 131 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:48,000 I have sent heralds to talk with them and they are simply turned away. 132 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:55,000 Majesty, I don't know how to say this, but well, I sense something evil about this. 133 00:11:55,000 --> 00:12:05,000 We don't have time to speculate. They must have their own reasons for not attacking. We need to attack them first and get them off on the wrong foot. 134 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:14,000 No, Majesty. We do not have the numbers. We cannot match them. For the moment we must fight defensively. 135 00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:24,000 It doesn't feel right. They outnumber us. Why haven't they attacked us? I would if I were in their position. I would have attacked long ago. 136 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:31,000 Something is not right. What do they want? We should try to talk to them again. 137 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:40,000 No. No compromise. No discussions. We are Rome and we will annihilate them. Let's just get on with the battle. 138 00:12:40,000 --> 00:12:44,000 I want all our legions to be ready by the week's end. 139 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:49,000 As you wish, my lord. We are outnumbered, but I shall speak with the legions. 140 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:57,000 And so, five weeks after the virtual army arrives, the fighting begins. 141 00:12:57,000 --> 00:13:06,000 After a few more weeks, Augustus legions manage to clear a path to the north of Rome which allows reinforcements and supplies to reach the beleaguered city. 142 00:13:06,000 --> 00:13:14,000 The legions from the north arrive and are put into the battle. Months pass and neither side is winning. 143 00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:21,000 Augustus remembers what Marcus originally said and they still do not know the origin of their enemy. 144 00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:25,000 They interrogate a captured officer from the virtual digital army. 145 00:13:25,000 --> 00:13:32,000 Bring the prisoner here. 146 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:39,000 You stand before the emperor of Rome. 147 00:13:39,000 --> 00:13:47,000 What is your name, soldier? Speak! What are your intentions? What is your name? 148 00:13:47,000 --> 00:13:51,000 Where are you from? Don't make this difficult upon yourself. 149 00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:58,000 Do you wish to be tortured? If you don't speak, we shall cut off your head. Speak up, soldier. 150 00:13:58,000 --> 00:14:03,000 Octavian from the second legion. Make him fight you. 151 00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:13,000 Octavian draws his sword and he confronts the soldier by making some threatening sword moves, but the soldier does not flinch. 152 00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:19,000 This cannot be natural, Majesty. He does not fight. 153 00:14:19,000 --> 00:14:24,000 I fear there is sorcery amongst us, an evil kind of magic. 154 00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:29,000 Perhaps Mark Antony and Cleopatra have placed a spell upon this army, upon the dead. 155 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:31,000 Octavian, kill him. 156 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:44,000 We can beat them individually, Lord. Collectively we make gains to begin with, but always from somewhere they receive reinforcements and we are driven back again. 157 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:49,000 They appear to have unlimited reserves from where we do not know. 158 00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:53,000 What hope do we have, Marcus, of ultimate victory? 