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Ice Pocalypse
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00:00:20I am so glad we took this trip. The North Sea is absolutely gorgeous this time of year.
00:00:26It's so clear. I can see for miles. That's great. Listen, Mom, it's really busy here, so I'm gonna need...
00:00:33That's your problem. You're always working. Not always. Besides, NASA is vital in protecting everyone's future.
00:00:41It takes a lot of sacrifice. This job is really important. And so is your family.
00:00:47You should all take a trip. Relax a bit. We could all take one together.
00:00:51Mom, we already talked about this. I have work. Tina has school.
00:00:55It's always gonna be something, Talia. That daughter of yours is gonna grow up and you will have missed her
00:01:01whole childhood.
00:01:03I see her plenty and Tina is excelling in her classes.
00:01:06It's getting chilly. You would think that climate change meant things would get warmer.
00:01:13That's not how it works, Mom. Listen, just stay inside and you'll be good.
00:01:20Talia?
00:01:21Oh, my God. Mom?
00:01:26Mom?
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 meet 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.
00:01:58It'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. Just like you, always trying to figure out the next line of code.
00:02:32Did you guys speak to my mom today?
00:02:34Hmm.
00:02:35Oh, she tried earlier, wishing granddad and papa a happy anniversary, but she couldn't get through.
00:02:39Joe.
00:02:40Does it have anything to do with the mills?
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.
00:03:03I 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 gates 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 near us, dear?
00:03:29No, I can't.
00:03:30You and Tina need to get to the bunker.
00:03:32Can't you just walk from the bunker?
00:03:35I need to be here, Joe.
00:03:40Okay.
00:03:41I love you.
00:03:51You should go grab your go bags in the closet, shoes, coat, laptop.
00:03:55We're out the door in two minutes.
00:03:57Alright?
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.
00:04:19Looks like only hardened electrical sources are going to be reliable
00:04:22due to the electromagnetic field caused by Nemesis.
00:04:25Nemesis.
00:04:26That'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.
00:04:52I know.
00:04:53It's because it's a special prototype with the ectothermic regulation system.
00:04:58Your mom brought her back home from her trip to Antarctica.
00:05:00But most important, they keep us warm.
00:05:03And protect us.
00:05:06And why do I still feel cold?
00:05:08Well, because part of the system of the suits that we're wearing
00:05:12is recapturing the heat of your body to then reuse it when your organs...
00:05:16Basically, it's made for survival.
00:05:18It's not comfort.
00:05:20So 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, NASA's going to be taking the lead on this task force.
00:05:43This 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.
00:05:54Approximately an hour ago, a previously untracked NEO, Nemesis,
00:05:58about the size of Mount Everest, entered the Earth-Moon system.
00:06:01Well, don't we track those objects?
00:06:03Yes, 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 has trapped Nemesis in between them,
00:06:13causing an increase in Earth's axial tilt.
00:06:22Okay.
00:06:24Earth sits at 23 and a half degrees off-center.
00:06:27That angle is everything.
00:06:30When the North Pole points towards the sun, it's summer.
00:06:33When it points away, winter.
00:06:36It's not how close the sun is, it'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 to a degree every day.
00:06:52With that will come Arctic blasts that 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 that could plunge temperatures down to negative 400 degrees in an instant, then back.
00:07:19Well, how long till we lock into this permanent ice age?
00:07:23At current rates?
00:07:24Two years.
00:07:29Okay, um, well, need to prep the President, but I want to give him options.
00:07:35What about we send a Sentinel ICBM and 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.
00:07:47We're trading blizzards for nuclear winter.
00:07:49Plus, we'd kill hundreds of millions as well.
00:07:52If we can't destroy it, then give me some viable options.
00:07:57Remove it.
00:07:59I said viable, Doctor.
00:08:01No, this is a viable option.
00:08:02We have a constellation of communication satellites in 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 initiating microburns that push Nemesis out of orbit.
00:08:21You're gonna like it.
00:08:22Distributed risk?
00:08:23No single point of failure.
00:08:25If you can do it...
00:08:27Can you do it?
00:08:29Yes.
00:08:30I can write a code that will orchestrate the burn.
00:08:32But I will need some models that will predict Nemesis' response in near to real time.
00:08:38I can get those from the Tulick field station.
00:08:41How long?
00:08:42Initial contact, a few days.
00:08:44Once we reach maximum delta V, a few weeks. Five at most.
00:08:48Okay.
00:08:49Captain, really like the network so that she can get a hardened line to the Tulick field station down at
00:08:54sub-level X.
00:08:55That's our area where it's a hardened facility for extreme situations like this.
00:09:00Copy, sir.
00:09:01Now, I know that your husband has a recon marine, but I'd like you to coordinate with Administrator Allen here
00:09:07to get your family squared away.
00:09:09A doctor.
00:09:11You own the code.
00:09:12Give me results.
00:09:14This is gonna be one hell of a phone call.
00:09:16Yes, sir.
00:09:25It's gonna take forever.
00:09:27Dad, I'm really cold.
00:09:29I know, honey.
00:09:30I got the heat up going full blast.
00:09:38I don't know if it's a good idea to 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 a faster way to Mount Weather that's away from all of this.
00:09:54Alright, okay.
00:09:55I should've known.
00:09:59Should've known.
00:10:00Uh, turn right up here.
00:10:02Yeah.
00:10:03Uh, there's a service road that the state troopers technically haven't opened up officially yet, but I figured that it
00:10:09would save us some extra time.
00:10:11Nice job.
00:10:16Still cold, Dad.
00:10:29Doctor, this is our backup server room.
00:10:31We need to make sure all of this is online and ready.
00:10:34We have two years as per your calculations, and this is part of our fallback plan.
