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Ice-Pocalypse 2026
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00:00:19I am so glad we took this trip.
00:00:22The North Sea is absolutely gorgeous this time of year.
00:00:26It's so clear. I can see for miles.
00:00:29That's great. Listen, Mom, it's really busy here, so I'm going to need...
00:00:33That's your problem. You're always working.
00:00:36Not always. Besides, NASA is vital in protecting everyone's future.
00:00:41It takes a lot of sacrifice. This job is really important.
00:00:44And so is your family.
00:00:47You should all take a trip. Relax a bit.
00:00:49We could all take one together.
00:00:51Mom, we already talked about this. I've worked. Tina has school.
00:00:55It's always going to be something, Talia.
00:00:58That daughter of yours is going to grow up, and you will have missed her whole childhood.
00:01:03I see her plenty, and Tina is excelling in her classes.
00:01:06It's getting chilly.
00:01:08You would think that climate change meant things would get warmer.
00:01:12That's not how it works, Mom.
00:01:15Listen, just stay inside, and you'll be good.
00:01:20Talia?
00:01:21Oh, my God.
00:01:22Mom?
00:01:27Mom?
00:01:43Bennett here.
00:01:44Are you seeing this?
00:01:45Yes, General. I'm looking at it right now.
00:01:47We'll need you at the Pentagon ASAP.
00:01:48I'm heading over to you the second we end this call.
00:01:50What's causing this, Dr. Bennett?
00:01:52It's a near-Earth object, and it's already injecting itself into the Earth-Moon system.
00:01:57It's interfering with the Earth's axial tilt.
00:02:01It can mean a drop in global temperature.
00:02:04The beginning of a worldwide ice age.
00:02:26Oh, yeah, she's right here.
00:02:28Just like you, always trying to figure out the next line of code.
00:02:32Did you guys speak to my mom today?
00:02:33Hmm.
00:02:34Oh, she tried earlier, pushing Granda and Papa, a happy anniversary, but she couldn't get through.
00:02:39Joe.
00:02:40Does it have anything to do with the news?
00:02:41Joe.
00:02:42There is extremely cold, unpredictable weather headed your way.
00:02:45I need you and Tina to get to safety now.
00:02:48Wait, what?
00:02:49Joe.
00:02:50There is no time.
00:02:51I need you to go to the office.
00:02:53In my top right-hand drawer, there is...
00:02:57There is a silver thumb drive labeled Arc Models Live.
00:03:02I need you to take that, get the go-bags, and head to NASA's bunker in Mount Weather.
00:03:09Okay.
00:03:16Anything else?
00:03:18Also, I need you to grab the Pelican Gaze from the garage.
00:03:21It has all the cold weather gear that you need.
00:03:23What about you?
00:03:25I need to stay and see if I can solve this.
00:03:28So you're not me, Astia.
00:03:29No, I can't.
00:03:30You and Tina need to get to the bunker.
00:03:32Did you just look back from the bunker?
00:03:35I need to be here, Joe.
00:03:40Okay.
00:03:41I love you.
00:03:51Make sure you go grab your go-bags in the closet.
00:03:54Shoes, coat, laptop.
00:03:55We're out the door in two minutes.
00:03:56All right?
00:03:57No questions.
00:04:05Dr. Bennett.
00:04:08Nice to finally meet you in person.
00:04:10I'm General David Green.
00:04:11I'm the commander of this Unified Joint Strike Force.
00:04:14I'll be working with the Joint Chiefs.
00:04:15Right this way.
00:04:18Looks like only hardened electrical sources are going to be reliable
00:04:21due to the electromagnetic field caused by Nemesis.
00:04:25Nemesis, that's the designation for this NEO?
00:04:29Yes.
00:04:30Follow me.
00:04:37Did Mom say that she would meet us there?
00:04:41Your mom wants us safe.
00:04:49The suit's really uncomfortable, Dad.
00:04:51I know.
00:04:52It's because it's a special prototype
00:04:54with the active thermal regulation system.
00:04:57Your mom brought her back home from her trip to Antarctica.
00:05:00But most important,
00:05:02they keep us warm
00:05:03and protect us.
00:05:06And why do I still feel cold?
00:05:08Well,
00:05:09because part of the system of the suits that we're wearing
00:05:12is recapturing the heat of your body
00:05:14to then reuse it when you're organized.
00:05:16Basically, it's made for survival.
00:05:18It's not comfortable.
00:05:20It's so we can make it to the bunker.
00:05:33Can I have your attention, please?
00:05:35This is Dr. Talia Bennett.
00:05:37She's from NASA.
00:05:38Now, with the defunding of NOAA,
00:05:40NASA's going to be taking the lead on this task force.
00:05:42This is Administrator Allen from FEMA
00:05:45and Captain Andrew Howes from the United States Space Force.
00:05:50All right, Doctor, get us up to speed.
00:05:53All right.
00:05:53Approximately an hour ago,
00:05:55a previously untracked NEO, Nemesis,
00:05:58about the size of Mount Everest,
00:05:59entered the Earth-Moon system.
00:06:01Wouldn't we track those objects?
00:06:02Yes, but its approach was hidden by the sun's glare.
00:06:05So how long till impact?
00:06:07There won't be an impact.
00:06:08The gravity well in the Earth-Moon system
00:06:10has trapped Nemesis in between them,
00:06:13causing an increase in Earth's axial tilt.
00:06:22Okay.
00:06:23Earth sits at 23 and a half degrees off-center.
00:06:27That angle is everything.
00:06:29When the North Pole points towards the sun,
00:06:32it's summer.
00:06:33When it points away, winter.
00:06:35It's not how close the sun is,
00:06:37it's the angle.
00:06:39And Nemesis just changed that by two to three degrees,
00:06:43causing havoc on worldwide weather systems.
00:06:46So what's the worst-case scenario?
00:06:48The Earth will cool down half a degree
00:06:50to a degree every day.
00:06:52With that will come Arctic blasts
00:06:54that are unpredictable, random.
00:06:56And finally, this will create a worldwide ice age,
00:07:01freezing everything to negative 50 below.
00:07:05Oh, my God.
00:07:08Tell us more about an Arctic blast.
00:07:11It's a sudden freeze front
00:07:13that could plunge temperatures down
00:07:14to negative 400 degrees in an instant,
00:07:17then back.
00:07:19Well, how long till we lock into this permanent ice age?
00:07:22At current rates?
00:07:24Two years.
00:07:30Okay, um...
00:07:31Well, I need to prep the president,
00:07:33but I want to give him options.
00:07:35What about we send a Sentinel ICBM
00:07:38and blow the thing out of the sky?
00:07:40That'll buy us time.
00:07:41Sir, high-yield options in orbit invite debris.
00:07:45They fall out.
00:07:46We're trading blizzards for a nuclear winner.
00:07:49Plus, we'd kill hundreds of millions as well.
00:07:53If we can't destroy it,
00:07:54give me some viable options.
00:07:57We move it.
00:07:58I said viable, Doctor.
00:08:00No, this is a viable option.
00:08:02We have a constellation of communication satellites
00:08:04in low-Earth orbit that we can repurpose.
00:08:08You want to crash a thousand satellites into Nemesis?
00:08:11That's as bad as blowing it up.
00:08:13No, think about it like this.
00:08:14They're like mini tugboats
00:08:15initiating micro-burns
00:08:17that push Nemesis out of orbit.
00:08:20I like it.
00:08:22Distributed risk.
00:08:23No single point of failure.
00:08:24If you can do it...
00:08:27Can you do it?
00:08:29Yes.
00:08:30I can write a code
00:08:31that will orchestrate the burn.
00:08:32But I will need some models
00:08:34that will predict Nemesis' response
00:08:36in near to real time.
00:08:38I can get those from the Tulick field station.
00:08:40How long?
00:08:42Initial contact, a few days.
00:08:44Once we reach maximum delta V,
00:08:46a few weeks, five at most.
00:08:48Okay.
00:08:49Get me a really lengthy network
00:08:50so that she can get a hardened line
00:08:52to the Tulick field station
00:08:53down at sub-level X.
00:08:55That's our area
00:08:56where it's a hardened facility
00:08:57for extreme situations like this.
00:09:00Copy, sir.
00:09:01Now, I know that your husband
00:09:02is a recon marine,
00:09:03but I'd like you to coordinate
00:09:05with Administrator Allen here
00:09:07to get your family squared away.
