The Mandalorian (TV Series)

Chapter 16: The Rescue (2020)

Omid Abtahi: Dr. Penn Pershing

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Quotes 

• [first lines] 

  Dr. Pershing : [being pursued by Slave 1]  What's going on? Who are they?

  Co-Pilot : I suggest you shut your mouth, this isn't your laboratory.

• The Mandalorian : Where is the Child being held?

  Dr. Pershing : This is the brig. He's being held here under armed guard.

  Bo-Katan Kryze : Very well. We split into two parties.

  The Mandalorian : I go alone.

  Bo-Katan Kryze : Fine. Phase one, Lambda shuttle issues a distress call. Two, we come in hot and emergency land at the mouth of the fighter launch tube, cutting off any potential interceptors. Koska, Fennec, Dune, and myself disembark with maximum initiative. Once we've neutralized the launch bay, we make our way through these tandem decks in a penetration maneuver.

  The Mandalorian : And me?

  Bo-Katan Kryze : We'll be misdirection. Once we draw a crowd, you slip through the shadows, get the kid.

  Cara Dune : Those dark troopers are gonna be a real skank in the scud pie.

  Bo-Katan Kryze : Their bay is on the way to the brig. Can he make it there before they deploy?

  Dr. Pershing : It's possible.

  Fennec Shand : [handing Mando a thin cylinder]  Here. Take his code cylinder and seal off their holding bay. Anyone else, we can handle.

  The Mandalorian : We'll meet at the bridge.

• Bo-Katan Kryze : This is Moff Gideon's Imperial light cruiser. In the old days, it would carry a crew of several hundred. Now it operates with a tiny fraction of that.

  Dr. Pershing : Your assessment is misleading.

  Cara Dune : Oh, great. An objective opinion.

  Dr. Pershing : This isn't subterfuge, I assure you.

  Bo-Katan Kryze : Let him speak.

  Dr. Pershing : There's a garrison of dark troopers on board. They're the ones who abducted the Child.

  The Mandalorian : How many troopers do they have armed in those suits?

  Dr. Pershing : These are third-generation design. They are no longer suits. The human inside was the final weakness to be solved. They're droids.

  Fennec Shand : Where are they bivouacked?

  Dr. Pershing : They're held in cold storage in this cargo bay. They draw too much power to be kept at ready.

  Fennec Shand : How long to power up?

  Dr. Pershing : A few minutes, perhaps.

• [Slave-I shoots the Tydirium shuttle] 

  Pilot : They hit us with an ion cannon. Avionics are down. Comms are down!

  Boba Fett : Lower your shields, disengage all transponders, prepare for boarding.

  Dr. Pershing : They're pirates. Shouldn't we fight?

  Co-Pilot : I don't have a death wish, do you?

• [Mando boards the shuttle] 

  Co-Pilot : Before you make a mistake, this is Dr. Pershing.

  The Mandalorian : We've met. Is the kid alive?

  Dr. Pershing : Yes. He's on the cruiser.

  Co-Pilot : [Cara walks in next]  Stay back, Dropper.

  Pilot : Easy, pal. Okay. I'm not with him. We can work something out.

  [the co-pilot shoots the pilot in the back]