00:10:38There are a lot of people depending on us.
00:10:40This room is already a hardened facility.
00:10:43If the Pentagon goes dark, these fuel cells will give us a double redundancy.
00:10:48Make sure you stay up and ready.
00:10:50And warm.
00:10:52We'll do all we can to mitigate injury or worse.
00:11:00Cheyenne Mountain is standing by to link you with Tulick Field Station's weather models directly.
00:11:06Alright, to get DART up and running, we need as continuous data connection as possible.
00:11:10That might mean analog backup.
00:11:13Hello.
00:11:16You'll get redundancy if you use the old Cold War network.
00:11:19If the modern network fails or collapses, you'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.
00:11:41See if you can get Mom on the phone.
00:11:43By now I should know what this is all about.
00:11:50Nothing.
00:11:53Disconnects every time to 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, the zones are color coded.
00:12:17Write this down.
00:12:18Green is go.
00:12:20Amber is packed.
00:12:21Red is shelter.
00:12:24Bus 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.
00:12:37Any questions?
00:12:38Ma'am, request for pet sheltering or flooding every line.
00:12:41We're completely at capacity.
00:12:42Let them take the pets.
00:12:44Why?
00:12:45Because it doesn't matter.
00:12:47Might as well not freeze alone.
00:12:52Let's get to work.
00:12:54Yes sir, Mr. President.
00:12:56Administrator Allen's efforts are moving along quite nice
00:12:58and getting everybody to safety.
00:13:00Yes sir, I know, I agree.
00:13:03Well, Captain Houts and Dr. Bennett are currently reprogramming
00:13:07the communications satellite constellations as we speak.
00:13:11Yes sir.
00:13:13Understood.
00:13:15Captain Houts, I need an update.
00:13:16We're moving to the stack according to the swarm intelligence
00:13:19to the waypoint navigation system.
00:13:22Copy that.
00:13:22Triple the redundancy.
00:13:23We need this to work.
00:13:25Already on it, sir.
00:13:27This is not going to fail on my watch.
00:13:29If we anticipate the procession,
00:13:33we can pre-vise the burn vectors,
00:13:35give it a corridor to point.
00:13:37So that ensures us a better chance of success.
00:13:40Yeah, but it won't ever be a hundred percent.
00:13:47My parents were on a holiday by the North Sea.
00:13:53I was talking to my mom this morning and we lost connection.
00:13:59We have to stop this.
00:14:02No one else should lose their family.
00:14:06We will.
00:14:08I'm sure they're fine.
00:14:15Let me know if I can help.
00:14:31Let me know if I can help.
00:14:33This is strong.
00:14:42Label those bunkers by capacity.
00:14:44We want to fill the biggest ones first, not by numbers.
00:14:48Keep those families together.
00:14:54Hey.
00:14:54Hey, hold that pallet.
00:14:56I'm coming down.
00:14:59Distribution centers all across the country can follow orders,
00:15:01but this one downstairs is struggling.
00:15:04I'll be right back.
00:15:06I'll be right back.
00:15:27I'm just picking up as well.
00:15:29I can feel it in the steering wheel.
00:15:31We should move faster.
00:15:35Not a hammer.
00:15:37A thousand fingers.
00:15:40Blocking algorithms and formation controls are loaded
00:15:43and compiled.
00:15:45Good.
00:15:46I'll plug in that module and extend the code base.
00:15:49God, we're not even going to have time for a static analysis.
00:16:05All right.
00:16:07We could just go around, but this is the only way into the Blue Ridge Mountains
00:16:10among weather.
00:16:11Dad, we can't just plow through a straight trooper.
00:16:15So I say go around.
00:16:24No, no, no.
00:16:25No, no!
00:16:25Go, go, go, no!
00:16:29No!
00:16:33No!
00:16:34No!
00:16:34I'm freaking out!
00:16:38What 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 gonna do, Dad?
00:16:59We get to the bunker as 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 wants a calm schedule.
00:17:14Okay, you'll have it as soon as we harden the Pentagon lines.
00:17:17All right, we've completed the initial build and should be ready to execute.
00:17:20Should?
00:17:21Well, it goes without saying it's extremely complicated, sir.
00:17:24We've addressed all problems to the best of our abilities.
00:17:27It's a lot of code.
00:17:29Okay, well, fortune favors the bold. I say we go now.
00:17:36Wait.
00:17:37We just got back data from the VLBI.
00:17:40I'll set density profiles for all.
00:17:44The redshift is this high.
00:17:47The current spin-up.
00:17:49Spit it out, doctor.
00:17:51Original calculations showed we had two years of cold weather and anomalous Arctic winds
00:17:55before an irreversible ice age setting.
00:17:58The new data just came in.
00:18:00We don't have two years.
00:18:03We have two months before the world is frozen.
00:18:09Lieutenant Roberts, collect everybody's phone.
00:18:12No information leaves this room.
00:18:14Okay, I need you to upload that code now and get those satellites over to Nemesis ASAP.
00:18:18Sir, it's been compiled, but no bug checks, dry runs, sanity checks have even been completed.
00:18:23Well, how long would that take?
00:18:26Two to three days, at least.
00:18:27And even that's pushing it.
00:18:30Look, moving now would be reckless, sir.
00:18:32We have no room for error here.
00:18:34Captain, under these circumstances, not moving now would be the reckless choice.
00:18:38Copy that.
00:18:39Right, you, Alan, you're with me.
00:18:40Yes, sir.
00:18:41You speak five languages, right?
00:18:42I need you on the phone with the U.N.
00:18:44I have no idea if this is even going to work.
00:18:48It's going to work.
00:18:48You're a good coder.
00:18:50It's going to work.
00:18:51It has to.
00:18:53Okay, Jack in here.