00:09:09But, doctor, you own the code.
00:09:12Give me results.
00:09:13This is gonna be
00:09:14one hell of a phone call.
00:09:16Yes, sir.
00:09:25Yeah, it's gonna take forever.
00:09:27Dad, I'm really cold.
00:09:29I know, honey.
00:09:30I got the heat up.
00:09:31I'm in full blast.
00:09:38I don't know if it's a good idea
00:09:39to be on social media right now.
00:09:40We should save our batteries.
00:09:44Seriously, Dad?
00:09:46I packed into the Virginia DOT traffic servers.
00:09:49I'm trying to find this
00:09:50a faster way to Mount Weather
00:09:51that's away from all of this.
00:09:53All right.
00:09:54Okay.
00:09:55I should have known.
00:09:58Should have known.
00:10:00Uh, turn right up here.
00:10:02Yeah.
00:10:03There's a service road
00:10:04that the state troopers
00:10:05technically haven't opened up
00:10:07officially yet,
00:10:08but I figured that
00:10:09it would save us
00:10:10some extra time.
00:10:11Nice job.
00:10:15Still cold, Dad.
00:10:29Doctor, this is our backup server room.
00:10:31We need to make sure
00:10:31all of this is online and ready.
00:10:33We have two years
00:10:34as per your calculations,
00:10:36and this is part of our fallback plan.
00:10:38There are a lot of people
00:10:39depending on us.
00:10:40This room is already
00:10:41a hardened facility.
00:10:43If the Pentagon goes dark,
00:10:45these fuel cells will
00:10:46give us a double redundancy.
00:10:48Make sure you stay up and ready
00:10:49and warm.
00:10:52We're doing all we can
00:10:53to mitigate injury
00:10:55or worse.
00:11:00Cheyenne Mountain
00:11:01is standing by to link you
00:11:03with Tulick Field Station's
00:11:04weather models directly.
00:11:05All right.
00:11:06To get DART up and running,
00:11:07we need as continuous
00:11:08data connection as possible.
00:11:10That might mean
00:11:11analog backup.
00:11:13Hello?
00:11:15You'll get redundancy
00:11:17if you use the old
00:11:18Cold War network.
00:11:19If the modern network
00:11:20fails or collapses,
00:11:22you're still up and running.
00:11:23How old are we talking?
00:11:26Analog.
00:11:27Copper.
00:11:27Twisted pairs.
00:11:29Old.
00:11:30Good old stuff.
00:11:31Genuine.
00:11:32Reliable.
00:11:33Well, let's get started then.
00:11:40See if you can get
00:11:41Mom on the phone.
00:11:43I know I should know
00:11:44what this is all about.
00:11:50Nothing.
00:11:53Disconnects every time
00:11:53to try.
00:11:55Okay.
00:11:56We saved the battery.
00:11:59Network's probably overloaded.
00:12:02I hope Mom needs to stay here.
00:12:07She won't.
00:12:12Okay, team.
00:12:14On the staging floor,
00:12:15the zones are color-coded.
00:12:16Write this down.
00:12:18Green is go.
00:12:20Amber is pack.
00:12:21Red is shelter.
00:12:23Bus fleece to hospitals first.
00:12:26National Guard to long-term care.
00:12:28School principals.
00:12:30Shelter-in-place protocols now.
00:12:32If you can walk,
00:12:34you can die.
00:12:36Any questions?
00:12:38Ma'am, requests for pet sheltering
00:12:39are flooding every line.
00:12:41We're completely at capacity.
00:12:42Let them take the pets.
00:12:43Why?
00:12:45Because it doesn't matter.
00:12:47Might as well not freeze alone.
00:12:51Let's get to work.
00:12:54Yes, sir, Mr. President.
00:12:55Administrator Allen's efforts
00:12:57are moving along quite nice
00:12:58and getting everybody to safety.
00:13:00Yes, sir.
00:13:01I know.
00:13:01I agree.
00:13:03Well, Captain Houts
00:13:04and Dr. Bennett
00:13:06are currently reprogramming
00:13:07the communications
00:13:08satellite constellations
00:13:09as we speak.
00:13:11Yes, sir.
00:13:12Understood.
00:13:15Captain Houts,
00:13:16I need an update.
00:13:16We're moving to the stack.
00:13:18According to the swarm intelligence
00:13:19to the waypoint navigation system.
00:13:21Copy that.
00:13:22Triple the redundancy.
00:13:23We need this to work.
00:13:25Already on it, sir.
00:13:26This is not going to fail
00:13:28on my watch.
00:13:29If we anticipate
00:13:30the procession,
00:13:32we can pre-vise the burn vectors,
00:13:35give it a corridor to the point.
00:13:37So that ensures us
00:13:39a better chance of success.
00:13:40Yeah, but it won't ever be 100%.
00:13:47My parents were on a holiday
00:13:49by the North Sea.
00:13:53I was talking to my mom
00:13:54this morning
00:13:55and we lost connection.
00:13:59We have to stop this.
00:14:02No one else
00:14:02should lose their family.
00:14:06We will.
00:14:08I'm sure they're fine.
00:14:15Let me know how I can help.
00:14:32This is strong.
00:14:42Label those bunkers
00:14:43by capacity.
00:14:44We want to fill
00:14:45the biggest ones first,
00:14:46not by numbers.
00:14:47Keep those families together.
00:14:53Hey, hey, hold that pallet.
00:14:56I'm coming down.
00:14:59Distribution centers
00:14:59all across the country
00:15:00can follow orders,
00:15:01but this one downstairs
00:15:02is struggling.
00:15:04I'll be right back.
00:15:24All right.
00:15:26The wind is speaking of us,
00:15:28Will.
00:15:29I can feel it in the steering
00:15:30and we should move faster.
00:15:35Not a hammer,
00:15:37a thousand fingers.
00:15:40Blocking algorithms,
00:15:41information controls
00:15:42are loaded
00:15:43and compiled.
00:15:45Good.
00:15:46I'll plug in that module
00:15:47and extend the code base.
00:15:49God, we're not even
00:15:50going to have time
00:15:50for a static analysis.
00:16:05All right.
00:16:07We could just go around,
00:16:08but this is the only way
00:16:09into the Blue Ridge Mountains
00:16:10among weather.
00:16:11Dad,
00:16:12we can't just plow
00:16:13through a straight trooper.
00:16:15So I say go around.
00:16:23No!
00:16:24What was that?
00:16:42Keep your head down,
00:16:43all right?
00:16:48Is the trooper okay?
00:16:51No.
00:16:56What are we going to do,
00:16:58Dad?
00:16:59We get to the bunker
00:17:00as fast as we can.
00:17:01All right?
00:17:08Evacs are flowing.
00:17:09Shelter's at 90-minute capacity.
00:17:12City leadership
00:17:12wants a calm schedule.
00:17:14Okay, you'll have it
00:17:15as soon as we harden
00:17:15the Pentagon lines.
00:17:17All right,
00:17:17we've completed
00:17:18the initial build
00:17:18and should be ready
00:17:19to execute.
00:17:20Should?
00:17:21Well, it goes without saying
00:17:22it's extremely complicated, sir.
00:17:24We'll address all problems
00:17:25to the best of our abilities.
00:17:27It's a lot of code.
00:17:28Okay, well,
00:17:29fortune favors the bold.
00:17:30I say we go now.
00:17:36Wait.
00:17:37We just got back data
00:17:38from the VLBI.
00:17:40Set density profiles for all.
00:17:44The redshift is this high.
00:17:47The current spin-up.
00:17:48Spit it out, doctor.
00:17:51Original calculations
00:17:52showed we had two years
00:17:53of cold weather
00:17:54and anomalous Arctic winds
00:17:55before an irreversible
00:17:56ice age setting.
00:17:58The new data just came in.
00:17:59We don't have two years.
00:18:03We have two months
00:18:04before the world is frozen.
00:18:09Lieutenant Roberts,
00:18:10collect everybody's phone.
00:18:11No information
00:18:12leaves this room.
00:18:13Okay, I need you
00:18:14to upload that code now
00:18:15and get those satellites
00:18:16over to Nemesis ASAP.
00:18:18Sir, it's been compiled,
00:18:19but no bug checks,
00:18:21dry runs,
00:18:22sanity checks
00:18:22have even been completed.
00:18:24How long would that take?
