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Dark Storm (2006) is a sci-fi disaster TV movie where a disgraced scientist, Daniel Gray, survives an accident with a weaponized "Eruptor" device that harnesses dark matter
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00:30Tower 1, Safety Diagnostic complete. Tower 2, Safety Diagnostic commencing.
00:39Dr. McKay, I didn't know you were going to be here today.
00:43How's the collection going?
00:45We set a new record yesterday. We held a stable particle for 12.8 seconds.
00:50That's not long enough for an extraction.
00:53I know, we all know, but it's still an achievement based on our timeline.
00:5725 seconds for an extraction. 25 seconds, no less.
01:00It's possible the dark matter could ionize our containment field if we hold it too long.
01:04I designed that field for an extraction, and an extraction is what we're going to get.
01:09The test will go off tomorrow as planned.
01:12I'll expect the results in my office in Washington.
01:29Let's commence extraction sequence.
01:32Seek the system's online. We're good to go.
01:34Extraction sequence commencing.
01:48Containment towers activated.
01:5110 seconds.
01:5615 seconds.
01:58This could be our lucky day.
02:0620 seconds.
02:07Come on, then. Hold.
02:1025 seconds.
02:12That's it.
02:13Power level at 100%.
02:14We'll go for extraction.
02:2245 seconds and still holding.
02:25It's working.
02:27It's working.
02:27It's working.
02:42What the hell is that?
02:49Shut it down.
02:51Shut it down!
02:57This hammer seal is blasting!
02:59Evacuate the sight!
03:01Evacuate the sight!
03:02No!
03:40THE END
04:09THE END
04:39THE END
05:02THE END
05:03THE END
05:03THE END
05:25CONTainment scan complete.
05:33hey you want to hear my new joke second because if i drop this it won't be very funny
05:47you were saying can't forget it no i'm all ears yeah the moment's passed wouldn't be funny now
05:53no go on andy i want to hear what struck you so funny that i might have just
05:57ionized the both of us it wouldn't be funny now
06:03fine fine this guy walks into a bar right he's got a white poodle under one arm he's got some
06:10dark
06:10matter on the other and then the bartender says to you dr gray go ahead our satellite is in position
06:16we're good to go great let's reel in the collector cable and prep for deflection i'm on it we're on
06:23our way right so we're going to one arm dark matter into the other bartender says get it
06:32andy come on white poodle dark matter bartender
06:39so
06:52so
07:15sam what's going on i don't know
07:17our satellite path in orbit just had a small rotational shift maybe there was an impact from
07:22orbital debris trajectory looks fine hold on
07:27andy why is containment pressure at 99.6
07:30can't be gotta be a glitch i picked your own data glitch is the right day for a glitch power's
07:36at 99.4
07:38percent and dropping i don't see how this could be caused by debris i think the damage would be far
07:43more extensive let's check the radar see if any orbital debris got past our sensors i'm one step ahead
07:48of you is there a problem here we got a glitch in the system eight years of ivy league schooling
07:55the best
07:55you can tell me is we got a glitch we have a level two small dip and containment pressure how
08:01slight
08:01uh less than one percent backup systems haven't kicked in yet general killian is going to be here in
08:06less than 20 minutes killing or not this thing goes below 90 and we can't go what do you think
08:13delay
08:17daniel there is no delay if we so much as belch they shut down our demonstration then killian
08:22shuts down our funding and that means six years of hard work goes down the drain not to mention our
08:27careers so i suggest you fix your glitch
08:58the general's arriving early the general always does keep us operational daniel
09:05we've all worked too hard to screw the pooch now
09:09daniel power stabilized at 99 percent i still don't like it all right listen up gang here's what we're
09:14going to do we're going to reboot the security processor and run a full diagnostic sure it's not
09:20like we got some big demonstration to give today
09:33general killian it's good to see you sir you know what i'm in the mood for today mccray
09:38i'm in the mood to be dazzled or wowed excuse me general no excuses my black budget's being squeezed
09:46tighter than a mouse in an anthill president said to me if it doesn't dazzle you or wow you cut
09:53it
10:03you care to take a seat general i'll stand
10:11tell me we're good to go how's that diagnostic coming almost there you know sever we really
10:19ought to just wait the power stable up there and everything's fine down here then we're good to go
10:24we can't just bypass the safety systems turn off that damn warning
10:41let's put on a demonstration
10:47dark matter general indestructible subatomic particles that make up the mass of more than 90
10:52of the universe yet in order to be collected it has to exist in what we call a free state
10:57six years ago the himley experiment taught us many things particularly that dark matter should only be
11:03collected in space today we're conducting a test with the eruptor the world's first dark matter
11:10amplification system the target claw valley nuclear facility get that eyesore off my superfund cleanup
11:17list and your eruptor will pay for itself my pleasure sir daniel will you do the honors all right
11:57the odyssey 4 satellite locks on target by adjusting the dark matter deflector
12:02at the same time the eruptor amplification system has locked onto our satellite
12:13target acquired commence firing sequence
12:22firing sequence initialized
12:27countdown commencing four three two
12:33firing systems disengaged
12:40is there a problem
12:41no sir we're just uh the bypass is locking the transmission system
12:45it's not accepting the override do it manually
12:58i'll see what i can do keep us at full power
13:30ready
13:32Let's go.