00:18:55I'll coordinate with USSF, S, and Jack's open command.
00:19:00Let's get this thing moving on as quickly as possible.
00:19:03X-ray, Charlie.
00:19:06Prep station field for incoming signal parameters, along with a code packet for upload.
00:19:11Romeo Foxtrot.
00:19:18Give me video feeds from Brussels, Beijing, and Delhi.
00:19:22I want simultaneous confirmation.
00:19:24Sir, recording with global ERCs.
00:19:28Feeds populating on monitors.
00:19:31Copy.
00:19:33Satellite uplink relays locked, paired, and ready for code transmission.
00:19:38General, I need your approval.
00:19:39We have ESA, confirmation, JAXA, confirmation.
00:19:45We are ready to go.
00:19:47Copy.
00:19:48Copy.
00:19:48General initiating code upload.
00:19:51Okay.
00:19:52Clear channel.
00:19:53Clear channel.
00:19:55Commence uploading synchronous packets.
00:19:57Commencing upload.
00:19:59Upload starting.
00:20:00Okay, Albury's reporting.
00:20:03Guidance update pushed.
00:20:06Confirm burn vectors.
00:20:08Right.
00:20:09Vector's set.
00:20:10We're hands off after commit.
00:20:11The control layer adapts mid-pulse.
00:20:15Do it.
00:20:17Are you sure, General?
00:20:20Do it, Dr. Bennett.
00:20:23Mark.
00:20:26Execute.
00:20:41We have movement.
00:20:42We have...
00:20:44Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
00:20:49No, the torque amplified and accelerated the procession.
00:20:52Shut them down!
00:20:53Get them down!
00:20:54We 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, Red.
00:21:09Nemesis trajectory adjustment fail.
00:21:11Actually, we've just pushed it in.
00:21:14We've increased the axial tilt.
00:21:16We've made the magnetosphere twice as angry.
00:21:30Damn it!
00:21:31Okay, sir.
00:21:32If we'd...
00:21:32No, I need options, not opinions.
00:21:35We need to damp the spin.
00:21:38Fast.
00:21:39We can't touch Nemesis again.
00:21:41Not until we reduce the pressure differential.
00:21:43This increased movement from Nemesis will no doubt increase the acceleration of the axial tilt,
00:21:48making it colder, faster, creating more arctic blasts.
00:21:53We likely reduced our time down to a month.
00:21:58We can inject some heat into the weather system to counteract the fast-tracked cold.
00:22:04But we need a controlled stratospheric warm surge.
00:22:08Well, how are we supposed to control that?
00:22:10Detonation of a tactical nuclear device in the 10-kiloton range.
00:22:15Well, I thought explosive ordnance was off the table.
00:22:19You know, we...
00:22:19We can't deploy against Nemesis directly, but I don't think that's what Dr. Bennett is suggesting.
00:22:24I'm not.
00:22:25We would deploy it into the atmosphere and create heat to counteract the cold.
00:22:30Where?
00:22:31The North Pole.
00:22:33Right above the cap, in the right envelope.
00:22:36Minimal material lofted, pressure lifted, jet normalization...
00:22:39Wait, what?
00:22:40You're serious?
00:22:41And how much damage is that going to cause?
00:22:43Listen, I'm choosing a small fire over an endless night.
00:22:46We have to slow this down.
00:22:51Okay, I'll get a W-54 dialed into the 10-kiloton range, and I'll have it deployed ASAP.
00:23:10Come on.
00:23:12Come on.
00:23:14Dad, I'm honestly surprised it made it this far.
00:23:16I think it's dead.
00:23:31Maybe that one isn't.
00:23:34Okay.
00:23:37Wait here when I check it out.
00:23:38You think there's just going to be keys in the sun visor?
00:23:41Wouldn't that be something?
00:23:44Stay here.
00:23:45Keep walking.
00:23:47Be careful.
00:24:00Jesus.
00:24:08Come on, buddy.
00:24:10Oh, come on, buddy.
00:24:35Well, I tried.
00:24:38Oh, come on, buddy.
00:24:52Sorry, pal.
00:25:14Come on! Get in the truck!
00:25:22It smells in here, Dad. This is so gross.
00:25:27If it works, it works.
00:25:34Blackstar, this is General Green. ETA to drop.
00:25:39We are two zero zero kilometers away from the drop zone. ETA is one minute.
00:25:45Damn. Go for drop. Copy that.
00:25:49The President wants to know how solid is the science on this.
00:25:53Well, it's solid. The heat released from the warhead will counteract the cooling effects on the jet stream.
00:26:00Well, why didn't we start with this procedure?
00:26:03It's a stopgap measure, not a solution.
00:26:06Approaching drop zone, General.
00:26:10On profile. Arming sequence set. Envelope looks good. Crosswinds negligible.
00:26:20Right. Detonation 10.8 kilometers above cap. No penetration. We're heating air, not ice.
00:26:29Do it.
00:26:33A-load.
00:26:36Away.
00:26:49Come on.
00:26:53Temperature rising. Two degrees. Three degrees.
00:26:58Good work, people. Let the President know the good news.
00:27:02Oh, wait, wait. I'm seeing pressure discontinuity. That could cause a tsunami.
00:27:06Where?
00:27:07Off Anchorage in the Alaskan Gulf. There's also a high possibility for an Arctic blast.
00:27:11Send a warning out now. Get any traffic or webcams you can.
00:27:18Wait.
00:27:20What kind of tsunami?
00:27:22Meteor tsunami.
00:27:24Caused by sudden changes in air pressure, fast-moving storm fronts,
00:27:27or apparently a 10-kilo-ton nuclear-powered aerial detonation.
00:27:32A meteor tsunami.
00:27:34Exactly.