00:18:26Two to three days,
00:18:26at least.
00:18:27And even that's pushing it.
00:18:29Look, moving now
00:18:30would be reckless, sir.
00:18:32We have no room
00:18:32for error here.
00:18:33Captain, under these
00:18:34circumstances,
00:18:35not moving now
00:18:36would be the reckless choice.
00:18:38Copy that.
00:18:39Right, you, Alan,
00:18:40you're with me.
00:18:40Yes, sir.
00:18:41You speak five languages, right?
00:18:42I need you on the phone
00:18:43with the U.S.
00:18:44I have no idea
00:18:45if this is even gonna work.
00:18:47It's gonna work.
00:18:48You're a good coder.
00:18:50It's gonna work.
00:18:51It has to.
00:18:52Okay, Jack in here.
00:18:55I'll coordinate with
00:18:56U.S.S.F.
00:18:57S. and Jack's
00:18:58open command
00:18:59to get this thing
00:19:00moving along
00:19:01as quickly as possible.
00:19:03X-ray Charlie.
00:19:05Prep station field
00:19:06for incoming signal parameters
00:19:08along with a code packet
00:19:09for upload.
00:19:11Romeo Foxtrot.
00:19:18Give me video feeds
00:19:19from Brussels,
00:19:20Beijing, and Delhi.
00:19:21I want simultaneous confirmation.
00:19:24Sir,
00:19:24reporting with global ERCs.
00:19:28Feeds populating on monitors.
00:19:31Copy.
00:19:32Satellite uplink relay
00:19:34is locked,
00:19:35prepared,
00:19:36and ready for code transmission.
00:19:38General,
00:19:38I need your approval.
00:19:40We have ESA confirmation,
00:19:42JAXA confirmation.
00:19:45We are ready to go.
00:19:46Copy.
00:19:48Copy.
00:19:48General initiating code upload.
00:19:51Okay.
00:19:52Clear channel.
00:19:53Clear channel.
00:19:55Commence uploading
00:19:56synchronous packets.
00:19:57Commencing upload.
00:19:59Upload starting.
00:20:01Okay,
00:20:01all birds reporting.
00:20:03Guidance update pushed.
00:20:06Confirm bird vectors.
00:20:08Right,
00:20:08vector set.
00:20:10We're hands off
00:20:10after commit.
00:20:11The control layer
00:20:12adapts mid-pulse.
00:20:15Do it.
00:20:17Are you sure,
00:20:18General?
00:20:20Do it,
00:20:21Dr. Bennett.
00:20:23Mark.
00:20:26Execute.
00:20:41We have movement.
00:20:42We have...
00:20:44Wait,
00:20:44wait,
00:20:45wait,
00:20:45wait,
00:20:45wait.
00:20:49No,
00:20:49the torque amplified
00:20:50and accelerated the procession.
00:20:51Shut them down!
00:20:52Get them down!
00:20:53We can't,
00:20:54it's autonomous.
00:20:55It's mid-cycle,
00:20:56we're locked in.
00:20:57How long is the burn?
00:20:58Ten seconds.
00:21:07Sit,
00:21:09Nemesis trajectory adjustment fail.
00:21:11Actually,
00:21:12we've just pushed it in.
00:21:13We've increased the axial tilt.
00:21:16We've made the magnetosphere
00:21:18twice as angry.
00:21:30Damn it!
00:21:31Okay, sir,
00:21:32if we'd be...
00:21:32No,
00:21:32I need options,
00:21:34not opinions.
00:21:35We need to damp the spin.
00:21:37Fast.
00:21:38We can't touch Nemesis again,
00:21:40not until we reduce
00:21:42the pressure differential.
00:21:43This increased movement
00:21:44from Nemesis
00:21:45will no doubt
00:21:46increase the acceleration
00:21:47of the axial tilt,
00:21:48making it colder,
00:21:49faster,
00:21:50creating more arctic blasts.
00:21:53We likely reduced
00:21:55our time down to a month.
00:21:58We can inject some heat
00:21:59into the weather system
00:22:01to counteract
00:22:01the fast-tracked cold.
00:22:04But we need a controlled
00:22:05stratospheric warm surge.
00:22:08How are we supposed
00:22:08to control that?
00:22:10Detonation of a tactical
00:22:11nuclear device
00:22:12in the 10-kiloton range.
00:22:15Well, I thought
00:22:16explosive ordnance
00:22:17was off the table.
00:22:18You know,
00:22:19we can't deploy
00:22:20against Nemesis directly,
00:22:22but I don't think
00:22:22that's what Dr. Bennett
00:22:23is suggesting.
00:22:24I'm not.
00:22:25We would deploy it
00:22:26into the atmosphere
00:22:27and create heat
00:22:28to counteract the cold.
00:22:29Where?
00:22:31The North Pole,
00:22:33right above the cap
00:22:34in the right envelope.
00:22:36Minimal material loss,
00:22:37softed,
00:22:37pressure lifted,
00:22:38jet normalization.
00:22:39What?
00:22:40You're serious?
00:22:41And how much damage
00:22:42is that going to cost?
00:22:43Listen, I'm choosing
00:22:44a small fire
00:22:45over an endless night.
00:22:46We have to slow this down.
00:22:51Okay, I'll get a W-54
00:22:52dialed into the 10-kiloton range
00:22:55and I'll have it deployed ASAP.
00:23:10Come on.
00:23:12Come on.
00:23:14Dad, I'm honestly surprised
00:23:15it made it this far.
00:23:16I think it's dead.
00:23:17I think it's dead.
00:23:30Maybe that one isn't.
00:23:33Okay.
00:23:36Wait here when I check it out.
00:23:38You think there's just
00:23:39going to be keys
00:23:39in the sun visor?
00:23:40Wouldn't that be something?
00:23:44Stay here.
00:23:46Keep walking.
00:23:47Careful.
00:23:59Jesus.
00:24:06Come on, buddy.
00:24:35Well, I tried.
00:24:52Sorry, pal.
00:25:07Checkbox.
00:25:14Come on.
00:25:15Get in the truck.
00:25:22Smells in here, Dad.
00:25:24This is so gross.
00:25:26If it works, it works.
00:25:34Blackstar, this is General Green.
00:25:36ETA to drop.
00:25:39We are 2-0-0 kilometers away
00:25:42from the drop zone.
00:25:43ETA is one minute.
00:25:45Damn.
00:25:47Go for drop.
00:25:48Copy that.
00:25:49The president wants to know
00:25:51how solid is the science on this.
00:25:53Oh, it's solid.
00:25:55The heat released from the warhead
00:25:57will counteract the cooling effects
00:25:58on the jet stream.
00:25:59Why didn't we start with this procedure?
00:26:02It's a stopgap measure, not a solution.
00:26:06Approaching drop zone, General.
00:26:10On profile.
00:26:12Arming sequence.
00:26:13Set.
00:26:14Envelope looks good.
00:26:17Crosswinds.
00:26:18Crosswinds.
00:26:19Negligible.
00:26:20Right.
00:26:22Detonation 10.8 kilometers above cap.
00:26:25No penetration.
00:26:27We're heating air, not ice.
00:26:31Do it.
00:26:34A-load.
00:26:36Away.
00:26:50Come on.
00:26:53Temperature rising.
00:26:54Two degrees.
00:26:56Three degrees.
00:26:57Good work, people.
00:26:58Let the president know the good news.
00:27:01Oh, wait, wait.
00:27:03I'm seeing pressure discontinuity.
00:27:04That could cause a tsunami.
00:27:06Where?
00:27:07Off Anchorage in the Alaskan Gulf.
00:27:09There's also a high possibility
00:27:10for an Arctic blast.
00:27:11Send a warning out now
00:27:12and get any traffic or webcams you can.
00:27:18Wait.
00:27:20What kind of tsunami?
00:27:22Meteor tsunami.
00:27:23Caused by sudden changes in air pressure,
00:27:25fast-moving storm fronts,
00:27:26or apparently a 10-kiloton nuclear-powered
00:27:29aerial detonation.
00:27:32A meteor tsunami.
00:27:34Exactly.
00:27:35Give me the mayor of Anchorage
00:27:36or the governor on the phone.
00:27:37Whoever you can get first.
00:27:48The wave is two miles from Anchorage and closing.
00:27:52One mile and closing.
00:27:55Half a mile and closing.
00:28:01Did that wave just freeze in midair?
