2010: The Year We Make Contact Page #6

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Not at all.

Do you recall Dave Bowman

and Frank Poole leaving the Discovery?

Certainly not. That could never

have happened or I would remember it.

-Where are Frank and Dave?

-They're fine. They're not here right now.

Who are these people?

I can only identify you...

...although I compute

a 65 percent probability...

...that the man behind you is Dr. Floyd.

CHANDRA:
Don't worry, HAL.

I'll explain everything later.

Has the mission been completed?

You know that I have

the greatest enthusiasm for it.

The mission has been completed

and you have carried out...

...your program very well.

And now, HAL, if you will excuse us

for a moment...

...we wish to have a private conversation.

Certainly.

What was that all about?

I've erased all of HAL's memory

from the moment the trouble started.

The 9000 series

uses holographic memories...

...so chronological erasures

would not work.

CHANDRA:
I made a tapeworm.

-You made a what?

It's a program that's fed into a system

that will destroy any desired memories.

Wait.

-Do you know why HAL did what he did?

-Yes. It wasn't his fault.

Whose fault was it?

-Yours.

-Mine?

CHANDRA:

Yours.

In going through HAL's memory banks

I discovered his original orders.

You wrote those orders.

Discovery's mission to Jupiter was already

in the advanced stages...

...when the first small monolith was found

and sent its signal toward Jupiter.

By direct presidential order, the existence

of that monolith was kept secret.

-So?

-So as the function of the command crew...

...Bowman and Poole

was to get Discovery to its destination...

...it was decided

they shouldn't be informed.

The investigative team was trained

separately and placed in hibernation...

...before the voyage began.

Since HAL was capable of operating

Discovery without human assistance...

...it was decided he should be programmed

to complete the mission autonomously...

...in the event the crew

was incapacitated or killed.

He was given full knowledge

of the true objective...

...and instructed not to reveal anything

to Bowman or Poole.

-He was instructed to lie.

-What are you talking about?

I didn't authorize anyone

to tell HAL about the monolith.

The directive is NSC 342-slash-23,

Top Secret, January 30, 2001 .

NSC, National Security Council,

the White House.

I don't care who it is.

The situation was in conflict

with the basic purpose of HAL's design...

...the accurate processing of information

without distortion or concealment.

He became trapped.

The technical term is an H-Mobius loop,

which can happen in advanced computers...

...with autonomous

goal-seeking programs.

The goddamn White House.

I don't believe it.

HAL was told to lie...

...by people who find it easy to lie.

HAL doesn't know how,

so he couldn't function.

He became paranoid.

Those sons of b*tches.

I didn't know.

I didn't know.

MAN:
We have here Mrs. Jessie Bowman,

age 77.

She's the mother of the astronaut

who died.

She's been in the nursing home

for six months.

Four weeks ago,

she collapsed in her room.

She was comatose when we got to her.

She was found

to have suffered a massive CVA...

...involving the left parietal

and frontal lobes.

The CAT scan showed a massive bleed.

She's remained comatose

since her admission...

...and is unable to have

spontaneous respiration.

There's no response to stimuli.

She has had two episodes of pneumonia

and is febrile.

-What's her temperature?

-Thirty-nine-point-five.

We've been giving her

intravenous antibiotics for 10 days.

Any change?

Physical therapy?

Range of motion four times a day...

...and she's turned every 30 minutes.

That's about it.

Thank you.

WOMAN [OVER PA]:

Dr. Detchum, Dr. Detchum, three-five.

Dr. Craig, Dr. Craig, three-five.

Dr. Craig, three-five, please.

[INAUDIBLE DIALOGUE]

Dr. Craig, three-five, please.

[BEEPING]

[MAN SPEAKING IN RUSSIAN

OVER PA]

MAN [OVER PA]:
All hands to the Ward

Room. All hands to the Ward Room, please.

MILSON [OVER TRANSMISSION]:

This is a most difficult announcement.

As you know, things have not been

going well back home.

Well, it's gotten worse. A lot worse.

Yesterday, a Soviet destroyer

challenged the blockade.

Several warning shots were fired

across to her bow and she did not respond.

A second volley was fired.

There still was no response. None.

The nuclear destroyer U.S.S. Cunningham

launched two of her falcon missiles.

Both struck the Soviet vessel amidship.

She broke in two and sunk.

Eight hundred of her crew were lost.

This morning, an American surveillance

satellite was struck by a Soviet laser...

...fired from the

Sergei Kirov Space Station.

The American satellite was destroyed.

The United States has broken off

diplomatic relations with Russia.

All ambassadors have been recalled.

The Soviet ambassador has been expelled

along with the entire staff.

All American air defense and

satellite defense forces are on full alert.

Premier Ulonova made a televised address

and said that technically...

...a state of war exists between

our two countries.

All American personnel are ordered

to leave Soviet territory immediately...

...or they will be placed under arrest.

All Russian personnel are similarly ordered

to evacuate American territory.

As a result, by direct presidential order,

the three of you must leave the Leonov.

No Russian citizen is allowed to remain on

or allowed to enter the Discovery.

This order is effective immediately.

The launch window

for re-entry is 28 days.

The Discovery has enough fuel

for a low consumption trajectory.

HAL appears to be reactivated

and is functioning well enough...

...to operate the onboard systems.

The Leonov has enough fuel

for a low consumption trajectory...

...that will arrive 12 months earlier.

Launch windows are critical

for both the spacecraft.

Only communications

of an emergency distress nature...

...are allowed between

the Leonov and Discovery.

I know you people are caught

in the middle of this. In a sense, we all are.

I wish there was something I could do.

The only thing left for us is to pray.

Pray for the safety of our families,

for our countries, for our planet.

May God forgive us and protect us.

FLOYD:
HAL, give me

a system status report, please.

HAL [OVER SPEAKERS]:

Just one moment, please.

I'm sorry for the delay.

My voice recognition circuits

are not completely restored...

...although, as you can see,

they are improving.

All systems are functional.

There is a small pressure leak

in the aft heating unit. It is nothing serious.

I can compensate for it

by using the redundant units.

-Thank you.

-Dr. Floyd?

-Yes?

-Would you like to play a game of chess?

-I play very well.

-I'm sure you do. No, thank you.

Dr. Floyd?

-What is it, HAL?

-There is a message for you.

-Who's calling?

-There is no identification.

-What's the message?

-Message as follows:

It is dangerous to remain here.

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