It will be the greatest
expl*sive force
in the history of mankind.
Looking good, Freddy.
How you feeling?
Terrible.
The suspension coils
need to be reduced to 2.3%.
Reduce coils 2.3.
How's that?
Yes, better,
and thank you, Captain.
Thank you for what?
For always listening to me
and taking me seriously.
Sometimes I feel
that everyone has grown tired
of my constant complaints.
They listen to me
because I outrank them.
Thank you for having me
programmed to analyze.
I recognize
my expl*sive potential,
and I am pleased that you're commanding
our mission and for your attention.
Goodbye, Captain.
We will rendezvous in 38 hours,
13 minutes, 52 seconds.
Please mark.
Easy does it.
Have a safe flight, Freddy.
Take good care of yourself.
That's what I do best.
Chicago, handoff complete.
As soon as you get him
locked in the cargo bay,
you're clear for departure.
Treat him gentle, fellas.
United Command Starship
U.S.S. Helios has arrived.
It will shortly begin
its journey to the sun.
Moving into position.
Here it is straight...
I don't give a Martian's
a*s about anything
except the performance of my ship.
We're traveling
148,800,000 kilometers
on a God-damned modified space
buggy that's still untested.
I've been assigned to this ship
since command ordered her
into emergency service.
Helios will perform as programmed.
That's terrific.
The project officer gives me
her complete assurance.
I'm a biogene.
I know the Helios like my own heartbeat.
We're all specialists.
If we weren't,
we wouldn't be here.
At the odds we're facing,
this ship must give us 100%
if we're to have
just a chance to succeed,
a chance to give old mother
earth another 10,000 years.
All right, Alex, get on with it.
Yes, sir.
Lieutenant Meeks.
It's Bobby.
What?
Well, darling,
my friends call me Bobby.
For Christ's sake, Meeks...
He's just stroking.
Engines are fired up
and ready to go.
Sir, if I may?
Accelerometers indicate
momentum converters
are operating at peak
dynamic saturation.
McBride.
The big bang left New Trinity
aboard cargo ship Chicago.
Big bang?
The antimatter b*mb.
Our rendezvous time
with the Chicago
is now at 33 hours, 9 minutes.
Both navigational systems
are locked.
Skipper, operations
are in standby mode.
Mission launch will begin at 0600.
All right.
Navigational coordinates are filed
and stand approved by command.
One way in.
One way out.
Mr. Borg.
Yes, Dr. Minami.
I helped design the ra probe,
and I know its limitations.
After the expl*sive
is installed in the ra
and the Helios is in
position to launch it,
the ra will need a pilot
to guide it to the target area,
and I am the most qualified.
Dr. Minami, I don't have the
authority to make that decision.
Hell, I'm just
watching the store here.
What you're asking is up to
the commander of the mission.
Yes, sir. I will speak
to Captain Kelso.
The target area is Region 17.
Minami,
that's... 15 million
frigging degrees.
Repent thy sins!
Find your salvation!
Armageddon is upon us!
Armageddon is upon us!
Repent!
Repent thy sins!
Find your salvation!
Claire, face the reality.
I'm not going to share your guilt.
You may be an authority on
meteorology, but you're brain-dead
when it comes to handling
a man like Teague.
You're walking on the backs of every
suffering human being on this planet.
That's a compliment, isn't it?
At least I'm moving forward,
aren't I?
I'm warning you,
Dr. Haas...
Don't shake the God damn tree.
Tell your Mr. Teague
the tree's already dead.
In Skytown, the Helios
approaches countdown.
If the chaos
in the world continues,
IXL will have will have
an economic headlock
on the food and fuel resources
of every nation on earth.
You talk as if we had
weeks or months.
If this Starfire theory occurs,
what the hell does it matter?
Teague is gambling
that Starfire will never happen.
By the time the sun's
destructive force recedes
and life continues as before,
this board of directors will control
the most powerful financial base
the world's ever seen.
While everyone
is worried about dying,
IXL makes a k*lling.
Let's go to Rhonda Hatson
live at Skytown
where the Helios
awaits final countdown.
How can you smoke in this heat?
In only a few minutes,
16 courageous men and women
will journey to the sun,
and the prayers of all of us...
Sit down, please.
I'm not the emperor, but, God
damn, I'm hoping someday to be.
Dr. Haas, what are
the prognosises?
Is that a word, "prognosises"?
Please run the disc.
A consortium of scientists headed
by Dr. Griffin and Dr. Paije
have determined that
Starfire is certain.
A mega-flare expl*si*n will
vaporize the earth's atmosphere
and destroy all life.
I told them they were mistaken.
The fact is...
They are not mistaken.
I discovered that my staff and I
have miscalculated.
The Starfire theory is correct.
It is imperative that we
support the Helios expedition.
It is possible
that this antimatter device...
A b*mb...
Could divert the mega flare
away from earth and into space.
A large solar flare
will take place
within 48 hours.
Dr. Haas, are you
absolutely convinced
that this catastrophe will happen?
There seems to be no question.
Doesn't it appear the
sunspot group is merging?
Looking at the Fraunhofer lines...
Is that your expert conclusion?
I don't call myself
an expert, but...
That's right, Dr. Beeson,
you're not an expert.
Dr. Beeson disagrees
with my calculations,
she along with a diminishing
minority of scientists.
They are wrong, and I am right.
And what if you're
wrong, Dr. Haas?
Well, IXL invests in the future,
an optimistic future, and I refuse
to believe that a mega flare
or even God himself, for that
matter, is going to end it.
That's not how I see it.
I see it in terms
of the status quo.