00:28:03Did that wave just freeze in midair?
00:28:03Have the city of Anchorage evacuated immediately
00:28:05before that wave thaws.
00:28:09The model hub.
00:28:11It's gone.
00:28:13And for security, the copies were auto-gapped and air-locked.
00:28:17No remote pull.
00:28:18Protocol burned them on grid loss.
00:28:23We're blind.
00:28:26Except for one copy.
00:28:28I have a copy on my thumb drive.
00:28:31And my husband and daughter have it.
00:28:35Then your thumb drive is the most important object
00:28:38on the face of the Earth.
00:28:48We just spoke with Marine Commandant Peterczyk.
00:28:50He says he's going to send the MARSOC Raiders
00:28:52after Tina and Joe,
00:28:53and he's going to have your family on the thumb drive
00:28:55as soon as possible.
00:28:56Good.
00:28:57I thought that modeling data were dead in the water.
00:28:59Why is it that you have the data
00:29:01and not the government?
00:29:02The info from the Tulip Field Station
00:29:04is downloaded to a number of governmental agencies,
00:29:06but the code needs to be compiled and verified.
00:29:09I compiled the code prior to its distribution,
00:29:12so my thumb drive has the latest version.
00:29:14How far can we get without the drive?
00:29:17We need to prep a new direct effort
00:29:19to remove Nemesis from the Earth-Moon system.
00:29:21Without that, we can't stop this Ice Age.
00:29:24It would push it for something bigger
00:29:27than a communication satellite.
00:29:29Like a propulsion satellite?
00:29:30Exactly.
00:29:32We ferry a propulsion system to Nemesis
00:29:36using the Dream Chaser space plane.
00:29:38Push it back to the asteroid belt.
00:29:41Not exactly easy.
00:29:42Oh, no, no, no, no, no.
00:29:43But better for the planet than a nuclear blast.
00:29:46Okay, but we don't have time to spin up a launch code.
00:29:50General, this is a majestic level, Clarence.
00:29:53Can you read them in?
00:29:55Majestic.
00:29:58Dr. Bennett, Administrator Allen,
00:30:00this is need-to-know information.
00:30:02It does not leave this room.
00:30:05Continue, sir.
00:30:06There is already a Dream Chaser being prepped
00:30:09at Cape Canaveral for a Black Ops mission.
00:30:11All we would have to do
00:30:13is reprogram the mission profile.
00:30:16Okay, but we'd still need to spin a launch
00:30:18for the Dream Chaser.
00:30:19That's the best part.
00:30:20However, the ISS is being decommissioned,
00:30:23leaving only Tiangong,
00:30:25the Chinese space station, in space.
00:30:27The U.S. needs the capability
00:30:29to remove the threat of Tiangong's weapons platform.
00:30:31So, we've been testing
00:30:33a propulsion assembly
00:30:35to push Tiangong into deep space.
00:30:38Everything we need is there and ready to go.
00:30:40Well, I know that CNSA has already approved
00:30:43any kind of help that you need,
00:30:44so I need you to go down to the Cape
00:30:46and prep the Dream Chaser.
00:30:48And I need you to get started on the code
00:30:50before you leave for the Cape.
00:30:51Wait, wait, leave.
00:30:53What are you talking about?
00:30:54Well, we're gonna need you there.
00:30:56We can't have any of the code
00:30:57be corrupted over transmission.
00:30:59You need to be there to hardwire the code.
00:31:02He's right. He's right.
00:31:03We need you there to ensure maximum success.
00:31:05Oh, okay, no, I don't, I don't do heights
00:31:08or flying or heights.
00:31:11You're the head of NASA.
00:31:14Yes, and there's a reason why I am in the control room
00:31:17and not the rocket.
00:31:18Not today.
00:31:20I need you to prep the hardware,
00:31:21and I need you to get started on the code
00:31:23before you leave wheels up in 60.
00:31:25Copy that, sir.
00:31:27You heard him, doctor.
00:31:29Yes, sir.
00:31:32General, I think we need to seed storms
00:31:34over the most populated cities
00:31:36to avoid Arctic blasts.
00:31:38That's a really good idea.
00:31:40I'll coordinate with the Air Force
00:31:41while you start getting work on the code.
00:31:43Warning.
00:31:44Mass pressure differential detecting.
00:31:46Oh, no, another Arctic blast.
00:31:48Bringing down our electrical system
00:31:50in the hardened area
00:31:51as well as the regular areas.
00:31:52Aren't we in a hardened area?
00:31:54We are in a hardened area,
00:31:55but if everything is overloaded,
00:31:56that affects the hardened area,
00:31:58and then we are out of luck.
00:32:00Well, what about maintenance?
00:32:01I mean, can't they figure it out?
00:32:02All non-essential personnel
00:32:04have already been evacuated.
00:32:05There are no maintenance people.
00:32:07Also, everything here is segmented
00:32:09so that if anything happens in one area,
00:32:11it's protected from the other.
00:32:12So we're essentially an island.
00:32:14It has to be us.
00:32:16What needs to be done?
00:32:17Well, all the electronics
00:32:18are down below in the tunnel,
00:32:20so we need to go down there.
00:32:21We need to look for the problem,
00:32:23and we need to solve it.
00:32:25I've got a ready locker with PPE
00:32:26and all the other equipment.
00:32:28Follow me.
00:32:34How are we going to get into the shelter?
00:32:41Unbelievable.
00:32:43Yeah.
00:32:55It's all must have ruptured.
00:32:58Water came down the alley.
00:33:00It was frozen by one of those
00:33:01arctic blasts in midair.
00:33:04Ben, I can't do this.
00:33:06Hey, it's going to be okay.
00:33:08We just need to get past us
00:33:09to get inside the shelter,
00:33:11and we're home free.
00:33:12I need you to be brave.
00:33:14You're almost there.
00:33:27We rig it,
00:33:29so we blow it.
00:33:32I don't know about that, Dad.
00:33:34If we don't,
00:33:35we have to double back two hours,
00:33:37and that's assuming the car
00:33:38wouldn't even make it.
00:33:39We have to.
00:33:40That's the only way.
00:33:41We blow this up
00:33:42and get into the shelter,
00:33:43all right?
00:33:46The fuses of the north,
00:33:48south, east, and west tunnel
00:33:50need to be reset and primed
00:33:52before we fix any of the shorts.
00:33:54Otherwise, we overload
00:33:55the entire system.
00:33:57That's why we've got to work
00:33:58as a team.
00:33:59All right?
00:34:00Timing is everything.
00:34:02All right, stay safe.
00:34:03Stay in contact over the comms.
00:34:07Guys, that should work.
00:34:09What if it flows back on us?
00:34:11What if it flows back on us?
00:34:30What if it flows back on us?
00:34:33No immediate threat.
00:34:49Behind the car
00:34:50and cover your ears.
00:34:51Let's go.
00:34:53Let's go.
00:35:11It worked.
00:35:12Come on.
00:35:13Let's go.
00:35:23Clear of ice and operational.
00:35:25Priming the breaker.
00:35:28Our node 1 is primed
00:35:30and ready for when we find the fault.
00:35:36All right.
00:35:38All right.
00:35:40Node 4, clear.
00:35:45Priming node.
00:35:51Heading back.
00:35:55Node 3, clear.
00:35:59It's on you, Madam Administrator.
00:36:04Are any of you getting
00:36:05this temperature drop?
00:36:09No, our systems are holding.
00:36:12I think they've found
00:36:13the control box.
00:36:17Man, it's frozen over.
00:36:30You copy?
00:36:43I found the problem.
00:36:45These wires are pretty damaged
00:36:46from the temperature drop.
00:36:49Copy that.
00:36:56Damn it!
00:36:57What happened?
00:36:58Nothing.
00:37:00I just...
00:37:02cut my glove.
00:37:03I'm fine.
00:37:03Careful.
00:37:05Any contact of your skin
00:37:06to the metal
00:37:06can cause frostbite.
00:37:08I grew up in Minnesota.
00:37:10I'm aware.
00:37:11Happy.
00:37:20All right.
00:37:21Once I flip these,
00:37:24you'll have a minute
00:37:25of stable juice at best.
00:37:27Reset your core.
00:37:29We're out the feed.
00:37:30That's not enough time.
00:37:34It'd be faster.
00:37:43Laurel, are you okay?
00:37:47Laurel, you need to get out of there.
