Alternate Facts

While it is true that Rei was capable of fibbing, if not telling an outright lie, his 35th century wife, Rome, could not. So when Rome, Rei and Ursay marched up the ramp holding the fake virus container, Rome knew it was of no interest to Captain Keller. She was going to give it to Junior as a remembrance of his fallen father. But Captain Keller was having none of it. Watch as Rome desperately tries to tell the truth and they simply don't believe her or their eyes:

     “You! Old man,” Keller said, pointing at Ursay with his rifle. “Walk toward me. Very slowly.”
     Ursay looked at Rome. She shrugged so he followed the instructions. Keller handed his rifle to Lee Ionelli who was standing next to him. When Ursay got close enough, Keller grabbed the replica vessel from him.
     Rei and Rome raised their hands and walked to the top of the ramp and out into the open air. The soldiers surrounding Keller lifted their guns higher.
     “I don’t know how you two do what you do,” Keller said. “But I knew Mrs. Genius here,” he indicated Rome, “I knew she’d figure it out somehow.”
     “Captain Keller, there’s no need for weapons,” Rei said.
     “The vessel is not real,” Rome interjected. “It is merely a replica. There is no virus within. You are wasting your time.”
     Keller laughed. “Right. How stupid do you think I am? You’re telling me that you flew to Earth, dug under the Tevatron only to find a fake canister? So where’s the real one?”
     “MINIMCOM flew it into the sun,” Rome said. “It is gone.”
     Keller looked around. “I don’t see him around here.”
     “She just told you,” Rei said. “He flew it into the sun. He burned up.”
     “What? He committed suicide? You’re both a bunch of goddamned liars,” Keller said. “You’re always trying to outsmart us. Well you didn’t outsmart us this time. We beat you to the punch. We were trying to build our own spaceships but why bother? We just stole one of yours.”
     Rome looked around, past the group of soldiers. Standing behind them was a sleek gray starship.
     “Rei, look,” Rome said. “Junior!”

What the heck was Junior doing there and why in the name of Heaven would he ever cooperate with the Darwin scum?