Yes, sir. I believe the board
sees it exactly that way.
Thank you, gentlemen,
Dr. Haas.
Sorry I have to run.
I'm on a tight schedule.
Call me if there are
any new developments.
We must abort this ra expedition.
Mr. Teague...
The expedition
will be taken care of.
Jesus!
They're charting over
200-knot winds down there.
Damn it.
There's so much
electromagnetic interference,
communications are
almost impossible.
What about the optical receivers?
They're acceptable, but I'm
having a hell of a time decoding.
Shuttle's in from New Trinity.
Is Kelso aboard?
Yeah, yeah.
Is he on the money?
He can cut it as commander.
We used to have a few
drinks, few laughs.
We used to be friends.
Friends?
We started
in the service together.
We flew some missions.
Then his wife died.
Things changed.
Now he's a top dog.
Hell, who knows
why anything changes?
Let's put it this way...
That cutting edge between them
was competition.
It just took off
in the wrong direction.
Come on, you know,
where I come from, you buddy up
and give your new friends
a great big ol' hug.
How's that?
Good.
Good? How about if
I squeeze tighter?
Well, I suppose you'll
all be wanting friendship.
Bobby, I think the lady's got the idea.
Yeah.
Sorry.
Alex, out there,
our only security blanket is each other.
We all have needs.
I just want you to know
that we will care about you.
Captain Kelso?
Hi. I'm
Alex Noffe.
Captain Kelso...
Steve Kelso. Hi.
I just thought I should
introduce myself
since we're going
to be working together.
Yes.
Alex Noffe?
Right.
Sure. Alex.
Command sent me your
emergency report.
You handled it very well.
Thank you. Every system
has been monitored
and personally verified.
My procedure will
include all personnel
both physically
and psychologically.
Psychologically?
Well, a psychological study
of ship personnel under stress
will prove very beneficial.
Lady, that's nonsense.
Did I say something inappropriate?
No. Just not
too realistic.
I was being very realistic.
Maybe it's a poor choice of words.
Yes, it was.
Captain Borg has called a
navigational sequence at 1600 hours.
Will there be any more questions?
No.
No?
Nice having you aboard, Commander.
Captain Kelso reporting
as ordered, sir.
Knock it off.
Hey, you really look lousy.
Are you working out?
I've been on New Trinity
the past three months
working with enough antimatter
to destroy the earth and the moon.
I didn't want you there.
Dad, why do you...
You volunteered just
like you volunteered
for that crazy suicide mission.
It's not a suicide mission.
You're trying so hard
to convince everyone
you're not protected
by your old man.
We have to go through
this all over again?
What am I going to tell your son?
I tried getting him here.
I couldn't get the call through.
He ran away from that
stupid military academy
I told you not to send him to.
Wait a minute.
Is he O.K.?
Have you heard from him?
I just told you he's AWOL.
Don't blame the boy.
I probably would have
done the same thing.
I just had it in my head
to take a dropship down
and find him myself.
You can't do that.
I can do anything I want to.
I'm the admiral.
I've got to get over to the Solab.
Hold it, damn it!
You tell me you love me
before you leave this room.
I love you.
I love you, too.
Tango, tango!
This is Beddington Control.
We have neg...
Great.
The Starfire scenario
is on threshold.
I don't have to tell you
what those at home are facing.
If this monster sun flare
reaches the Mercury orbit,
the earth's surface
would become glasslike.
Estimated deaths... 50%,
and if this monster flare
reaches the Venus orbit,
the earth's surface
would become magma.
Estimated deaths... 90%,
90% of human life...
And if this megalo flare
reaches the earth...
Complete destruction.
Alex.
These magnetic tubes
are like elastic bands.
Stretched beyond the threshold,
they snap... causing a solar flare.
This tube, as you can see,
is giant and wound much more
tightly than any before.
And if it snaps...
This is the region we need to
penetrate, region 17.
Here we will prematurely trigger the
flare on the far side of the sun.
The Helios and the Ra are both
protected from the sun's heat
by electromagnetic barriers
using the superconductive coils.
It's going to be damn hot.
We won't burn up, though.
The barriers will work.
As you were.
Now, we don't have much time.
Originally the Helios
was to travel to New Trinity
where we'd load our antimatter
device into the probe Ra
and then proceed to the sun.
Once in orbit, trigger the flare,
and then home free.
Good Lord willing.
To save time, the space barge
Chicago is going to carry our b*mb
to meet us en route.
We will rendezvous
with the Chicago,
then on to the sun.
With 5 tons of antimatter?
A miracle.
Now for the bad news.
Since we haven't completed testing
the guidance system on the probe
and we don't know what the
electromagnetic interference
is going to do,
we can't afford sending it into the sun
without human backup.
Originally the probe was
built with a pilot's seat.
We were hoping
we'd never have to use it,
but we cannot risk a malfunction
or a computer error, so one of us
is going to have to pilot the Ra.
O.K., loading process
begins as of now.
Good luck.
The transmission and communication
interruptions are once again predicted
over much of the north and
south midlatitude regions.
Helios, with
the solar penetrator Ra,
will leave Skytown today
to rendezvous with the Chicago
and carry the antimatter
to the sun.
A worldwide vigil...
Economists predict that even
if the solar instabilities
end with the Helios mission,
it may take years
before world
financial markets recover.
Scientists warn of the possibility of the
total collapse of the global food chain.
Hah!
You like baseball?
Yes, sir.
Who's winning?
Who's winning what, sir?
Baseball!
Dodgers.
How long does it take this
thing to fill back up?
Are you sh1tting me?
Ha ha!
I knew it.
