I cut some dialog on this bridge scene so we can get to the action more quickly. There’s one joke I wish I had left in, but it would have taken most of a page:
Girii: It’s just above freezing out there. You can’t go out in the rain and shoot things.
Jacob: I don’t feel the cold much, and my jacket is heated.
Girii: Your jacket has a heater?
Roger: Sure, so does mine. We’re in the arctic.
Girii: Yeah, but it’s summer.
Jacob: Inuits. I’m surprised you don’t ride dogsleds in bikinis.
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Group: Why are they shooting at us?
Jacob: Policy.
Group: Can you tell them to stop?
Jacob: No.
Group: Try it! Give them a call. Use my radio. Seriously, man, just call them.
Jacob: I can't stop them. This is policy. The old government policy of proportional response failed in the 21st century. Now the official policy is overwhelming response. Overkill. First and always. But I'm too valuable to kill. So they're going to immobilize this ship, board it, kill everyone else...then haul me away for a memory wipe and 'retraining'. They 'retrained' Peter two or three times. Might have done me, don't know. Doesn't matter, it's part of the job. But I want to retire. And I don't want your deaths on my conscience. So calm down. I will save your asses...then kill myself like I should have done years ago.
Jacob: Policy.
Group: Can you tell them to stop?
Jacob: No.
Group: Try it! Give them a call. Use my radio. Seriously, man, just call them.
Jacob: I can't stop them. This is policy. The old government policy of proportional response failed in the 21st century. Now the official policy is overwhelming response. Overkill. First and always. But I'm too valuable to kill. So they're going to immobilize this ship, board it, kill everyone else...then haul me away for a memory wipe and 'retraining'. They 'retrained' Peter two or three times. Might have done me, don't know. Doesn't matter, it's part of the job. But I want to retire. And I don't want your deaths on my conscience. So calm down. I will save your asses...then kill myself like I should have done years ago.
Inuits dont ride dogsleds in bikinis…they ride skidoos in the gravel…the shower of sparks is to be seen!
Why heat jackets? Coppermine esquimos wandered all winter hunting caribous without ANY fire…all you need to keep you toasty warm is a caribou skin parka with the HAIR INSIDE!
Warm in a gale by minus forty, cool in the sun by plus thirty!
For the attitude difference between Europeans and Canadians, Yupik Esquimos, Innuits, Innu Indians go http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYD9zbNNC10
For instance, murder sentences are usually only about three years, but habitual criminals are locked up for life.