00:37:48It's not safe.
00:37:50I grew up on a farm.
00:37:52We did a winter with a crack stove
00:37:53and a prayer.
00:37:55Safe is relative.
00:38:01All right, here's more of it.
00:38:09All right.
00:38:11We're go.
00:38:13I can't hold this for very long.
00:38:15The node is active.
00:38:17You're gonna get a window.
00:38:20Take it.
00:38:21Got it.
00:38:22I'm accessing it right now.
00:38:23Hold that line.
00:38:24I'm almost at the command center.
00:38:26Take a pipe first.
00:38:27Come on!
00:38:30Damn it!
00:38:32Stop.
00:38:32My foot.
00:38:33Ah!
00:38:34Ah!
00:38:35Oh, my God.
00:38:36Helps!
00:38:38No, no, no, no.
00:38:38You can't help me.
00:38:40I'm not gonna leave you.
00:38:41You'll be stuck, too.
00:38:42All right.
00:38:43You can fix the problem
00:38:45fast.
00:38:46You save me,
00:38:47you,
00:38:47and the planet.
00:38:48Go.
00:38:50Now, Doc.
00:38:50Go!
00:38:51Go!
00:38:56Captain Helps is caught in an ice bloom.
00:38:58Hold on, Madam Administrator.
00:39:01Freeze is coming fast.
00:39:04I can't hold on.
00:39:09Come on!
00:39:32I can bring the core online,
00:39:39but there's only buffer
00:39:40for one save.
00:39:42Either you or Captain Holtz.
00:39:46You can just hold on.
00:39:58Come on, Bennett.
00:40:02Laura, I can't save you both.
00:40:04He needs to fly the dream chaser.
00:40:10The only way to save the planet
00:40:15is to save him.
00:40:17What?
00:40:18Dr. Allen, what did you say?
00:40:21Hold on.
00:40:22Let me try to fix this.
00:40:26There's no time.
00:40:32You save him, Dr. Bennett.
00:40:36And then you go save the world.
00:40:41I'm sorry.
00:40:50ORIGHO
00:41:11Routing core to Harden Cluster.
00:41:17Pentagon return complete.
00:41:19Dr. Allen?
00:41:21I had to make a decision.
00:41:23Shit.
00:41:31Our systems are back online.
00:41:34But General, we may have a problem.
00:41:37Oh, excellent.
00:41:38It's been about three minutes since we've had one of those.
00:41:42Increased rotational spin of Nemesis,
00:41:44along with the massive amounts of copper and aluminum
00:41:46at its course, creating massive currents, strong enough
00:41:50to bring down the last of the Harden systems across the world.
00:41:53When?
00:41:54It's happening right now.
00:41:56But due to the increased activity of Nemesis,
00:41:58disruptions will be random.
00:42:00We need to get to the Cape right now.
00:42:02I'm nowhere near done with the code that's needed.
00:42:04Well, you'll have to finish the code at the Cape while Captain Howitz preps the Dream Chaser.
00:42:08Yeah, he's right.
00:42:09The sooner we get to the Cape, the better our chances.
00:42:12God, I wish my daughter was here.
00:42:14She's a much better coder.
00:42:15Plus, she has the info from Tulick Field Station.
00:42:18Look, once the Raiders find your husband and daughter, we'll get you that code.
00:42:21But you need to be at the Cape and upload that code to the Dream Chaser, and you need to
00:42:25leave now.
00:42:26Is flying a good idea in this weather?
00:42:28I mean, tidal waves are freezing.
00:42:30I know you have a thing about flying, but as you've explained, these Arctic blasts, they're isolated, contained, and random.
00:42:38Meaning the people and places on the ground will be affected, but going at the speed and altitude that you'll
00:42:43be flying, you won't be.
00:42:45Yeah, he's right.
00:42:47Also, I have an F-15 E-Strike Eagle out of Isleson.
00:42:50It's been hardened for cold weather ops.
00:42:52Special fuel blends, arc-to-ground support, de-icing.
00:42:56It's being prepped right now at Ronald Reagan.
00:42:58You need to get everything you need for programming, and you need to be up in the air in 20
00:43:02minutes.
00:43:07Can't go any further.
00:43:09Some shelter, but there's nobody here, and we're stuck in a kitchen.
00:43:14I had them cold.
00:43:26I have an idea.
00:43:28Does this work?
00:43:35Yes.
00:43:49Okay, Dad.
00:43:50This is a really awesome hack.
00:43:51This is hitting the spot right now.
00:43:55I enjoy it way less.
00:43:59I don't know how long until the line's free, Sonny.
00:44:03I mean, we are only ten miles away from Mount Weather.
00:44:06We can start heading over there.
00:44:09The call won't make it.
00:44:11Let's not worry about that right now.
00:44:21Do you think your mom's okay?
00:44:24I mean, she would be with us if she wasn't always working.
00:44:28We might not have us here again.
00:44:31Hey, don't you ever say that.
00:44:34Mom is fine.
00:44:36Okay?
00:44:38She's the pentagon that's the safest place on the planet, and she's smart.
00:44:43just like you.
00:44:50She's probably been waiting for us with blankets and hot chocolate.
00:45:03Probably right.
00:45:10I just have to keep reminding myself that being on the ground isn't any better.
00:45:14This airframe was built for punishment.
00:45:17Twin engines, redundant systems, ejection seats.
00:45:20Strapping into this baby.
00:45:21Storm is safer than any commercial jag.
00:45:24Thanks.
00:45:25Regan Tower.
00:45:27Viper 1-1 single ship F-15E.
00:45:30IFR to Cape Canaveral holding short runway.
00:45:321-9-Niner ready for departure.
00:45:36Viper 1-1 Regan Tower runway 1-9 cleared for takeoff.
00:45:39Fly runway heading climb and maintain 1-0.
00:45:421000.
00:45:43Departure frequency 1-2-5.8.
00:45:46Squawk 4-5-2-1.
00:45:48Contact departure on hold.
00:46:02Flow line's worse than forecast.
00:46:04Sheer like teeth.
00:46:06And I suggest we keep our hands out of its mouth.
00:46:08I agree.
00:46:10My screen's flickering.
00:46:11Something's playing with the field.
00:46:15Nemesis' interference is getting worse.
00:46:17Should be able to correlate the rotational frequency with its effect on the electrical magnetosphere.
00:46:22Complicated?
00:46:23Rough weather ahead.
00:46:24Working on a way to anticipate better.
00:46:27Copy that.
00:46:28Look, whatever helps keep us alive.
00:46:31Command, Dr. Bennett.
00:46:32EM anomalies escalating.
00:46:34Copy that, Doctor.
00:46:34Now, Canaveral says they can build you a narrow window.
00:46:38But be aware, there is reports of a massive hailstorm at the Cape coming in waves.
00:46:44Now, if you can thread the needle between the first and second wave, you'll be golden.
00:46:54We need Tina's modules meshed before we light that fuse.
00:47:00I'll finish integration on the ground.
00:47:04What's wrong?
00:47:05Being on the ground is better.
00:47:07I'm watching Arthur Glass.
00:47:11Where's that going?
00:47:12Can we ride asymmetric?
00:47:14Yeah, we're gonna have to.
00:47:18We can't dodge them all at this speed.
00:47:20Just the big ones.
00:47:22Oh!
00:47:24Oh!
00:47:24Oh!
00:47:24Dammit, dammit!
00:47:25That was the tail!
00:47:26We can't control the F-15 in this state.
00:47:28The hail has some silence.
00:47:30We have to get out of this jet.
00:47:31We're here.
00:47:32We're ejecting.
00:47:33What?
00:47:34We have to.
00:47:35If we stay here, we're dead.
00:47:36If we eject, at least we stand a chance.
00:47:38If we eject, we're gonna be dead!
00:47:41My mark.
00:47:43One.
00:47:43No.
00:47:44Two.
00:47:45No!
00:47:46Three!
00:47:46I don't think that's a good idea!
00:48:07You want one piece?
00:48:09Yeah, I'm okay!
00:48:11Okay.
00:48:11Good.
00:48:13Safer than a commercial jet, my ass!
00:48:18Two miles.
00:48:19Give or take.
00:48:21We gotta hoof it.
00:48:22We do want to get caught in another arch of glass.
00:48:28So are we not gonna talk about what just happened?
00:48:35Ah!
00:48:37Help!