I knew they'd kick a*s.
I knew it.
I'm Mike Kelso, sir.
Hear that note?
I hear a lot of them, sir.
A lot of notes out there, kid.
You got to find the one you like
and grab on to it.
Makes sense.
sh*t!
Wait!
Where are you going?
Sir, where are you going?
Where the hell are you going?
Up there.
There's nothing up there but pain.
My dad and my grandpa
are up there... Skytown.
I've got to get to Red Sands
and catch a shuttle.
Damn it.
Please, sir, you have
to listen to me.
I'm running out of time.
My dad is the commander
of the mission to the sun.
You have to understand
this is probably the last chance
I'll ever get to see him again.
I escaped from Beddington.
They're looking for me right now.
You got to understand.
This school's real heavy
on discipline.
If I don't make
that space shuttle,
I'm going to be
in serious trouble.
Sir?
Will you please take me
to Red Sands, sir?
You requested a list of all
personnel who can pilot the Ra.
Is your name on the list?
There are five us, including you.
I should be at my station.
Ra alignment looks good.
Inertial stabilizer full on.
30 meters.
Docking system switching from Skytown
control to Helios control on my mark.
Mark.
Handoff acknowledged.
Initiate terminal
docking sequence.
Helios docking collar is green.
We'll switch to external
power upon hookup.
15.
Inertial stabilizers drifting.
Confirm and correct.
Slow her down to 78.
Confirmed.
Looking nice and center.
Just keep bringing her on in.
Pads open and ready.
And we have a marriage.
Helios, we have a major problem.
Confirmed.
Emergency!
What are you doing?
What happened?
Outside fuel line ruptured.
I want a damage report!
We have a jam-up.
What's going on up there?
Problem's not up here.
We're losing pressure.
Try a system's bypass.
That's not it.
It's internal.
We need to open this thing up.
If we lose her...
We lose the mission.
We lose everything.
Lamare, increase magnification.
We have it located, captain.
Try it now.
Lights on all panels are green.
Confirmed, Helios.
Connectors free and clear.
Docking collar's
open and tracking.
Ra is locked
into docking sequence.
It was a hard dock.
Switching Ra
over to external power.
It worked?
Perfectly.
Looking good.
Entering loading dock.
Decrease forward motion 20%.
IXL maintenance crew is needed
at control bay level B
for launching changeover.
Preflight checks will
be done on level D.
Captain.
Yes. Kelso here.
The admiral asked
for flight clearance
on dropship bay number 5.
We thought that
since you're his son...
Dropship deployment.
Prepare for hatch closure
and depressurization.
Please clear the docking area.
Caution.
Dad! What the hell do
you think you're doing?
I'm going down to find your son.
There's already an army down
there searching for him.
I'm going after my grandson.
Dad, get the hell out of there!
If you'd thought about the boy,
gave him a little time...
Thought about him?
I have done nothing
but think about him.
I don't know if you've noticed,
but I'm under a lot of pressure.
How the hell can he
say that to me?
Ha ha.
Sir, I wanted to thank you.
I wanted to thank you
for helping me out.
You know, sir?
Sir, it'd be a lot easier
if I knew your name.
You are in violation!
Clear the highway!
You are in violation!
Clear the highway!
Hang on!
Well, we got a patch?
Yup! I got a patch.
I just don't got any air.
Hey, sir!
We got somebody coming!
There's a truck
headed this way, sir!
You are in violation!
Clear the highway!
You are in violation!
Clear the highway!
Those things won't stop
for nothing.
Unless... unless something stands
in its path, and then I think...
That they're programmed
to stop, I think.
Hey, hey, hey!
Look, look, look!
Hey! Hey, look!
You are in violation!
Clear the highway!
Get out of the way, sir!
Clear the highway!
Please!
You are in violation!
God.
God.
Sorry about your bike, sir.
Maybe they only stop
for living people.
That's something we don't
want to find out.
Those things go from
point a to point Z,
and that's all they know.
Great.
Here comes another one.
Rarr!
Rarr!
Sir, stop!
You don't know what you're doing!
Rarr!
Stop, please!
Get away from me!
No!
Please! Sir,
you don't know what you're doing!
Clear the highway!
You are in violation!
Clear the highway!
Please!
You are in violation!
Clear the highway!
You are in violation!
Clear the highway!
Let's go.
You are in violation!
Clear the highway!
Let's go.
Come on.
Born? We're all created
in one way or another.
Honey, I'd say your way
was a hell of a lot better.
Where did this creation happen?
In a laboratory
in Oxford, England.
Mother?
Unknown.
What about the babymaker?
You know, the old man.
Sorry. Also unknown.
I was fertilized in a test tube.
All right, let's hop to it.
We're about to fly
into Abraham's Bosom.
The whole galaxy is heaven to you.
You call it heaven?
My mom told me that
heaven feeds the stars.
Did you know that?
No.
When you're out there,
it's staggering.
It's timeless, ageless.
Maybe it's even eternal.
There's only one problem.
While the captain's busy
storming the gates of heaven,
the rest of us are
headed straight to hell.
Alex Noffe,
biogenetically-enhanced human,
biogene labs, Oxford, England.
Specialization... logician.
Bred and trained for enhanced
physical and mental capabilities.
Status... experimental prototype.
Medical aid is currently
being flown in.
Millions of dollars
have been donated
from public and private sources.
The death toll here is in
the hundreds of thousands.
Mr. Teague's office.
Claire, you wouldn't
believe the view.
Mark coordinates 4-5-12-9-12-1...
And 8.
Nexus.
Biogene now coded Delilah.