159 00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:59,000 We are holding our own, Lord. As long as we continue to do so, well, they will not defeat us. 160 00:14:59,000 --> 00:15:06,000 I am raising new legions in Gaul and Hispania and we shall see. So we go on. 161 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:22,000 Time after time I've been searching my mind. Only God knows who I am. What did I do so wrong? 162 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:30,000 Didn't we get along back then? 163 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:54,000 Suddenly my life is changing, my heart's not the same anymore, my love. Tell me the way to redeem my soul. 164 00:15:54,000 --> 00:16:13,000 Oh, time after time I've been moving so blind. Only God knows what I do. 165 00:16:13,000 --> 00:16:32,000 Praise, just as they say. Never doubt your conscience and soul forever. 166 00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:50,000 In a place far away from here, where the sea meets the dark land, there's just fighting and trouble now. 167 00:16:50,000 --> 00:17:13,000 There is danger everywhere, where the sky meets the heavens. The third sun is burning, shining light. Will there ever be heaven? 168 00:17:13,000 --> 00:17:25,000 Where are you tomorrow? Will there be more sorrow? Can I ask you one more time? If we're tied together, what is the end and ladder? Am I ready for the climb? 169 00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:37,000 Tell me when I'm ready, how my hands might steady. Can I ask you one more time? Isn't life so funny when there is no money? Will you make me one more time? 170 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:45,000 Time, time, time, time. 171 00:17:45,000 --> 00:18:14,000 Lady, don't go, else the time will go slow. It's cold in the snow, no. Save me, save me, save me, save me, save me, save me, save me. 172 00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:30,000 Save me, save me, save me, save me. 173 00:18:30,000 --> 00:18:39,000 Oh, it's all, it's all, it's all, it's all, it's all... 174 00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:46,000 Take me now 175 00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:14,000 Take me now 176 00:19:39,000 --> 00:19:44,000 Take me now 177 00:19:44,000 --> 00:19:49,000 Take me now 178 00:19:51,000 --> 00:19:56,000 Take me now 179 00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:05,000 All ladies 180 00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:11,000 All ladies 181 00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:21,600 Oh Lady 182 00:20:21,600 --> 00:20:29,800 Angels falling from our heavens 183 00:20:29,800 --> 00:20:37,800 Speaking softly, blessing warmly 184 00:20:37,800 --> 00:20:44,800 Spirits shining brightly 185 00:20:44,800 --> 00:20:53,800 All kingdoms prancing strongly 186 00:20:53,800 --> 00:21:01,800 Angels falling from our heavens 187 00:21:01,800 --> 00:21:09,800 Speaking softly, blessing warmly 188 00:21:09,800 --> 00:21:16,800 Spirits shining brightly 189 00:21:16,800 --> 00:21:23,800 All kingdoms prancing strongly 190 00:21:23,800 --> 00:21:31,800 Highly, loudly, mighty, softly 191 00:21:31,800 --> 00:21:37,800 Highly, quietly, highly 192 00:21:37,800 --> 00:21:45,800 Shining brightly, shining lovely 193 00:21:45,800 --> 00:22:00,800 Gazing heaven, look upon us now 194 00:22:07,800 --> 00:22:14,800 For the next three years the Virtual Army and the Legions of Rome remain locked together in an unwinnable war 195 00:22:14,800 --> 00:22:20,800 And somewhere in the Egyptian desert 2000km to the south of the battle outside Rome 196 00:22:20,800 --> 00:22:26,800 Robert and Kimberly are conducting the final survey of the super soldier facility 197 00:22:28,800 --> 00:22:33,800 Kim, could you please check the status of the quantities and the maturity scan of the DNA? 198 00:22:33,800 --> 00:22:37,800 Okay Rob, Miracle, how are we doing today? 199 00:22:37,800 --> 00:22:45,800 Hi Kim, I'm fine thanks, and yourself? Are you enjoying the Egyptian sun 3000 years before you were even born? 200 00:22:45,800 --> 00:22:50,800 Well, to be honest it's a little too hot for my taste. I prefer to bathe under our aircon units. 