00:27:35Get me the mayor of Anchorage or 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 mid-air?
00:28:03Have the city of Anchorage evacuated immediately before 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.
00:28:19Protocol 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.
00:28:36Then your thumb drive is the most important object on the face of the Earth.
00:28:48We just spoke with Marine Commandant Peterczyk.
00:28:51He says he's gonna send the MARSOC Raiders after Tina and Joe,
00:28:53and he's gonna have your family on the thumb drive as soon as possible.
00:28:57Good.
00:28:57I thought that modeling data were dead in the water.
00:29:00Why is it that you have the data and not the government?
00:29:03The info from the Tulip field station is downloaded to a number of governmental agencies,
00:29:07but the code needs to be compiled and verified.
00:29:10I compiled the code prior to its distribution, so 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 to remove Nemesis from the Earth-Moon system.
00:29:22Without that, we can't stop this ice age.
00:29:25We push it for something bigger than a communication satellite.
00:29:29Like a propulsion assembly?
00:29:30Exactly.
00:29:32We ferry a propulsion system to Nemesis using the Dream Chaser space plane.
00:29:38Push it back to the asteroid belt.
00:29:41Not exactly easy. Oh, 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 majestic level, Clarence.
00:29:53Can you read them in?
00:29:55Majestic?
00:29:58Uh, Dr. Bennett, Administrator Allen, this is need-to-know information.
00:30:02It does not leave this room.
00:30:05Continue, sir.
00:30:07There is already a Dream Chaser being prepped at Cape Canaveral
00:30:10for a Black Ops mission.
00:30:12All we would have to do is reprogram the mission profile.
00:30:16Okay, but we'd still need to spin a launch for the Dream Chaser.
00:30:19That's the best part.
00:30:21The ISS is being decommissioned, leaving only Tiangong, the Chinese space station, in space.
00:30:27The US needs the capability to remove the threat of Tiangong's weapons platform.
00:30:31So, we've been testing a propulsion assembly to 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 any kind of help that you need, so I need you to
00:30:45go down to the Cape and prep the Dream Chaser.
00:30:48And I need you to get started on the code before you leave for the Cape.
00:30:52Wait, wait, leave. What are you talking about?
00:30:54Well, we're gonna need you there.
00:30:56We can't have any of the code be 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.
00:31:06Oh, okay, no, I don't, I don't do heights, or flying, or heights.
00:31:12You're the head of NASA.
00:31:14Yes, and there's a reason why I am in the control room and not the rocket.
00:31:18Not today.
00:31:20I need you to prep the hardware and I need you to get started on the code before you leave
00:31:24wheels 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 over the most populated cities to avoid Arctic blasts.
00:31:38That's a really good idea. I'll coordinate with the Air Force while you start getting work on the code.
00:31:44Warning. Massive pressure differential detecting.
00:31:46Oh, no, another Arctic blast bringing down our electrical system in the hardened area as well as the regular areas.
00:31:53Aren't we in a hardened area?
00:31:54We are in a hardened area, but if everything is overloaded, that affects the hardened area, and then we are
00:31:59out of luck.
00:32:00Well, what about maintenance? I mean, can't they figure it out?
00:32:02All non-essential personnel have already been evacuated. There are no maintenance people.
00:32:07Also, everything here is segmented so that if anything happens in one area, it's protected from the other.
00:32:13So we're essentially an island. It has to be us.
00:32:16What needs to be done?
00:32:18Well, all the electronics are down below in the tunnel, so we need to go down there, we need to
00:32:22look for the problem, and we need to solve it.
00:32:25I've got a ready locker with PPE and all the other equipment. Follow me.
00:32:35How are we going to get into the shelter?
00:32:41Unbelievable.
00:32:43Yeah.
00:32:55Wow.
00:32:55It's all must have ruptured. Water came down the alley. It was frozen by one of those Arctic blasts in
00:33:02mid-air.
00:33:04Dad, I can't do this.
00:33:06Hey, it's going to be okay. We just need to get past us to get inside the shelter, and we're
00:33:12home free. I need you to be brave. You're almost there.
00:33:28We wreck it, so we blow it.
00:33:32I don't know about that, Dad.
00:33:35If we don't, we have to double back two hours, and that's assuming the car wouldn't even make it. We
00:33:39have to. That's the only way.
00:33:41We blow this up and get into the shelter, all right?
00:33:46The fuses of the north, south, east, and west tunnel need to be reset and primed before we fix any
00:33:53of the shorts. Otherwise, we overload the entire system. That's why we got to work as a team. All right?
00:34:00Timing is everything. All right, stay safe. Stay in contact over the comms.
00:34:08Yes. That's your work.
00:34:10What if it flows back on us?
00:34:11What if it flows back on us?
00:34:29Junction three ice.
00:34:32No immediate threat.
00:34:44So fast!
00:34:50Behind the car! And cover your ears. Let's go!
00:35:11It worked! Come on, let's go!
00:35:23Clear of ice and operational, priming the breaker.
00:35:28Our node one is primed and ready for when we find the fault.
00:35:36All right.
00:35:38All right.
00:35:41Node four clear.
00:35:45Primy node.
00:35:51Heading back.
00:35:55Node three clear.
00:35:59It's on you, Madam Administrator.
00:36:04Are any of you getting this temperature drop?
00:36:09No, our systems are holding.
00:36:12I think they've found the control box.
00:36:18Man, it's frozen over.
00:36:30You copy?
00:36:42I found the problem.
00:36:44The wires are pretty damaged from the temperature drop.
00:36:49Copy that.
00:36:55Oh!
00:36:56Damn it!
00:36:57What happened?
00:36:59Nothing.
00:37:00I just...
00:37:02Cut my glove, I'm fine.
00:37:03Careful.