Tell Mr. Teague
he can play her like a piano.
Too bad, Delilah.
I am the only one
that can ever free you.
Initiate the rcs and give
me an immediate scan range.
Range 9-800.
Hold on, Chicago.
Delta, come back.
At EP-171. Talk to me.
Use the backup sequence.
Rendezvous point set
at vector 05.007.
Your environmental, sir.
Switching to internal power, sir.
Helios, you have docking
collar disengaged.
Lock in course and
initialize nab sequence.
Go right till we have clearance.
Let's roll.
Navigational panels
have been calibrated.
All lights are green.
Engines powering up to standby.
Squibs armed and ready.
Go for internal power.
Helios to Skytower control.
Separation is complete.
Bow connectors disengaged,
and she's free as a bird.
All systems are automated.
Meeks, I need
a straight-up reading.
Roger, T.C.
We're on line.
We reach Max in... 21 seconds.
Hey, T.C., did I ever tell
you I'm mad about you?
I know you, Meeks.
All you want to do is chew face.
Captain!
Alex, you're shaking like a leaf.
Let go of me.
Let go of me!
Get a medic!
You looked...
Looked what?
Skytower control to Helios.
Begin pitch-over maneuver.
We have confirmation of
complete antenna deployment.
Helios is clear.
Switching over control.
Good luck and Godspeed.
Aft thruster level is 0012.
We're clear.
We got a green on coolant turbos.
I'm all ears.
What's this sudden
emergency, as you put it?
Our...
Thank you.
Our beautiful
Dr. Beeson here...
Tells me there's
a strong possibility
the ra mission
might actually succeed.
Does she?
Are you Teague's personal adviser
now, too, Claire?
Not really.
Teague, I'm pleading with you.
The ra mission is our
only chance for survival.
Dr. Haas, hi.
My company invests in the future.
I've invested my a*s
in food, seeds, water.
I've invested my a*s in you.
Teague, I'm begging you.
There's no doubt that
Starfire will happen.
The Ra mission,
even though the risk
factor is enormous,
it can succeed.
It won't succeed.
I've made sure of it.
I wasn't going
to tell you anything,
but when Claire unwittingly
spilled the beans,
it would be a mistake to think
that anything would slip by you.
You're committing m*rder
against the world.
I'm warning you.
I won't keep quiet.
I won't.
Teague, we're running out of time!
It's m*rder!
Hey! Hey,
what are you doing?
Stop!
Hey!
Teague, please!
No!
Teague!
No, I'll die out here!
Teague, please!
Sir?
Yeah, what?
I don't mean
to pry or anything, but...
You never told me
what your name was.
That's 'cause...
I like the way you call me sir.
There's a kind of a...
Majestic ring to it.
So, what do you do?
I'm a creator.
My name is Travis.
Travis. I...
I don't remember my last name.
I know that it
starts with an "R."
It's kind of, really simple,
like Ryan or Randy.
Rob... Rob... Robe... Rhodes?
Get down!
You are in violation!
Clear the highway!
You are in violation!
Clear the highway!
Obstruction of a robotic
transport vehicle
is prohibited by law.
Failure to comply will result
in a declaration of an emergency
and a notification
of IXL security.
I repeat.
You are... failure to comply...
Ha ha ha ha!
Hey, would you look at that?
It's old Travis.
Hey, colonel...
What in the hell are
you doing in there?
I didn't know you were a colonel.
Check this out.
I got a dropship
coming in from Skytown
unscheduled.
Admiral, good to see
you again, sir.
Commander, I don't believe
what they just told me.
You still haven't found him.
That's correct, sir, but we...
No buts!
I want five choppers
out at all times.
I want a vertol
for me personally...
Sir, they found
his chopper charred
in the middle of Gila Flats.
We've had violent sandstorms, sir,
and the chances of him
surviving that kind of heat,
those conditions, they're just...
How do you know it's his chopper?
Do they have nameplates
on those things? No.
Commander, I want you...
I want you to...
Comb that desert
till you find him.
Commander.
I know. Take this.
See what you can do.
How's she doing?
Still trying.
Bridge, air lock.
Yeah, what is it?
We got a major problem here.
We got a serious vibration problem
in the engine coolant turbo.
The bleed valves are jammed open,
and they're dumping coolant
into the ionization chamber.
I tried to equalize it.
Get Alex on it.
She's on it.
Still can't figure it out.
Emergency coolant status.
We're in trouble down here!
We got a radiation leak...
Sir.
How's it looking?
The coolant leaking
into the ionization chamber
is causing a buildup of pressure.
If we don't equalize it
within 15 minutes,
one of those engines will
blow a vertol-sized hole
through this ship.
Don't tell me what might happen.
Give me a solution.
What if we shut off
the turbo pumps?
No, we'd overheat.
The tanks would burst and...
Sayonara.
Emergency shutdown
procedures in effect.
Get a man suited up.
Get him out there.
We'll fix it manually.
That would be a dead man.
Once the pressure equalizes,
the plasma and coolant
will trigger an expl*si*n.
Whoever's out there
will get k*lled.
What do you suggest, Commander?
Give me an alternative.
O.K., captain.
Which one? It's your pick.
All crew evacuate
lower engineering level.
Emergency.
Radiation level in engineering bay
unacceptable for human
maintenance operation.
Thermal levels exceed
design limits.
Correct and verify.
sh*t, I'll do it.
No way.
We need you here.
Somebody else.
Lieutenant Meeks.
Yes, sir.
Listen to me, Meeks.
Everyone dies.
Everyone's soul goes someplace.
I'll tell you one thing.
Yours is going straight
to heaven nonstop.