201 00:22:50,800 --> 00:22:53,800 I'm sure your skin cells agree with you as well. 202 00:22:53,800 --> 00:22:55,800 Indeed Miracle. 203 00:22:55,800 --> 00:22:57,800 How can I be of assistance to you? 204 00:22:57,800 --> 00:23:00,800 Please verify the quantities and status of the 1 million specimens. 205 00:23:00,800 --> 00:23:12,800 To date exactly 1 million specimens are in the storage pod area. Out of the 1 million specimens, 87% have matured into full superhuman specimens. 206 00:23:12,800 --> 00:23:21,800 All of the electronic diagnostics have been checked. There is currently a lag of 13% and they should be ready in 62 days. 207 00:23:21,800 --> 00:23:31,800 Also, they have all been pre-programmed and their algorithms all recognise who their enemies are as of 3, 2, 1, now. 208 00:23:31,800 --> 00:23:38,800 Thanks Miracle. That'll be all for the time being and thanks for the further updates as well. That's all going perfectly to plan. 209 00:23:38,800 --> 00:23:51,800 In the Egyptian capital several hundred kilometres to the north of the facility, Cleopatra and Mark Antony are at last planning their attack on Augustus and his Roman army. 210 00:23:53,800 --> 00:24:00,800 So what do you have in mind though for that heinous individual Augustus? A brief overview should do. Please don't bore me. 211 00:24:00,800 --> 00:24:09,800 Well, it's so overt really. It's hard to tell you without smirking a little, my love. We'll travel by sea from the port of Alexandria. 212 00:24:09,800 --> 00:24:20,800 Our new ships can each take up to 500 men or 200 horses. We'll surround the entire Roman coastline and Augustus will be taken by surprise. 213 00:24:20,800 --> 00:24:26,800 Because all he can see is the war he has been fighting and not winning for the past four years. 214 00:24:26,800 --> 00:24:33,800 I have word from friends of mine that he is trying to build up his army and navy, but he never manages to. 215 00:24:33,800 --> 00:24:39,800 Then, my sweetness, we will land, march on Rome and annihilate Augustus. 216 00:24:39,800 --> 00:24:40,800 When do you leave? 217 00:24:40,800 --> 00:24:51,800 Ninety days, if the gods remain with us. We're going to change the course of history forever and for the better and oust these evil autocrats and noblemen. 218 00:24:51,800 --> 00:25:01,800 And then a new Roman Republic will be ruled by me and you, my love, of course. The two of us will rule the whole world. 219 00:25:01,800 --> 00:25:05,800 Makes me feel tired to think about it, but it will be worth it. 220 00:25:05,800 --> 00:25:07,800 Splendid, my darling, splendid. 221 00:25:07,800 --> 00:25:18,800 Back in the desert to the south, deep within the desert facility, a pair of the newly formed super soldiers have started a conversation. 222 00:25:20,800 --> 00:25:22,800 Soldier, what is your ID? 223 00:25:22,800 --> 00:25:27,800 B950852938. 224 00:25:27,800 --> 00:25:32,800 Wow, you're even fresher than I am. When were you released from the pods? 225 00:25:32,800 --> 00:25:34,800 Ten days ago, soldier. You? 226 00:25:34,800 --> 00:25:42,800 Sixty days ago. I was in batch number 857. Are all your electronic systems up and running? 227 00:25:42,800 --> 00:25:54,800 All diagnostically checked and up and running. I have my sights on our enemy, Augustus, based in Rome in the Roman Empire, and his weak armies with their feeble armoury. We are travelling by ship, right? 228 00:25:54,800 --> 00:26:14,800 That's correct. I'm glad we don't need all that motivational rubbish that armies normally get. It saves a lot of time. It shouldn't take too long to run to the port of Alexandria from our facility desert location. It's only 200 kilometres away, a day and a bit by foot, and that's taking it easy. 229 00:26:14,800 --> 00:26:25,800 There is the temptation to do it in just a single day, but we are leagues ahead of Augustus and his armies anyhow, so I'm guessing a few more hours are not going to make any difference. What's your IQ? 230 00:26:25,800 --> 00:26:39,800 350. 