00:37:05Any contact of your skin to the metal can cause frostbite.
00:37:08I grew up in Minnesota.
00:37:10I'm aware.
00:37:11Happy.
00:37:20All right.
00:37:22Once I flip these...
00:37:24...you'll have a minute of stable juice at best.
00:37:27Reset your core...
00:37:29...or out the feed.
00:37:30That's not enough time.
00:37:34Then be faster.
00:37:43Laurel, are you okay?
00:37:47Laurel, you need to get out of there.
00:37:49It's not safe.
00:37:50I grew up on a farm.
00:37:52We did winter with a crack stove and 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.
00:38:25You hear that?
00:38:27It's like a piper.
00:38:27One!
00:38:30Damn it!
00:38:32I'm stuck.
00:38:32My foot.
00:38:35Oh, my God.
00:38:36Help!
00:38:38No, no, no, no.
00:38:39You can't help me.
00:38:40I'm not gonna leave you.
00:38:41You'll get stuck, too.
00:38:44You'll fix the problem.
00:38:45Fast.
00:38:46You save me, you, and the planet.
00:38:49Go.
00:38:50Now, Doc, go!
00:38:56Captain House is caught in an ice bloom.
00:38:59Hold on, Madam Administrator.
00:39:02Freeze is coming fast.
00:39:04Can't hold on.
00:39:09Come on!
00:39:18Come on!
00:39:38I can bring the core online, but there's only buffer for one save.
00:39:42Either you or Captain Holtz.
00:39:47You can just hold on.
00:39:58Come on, Bennett.
00:40:02Laura, I can't save you both.
00:40:05He needs to fly the dream chaser.
00:40:10The only way to save the planet...
00:40:15...is 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.
00:40:23Yes.
00:40:26There's no time.
00:40:32You save him, Dr. Bennett.
00:40:36And then you go save the world.
00:40:42I'm sorry.
00:40:53I will tell him.
00:41:12Routing core to Harding Cluster.
00:41:17Pentagon returned to Boots.
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.
00:41:41The increased rotational spin of Nemesis,
00:41:44along with the massive amounts of copper and aluminum at its course,
00:41:47creating massive currents,
00:41:49strong enough to bring down
00:41:50the last of the hardened systems across the world.
00:41:53When?
00:41:54It's happening right now.
00:41:56But due to the increased activity of Nemesis,
00:41:59disruptions will be random.
00:42:00We need to get you to the Cape right now.
00:42:02I'm nowhere near done with the code that's needed.
00:42:05Well, you'll have to finish the code at the Cape
00:42:07while Captain Howitz preps the Dream Chaser.
00:42:09Yeah, he's right.
00:42:10The sooner we get to the Cape, the better chances.
00:42:12God, I wish my daughter was here.
00:42:14She's a much better coder.
00:42:16Plus, she has the info from Tulick Field Station.
00:42:18Look, once the Raiders find your husband and daughter,
00:42:20we'll get you that code.
00:42:21But you need to be at the Cape
00:42:23and upload that code to the Dream Chaser,
00:42:25and you need to leave 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,
00:42:32but as you've explained, these Arctic blasts,
00:42:35they're isolated, contained, and random.
00:42:38Meaning the people and places on the ground will be affected,
00:42:41but going at the speed and altitude that you'll be flying,
00:42:44you won't be.
00:42:45Yeah.
00:42:46He's right.
00:42:48Also, I have an F-15E Strike Eagle out of Eielson.
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,
00:43:01and you need to be up in the air in 20 minutes.
00:43:07We can't go any further.
00:43:09There's some shelter, but there's nobody here,
00:43:11and we're stuck in a kitchen.
00:43:14I had him cold.
00:43:27I have an idea.
00:43:27Yeah.
00:43:28Does this work?
00:43:35Yes.
00:43:49Okay, Dad, this is a really awesome hack.
00:43:51This is hitting the spot right now.
00:43:55Enjoy it way less.
00:43:59I don't know how long until the lines freeze on you.
00:44:03I mean, we are only ten miles away from Mount Weather.
00:44:06We could start heading over there.
00:44:09Cal won't make it.
00:44:11Let's not worry about that right now.
00:44:21Do you think Mom's okay?
00:44:24I mean, she would be with us if she wasn't always working.
00:44:29We might not ever see her again.
00:44:32Hey, don't you ever say that.
00:44:35Mom is fine.
00:44:37Okay?
00:44:38She's the pentagon that's the safest place on the planet.
00:44:41And she's smart.
00:44:43Just like you.
00:44:50She's probably been waiting for us.
00:44:52With 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 is 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 jet.
00:45:25Great.
00:45:25Regan Tower.
00:45:27Viper 1-1 single ship F-15E.
00:45:30IFR to Cape Canaveral.
00:45:31Holding short runway.
00:45:331-9-Niner.
00:45:34Ready for departure.
00:45:36Viper 1-1.
00:45:37Regan Tower.
00:45:37Runway 1-9 cleared for takeoff.
00:45:39Fly runway heading climb and maintain 1-0-1000.
00:45:43Departure frequency 1-2-5.8.
00:45:46Squawk 4-5-2-1.
00:45:48Contact departure on hold.
00:46:03Floor line's worse than forecast.
00:46:05Sheer like teeth.
00:46:06And I suggest we keep our hands out of its mouth.
00:46:08I agree.
00:46:10The screen's flickering.
00:46:12Something'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.
00:46:22Come again?
00:46:23Rough weather ahead.
00:46:24Working on a way to anticipate better.
00:46:27Copy that.
00:46:29Look, whatever helps keep us alive.
00:46:31Command Dr. Bennett.
00:46:32EM anomalies escalating.
00:46:34Copy that, Doctor.