14:10the target absorbs the concentrated dark matter and dissolves in seconds
14:15formless with no residue the dark matter returns to the subatomic makeup of our universe
14:21target eliminated trace radiation 0.4 percent
14:26it worked
14:32son of a gun
15:03son of a gun
15:04you
15:04you
15:09Oh, my God.
15:44Excellent work.
15:46Of course, we'll have a team of outside analysts verify the results, but for now, let's just say congratulations.
15:52We were all hoping you'd say wow.
15:55Well, I'm impressed.
15:56That's a heck of a down payment on wow.
16:01You've, uh, demonstrated some non-standard military applications.
16:06What else do you have up your sleeve?
16:08Patience, General.
16:10Now that dark matter is controllable, I assure you the possibilities are beyond anything we've ever seen.
16:16Good luck.
16:30What did you have to do down there?
16:32Kick the tires?
16:33Something like that, yeah.
16:35Thanks, Daniel.
16:36I owe you.
16:39Are you all right?
16:41We really should figure out why containment's at 99%.
16:44That's 99% and holding.
16:47Let's deal with it later.
16:49It's excellent work today, people.
16:51We're on our way to making history.
16:57So, uh, how'd you fix it?
17:03I don't know.
17:04Uh, when I got down there, the core had ejected itself.
17:07The insertion tube must have malfunctioned.
17:11Why?
17:13I know, it's weird.
17:16You okay?
17:18When I tried to reinsert the core, it shocked me.
17:23It knocked me right off my feet.
17:24A shock?
17:26Well, I'll go take a look at it right away.
17:29Yeah.
17:33Hey, you want to play some hoops this weekend?
17:35I'll call you.
17:57I'll call you.
18:36I'll call you.
19:14Hey, sleepyhead.
19:16Hey, I must have passed out.
19:19Another hard day at the office?
19:20Oh, wait, don't tell me.
19:22Same old, same old, right?
19:26Same old dog and pony, yeah.
19:30How about you?
19:31Two car accidents, a shooting, the usual.
19:34Did you get my note about dinner?
19:36Oh, yeah.
19:38Pizza.
19:40Oh, the joys of being married to a genius.
19:43Sometimes they just don't have enough space in their brains
19:45to remember the small things.
19:47Yeah, I know.
19:48But I love you.
19:52I love you, too.
19:54Now, order some pizza.
20:10You always ask women to meet you in empty parking lots, Dr. McCray?
20:13It's an old habit.
20:14But we could always reschedule for the White House lawn.
20:18What's the status?
20:19You can tell your employers that I'll be contacting them shortly.
20:23In the meantime, take this.
20:27Account numbers.
20:30Planning on taking a long vacation?
20:32No.
20:33My work has only just begun.
20:36Hmm.
21:03Sentry 55 Stanford Center.
21:05Welcome to the neighborhood.
21:06Sentry 55 Stanford Center.
21:07Stanford, Century 5-5, nice to be here.
21:10We're pulling a late one.
21:10Century 5-5, Stanford Center, affirmative.
21:13Maintain flight level 3-7-0, come left 2-8-0,
21:17maintain point 7-8 for traffic.
21:195-5, maintaining 3-7-0, left 2-8-0.
21:25Have a great weekend.
21:33Stanford Center, Century 5-5,
21:36we are experiencing a minor electrical malfunction,
21:39possibly a lightning strike.
21:40Century 5-5, Stanford Center,
21:42we have no storms reported in the center.
21:49Stanford Center, I just lost out my instruments.
21:51Either we've had a lightning strike
21:52or we just got you by a serious EM burst.
21:54Century 5-5, Stanford Center,
21:56we have a low-level S-storm yield for hitting the limit.
22:01Stanford, I'm losing you, come in.
22:03Stanford.
22:08And we have a serious problem.
22:22Mayday!
22:23Mayday!
22:25Mayday!
22:26No!
23:00Damn it!
23:39You're up early.
23:42Do you need some help here?
23:50Uh, Dandy, do you want to take it?
23:54Yeah.
23:54Uh, go ahead.
23:59Hey, uh, sorry to interrupt your weekend.
24:02Killian just called an emergency meeting.
24:04It's about the Odyssey satellite.
24:06I'm on my way.
24:08What's going on?
24:10I have to go to work.
24:11What else is new?
24:13I'll see you.
24:34And in Seattle, things are slowly returning to normal today after a freak electrical storm
24:40caused power outages in several neighborhoods.
24:42The storm arrived with high winds, downed trees, and causing extensive damage at the local
24:48high school.
24:48In other news today, overnight unusual temperatures drop below freezing, bursting several city
24:55water pipes.
25:14Gentlemen.
25:19Early this morning, we lost a surveillance plane over the Pacific.
25:22What do you mean, lost?
25:24At 0600, Mission Control received a distress call from the pilot.