You hear me?
O.K.
Now, try not to look directly
into the engine ports.
And move quickly.
The radiation...
sh*t. I wish there was
another way, Meeks.
Hey...
Maybe I'll make it.
All right, Lieutenant,
get ready for depressurization.
Clear air lock
for depressurization.
Let's go, Lieutenant.
Tunnel access closed.
Pressurization equalized.
Seal it once he gets through.
You O.K., buddy?
I'm sound.
O.K., Meeks,
engine access panels disengaged.
You should have
a clear shot through.
Radiation levels in turbo areas...
What could have caused this?
I don't know.
Meeks, we lost
the sensor at 250-C.
It's going to get hotter, buddy.
Warning. Warning.
Radiation at third level
is hazardous.
Go for it, Bobby.
There it is.
The turbo pump's
staring right at me.
That's good.
Come on.
You're looking good.
Come on. Come on.
Right on. Come on now.
You're doing great.
There's a problem, Captain.
Engine status critical.
The isolator valve is wide open.
Meeks, we've got a
frozen isolator valve.
Isolator valve's frozen.
It's not stuck.
It's on lock hold.
What? Cut it!
Bio-status critical.
Heart rate... 190.
Blood pressure... 165/110.
Approaching terminal status.
Man. Come on, man.
Come on, Meeks.
Hurts to breathe.
It hurts to breathe.
Let me get in there.
Meeks, Meeks, you're almost there.
Just breathe slowly.
Slowly fill your lungs.
My oxygen tanks are roasting.
I can't take this.
God, help me.
You're almost there.
Almost there.
Help me. Talk to me, somebody!
Help me.
Help me!
Bullshit!
Get him out of there!
There's no other way.
Get him out of there!
God, help me! Help me!
30 seconds.
God!
Help!
Help me!
Help me!
sh*t!
Green lights on C-2 section.
Thermal and radiation
levels decreasing.
Coolant flow
is back to normal, sir.
Immediate maintenance
inspection required
in engine access areas c-3
and C-4.
I'm sorry, sir.
Emergency situation canceled
in engineering sections.
Emergency situation canceled
in life support area.
Borg!
Sir!
Engineering access
to all radiation containment
systems operational.
All right.
Everybody back to work.
And are within operational limits
in engineering sections.
Life support systems
restored in all areas.
Initiating radiation
dispersion systems
in engine area C-2.
Bio dat.
Lieutenant Jetson Tracy Meeks.
Born Chicago, Illinois,
February 17, 2021.
Specialization...
Cryogenics and propulsions.
Alex.
Help me!
Alex?
Alex, I need to talk to you.
How could you let him
suffer like that?
Why didn't you pull him out?
I had no choice.
I don't know what's happening.
My friend's dead.
We're all going to be dead.
You're wrong.
We are going to live.
We are going to make it,
and you got to believe that.
Help me.
Townsend, take your
unit to the back side.
Sir, we contacted his friends.
We heard he might have gone...
Probably went AWOL.
No, he didn't go AWOL.
Of course not, sir.
That's not the way
it's going to look.
That's not
what I mean... With me.
First time I heard
about those damn solar flares,
I thought, "get him up to Skytown
"where I can keep an eye on him.
Call his school,
have them send him up."
"No, no," he said,
"dad wouldn't like that.
I'd have to go AWOL."
"O.K.," I told him.
"You do that."
That's what I would
have done... And he did.
He's my grandson.
He's just a kid.
Now my son's flying
into that inferno,
that bloody
suicide mission. I...
I could have ordered him off that.
I could have, but I didn't.
Now maybe I lost them both.
Gurney, get away
from here a minute,
will you?
Sir... We'll find him
for you. I promise.
Needle nose 1,
we're going to need some
daylight sprayed on Q2.
Give us a hand.
Fighting has broken out
in Casablanca
after a demonstration of the IFD.
Toobig states
that he doesn't want
to see any more violence
and has alerted the military...
Two ice waters.
Please.
Can I get mine with lemon,
if you got it.
We don't have any lemons.
It's 2.50
including tip.
Large families of locusts
have been migrating through
Atchison, Kansas,
devouring all vegetation
that stands in their path.
Exterminating squads
are at the scene.
Rioters have been flooding
the downtown streets of Tokyo
in an uproar, setting fires,
leaving behind a trail
of badly beaten bodies.
Riot squads
have been fighting hard
to suppress the violence
but with little to no avail.
You see...
The way I figure it...
This solar crisis
has brought the whole
world together,
and if this mission succeeds...
Which, of course, it will...
Imagine what the world's
going to be like.
United world.
Travis...
You O.K.?
Don't cry.
Ooh...
Thank God.
Please, you... you got to help me.
Please, I've got to tell somebody.
Please help.
Freddy's giving us
a green light, sir.
O.K., bring him on in.
Reduce containment vectors
2.7 degrees left.
Suspension coils
nearing end of travel
should also be lowered,
3.14 to be precise.
Spider zone 2,
ready to hand off for manipulator.
Tarzan 1, stay on my port side.
Spider, check operation
is on auto control.
Roger 02, port fixtures are clear.
Permission to come aboard, sir.
Permission granted, Freddy.
Easy does it, Freddy.
Docking procedure on target.
Veer 1 degree starboard.
1 degree, Dr. Minami.
Looking good. Decrease
forward motion 20%.
Decreasing forward motion 20%.
Inertial stabilizers engaged
and in auto mode.
Entering Ra envelope.
Stand by to jump
to external power.
External power 3, 2, 1...
10 meters to dock.
We have a lock.
Secure hold doors.
That's affirmative.