00:46:35Now, Canaveral says they can build you a narrow window.
00:46:38But be aware, there is reports of a massive hailstorm at the Cape.
00:46:42Coming in waves.
00:46:43Now, if you can thread the needle between the first and second wave, you'll be golden.
00:46:49Cool.
00:46:50Copy that.
00:46:53We thread the needle, we fly to the Cape.
00:46:55Fly the Dream Chaser.
00:46:56Simple.
00:46:58We need Tina's modules meshed before we light that fuse.
00:47:01I'll finish integration on the ground.
00:47:04Come on! What's wrong? Being on the ground is better!
00:47:07I'm washing arctic glass.
00:47:11Where's that going?
00:47:13Can we ride asymmetric?
00:47:14Yeah, we're gonna have to.
00:47:16Ah!
00:47:19Can't dodge them all at this speed, just the big ones.
00:47:22Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh!
00:47:24Dammit, dammit! That 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 going here. We're ejecting.
00:47:33What?
00:47:34We have to. If 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.
00:47:44Two.
00:47:45No!
00:47:46Three!
00:47:47I don't think that's a good idea!
00:48:08You want one piece?
00:48:09Yeah, I'm okay!
00:48:11Okay, good.
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 archer blast.
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 Hout's plane?
00:48:51It's dropped off the radar, sir.
00:48:54Is 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, alright.
00:49:10Hold on.
00:49:11We're almost there.
00:49:12An entrance to the underground Cape Canaveral passage is about half a mile.
00:49:17Watch out!
00:49:21Are you okay?
00:49:22Okay.
00:49:25Okay.
00:49:28Okay.
00:49:29Alright, come on.
00:49:30We won't last long in a blast.
00:49:32Even in these suits.
00:49:36Found an entrance!
00:49:39What's wrong?
00:49:40Nothing.
00:49:41Come on, I know you're hurt.
00:49:43Ice caught my shoulder a little.
00:49:46Can'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.
00:50:03I'm a doctor.
00:50:05Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
00:50:06Medical doctor, right?
00:50:11Gah!
00:50:14I'm better than that.
00:50:16I'm a mom.
00:50:17And 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.
00:50:26Yeah.
00:50:27Thanks, Doc.
00:50:28Whoa.
00:50:34We've got company.
00:50:38Please speak Gator, Doc.
00:50:41Well, that wasn't one of the four.
00:50:44Whoa, whoa, whoa!
00:50:44Hey, hey, hey!
00:50:45Eyes on me, handsome!
00:51:03Hey, Gator, you showed us who we're out of here.
00:51:10Looks like this tunnel goes all the way under the road
00:51:12and will let us out near the launch complex.
00:51:15What's there?
00:51:16We'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.
00:51:24It allows us to prep, test, and missions
00:51:27without prying the 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,
00:51:39we'll make sure we contact Mom, handsome.
00:51:42Mm-hmm.
00:51:48Dad, the heat's dying.
00:51:57Come on.
00:51:58Come on.
00:52:06We can break up some chairs in the dining area.
00:52:09And start a fire.
00:52:12I think someone's here.
00:52:15Shh.
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.
00:52:47You stand right there.
00:52:49Identify yourself.
00:52:52The Marine Corps.
00:52:54Captain Jackson.
00:52:57We're on a rescue mission with Lieutenant Bennett, USMC,
00:53:00and his daughter Tina.
00:53:01Have you seen them?
00:53:03It's us.
00:53:05We've had you to prove it.
00:53:06We'll verify.
00:53:07Get you warmed up,
00:53:08come back to Mount Weather.
00:53:09If you don't mind me asking,
00:53:11how'd you find us?
00:53:12We're Marines, ma'am.
00:53:14Let's go.
00:53:17We'll be ready for launch within the hour.
00:53:20I'll need to get on that pre-flight check ASAP.
00:53:24Captain Danvers,
00:53:24where can I finish the code on the road?
00:53:26Let's get you outfitted and loading to the flight deck.
00:53:29You, follow me to the control center.
00:53:30We can work from there.
00:53:36Sir.
00:53:38Thank you for the Marine escort.
00:53:40It helped us to get here as safe and quick as possible.
00:53:44Sent for file, Lieutenant.
00:53:46Now, Dr. Bennett is at the Cape working on that flight
00:53:48that I described earlier,
00:53:49but she needs the Tulick Field base model
00:53:51that's on her thumb drive.
00:53:53Yes, we have to flash drive.
00:53:55What does she need my help with?
00:53:57Actually, she needs Tina.
00:53:59I can give you the specifics later,
00:54:02but basically she wants to integrate
00:54:04the Tulick Field algorithm
00:54:05into the code that she's writing
00:54:07for 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
00:54:15and then reset the return patch signal.
00:54:18All right.
00:54:20General?
00:54:21I got it.
00:54:22So I'll send the rest of the code earlier,
00:54:23but once you get this,
00:54:24you're going to wrap the weather model API
00:54:26into the base kernel
00:54:27and balance the streams.
00:54:28Is that correct?
00:54:30Wow, General.
00:54:31You know your stuff.
00:54:31Programming didn't start in 2019.
00:54:35Now, we have a direct hard line
00:54:37from 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.
00:54:45So unfortunately,
00:54:45we'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.
00:54:55Why don't you just use AI?
00:54:57Wouldn't that be a lot faster?
00:54:58Well, using AI,
00:54:59they want to use LLMs or large language models,
00:55:02and all the code that we're using is proprietary military code,
00:55:06and it would just be a security nightmare
00:55:09putting 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,
00:55:19and you're going to have to be using simplex lines,
00:55:22not duplex,
00:55:22so the data's only going to go in one direction.
00:55:25You understand?
00:55:26Yes, sir.