00:48:42Hey, wait for me!
00:48:48Where's Captain Howe's plane?
00:48:51It's dropped off the radar, sir.
00:48:53Is that because it's downed, or is there a problem with the radar?
00:48:57Unknown, sir.
00:48:59Find out!
00:49:00Yes, sir.
00:49:08Okay, all right.
00:49:09Hold on.
00:49:11We're almost there.
00:49:12An entrance to the underground Cape Canaveral passage is about half a mile.
00:49:16Watch out!
00:49:21Are you okay?
00:49:22Okay.
00:49:25Okay.
00:49:28Okay.
00:49:29All right, come on.
00:49:30We won't last long in a blast, even in these suits.
00:49:36Found an entrance!
00:49:39What's wrong?
00:49:40Nothing.
00:49:40Come on, I know you're hurt.
00:49:43Ice caught my shoulder a little.
00:49:46You can't fly to space like that.
00:49:49Come on, will you just let me see it?
00:49:52Okay.
00:49:53Okay.
00:49:54You're okay.
00:49:55Come right here.
00:49:57Don't worry.
00:49:59Don't worry.
00:50:03I'm a doctor.
00:50:05Wait, wait, wait, wait.
00:50:06Medical doctor, right?
00:50:14I'm better than that.
00:50:15I'm a mom.
00:50:16And the wife of a Raycon Marine.
00:50:18And as a bonus, I speak four languages.
00:50:22I'm not sure what the languages have to do with my shoulder.
00:50:27Thanks, Doc.
00:50:28I don't know.
00:50:30I don't know.
00:50:31I don't know.
00:50:32I don't know.
00:50:33We've got company.
00:50:38We speak Gatorock.
00:50:41Well, that wasn't one of the four.
00:50:44I don't know.
00:50:44Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
00:50:44Hey, hey, hey.
00:50:45Eyes on me, Hanson.
00:50:50Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
00:50:56Hey, Gator.
00:51:04He showed us who we're out of here.
00:51:10Looks like this tunnel goes all the way under the road and will let us out near the launch
00:51:13complex.
00:51:14Once there, we'll identify ourselves.
00:51:17We'll take us to Tartarus.
00:51:19What's Tartarus?
00:51:20The Space Force is top secret, subterranean facility.
00:51:23It's a space complex.
00:51:24Allows us to prep, test, missions without prying icing.
00:51:28That's why you don't know about it.
00:51:30Let's go.
00:51:38When we get to the shelter, we'll make sure we contact Mom, Asa.
00:51:42Mm-hmm.
00:51:48Dad, the heat's dying.
00:51:57Come on.
00:52:06We can break up some chairs in the dining area and start a fire.
00:52:12I think someone's here.
00:52:14Shh.
00:52:21Keep quiet.
00:52:23Don't move.
00:52:24I'm scared.
00:52:26Shh.
00:52:27Don't move.
00:52:28Come on.
00:52:46Hands up.
00:52:47Stand right there.
00:52:49Identify yourself.
00:52:52I'm Marine Corps.
00:52:54Captain Jackson.
00:52:57We're in a rescue mission.
00:52:58Lieutenant Bennett USMC and his daughter, Tina.
00:53:01Have you seen them?
00:53:03It's us. We've had you to prove it.
00:53:06We'll verify. Get you warmed up and back to Mount Weather.
00:53:10If you don't mind me asking, how'd you find us?
00:53:12We're Marines, ma'am. Let's go.
00:53:17We'll be ready for launch within the hour.
00:53:20I want you to get on that pre-flight check ASAP.
00:53:24Captain Danvers, where can I finish the code and upload?
00:53:26Let's get you out freely and load into the flight deck.
00:53:28You, follow me to the control center.
00:53:30We can walk from there.
00:53:37Sir, thank you for the Marine escort.
00:53:40It helped us to get here as safe and quick as possible.
00:53:44Send for file, Lieutenant.
00:53:46Now, Dr. Bennett is at the Cape working on that flight that I described earlier,
00:53:49but she needs the Tulick Field base model that's on her thumb drive.
00:53:53Yes, we have to flash drive.
00:53:55What does she need my help with?
00:53:56Actually, she needs Tina.
00:53:59I can give you the specifics later, but basically she wants to integrate the Tulick Field algorithm into the code
00:54:06that she's writing for the propulsion assembly burn sequence.
00:54:10Do you understand what he's talking about?
00:54:12Yeah.
00:54:12I just need Mom's base code in order to prime the hooks and then reset the return patch signal.
00:54:18All right.
00:54:20General?
00:54:21I got it.
00:54:21So I'll send the rest of the code earlier, but once you get this, you're going to wrap the weather
00:54:25model API into the base kernel and balance the streams.
00:54:28Is that correct?
00:54:30Wow, General.
00:54:30You know your stuff.
00:54:31Programming didn't start in 2019.
00:54:34Now, we have a direct hard line from Mount Weather to the Pentagon.
00:54:38That's why we're able to have this video conference.
00:54:41We don't have the same luxury out to the Cape.
00:54:44So unfortunately, we're going to have to use the old Cold War analog lines.
00:54:49That's why we can't have you speak directly with your wife.
00:54:52Copy that, General.
00:54:54Oh, General, why don't you just use AI?
00:54:57Wouldn't that be a lot faster?
00:54:58Well, using AI, they want to use LLMs or large language models, and all the code that we're using is
00:55:04proprietary military code, and it would just be a security nightmare putting that into an AI algorithm.
00:55:12People still matter, Lieutenant.
00:55:15Copy that.
00:55:16Now, young lady, I need you to start coding ASAP, and you're going to have to be using simplex lines,
00:55:21not duplex, so the data's only going to go in one direction.
00:55:25You understand?
00:55:26Yes, sir.
00:55:26Good girl.
00:55:27Get to it.
00:55:28Let's get you plugged in.
00:55:36Cool.
00:55:38All right, all I need to do is just make sure the control packages get sent out first, and then
00:55:43I can send out the diagnosis.
00:55:44How long?
00:55:45Uh, give or take about, like, eight or nine minutes.
00:55:52What's that?
00:55:53Deb, we have to keep the line going no matter what happens outside of there or in here.
00:56:01Any news?
00:56:02General Green confirms Tina and Joe are safe.
00:56:05It's also launched the cloud seeding mission.
00:56:07That'll buy us some time.
00:56:09But Tina's upload of the Tulik field model is coming in now, but...
00:56:15But what?
00:56:17Upload speeds are too slow.
00:56:20I don't know if...
00:56:22If what?
00:56:24The code will be finalized before launch.
00:56:29There is an option.
00:56:31Name it.
00:56:34The coding isn't finished before launch.
00:56:41Okay, wait.
00:56:42Uh, uh...
00:56:43Okay, wait.
00:56:44Tell me again.
00:56:44How would that work?
00:56:46I can't believe I'm suggesting this.
00:56:49But I go with you.
00:56:53Okay, what?
00:56:55You were freaking out just flying here.
00:56:58And now you want to strap yourself to a rocket to space.
00:57:01Okay, trust me.
00:57:01I'm not thrilled with the idea exactly, but it's our only option.
00:57:04We take the hardware with us, and we finish the coding there.
00:57:07That takes care of communication and latency issues.
00:57:11And it can't be worse than the Gator.
00:57:13Right?
00:57:17Yeah.
00:57:19Okay.
00:57:20We're gonna get you a pressure suit.
00:57:24I'm gonna hit 48%.
00:57:25Tina, we need to move faster.
00:57:27I'm moving as fast as I can, Dad.
00:57:29No.
00:57:30No!
00:57:30How close?
00:57:31We're only at halfway.
00:57:33Come on, guys.
00:57:34Move it.
00:57:35Hurry that up.
00:57:36We need to get down to the bunker.
00:57:38Move it.
00:57:38Time's up.
00:57:39But I'm not done yet.
00:57:40That's it.
00:57:41We gotta move.
00:57:42We gotta move.
00:57:42We gotta move.
00:57:42We gotta move.
00:57:43Let's go.
00:57:45Move.
00:57:47Move.
00:57:48Move quick.
00:58:00Tina's upload just stopped.
00:58:02Capcon, this is Chaser 1.
00:58:04We're on hot.
00:58:05Copy, Chaser 1.
00:58:07Window is minus 3 to plus 90 seconds.
00:58:09Beyond that, weather wins.