25:27He reported an unexplained phenomenon, and then the surveillance plane vanished.
25:35We've sent out a search team, but so far they haven't found a thing.
25:38Sir, I know what you're thinking, but it's impossible.
25:42Dr. McRae, our planes don't just disappear.
25:48The Odyssey 4 satellite is directly above the area in question.
25:53If you'll give us a few minutes, sir, I'm sure we'll come up with some solid answers.
25:57Sammy, give me a visual on Odyssey.
25:59Already on it.
26:00We have a satellite in the neighborhood, so we should have a feed in a minute.
26:05Give me your status, Andy.
26:09We have a problem.
26:10Odyssey has a major core breach.
26:12Containment is at 76%.
26:16Are you telling me that my $600 million satellite is broken?
26:19We have a feed coming through right now.
26:32Wow.
26:36Oh my God.
26:37What the hell's going on up there?
26:44I've never seen that much dark matter in one place.
26:47That cloud is way too big to be caused by a core breach.
26:51Sammy, run a gamma filter and then turn up the background.
26:54Got it.
27:01See how all those little pools of dark matter are starting to gravitate towards our cloud?
27:07If you get a big enough cloud of unshielded dark matter altogether, it starts to act like a magnet.
27:14I'm telling you, sir, that cloud's going to get bigger.
27:20What does this have to do with my missing plane?
27:22Nothing.
27:22The cloud isn't dangerous.
27:25Only a ruptor can concentrate a charged dark matter.
27:28Theoretically, we haven't had enough time to analyze the data.
27:31The truth is, if the cloud becomes big enough, it could interact with the Earth's electromagnetic field.
27:37Dr. Gray, you are venturing into total conjecture here.
27:42Am I, Doctor?
27:44Three years ago, General, we ran some simulations to see what might happen if there was a complete and total
27:50satellite breach.
27:52If you look at the screen here, you'll see the shield around the planet.
27:56That's a geomagnetic field.
27:58You see how the cloud is being absorbed?
28:01And then look here.
28:02That's spike, General.
28:05We call these spikes dark matter storms.
28:08They're very brief but extremely powerful.
28:10Sir, I believe it's what's responsible for your missing plane.
28:12But this has never happened before, so in my estimation, it's an unknown.
28:17You're wrong, Doctor, and I believe it's highly probable.
28:20General, we understand the severity of the situation.
28:23I don't think you do understand, Dr. McRae.
28:25I'm not interested in half-baked cloud theories or electromagnetic fields.
28:29I'm interested in facts.
28:32We have lost one plane and one entire flight crew.
28:36We have one broken satellite directly above their last location with the power to wipe them off the map.
28:43Odyssey 4 is the only answer to this mess.
28:45Sir, I don't have to remind you we have some of the brightest minds in science in this room.
28:49The United States government is officially closing down this project.
28:53I want this travesty to disappear.
28:57What about Odyssey?
28:58Consider your satellite retired.
29:00Destroy it now.
29:02You can't do this.
29:04Pray that's the only thing I retire today.
29:15You heard the order.
29:18Type in the self-destruct sequence.
29:20You can't just blow up Odyssey 7.
29:22It'll release more dark matter and make this whole thing even worse.
29:25It's not your call.
29:26You can't do this.
29:31Think it through.
29:55It's over.
30:04This is not over.
30:06If that cloud continues to be charged by the Earth's electromagnetic field...
30:10Then the Earth is acting like a giant eruptor.
30:15Look, even if we could prove this incredibly scary theory of ours, how do we stop it?
30:19We can't destroy dark matter.
30:22But what if we could scatter?
30:23I'm not following you.
30:25The satellite was just destroyed.
30:27We don't need a satellite.
30:28We're not trying to send a beam back to the Earth.
30:31Andy, tell me what you think of this.
30:33What if we were to positively charge the core of the eruptor, then fire that beam right through the center
30:38of this thing?
30:39That might scatter the negatively charged cloud.
30:44We're gonna have to create a completely new threat test.
30:46We gotta do it quickly.
30:56How are we gonna do all this with the project being shut down?
30:59Just have to show one simulation to General Killian.
31:02Hopefully that'll be enough to show him that this place needs to remain operational.
31:10You okay, Doc?
31:11Just a little tired, that's all.
31:17Gentlemen, we have orders to lock down this facility.
31:20You'll both have to leave.
31:22We will as soon as we're done with our work here.
31:24I'm sorry, sir, this is effective immediately.
31:28Sir, all government property must remain on the premises.
31:32It's very important that we leave here with this data.
31:35We're surveying contractors, right?
31:36Sir, you can't leave with that.
31:39Sir, put down the folder now.
31:47This is ridiculous.
31:59Okay, that was not a fluke.
32:01I don't know how, but you definitely did that.
32:04What's going on?
32:05I'll explain later.
32:07Where are we going?
32:08We have to go back to my home office.
32:10I have some backup files there so we can run some simulations.
32:13So we need our lady's dad to do any kind of situation.
32:16Andy, please, we gotta go.
32:18Andy, please.
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33:10We need to step up the timetable.
33:12I want it done tonight.
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