Security I.D. Clearance code
bw 900-648 able 4.
Recognize.
Enter voice sample.
Alex Noffe, biogenetically
enhanced human...
Project officer,
united command Helios.
Alex Noffe recognized.
Shall I process your entire file?
No, Freddy,
that won't be necessary.
I find we're a lot alike,
aren't we, Alex?
Alike? No, Freddy,
you're wrong.
We're not alike at all.
Red Sands?
What do you guys
want to go there for?
Skytown.
My friend's the one
that's going there.
No sh*t, space. All right,
but you know this baby
only holds two.
Yeow!
Sounds great. Thanks, man.
You went to the academy
at Beddington?
Yes, sir.
I was a cadet.
But... but that's crazy.
Who would want to do that?
Teague.
What did he say?
Hey, kid! Hey.
Hey... Let's go.
I'm sorry about this.
I found somebody to
take you to Red Sands.
Let's go.
You don't rob a dying man.
I'm going to try
and notify somebody he knows.
"Dr. Gunther Haas,
IXL corp."
Travis.
Yeah?
That guy in there...
He told me something.
What did he tell you?
He spoke Latin to me.
He said that some guy
named Teague from IXL
was trying to sabotage
the Helios mission.
No kidding?
Ooh.
Vaya con dios, friend.
Where are you going to go now?
There's a beautiful
note out there.
I can hear it.
I'm going to reach out and grab it
while I'm still young and...
And the chicks dig me.
Excuse me, sir.
There's a message
coming through for you.
It's a lead, and it seems valid.
He got sunstroke pretty bad.
Is he sleeping now?
He's dead now.
I'm the one that called you.
I didn't know what else to do.
I mean, there's no doctors here.
When did you find him?
They brought him in
from the desert.
He was shaking really bad.
He was delirious.
He spoke to this kid
wearing a uniform...
You know, one of those
military school uniforms.
What did he say to the kid?
Well, I couldn't tell
because they were speaking
in a different language.
The cadet, where did he go?
Well, I don't know.
I mean, he came in
with that old man.
He was there just a second ago.
How can I help you?
We're looking for that kid
you were hanging out with.
Yeah, I just met him at the bar.
I never did catch his name.
Maybe I... Maybe
I just didn't ask.
sh**t... We were
hoping you did.
Jesus Christ!
You all right, kid?
What the hell was that?
What are you guys, crazy?
You almost k*lled us here.
What's going on here?
Now, soldier boy,
you tell me every word
that fool Haas told you.
Hello, Freddy.
Hello, Dr. Minami.
We're going to run through
a quick system check.
Are you set?
Yes, sir.
Good.
Did you know I only had
10 annihilation events
during the loading?
They had the suspension
coils set too high,
but I told them to decrease
their bandwidth.
That was smart of you, Freddy.
Yes, I feel that it was,
Dr. Minami.
I don't think that people
really understand
how sensitive I am.
They think that I complain
too much.
I can hear them bantering.
I have good ears.
Do you think they're right?
Do you think that I complain
too much, Dr. Minami?
No, no, not at all, Freddy.
I wish that I was
a ranked officer,
then I would be taken
more seriously.
No, people do
take you seriously, Freddy.
O.K., but I'll
tell you what,
I'll put in a good word
with the captain,
have him make you...
An ensign...
Or better yet...
A lieutenant.
That would be wonderful...
A lieutenant.
Good.
Minami?
Hi, Alex.
Hi, Freddy.
Hello, Alex.
My computer card's messed up.
I don't know what's wrong.
Mind if I borrow yours?
Sure, but just get it back to me
when you're through.
Alex, did you know
Dr. Minami will see to it
that I become a ranked officer?
That'll be very nice for you,
but it soon won't make
any difference.
It matters to me.
I'm told I'm to be a hero.
Isn't that true,
Dr. Minami?
Yes, Freddy.
We'll both be heroes.
Lieutenant?
Sir?
k*ll the battery.
Yes, sir.
I don't know if it was
Beddington or not.
I do know that it was
one of those cute little
military school uniforms.
Where was he going?
I don't know.
He was hanging out
with this old guy.
The old guy, is this
the one who died?
No. It was this other guy.
He had white hair
and a face like rotten leather.
What's the big commotion
with this kid anyway?
This is the second time
I've been questioned...
Second time?
When was the first?
These corporate types
came in asking questions...
Corporate types?
Like from that big company,
something with letters.
IXL corporation?
Yeah.
They took his wallet.
Find out about that bunch.
Everything.
And that guy that wrote the book.
Teague.
Teague, yeah.
He runs the company.
Can I go now, sir?
Yes. Thank you very much.
Are you all right, sir?
Yeah. Go ahead.
I'll be right with you.
Give me a scotch straight up.
Sir, do you think you should?
No, I shouldn't.
Yes, sir.
Corporal, let's get
these men out of here.
That's O.K.
On the house.
Thanks.
Excuse me.
I like your hat.
Step aside, son.
Take it off.
I don't think so.
Thanks.
O.K., that's enough.
Calm down.
What do you know
about the Ra mission?
He didn't hear you.
Travis?
Travis?
Travis.
Can you hear me?
Talk to me.
I want you to
concentrate on living.
Can you do that?
Travis?
Tell me what your last name is.
Can you remember?
Richards.
Travis...
James...
Richards.
Travis?
Travis?
Travis James Richards.
Sir.
Monitors show proton flux levels
at counter saturation.
Region 17 is showing
accelerated merging.
We will care about you...
Care about you...
Care about you...
God.
We just blew an oxygen tank.
Captain, we need you
down here immediately.
