00:00There was a time when resources seemed endless, but in 2030 the great energy crisis began.
00:14With hardly any resources left on our world, global powers created the World Space Agency
00:20to look beyond the Earth for answers.
00:24The answer was found in Helium-3, a powerful isotope discovered in abundance on the Moon.
00:30With it, humanity could satisfy its energy demand for decades to come.
00:37And so, in 2032, mankind colonized the Moon.
00:42Spearheaded by the Lunar Council, the WSA constructed several permanent settlements to harvest and
00:48process Helium-3.
00:51The resulting energy was transferred to Earth through a revolutionary energy network, the
00:56Microwave Power Transmission, or MPT.
01:03For a time, all seemed well.
01:05Then, one fateful night in 2054, the lights went out.
01:12No energy.
01:17The MPT had gone offline, and communication with the lunar colonists was lost.
01:23Without earthly resources to launch a full-scale rescue mission to the Moon, the World Space
01:28Agency was shut down permanently in 2055.
01:31But a small group of former WSA colonists refused to accept humanity's bleak future.
01:40Determined to discover the colony's fate and to restore the MPT, they've been preparing
01:45their mission in an abandoned desert launch facility.
01:50Now, in 2059, they are ready to launch an astronaut to the Moon.
01:56What awaits is unknown and unforeseeable, but the mission is clear.
02:02Deliver us, the Moon.
02:14Deliver us, the Moon.
02:27Deliver us, the Moon.
02:30Deliver us, the Moon.
02:35Deliver us, the Moon.
02:37Deliver us, the Moon.
02:41We gather all around the world tonight in remembrance of the 2054 MPT blackout that
02:47resulted in a global power outing and the loss of contact with the lunar colony.
02:52The blackout caused global turmoil, which ultimately led to the closure of the World Space Agency
02:56one year later.
02:58In other news, the recent formation of the largest dust storm on record has prompted climatologists
03:04to readjust their forecast of the equatorial desert's growth rate.
03:08As a result of the new storm, the desert could soon cover 30% of the globe's landmass.
03:14Several governments have pledged support for refugees despite reports of resource shortages.
03:19The dust storm is expected to hit residential zones between the northern 49th and 50th latitude
03:24lines by late afternoon and pass over the World Space Agency's former MPT ground station
03:30in the Adirao desert.
03:32Authorities have imposed a mandatory evacuation of the impacted areas.
03:36For countries north of the equatorial desert, temperatures are expected to be a mild 46 degrees
03:41Celsius.
03:42This was Nicole Cage for World News 1, September 16, 2059, with you a safe and happy day.
03:55Fortuna, are you there?
04:36We're ready to start the mission. Do you copy?
05:06Ground control to Fortuna 1, this is Claire. Please confirm radio contact.
05:24Radio contact confirmed. Make your way to the launch platform and prime the rocket for liftoff.
05:36We have to launch before the dust storm hits.
05:38There she is. The Taurus Spies. It took us four years to get her ready for launch.
05:59But you need to hurry. The dust storm will hit this area in a few hours.
06:03If we don't succeed now, the Fortuna mission will be over for good.
06:07The Taurus Spies.
06:37And you need to wait. The Fortuna mission is to reach the horizon and the Taurus Spies.
06:43The Taurus Spies. The Taurus spies. The Taurus Spies.
06:50The Taurus Spies. The Taurus Spies.
06:55The Taurus Spies. The Taurus Spies.
06:59I don't know.
07:29I don't know.
07:59I don't know.
08:29I don't know.
08:59It's been five years since we last received a micro-ed power transmission from the lunar
09:09colony.
09:10At first, no one believed it would be possible to transmit energy from the moon back to Earth.
09:14But the WSA proved the skeptics wrong, just like you will, when you get the MPT back online.
09:44I don't know.
09:52I don't know.
09:53I don't know.
09:54I don't know.
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