00:55:26Good girl. Get 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
00:55:40the control packages get sent out first,
00:55:42and then I can send out the diagnosis.
00:55:45How long?
00:55:46Give or take about, like, eight or nine minutes.
00:55:52What's that?
00:55:53Dad, we have to keep the line going
00:55:55no matter what happens outside of there or in here.
00:56:01What are the 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,
00:56:12it's 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.
00:56:43Okay, wait. Tell me again.
00:56:44How would that work?
00:56:46I can't believe I'm suggesting this.
00:56:50But I go with you.
00:56:54Okay, 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. I'm not thrilled with the idea exactly,
00:57:03but 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, right?
00:57:17Yeah.
00:57:19Okay.
00:57:20We're gonna get you a pressure suit.
00:57:24I'm only at 48%.
00:57:25Tina, we need to move faster.
00:57:27We're moving as fast as I can, Dad.
00:57:29No.
00:57:30No!
00:57:31How 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.
00:57:39Time's up.
00:57:39But I'm not done yet.
00:57:41That's it.
00:57:41I'm not done.
00:57:43We gotta move.
00:57:43We gotta move.
00:57:43Let's go.
00:57:45Come on.
00:57:46Move.
00:57:48Move quick.
00:58:00Tina's upload just stopped.
00:58:02Capcom, this is Chaser One.
00:58:04We're on the hot.
00:58:06Copy.
00:58:06Chaser One.
00:58:07Window is minus three to plus 90 seconds.
00:58:09Beyond that, weather wins.
00:58:11Copy 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.
00:58:22On.
00:58:22Aeonics green.
00:58:24Mineral green.
00:58:26RCS primed.
00:58:28Thermal marginal.
00:58:32It'll just be a clinch.
00:58:33Just keep working the leg.
00:58:35No, no, no, no, no.
00:58:39Right here.
00:58:42The truck!
00:58:44You think the battery still works?
00:58:46We're about to find out!
00:58:50Yes!
00:58:52Get in!
00:59:02Hold on!
00:59:11Five, four, three, two, one.
00:59:15Go for liftoff.
00:59:17Copy that.
00:59:18Lighting the candle.
00:59:20Helium.
00:59:21Radon.
00:59:23The ice is damp.
00:59:25Hold her nose.
00:59:26Look at that.
00:59:31It's freezing.
00:59:33We lose it, we choke.
00:59:35Run 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 got washed the AC chemistry.
00:59:44Advise the icing?
00:59:45They're gonna bay the space plane?
00:59:48All the important parts.
00:59:50Either we do that,
00:59:51or lose it.
00:59:54Routing methanol and chlorine one-lines to external dump.
00:59:58We need a catalyst.
01:00:00Catalyst?
01:00:01It's the heat we're making.
01:00:07That worked.
01:00:10Chaser one.
01:00:12You'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.
01:00:26We're in plan A loaded.
01:00:28We're above the storm.
01:00:41Fuel 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.
01:00:56Good trajectory.
01:00:57You're going for orbital insertion.
01:01:01Go 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?
01:01:18This 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.
01:01:32General?
01:01:34Uh, we 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.
01:01:44No, I can't fail my family.
01:01:45Don, Don.
01:01:46You're not.
01:01:48You're doing everything that you can.
01:01:51I need you to focus.
01:01:53Okay?
01:01:55We're a butcher nemesis.
01:02:01We're here.
01:02:06The signal's being affected by it.
01:02:11Holy shit.
01:02:15Yeah.
01:02:18Let's get to work.
01:02:22Stick of composition mixed riddles.
01:02:24Nuclear inclusions.
01:02:26Vitreous pockets.
01:02:28Spin procession increasing 3% per minute and climbing.
01:02:33Oh, she's rolling downhill in space.
01:02:36Dragging our magnetosphere with her.
01:02:40Assembly shows stress.
01:02:41Thermal gradients outside spec.
01:02:43Okay, keep it warm.
01:02:46Commencing 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.
01:03:01What's the warm-out deploy?
01:03:03Warm-ish.
01:03:06Not a little like at this altitude.
01:03:09Okay.
01:03:12Here's what we'll do.
01:03:13We deploy the propulsion assembly slowly.
01:03:15One step at a time.
01:03:16Very gently, okay?
01:03:17You call the temps, I'll handle the assembly.
01:03:20Copy, I'll open the channel.
01:03:23Capcom Chaser 1 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.
01:03:48Continue, then we fix it by hand.
01:03:49Copy.
01:03:51Capcom, the propulsion assembly is out of cradle,
01:03:54but there's a frozen fuel line.
01:03:56I'll need to go outside.
01:03:57Proceed to manually service it.
01:04:00Copy.
01:04:00We have General Green patched in again.
01:04:02I know the state of your plane,
01:04:04but I will not have you die 10 meters from success.
01:04:07Do you 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.
01:04:16Understood?
01:04:16Roger that, General.
01:04:18We're sitting with EVA.
01:04:23Be careful.
01:04:27General, any word on my family?
01:04:31Visuals have them leaving in a vehicle, but their whereabouts are still unknown.
01:04:39Let'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.
01:04:44I'm in an EVA suit, egressing the airlock at the beginning of the EVA.
01:04:49Copy that.
01:05:04Feed 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. Localized thaw.
01:05:30Weeping. She's weeping fuel.
01:05:34Okay, back off. Now. That's Cascade territory.
01:05:37If the thing 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. Aborting. Aborting.
01:05:59Captain, status.
01:06:07I'm here. I'm good. We're good. I'm... That was close.
01:06:15All right, then.
01:06:17Prep for deployment?
01:06:18Ready.
01:06:20Long assembly.
01:06:28And the propulsion assembly has made contact with Nemesis. Ready for burn.
