"Space: Above And Beyond" [ RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 ]
"The Angriest Angel"
11 February 1996
Episode 15 Season 1 DVD video:
Elroy-El: I'd like to speak with an attorney. We artificial-intelligence types have rights too, you know. Silicates got what you call your Napoleonic code which states that the accused is innocent until proven guilty.
US Marine Corps 1LT Paul Wang: [displays evidence proving the guilt of the accused]
Elroy-El: And that is?
US Marine Corps 1LT Paul Wang: It was on your person. On your clothes we found remnants of the oil used as accelerant on the missiles in the fire. And when that failed, you stole this radio-controlled device and turned it into a detonator, using electronics from your own body.
Elroy-El: Clearly, gentlemen, a frame-up job is in progress.
US Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel T.C. McQueen: You see, we biological life-forms got what you call your, uh, eye for an eye.
Elroy-El: Yes. Yes, I've read about that.
US Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel T.C. McQueen: It states that an act, say of terrorism or murder is met with an equal act.
Elroy-El: I have the uneasy feeling that you gentlemen are unfamiliar with the Ho Chi Minh City Convention of 2054. Under declarations relating to Artificial Intelligence, Prisoners of War, article two, paragraph four states -
US Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel T.C. McQueen: Nothing that means a damn in this room.
Elroy-El: Oh.
US Marine Corps 1LT Paul Wang: You didn't seem to care about the H.C.M.C. Convention when you tortured me at the Kazbek Penal Colony.
Elroy-El: Why do you malign me so? [Gasps] Oh, I see. Of course. Oh, gentlemen, this has been one huge mistake. You see, that wasn't me. That was an entirely different Elroy-El model. Yes, that boy Elroy did some very bad things.
US Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel T.C. McQueen: As I heard, it was with this.
Elroy-El: A silicate feels no pain.
US Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel T.C. McQueen: Ah. How did you know? How did you know?
Elroy-El: No, no, no, no, okay, okay, okay. The Chigs knew that you had taken some ore from Kazbek. They were very angry with us. So they sent me to destroy the missile to make it up to them. They are firm, yet fair.
US Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel T.C. McQueen: How did the Chigs know about the missile?
Elroy-El: Oh, they're very experienced at watching you. Yes. They've done it for a long, long time. Oh, you wouldn't believe how long. They know about your big plans. Your massive offensive, yes. Oh, but their alien fighter will take care of that. That's the main reason they sent me, you know, to assure that the missile wouldn't interfere with the development of their new plane. They nearly have all the kinks worked out and soon they'll come at you with nothing but alien fighters...like him. You're going to get your asses kicked.
