- [last lines]
- Salera Elizabeth Hawke: On June 4th, 2638, the starship Scilla landed on the Dark Planet. My name is Salera Elizabeth Hawke and I was born twelve months later.
- [first lines]
- Salera Elizabeth Hawke: This is the Earth, the year 2638. Six world wars, three of them in the last 200 years. One third of the population, six billion people, dead. Radiation storms, disease, famine, claim another 1 billion lives annually. Two factions are still at war for control of what remains. Genetically enhanced humans called Alphas, mutants and non-altered humans called Rebels. This time it was called the Cleansing War.
- Anson Hawke: You are a woman, aren't you?
- Salera Elizabeth Hawke: I am.
- Anson Hawke: [kisses her cheek] Answer my thoughts, Salera.