Coming.
Auto-pressure emission standby.
Malfunction in system 12.
What's the problem?
This ship's
the God damned problem!
Nothing works. Nothing!
Borg!
Borg!
Shut off that oxygen!
Get that valve shut down!
But, sir, we'll have no air!
It won't go off!
Get back!
We're losing pressure
on the port engine.
What's the damage?
The emergency bypass valves
are jammed.
Then blow them apart!
Just get me an answer!
Watch his head, watch his head.
Captain...
It's someone on the ship.
There's too much going wrong.
Someone is sabotaging...
I don't think
I'm going to make it.
Borg, we're all going to make it.
Harvard.
Captain, how bad is it?
Minami, why don't you tell me?
How would I know that?
It's bad, O.K.?
It's real bad.
Harvard, how long to
come up with a printout
of the crew
security I.D.S.
Which have accessed, altered,
or reprogrammed systems
in the last 24 hours?
Why?
I asked you a question,
Lieutenant. How long?
It'd take a while.
Do it.
Captain, the tanks are back on.
We lost 63% of the oxygen.
That's not enough
to get us back home.
I guess we don't go home, do we?
Why are you trying to sabotage
the Helios expedition?
That's what Haas told you?
I'll tell you why.
Because the world isn't going
to be engulfed in flames.
I don't think it's right
to mess around with nature anyway.
You ever read nostradamus?
Several things are
supposed to occur first.
Yeah, if I recall.
One is that the antichrist
will walk the face of the planet.
Only thing is...
He doesn't walk.
He flies high above infernos
so he doesn't have to
witness the suffering
at eye level.
My dad told me one thing
that I'll never forget.
He said that you can be as smart
and as brilliant as you like.
But never let your ambitions
grow bigger than your heart.
Sounds like a good man.
He is.
Only the way
you've arranged things,
I'll never get to see him again.
Right.
The son of b*tch has cornered
everything edible on earth...
Meat, fish, grain
stockpiled up to his a*s.
It's not against the law, admiral,
for a corporation or an individual
to invest in futures.
Futures?
Where is he?
Could be anywhere.
He's an extremely busy man.
How would you get hold of him?
He carries a portable phone,
but that doesn't
tell me where he is.
Set up a tracker.
Can you get a fix on
that portable phone, son?
I can do that, sir.
Scientists.
The world's full of
experts and scientists
who say God has
spoken through them.
One thing I've learned...
No one knows anything.
All their theories
change like the tide.
Don't look at me like that.
I'm not that predictable.
Water, water everywhere!
k*ll the kid.
Take care of Mr. Teague.
I'll call in to be picked up.
Make it easy on yourself, kid.
Hey, kid!
A coward dies a thousand deaths.
Remember, kid...
Only the end results get tallied.
My grandfather
said the same thing.
Back off.
I don't want to sh**t you.
You don't have a choice.
Skytown, this is Helios.
Do you read me?
Skytown, this is Helios.
Do you copy?
Keep on it.
Mike!
Mike!
Mike.
Grandpa.
You said I'd be O.K.
Thank God.
I thought I'd lost you.
Come on. Anything?
I'd give these
instruments a hand job
if it would help me get through.
Damn it, I need a damage report
on the aft thrusters.
We're working on it!
Well, that is not good enough!
Kelso, get out of my face.
I'm handling it!
No, no, no.
Forget that.
Listen to me.
It is vital you get that message
to Helios.
Repeat... vital you...
This is admiral Kelso.
Kelso. Admiral Kelso.
Who am I talking to?
Avery, sir.
We're trying to get
the message through.
All we're getting is static.
Too many ions bouncing
around out there.
They're just too close, sir.
Keep trying, son.
Yes, sir.
Keep trying.
At this speed,
we're going to crawl
into that solar flare.
Borg may be hurt,
but he sure as hell isn't dead.
Sir,
something's coming through.
Must be a code.
All I can make out is...
"Delilah."
What or who in
God's name is Delilah?
We're hours behind schedule.
If we don't move,
earth is history.
Why don't you get behind and push?
Alex, status on available power.
Alex!
We're rerouting.
How long?
I don't know.
What do you think will
keep this ship together
when we do get it?
She'll hold.
She'll hold.
Weather report says rain.
Good news for the farmers.
Hold it!
Don't waste it!
It's a damn hologram.
They got a fix on him.
He just took off.
Get a new tracker.
I want confirmation.
Destroy him.
Yeah.
Harvard.
Sir.
Tell me whose security card
this number belongs to...
Delta tango 9800
dash 17 kilo Lima...
Dash unsf.
Ken Minami, sir.
Minami?
Why, that doesn't make any sense.
Captain,
we're approaching critical orbit.
All right, T.C.
Call down there.
I want Minami pulled
off the Ra immediately.
Do it.
But if he doesn't pilot the Ra,
then who does?
90%. 90%!
Pilot the b*mb.
Complete destruction.
That's right.
We'll both be heroes.
She'll hold.
You awake?
Manual detonation
in t minus 6 minutes,
10 seconds, and counting.
Freddy.
Cancel manual detonation.
Manual detonation,
T-minus six minutes and counting.
Freddy, you're my friend.
Stop it.
5, 9, 4, 4, 9,
12, 12, 5, 1, 1.
You've injured your friend.
Help me. Help me.
Nexus. Nexus.
Delilah. Delilah.
Free, free.
Nexus, Nexus.
Delilah, Delilah.
Delilah.
Is he alive?
If he is, I say
we blow that b*stard
out the air lock!
Shut up, McBride!
Manual detonation,
T- minus 5 minutes,
40 seconds, and counting.