75 higher than yours, but you should get an update in the next couple of days or so and you'll be up to the full 350. It's an amazing feeling being so intelligent. Food and liquids all okay? 231 00:26:39,800 --> 00:26:45,800 All good. Should be able to last me for more than a year, but there's plenty of supply in case I need to restock it. 232 00:26:45,800 --> 00:26:54,800 Yep, same. Do you see that 150 kilogram mannequin over there? Show me what you have to defeat it. 233 00:26:54,800 --> 00:27:09,800 The soldier runs over to the mannequin, lifts it up like a bag of sugar, knees it in the abdomen and breaks its neck in less than a second using 14 simultaneous forms of martial arts. 234 00:27:09,800 --> 00:27:18,800 I was a bit slow, don't you think? Be honest. You were just playing with it, weren't you? You should have shown me what you're capable of. I would have shown you. 235 00:27:18,800 --> 00:27:26,800 Perhaps when we are in battle, even though I am a woman, I am as physically strong as a man. Us females got there in the very end. 236 00:27:26,800 --> 00:27:39,800 I hope the Romans surrender as soon as we confront them. It will reduce the number of deaths considerably, but if they don't and confront us again, we shall crush them again. So they had better be quick learned. 237 00:27:39,800 --> 00:27:49,800 We can always ask them, but it is up to them to surrender. That is beyond our control, unfortunately. If they do surrender, then Rob and Kim will probably reprogram us. 238 00:27:49,800 --> 00:27:59,800 Right, time to go. Come on then, B950, 852938. Let's give Augustus hell, shall we? 239 00:27:59,800 --> 00:28:07,800 Okay, B857, 823634. Let's not overdo it on day one, though. 240 00:28:07,800 --> 00:28:19,800 A million soldiers leave the facility in the Egyptian desert and head towards the port of Alexandria using their onboard electronic integrated navigation system. 241 00:28:19,800 --> 00:28:24,800 Look at all of those ships. Isn't it a spectacular sight? 242 00:28:24,800 --> 00:28:36,800 Amazing the way everyone knows exactly which ship to board without any further instruction. Isn't programming wonderful? It's all just perfect synchronisation, just like an army or a navy should be. 243 00:28:36,800 --> 00:28:44,800 And everyone's swords glistening in the rays of the sun. It's truly a brilliant sight. Let's jump aboard. 244 00:28:44,800 --> 00:28:47,800 Okay. 245 00:28:47,800 --> 00:28:57,800 The two soldiers now march across the wooden quayside with 498 other soldiers and begin walking up the gangplank. 246 00:28:57,800 --> 00:29:06,800 Depending upon the wind's direction, this could take us between a couple of days and a week to sail to the Roman Republic across the Mediterranean. 247 00:29:06,800 --> 00:29:25,800 It's approximately 1500 kilometres to the nearest land point. Rome is some further 500 kilometres and the north is a further 500 kilometres. Absolutely no sweat, assuming there are no storms, etc. 248 00:29:25,800 --> 00:29:28,800 There. Do you see it? There's land. 249 00:29:28,800 --> 00:29:34,800 I'm getting more and more excited with every metre we are progressing forward. Soon we'll be on the beaches. 250 00:29:34,800 --> 00:29:37,800 That's Sicily. Isn't it beautiful? 251 00:29:37,800 --> 00:29:39,800 A shame blood is going to have to be shed, though. 252 00:29:39,800 --> 00:29:42,800 Augustus should surrender. 253 00:29:42,800 --> 00:29:46,800 It's his only choice. 254 00:29:46,800 --> 00:29:58,800 High on a Sicilian cliff overlooking the sea, Titus Lucio, a retired centurion, and his wife Cassia are tending the fields of their clifftop farm. 255 00:29:58,800 --> 00:30:11,800 My back is really hurting now, my lovely. Sowing these seeds. Damn those slaves. They never do it properly. It's never ending. I could do with a glass of wine to wash down my bread. How about you? 256 00:30:11,800 --> 00:30:18,800 Oh, stop complaining. We're nearly done. Then we'll trade those two useless slaves. 257 00:30:18,800 --> 00:30:20,800 What is that? 258 00:30:20,800 --> 00:30:21,800 What is what? 259 00:30:21,800 --> 00:30:23,800 There! Out at sea. 260 00:30:23,800 --> 00:30:25,800 I don't see anything. 