00:58:10Copy that.
00:58:12Launch checklist.
00:58:13Didn't you hear me?
00:58:14I don't have the code.
00:58:15I heard you.
00:58:16We have a launch window.
00:58:18It's not up to me.
00:58:20Batteries.
00:58:21On.
00:58:22Adeonics green.
00:58:24Initial green.
00:58:26RCS primed.
00:58:28Thermal marginal.
00:58:32Could just be a clinch.
00:58:33Just keep working the link.
00:58:35No, no, no, no, no, no.
00:58:38No, no, no, no.
00:58:38No, no, no, no, no, no.
00:58:39No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
00:58:39No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
00:58:40Right here.
00:58:42The truck!
00:58:43The pad!
00:58:44You think the battery still works?
00:58:46We're about to find out!
00:58:50Yes!
00:58:52Get in!
00:58:59Come on!
00:59:02Hold on!
00:59:11Five, four, three, two, one.
00:59:15Go for liftoff.
00:59:16Copy that.
00:59:18Lighting the candle.
00:59:19Helium radon.
00:59:23The ice is damp.
00:59:25Hold her nose.
00:59:25Look at that.
00:59:31We're freezing.
00:59:33We lose what we choke.
00:59:35We're in an icing layer 6,000 thick.
00:59:37We need a thermal event on the skin to get rid of the ice.
00:59:41We gotta wash the AC chemistry.
00:59:43Now, why is the icing?
00:59:46They're gonna obey the space plane?
00:59:48All the important parts.
00:59:50Either we do that, or lose it.
00:59:54Routing methanol and chlorine to warm lines to external dump.
00:59:57We need a catalyst.
01:00:00Catalyst?
01:00:01It's the heat we're making.
01:00:07That worked.
01:00:10Chaser one.
01:00:11You're clear of low level hazard.
01:00:13Good climb.
01:00:14Watch shear at 12K.
01:00:17Climbing through.
01:00:24Guidance is nominal.
01:00:25We're in plan A loaded.
01:00:27We're above the storm.
01:00:40The fuel flow is good.
01:00:42Three clean.
01:00:43Four nominal.
01:00:44Propulsion assembly diagnostic is as well as mostly green and a little yellow.
01:00:49Assembly looks good for delivery.
01:00:51We'll keep it warm.
01:00:52It'll do its job.
01:00:54Chaser one.
01:00:55Good trajectory.
01:00:57You're going for orbital insertion.
01:01:00Go for insertion.
01:01:07Capcom patch me in.
01:01:08I don't know how long this patch will be stable.
01:01:12There's a breach at Mount Weather and the facility suffered a great amount of damage.
01:01:16You know what?
01:01:17This time, the disposition of your family is unknown.
01:01:26They should be with them.
01:01:29What am I doing?
01:01:30I need you to find them.
01:01:31General?
01:01:34We lost the signal.
01:01:36No, no, no, no.
01:01:37We can't lose the signal right now.
01:01:39General?
01:01:40Come on, come on, come on, come on.
01:01:42Come on, this can't be happening.
01:01:44I can't fail my family.
01:01:45Don, Don.
01:01:46You're not.
01:01:48You're doing everything that you can.
01:01:50I need you to focus.
01:01:52Okay?
01:01:55We're butchie nemesis.
01:02:01We're here.
01:02:06The signal's being affected by it.
01:02:10Holy shit.
01:02:15Yeah.
01:02:18Let's get to work.
01:02:22This is composition mixed regalist.
01:02:24You can align inclusions.
01:02:26Vitreous pockets.
01:02:28Spin procession increasing 3% per minute and climbing.
01:02:33Oh, she's rolling downhill in space.
01:02:35Dragging our magnetosphere with her.
01:02:39Assembly shows stress.
01:02:41Thermal gradients outside spec.
01:02:43Okay, keep it warm.
01:02:45Commencing fairing separation.
01:02:48Propulsion assembly deployment.
01:02:53Feed manifold force sledging.
01:02:56That line froze once on the pad, it's refreezing.
01:03:00What's the warm-out deploy?
01:03:03Warm-ish.
01:03:05Not or we don't like at this altitude.
01:03:09Okay.
01:03:11Here's what we'll do.
01:03:12Deploy the propulsion assembly slowly.
01:03:14One step at a time.
01:03:16Very gently, okay?
01:03:17You call the temps, I'll handle the assembly.
01:03:19Copy, I'll open the channel.
01:03:23Capcom chaser one, on station.
01:03:25Beginning assembly checks.
01:03:35Wait, pressure just dropped.
01:03:39Abort?
01:03:40If we stop now, the jolt could jam the whole process.
01:03:42But if we continue, we risk a leak in cold shock.
01:03:45Take your poison, Doc.
01:03:47Continue, then we fix it by hand.
01:03:49Copy.
01:03:50Capcom.
01:03:52Repulsion assembly is out of cradle, but there's a frozen fuel line.
01:03:56I'll need to go outside, proceed to manually service it.
01:03:59Copy.
01:04:00We have General Ream patched in again.
01:04:02I know the state of your plane, but I will not have you die ten meters from success.
01:04:07You understand me?
01:04:09I need you both back here on this side of things.
01:04:12Finish the repair and get back on board the ship ASAP.
01:04:15Understood?
01:04:16Roger that, General.
01:04:18Proceeding with EVA.
01:04:22Be careful.
01:04:27General, any word on my family?
01:04:31Visuals have them leaving in a vehicle, but their whereabouts are still unknown.
01:04:38Let's hope they can finish the upload before it's too late.
01:04:41I have the partial code here, and I'm waiting for the rest of it.
01:04:44Mini EVA suit, egressing the airlock at the beginning of the EVA.
01:04:49Copy that.
01:05:03Feed four elbows got a frost tattoo.
01:05:07Gentle heat, minimal mechanical stress.
01:05:11If you flex that elbow, it'll snap like spun glass.
01:05:15Copy.
01:05:16Localized thaw.
01:05:30Weeping.
01:05:31She's weeping fuel.
01:05:33Okay, back off.
01:05:35Now.
01:05:36That's Cascade territory.
01:05:37If it gets worse, and this thing blows, this could be a much shorter trip than planned.
01:05:42We should have ignition in.
01:05:48Command assembly hot.
01:05:50Aborting.
01:05:51Aborting.
01:05:58Captain, status.
01:06:07I'm here.
01:06:08I'm good.
01:06:09We're good.
01:06:10I'm...
01:06:11That was close.
01:06:15All right, then.
01:06:17Prep for deployment?
01:06:19Ready.
01:06:20Long assembly.
01:06:28And the propulsion assembly has made contact with Nemesis.
01:06:32Ready for burn.
01:06:33We still don't have that code updated.
01:06:35We need the last piece.
01:06:36We need to proceed now, okay?
01:06:39It can't get worse.
01:06:40Calling for burn.
01:06:42Burn parameters plugged in and ready.
01:06:45Black skinny burn.
01:06:47Three.
01:06:49Two.
01:06:50One.
01:06:57No, no, no, no, no, no.
01:06:58It's spinning faster.
01:07:01Come on.
01:07:05Talk to me.
01:07:06We made it worse.
01:07:08Increased spin is creating the global ice age now.
01:07:11Wait, but now?
01:07:12We're past the point of no return.
01:07:16In eight hours, it won't just be Arctic blast pockets.
01:07:18It'll be the whole world.
01:07:23The entire planet will die.
01:07:31Houts, talk to me.
01:07:33The entire southern hemisphere is freezing.
01:07:35We are losing lives.
01:07:38You don't think I know that?
01:07:40The propulsion assembly suffered a critical failure.
01:07:42It sent Nemesis spinning even faster.
01:07:45Electrical grids are going down worldwide.
01:07:49What's going on?
01:07:50She's lost all power, sir.
01:07:51Heat.
01:07:52Gone.
01:07:54Okay, gather everybody into the control room to conserve heat and reroute any battery power we have to comms.
01:08:01Come on!
01:08:02We have to launch another assembly.
01:08:04Oh, we only prepared the one.
01:08:07What else you got?
01:08:08I don't know.
01:08:09The planet is freezing.
01:08:10People are dying and everything we do seems to be making it worse.
01:08:12I just need a minute.
01:08:14We have mass engines.
01:08:16A few shorter than I'd like.
01:08:19We can push a little.
01:08:21Maybe enough to give Earth a little breathing room.