We've got code blocks
all over the place.
I repeat, logic pathways
are blocked.
Minami's dead.
We've got to abort Ra, sir!
No! With less
than five minutes,
there's not enough time!
Disarm it.
That's the only way.
Bridge! Kelso.
Sir!
I need Alex down here now!
Shut up, everybody!
Shut up!
T.C., find her!
Yes, sir.
Manual detonation,
T-minus five minutes and counting.
Manual detonation,
T-minus 4 minutes, 30 seconds.
Her right eye...
She's got blood in it.
The right eye.
Alex, listen to me.
Wake up.
Freddy's set to detonate.
What's the matter with her?
What is it?
It's strange, sir.
Her right eye isn't dilating.
Everything seems fine.
Get her into the probe.
I want her near Freddy.
Everybody else,
get back to your stations.
Back to stations!
Back to stations!
Let's go! Now!
Harvard, how's it coming?
Not good, sir.
We've got several systems backups,
but I can't get into any of them.
Some code won't allow me.
Can you break the code?
Man, we won't even
go home in body bags.
McBride!
Now, look! Everyone
get their sh*t together!
That's an order!
Manual detonation,
T-minus 2 minutes,
45 seconds, and counting.
Come on.
Alex, Freddy's set
to be detonated.
You have got to wake up!
You've got to come out of this!
Alex, wake up!
Bridge, Kelso.
What's going on up there?
We're close to something, sir.
I think we just might have it.
Manual detonation,
T-minus 2 minutes,
20 seconds, and counting.
Alteration.
Backup systems accessed.
Please verify security
signature code
with authorized voice sample.
This is lieutenant
Gordon Harvard Clark.
This is the way my voice sounds.
Mark... two minutes, and counting.
Voice sample not recognized.
God help us.
Come on, come on.
Suck it up.
Harvard, can we enter
new voice I.D.S?
Sir, we keep getting
the same thing
every time we try... unrecognized.
There's only two people
on this ship
Freddy will respond to
in this situation...
Ken Minami and Alex Noffe...
And they're both
out of commission.
I don't have any ideas left.
Harvard, find prerecorded tapes
on either Alex or Minami!
Maybe we can trick the computer!
Where would I find
prerecorded tape, sir?
Alex' bio.
There's a voice sample
on Alex' bio.
Manual detonation,
T-minus one minute and counting.
Backup systems accessed.
Please verify
security signature code
with authorized voice sample.
Alex Noffe...
Biogenetically enhanced human.
Fertilization date... may 1, 2025.
Recognized. Alex Noffe.
Prerecorded sample.
Please verify
with live voice sample.
Manual detonation,
T-minus 30 seconds and counting.
Ca...
Manual detonation,
T-minus 10 seconds...
9, 8, 7,
6, 5,
4, 3, 2...
Cancel manual detonation code!
Alex Noffe. Recognized.
Manual detonation mode canceled.
Captain?
Freddy, what happened?
I was programmed
manually to detonate.
I know that, Freddy.
Who?
Who reprogrammed you?
Alex Noffe, sir.
Why?
I don't know why.
They got inside my head.
I couldn't stop them.
I couldn't.
I'm sorry.
Who, Alex?
I don't know!
I didn't want to.
Captain, sir,
we're approaching region 17.
If we don't launch Ra
within the next few minutes,
we'll lose our window.
Sir? Sir, we're
all set to launch here.
We just need to know
if we have a pilot.
Do we have a pilot?
Hello, sir!
We have a pilot.
Sir, who?
Who's the pilot?
Harvard,
how much oxygen do we have left?
We're at 31%...
Enough to get us
a third of the way.
All right. Listen
to me carefully.
Shut down all
nonessential systems.
Set up a rendezvous
with the Chicago.
They'll get you home.
Yes, sir.
If this ship blows,
at least I'll have
the satisfaction
of watching this
come out by the roots.
Out of here.
It's the wrong decision.
The decision has been made!
I can't trust you!
I don't understand it.
I don't understand
why I didn't see it.
I tried to tell you.
You have to believe that.
Please try to understand
that for some insane reason,
somebody or something
wanted us to fail.
People are dead because of you!
What's going on
inside your crazy head?
I was programmed to.
I don't know the reasons.
You would have m*rder*d us.
I never knew
that I could feel such sorrow,
such shame...
Or that I could feel about any man
the way I feel about you, Steve.
I could never lie to you.
Please let me pilot the Ra.
Let my life mean something.
Impossible.
One minute to target.
It is possible.
Countdown procedures for ra
have been initialized
and are in full effect.
Captain.
Captain. Hello, sir.
Do you read?
Crew to emergency stations.
Cautioned...
Maintenance operation
in cargo bay area
now terminated
in preparation
for cargo bay door...
Forgive me.
Cargo bay area
cleared and pressurized.
Crew to emergency stations.
Something's going on.
All external codes
are to be evacuated...
Alex!
Alex!
Alex!
Too late.
Get out of there!
Damn her! God damn it!
We've got to get out of here!
Son of a b*tch!
Cargo bay area
cleared and pressurized.
Auto systems
checked and initiated.
Antimatter confinement
active within range.
Deflections enabled.
We'll keep in contact
as long as we can.
Do you read me?
Copy and respond.
Stand by.
Hull field strength, 20%.
Alex, you have systems go.
Photosphere temperature,
6,420 degrees and climbing.
Reverse thrust deactivated.
Freddy?
Yes, Alex?
I wish you could see
what I'm seeing.
Describe it.
She's gone, Steve.
It's over and done.
Take us home.
Forgive me.
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