261 00:30:25,800 --> 00:30:35,800 No, not there. You and your eye can't see anything there. Is that? Oh my, it can't be. That looks like... 262 00:30:35,800 --> 00:30:42,800 Oh, by Hades! Those are ships and there are a lot of them. My goodness, we must raise the alarm. Quick! 263 00:30:42,800 --> 00:30:53,800 Hurry, Titus! They must be less than a quarter of a day away. You ride to the garrison and I'll start those lazy slaves packing and we'll join you at the fort. 264 00:30:53,800 --> 00:31:02,800 We're here. Look at those magnificent cliffs and that stunning beach. It's only days before we shall all be in Rome. 265 00:31:02,800 --> 00:31:04,800 And that is if we take it easy. 266 00:31:04,800 --> 00:31:12,800 Here, help me furl the sails and drop the anchor. I can't wait to see their terrified faces. 267 00:31:12,800 --> 00:31:14,800 Yeah, me too. 268 00:31:14,800 --> 00:31:35,800 The alarm is raised across Italy. Augustus now knows that a vast and superior enemy navy flying the flag of Egypt with Mark Antony in command has anchored off every beach around the coast of Italy and once disembarked they are fast approaching Rome. 269 00:31:35,800 --> 00:31:51,800 Damn Cleopatra and Mark Antony. Where are they? I wish I could behead them both. If I could only get my hands upon them as I hear from our intelligence reports this is their army and their doing. 270 00:31:51,800 --> 00:31:54,800 Marcus, what are we going to do about it? 271 00:31:54,800 --> 00:32:09,800 Well, we must pray that they are willing to negotiate with us. This is the second magical army we have seen. Perhaps if they are the same we may be able to defeat them eventually but if not we must work towards finding their weak points. 272 00:32:09,800 --> 00:32:19,800 That is a good idea. While our agents seek to discover this we will ask them face to face what their intentions are before we go into battle with them. 273 00:32:19,800 --> 00:32:24,800 I shall set up a meeting immediately. 274 00:32:24,800 --> 00:32:39,800 Marcus meets with Cleopatra and Mark Antony on the plain of Mars just outside the walls of Rome. 275 00:32:39,800 --> 00:32:49,800 Cleopatra, Mark Antony, a pleasure as always. I'm surprised Egypt can do without you. Surely the consumption of grapes and wine must have dropped catastrophically. 276 00:32:49,800 --> 00:33:08,800 My dear Marcus, general now, mood-a-thortic and as diplomatic as ever. You seem to have mislaid that body slave of yours. You remember, the one that catered for your needs, all of them. 277 00:33:08,800 --> 00:33:15,800 Perhaps, Majesty, you have come to Rome to where the latest medicine will assist the birth of your bastard son. 278 00:33:15,800 --> 00:33:27,800 No, no, Roman. We just want you out. Out from your stronghold. Out of Rome. It won't take us long to do it once we start but we offer you one choice and one choice only. 279 00:33:27,800 --> 00:33:33,800 Surrender and the lives of your legions shall be spared. We have one million well-trained fighters. 280 00:33:33,800 --> 00:33:49,800 I cannot. I am not authorized to surrender. And why would we? To you, a pair of rebels with a million troops? To a trick? I think not. 281 00:33:49,800 --> 00:33:58,800 You seem like a noble man, Marcus. If you and Augusta surrender to us, you might spend the rest of your life relaxing in your country house with your slaves. 282 00:33:58,800 --> 00:34:09,800 I don't think so. Mark Antony in power, a liar and a traitor. He is a treacherous rebel and should burn in the depths of fire when he is dead. 283 00:34:09,800 --> 00:34:17,800 I guess he doesn't like me then. 284 00:34:17,800 --> 00:34:37,800 Like should be replaced with hate, Mark Antony. You are the scum of the soil. Worse, I've done enough talking. I shall report back to Augustus what your intentions are. Cleopatra, Mark Antony, we are at war. 285 00:34:37,800 --> 00:34:49,800 The Roman army now advances against the superhuman army and are immediately overpowered and slaughtered. It takes less than an hour for the first legion to surrender. 