01:08:23Keep it surviving for a little bit longer.
01:08:26Gravity assist fake.
01:08:28You burn the spin, you make the torque.
01:08:31But if we...
01:08:37We reroute all the fuel from the reserve tanks.
01:08:41We might be able to act as a propulsion assembly ourselves.
01:08:47That's a one-way ticket, Doc.
01:08:51There's no going home.
01:08:55Humanity's fate is in our hands.
01:08:57How can we let fear stop us?
01:09:05Okay.
01:09:14All right.
01:09:14I can build a micro burn ladder to increase our thrust ratio.
01:09:18It's not as good as Tina's code, but it'll do.
01:09:21All right.
01:09:22We'll ride the edge of Nemesis's field.
01:09:24Less fuel, more leverage.
01:09:25Okay.
01:09:26Things might get Harry strapped in, Doc.
01:09:29Hey, General.
01:09:31We're initiating an emergency micro burn to attempt to replace and polish an assembly.
01:09:35We're not going down without a fight.
01:09:39Understood.
01:09:40Good.
01:09:40We'll do what we can down here.
01:09:42Godspeed.
01:09:43I'll be there, General.
01:09:54We've actually made some great time.
01:09:55Thanks for everyone being evacuated.
01:09:57Yeah.
01:09:58How much further?
01:10:00The Pentagon's just across the river.
01:10:03We'll have about ten minutes if we're looking.
01:10:05Okay.
01:10:10Goddamn it!
01:10:11What?
01:10:14I'd have to say it.
01:10:16What?
01:10:16Look.
01:10:24Dad, we're out of time.
01:10:25How are we going to get to the Pentagon now?
01:10:28All right.
01:10:29Better cross to Washington's Monument Plaza and pick up the bridge on the other side of
01:10:32the river.
01:10:33All right?
01:10:39Uh, Dad?
01:10:41Dad, it's about to break on us!
01:10:42Hold on!
01:10:52You okay?
01:10:58Come on.
01:11:02Goddamn it!
01:11:04There's no way.
01:11:06You have to start again.
01:11:10Dad?
01:11:13You need to get this to Mom.
01:11:16You can't just die for nothing.
01:11:18I know, sweetie.
01:11:19You need to.
01:11:28No way.
01:11:31All right.
01:11:32We'll pack your gear.
01:11:33All right?
01:11:34We got a shot.
01:11:35What?
01:11:36Follow me.
01:11:48You good?
01:11:50Yeah.
01:11:53Come on.
01:11:56Come on.
01:11:56Where are we going?
01:11:59To save the future.
01:12:00All right?
01:12:03Gah!
01:12:11I don't know about this, Dad.
01:12:13It looks really old.
01:12:18Where are the computers?
01:12:21Look.
01:12:22Maybe the panel.
01:12:24Come on.
01:12:26Yes!
01:12:30I'm good to upload from here.
01:12:36And then all I need to do is just finish this upload to the general and we can get it
01:12:40to Mom.
01:12:41Just a few more commands.
01:12:56It's working.
01:13:03It's working.
01:13:08The comms are back.
01:13:10The Toolik station upload is resumed.
01:13:12Okay?
01:13:13Port all the data over to my work station so I can start compiling before we do the burst transmission
01:13:16over to Dream Chaser 1.
01:13:18It won't be easy to manually compile that much data.
01:13:21I'm a Space Force General.
01:13:23I was a computer engineer long before I was an astronaut.
01:13:26Okay.
01:13:27I'm gonna transfer.
01:13:28Reserve fuel to our main tanks to power the main thrusters.
01:13:32How are the avionics coming?
01:13:33Great.
01:13:34Tina worked fast and the general has been uploading the compiled version to our nav comp system.
01:13:40Tweaking the code to maximize the burn and get the most power we can out of this ship.
01:13:44Excellent.
01:13:45Let me know when it's locked in, okay?
01:13:46Copy that.
01:13:50You know, it's...
01:13:53It's a little cliche.
01:13:55My, uh...
01:13:57Personal life and military life in this...
01:14:00Pursuit.
01:14:02I am so busy with the world that I...
01:14:06Just didn't focus on my own personal life.
01:14:16Main thrusters takes full, prepped, ready.
01:14:21Seems like you have a lovely family.
01:14:24You know, I worked really hard to get to my position at NASA.
01:14:28Long work hours.
01:14:30Dissertations.
01:14:32Sacrifice, you know.
01:14:36But nothing compares to the moment that I held Tina in my arms for the first time.
01:14:44God.
01:14:45She gave meaning to my life in a way my job never did.
01:14:53When you hold that baby in your arms for the first time...
01:14:59God, there's nothing like it.
01:15:06You would do anything to protect that little life.
01:15:10Even if it means sacrificing your own.
01:15:19Vote is compiled and uploaded with all my tweaks to get the best burn.
01:15:25Looks like we're ready to light this candle.
01:15:31I'm priming the fuel lines.
01:15:41Damn!
01:15:41What?
01:15:43I-I-I forgot.
01:15:45The valve's the CEV.
01:15:47You scramble back there and check the gauge and close the valve.
01:15:50Otherwise, the valve saves and prioritize the fuel to the lipo, not the mains.
01:15:55Yeah, you got it.
01:16:01Okay, what am I looking for?
01:16:03It's a fuel gauge, port side, literally right next to the joystick.
01:16:12Oh, found it.
01:16:14Good thing two tanks full.
01:16:16We'll need to transfer it to the mains.
01:16:27You'll need her to get home.
01:16:30Go find your baby.
01:16:32Don't let anything bad happen to her.
01:16:34No!
01:16:36Let me out! Captain!
01:16:46Oh, Tina, the door won't butch.
01:16:49Eyes asked you to shut.
01:16:52Oh, best shot.
01:16:55What we have is to...
01:16:57To huddle together and conserve our heat.
01:17:00Alright?
01:17:02Well, at least we got the code from home.
01:17:06She's gonna fix things.
01:17:08Hey.
01:17:10I'm proud of you.
01:17:11You showed real bravery today on you.
01:17:14And it's gonna be okay.
01:17:16Alright?
01:17:17Mom and I promised.
01:17:29Captain, come in! Come in!
01:17:32Thank you, Doctor.
01:17:35This would not have been possible without you up here with me.
01:17:39It's your level safe home.
01:17:40Godspeed.
01:17:43Over and out.
01:17:48Capcom.
01:17:49Chase for one Dr. Ben is on the lifeboat on her way home.
01:17:53I'm taking control of authority and committing to push.
01:17:58I understand, Captain.
01:18:00I won't say goodbye.
01:18:02I won't say goodbye.
01:18:04Fly well.
01:18:06Aye, sir.
01:18:12Alright, Nemesis.
01:18:17Let's dance.
01:18:22Come on.
01:18:24Come on.
01:18:28Come on.
01:18:42He's doing it.
01:18:44He's moving Nemesis and shifting Earth's axis back.
01:18:52God bless you, Captain.
01:18:54Through you.
01:19:01All in the outlay.
01:19:04Yes.
01:19:23Look!
01:19:51General, we made splashdown.
01:19:53I'm alive.
01:19:55Dr. Bennett, welcome home.
01:20:14It's so warm.
01:20:21General?
01:20:22He did it.
01:20:23Nemesis is outbound.
01:20:25Earth will fall.
01:20:27You made it count.
01:20:29Joe.
01:20:30Joe, Tina.
01:20:32I've got to talk to them.
01:20:34There are some emergency towers back up.
01:20:36I'll pat you through.
01:20:47Someone?
01:20:49Taya?
01:20:51Joe, Joe, Tina, please tell me you're both safe.
01:20:56We're safe.
01:20:59It's so good to hear you, boy.
01:21:02We've got you.
01:21:03Always.
01:21:04Yeah, we love you, Mom.
01:21:08I love you, too.
01:21:10I love you, too, baby girl.
01:21:16With all my heart.
01:21:22I'll see you soon, okay?
01:21:24I love you.
01:21:25See you soon.
01:21:26E
01:21:45Let's go.
01:21:46I love you.
01:21:49I love you, too.
01:21:52I love you, too.
01:21:54I love you, too.
01:21:55I love you, too.
01:21:56I don't know.
01:22:34I don't know.
01:23:00I don't know.
01:23:31I don't know.
01:24:03I don't know.
01:24:31I don't know.
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