01:06:33We still don't have that code updated. We need the last piece.
01:06:36We need to proceed now. Okay? It can't get worse.
01:06:40Calling for burn.
01:06:42Burn parameters plugged in and ready.
01:06:45Exciting burn.
01:06:48Three, two, one.
01:06:57No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. It'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 globalized age now.
01:07:10Wait, even now?
01:07:13We'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.
01:07:36We 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 speeding even faster.
01:07:45Electrical grids are going down worldwide.
01:07:49What's going on?
01:07:50We just lost all power, sir.
01:07:51Heat.
01:07:52Gone.
01:07:54Okay, gather everybody into the control room to conserve heat
01:07:57and reroute any battery power we have to comms.
01:08:01Come on!
01:08:02We have to launch another assembly.
01:08:04We only prepared the one.
01:08:07What else you got?
01:08:08I don't know. The 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.
01:08:15We 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.
01:08:26Property assist fake.
01:08:29We burn the spin and 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...
01:08:48One-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?
01:09:02Okay.
01:09:08All 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 that it'll do.
01:09:21All right.
01:09:22We'll ride the edge of Nemesis's field.
01:09:24Less fuel, more leverage.
01:09:26Things might get Harry's to trap you, Doc.
01:09:29Hey, General.
01:09:31We're initiating an emergency micro burns to attempt to replace and polish an assembly.
01:09:35We're not going down without a fight.
01:09:39Understood.
01:09:40We'll do what we can down here.
01:09:42Godspeed.
01:09:44Copy that, General.
01:09:54We've actually made some great time. Thanks for everyone being evacuated.
01:09:57Yeah.
01:09:59How much further?
01:10:00Depends, it's just across the river.
01:10:03Another ten minutes if we're looking.
01:10:06Okay.
01:10:07Whoa!
01:10:11Goddammit!
01:10:12What?
01:10:14I'd have to say it.
01:10:16What?
01:10:17Look.
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 fridge on the other side of the river.
01:10:33All right?
01:10:39Uh, Dad?
01:10:40Dad?
01:10:41Dad, it's about to break on us!
01:10:43Come on!
01:10:50Hey.
01:10:52Hey.
01:10:53You okay?
01:10:55All right.
01:10:58Come on.
01:11:03Goddammit.
01:11:04There's no way.
01:11:06There'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.
01:11:20You need to.
01:11:28No way.
01:11:31All right.
01:11:32Pack your gear.
01:11:34All right?
01:11:34We got a shot.
01:11:36What?
01:11:36Follow me.
01:11:39All right.
01:11:49You good?
01:11:50Yeah.
01:11:53Come on.
01:11:56Where are we going?
01:11:59To save the future.
01:12:00All right?
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 get it to Mom.
01:12:41Just a few more commands.
01:12:57It's working.
01:13:09Comms are back.
01:13:11The 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 comments?
01:13:34Great.
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 cliché.
01:13:55My, uh, personal life and military life in this pursuit.
01:14:02I am so busy with the world that I just didn't focus on my own personal life.
01:14:17Main 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, dissertations, sacrifice, you know.
01:14:36But nothing compares to the moment that I held Tina in my arms for the first time.
01:14:44God, she 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...
01:15:00God, 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 valves of the CEV.
01:15:48Can you scramble back there and check the gauge and close the valve?
01:15:50Otherwise, the valve saves and prioritizes 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.
01:16:05Port side, literally right next to the joystick.
01:16:12I 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 it 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!
01:16:37Captain!
01:16:46Oh, Tina, the door won't budge.
01:16:49Eyes asked you to shut.
01:16:52Oh!
01:16:54Our best shot.
01:16:55What happened?
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.
01:17:09Hey.
01:17:10I'm proud of you.
01:17:12You showed real bravery today, honey.
01:17:14And it's gonna be okay.
01:17:16Alright?
01:17:17Mom and I promised.
01:17:29Captain!
01:17:30Come 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 heavenly safe home.
01:17:40Godspeed.
01:17:43Over and out.
01:17:48Capcom.
01:17:50Chase for one Dr. Benton is on the lifeboat on her way home.
01:17:53I'm taking control authority and committing to push.
01:17:59I understand, Captain.
01:18:01I won't say goodbye.
01:18:04Fly well.
01:18:06Aye, sir.
01:18:13Alright, Nemesis.
01:18:17Let's dance.
01:18:23Come on.
01:18:42He's doing it.
01:18:44He's moving Nemesis and shifting Earth's axis back.
01:18:53God bless you, Captain.
01:18:56God bless you, Captain.
01:19:03God bless you.
01:19:11You and我想 to myself that's the place of this.
01:19:15Oh, okay.
01:19:15Oh, thank God.
01:19:20David, if we get there anymore, what?
01:19:51General, we made splashdown.
01:19:54I'm alive.
01:19:55Dr. Bennett.
01:19:58Welcome home.
01:20:13It's so warm.
01:20:21General?
01:20:22He did it.
01:20:24Nemesis is outbound.
01:20:25Earth will fall.
01:20:27You made it count.
01:20:29Oh, Joe.
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.
01:20:37You're getting creative.
01:20:37I'm sorry, oh.
01:20:47Someone.
01:20:49Taya?
01:20:51Joe?
01:20:52Tina?
01:20:54Please tell me you're both safe.
01:20:56we're safe
01:20:59it's so good to hear your voice
01:21:02you've got you
01:21:04always
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
01:21:23I love you
01:21:25I'll see you soon
01:21:45let's go
01:22:16I'll see you soon
01:22:45I'll see you soon
01:23:14I'll see you soon
01:23:45I'll see you soon
01:24:14I'll see you soon
01:24:44I'll see you soon
01:24:45I'll see you soon
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