286 00:34:49,800 --> 00:34:59,800 Augustus throws more legions into the attack but eventually they too begin to surrender. For the first time, the power of Rome is cracking. 287 00:34:59,800 --> 00:35:10,800 Within a day, the superhuman army have captured Rome as if it were a practice run. Augustus is taken alive and held prisoner along with other nobles and senators. 288 00:35:10,800 --> 00:35:27,800 Those who are captured after refusing to surrender are executed. Finally, after the battlefield has fallen silent, Augustus is led in chains before Robert, Kimberly, Cleopatra and Mark Antony. 289 00:35:27,800 --> 00:35:37,800 Imperator, Caesar, Divi, Phileas, Augustus, blah blah, it does go on a bit. You are charged with treason against the Roman Republic. 290 00:35:37,800 --> 00:35:49,800 Oh, and for refusing to surrender to your superiors. That's me, in case you were wondering. 291 00:35:49,800 --> 00:35:57,800 By all means plead not guilty, if you think it will make a difference. Do you have anything to say in relation to the charges? 292 00:35:57,800 --> 00:36:08,800 Treason, you say? Well, you would see defending Rome from a renegade and his mistress and the black magic they invoked as treason. 293 00:36:08,800 --> 00:36:19,800 It was my duty, but you call it treason. Well, you have to, I suppose. I was defending Rome, not seeking to overthrow it. 294 00:36:19,800 --> 00:36:28,800 The only regret I have is that the blood of so many good Romans has been spilled to assuage your desire to become emperor. 295 00:36:28,800 --> 00:36:39,800 Is that it? Well, then it does rather appear as if guilty is the only reasonable inference we can draw, you see. You're therefore sentenced to death. 296 00:36:39,800 --> 00:36:58,800 Of course, it will be carried out in forty-two sun and moon cycles from now. Guards, take the prisoner away, but don't be too accommodating to him. 297 00:36:58,800 --> 00:37:06,800 Enough! Stop! Just take him to the dungeon. You are marking the courtyard with the blood of an emperor. Have some consideration. 298 00:37:06,800 --> 00:37:12,800 Cib, what are you doing? Why are you interfering? It's their battle, not ours. 299 00:37:12,800 --> 00:37:17,800 You're not enjoying this, surely, Robb? He deserves everything he gets. 300 00:37:17,800 --> 00:37:26,800 Well, he's at a slight disadvantage, wouldn't you say? You know, thousands of years ahead. People from the future equipped with superior technology crushing his primitive world. 301 00:37:26,800 --> 00:37:34,800 Whose idea was this again? Mine, this is true, but I don't like to see him suffer now, and so shouldn't you. 302 00:37:34,800 --> 00:37:36,800 I'm going to have a bath now. 303 00:37:36,800 --> 00:37:38,800 Hmm, you do that. 304 00:37:48,800 --> 00:37:54,800 Come on, me old emperor. Pick those feet up, or you'll feel a taste of the lash. 305 00:37:59,800 --> 00:38:02,800 That's the first time I've almost felt sorry for him. 306 00:38:02,800 --> 00:38:12,800 Really? The higher they climb, the greater they fall, my friend. And he has fallen from the highest of heights. Must be bruising. 307 00:38:12,800 --> 00:38:17,800 Bruised? I'd say he's been executed in his mind. He's dead already. 308 00:38:17,800 --> 00:38:19,800 Comes to us all in the end. 309 00:38:19,800 --> 00:38:27,800 In you go. There's a good emperor. 310 00:38:49,800 --> 00:38:58,800 The Kninner One were taken by Bob Finch, and those of Super Soldier Two and Miracle, The Computer by Emma Finch. 311 00:38:58,800 --> 00:39:02,800 Marcus Agrippa Vipsanius was played by Christopher Sheldrake. 312 00:39:02,800 --> 00:39:09,800 The Messenger Boy was played by Tristan Sheldrake, and other parts were taken by members of the cast. 313 00:39:09,800 --> 00:39:11,800 The narrator was Alec Newman. 314 00:39:11,800 --> 00:39:17,800 Studio production was by Phil McMurtry, and the program was directed by Robert Finch. 315 00:39:17,800 --> 00:39:20,800 This has been a Kuiper Belt production.