5th Passenger Page #2

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- Sir,

we traveled at high velocity for

33 hours

before we were able to

stabilize.

How far we went is impossible to

tell

because the positioner's

non-responsive

as are all other nav com

systems.

- Continue.

- I believe I can create a patch

override

that will allow me to get a

fixed position

so we can head back towards

the main UGS caravan route.

We can restore significant

thrust.

It's our only chance...

- Is she correct?

- I agree with her.

Most of the circuitry appears

damaged beyond repair.

If we use it to restore thrust

we'd also be depleting

our life support system.

Our current calculations show

that we have no more than

22 days of oxygen left.

The sustained thrust will

deplete us by five to seven

days.

- The risk is too great.

- I thought all pods had at

least 60 days

to ensure enough time

for at least three ships' travel

time.

- We should have had 40 days

but with the damage done and...

- And what?

- These pods were designed to

optimally sustain four lives.

We have a fifth passenger.

- Which is why we have to get

back

to the main UGS caravan route.

We have to make the next Sagan.

We can't afford to stay here.

- Yeah, I mean, we gotta figure

out.

- Who exactly are you to have an

opinion?

- What is your specialty?

- I tended livestock.

- A goat herder.

- Chickens actually

and I'm also the guy that saved

your life.

You're welcome, man.

- Sir, with respect

we are all equally in this.

- This is not a democracy.

I have decided.

We will hold our current

position

- and wait to be rescued.

- You've decided?

- What makes you think

they'll even look for us

all the way out here?

- They will look for me.

[whooshing]

[melancholic music]

[groaning]

- Good morning, sunshine.

- [Eve] You need to leave.

- [Thomson] Why?

- [Eve] Now.

I'm sorry.

It was a mistake.

- I know you're probably right

but it's the last chance

to say you love me.

- What?

- I just saw that.

You were thinking about me.

- Are you and I in an awkward

situation?

- It depends on if you feel

awkward.

I mean, that's not how

I remember it happening.

- Well, that's how it happened.

- Well, that's the great

thing about memories,

especially with you women,

you can remember what you want.

- What do you want, goat herder?

- Goat herder, that's funny.

It's chickens.

I just came down to use the can.

Saw that you were...

- Well, then you should probably

go.

- Why don't you hand me the

MemSet?

We'll watch my memory.

Let's see my version you have.

- In my version we have this

clone.

There's two of you.

- Uh huh?

Stop it.

- Wow, Jesus, wow.

Whoa.

I was just trying to have some

fun.

I was trying to kill some time

before we get rescued.

- Wake up, Thomson.

This isn't a joke.

I'm not dying out here.

I've worked too hard, I've come

too far

and you should probably know

that...

- Believe it or not I

don't want to die either.

We all want to get to

Hesperides,

we all wanna grow up and

live happily ever after

but that's not...

That doesn't make a God damn

bit of difference, does it?

Because for you and for me

that is never gonna happen.

We are gonna spend the rest of

our lives

slaving away in these transport

ships

and the difference between us,

I've accepted it.

So just relax.

Go back 20 seconds

and just lay down.

- Sounds like a very high

and admirable aspiration.

- [Thomson] Come on.

- But unless we get the pod's

navigational system fixed,

citizen or non-citizen, we're

all screwed.

Here, you can have it.

- Sh*t.

Damn it.

You always say the wrong

God damn thing, Thomson.

You mess up every good thing in

your life.

[buzzing]

[clanging]

- Fresh off the griddle.

[upbeat electronic music]

[clanging]

- Come on, come on.

Balance.

I mean, how is what happened

balance?

In one minute everything's fine

and calm and that's balance

and the next half the states are

gone

and the whole world is pretty

much ending.

- [Myers] When the

Yellowstone Caldera erupted,

it wasn't its first time.

It was thought that it

was at least its fourth.

- Okay, that's comforting to

hear

when pretty much everything

is going extinct.

I'm sorry, what is your point

exactly?

- My point is...

life is resilient.

Mother nature always

finds a way for survival.

- Maybe the planet wasn't happy

with what was done to her.

- About the only thing

we do agree on for sure

is that the planet is a woman.

- Hey, hey you.

You wanna help out here.

- I'm not a technician.

- You will help her.

- But sir.

- Do as I say.

- It's a piece of the

nav motherboard, right?

- Yes, it's a component

of the short range signal

transponder.

Solder these, will you?

- Without the Positioner

operational

it's not gonna work.

[clanging]

Doppler.

You making a radio Doppler

device,

a primitive radar.

That's so 20th century.

- If something is out

there, we'll find it.

[dramatic music]

- It changes nothing.

- It changes everything.

- We don't know if it's another

pod.

It could it be an asteroid

fragment

from the same field that hit the

Sagan.

- We need to try for it.

Li, tell him I'm right.

- What is your opinion?

- I think she could be right.

- No.

We will maintain course.

- But

based on my calculations

going in that direction

does put us back towards

the caravan route.

We should proceed to it.

- Hell yeah.

I'm with my guy here.

- Are you sure?

- I don't think we can be

absolutely sure about anything.

- What I am sure is I was wrong

about how much oxygen we have

left.

We have less.

We using more than earlier

calculated.

If we stay here in our current

position,

the probability of us

depleting it before rescue...

- If there is a rescue.

- How much of our oxygen will it

take

to reach this object?

Look at me, not her.

- Half.

- Half?

- Maybe less.

- But maybe more.

Are you willing to bet your life

on this?

- I am.

- And you're certain

you can find this ship

flying blind with no navigation?

- Yes.

- The rest of you,

this is what you want?

Your lives in this woman's

hands?

- Yeah, it beats waiting to die.

- So be it then.

- You need to reroute

power to the thrusters.

- That was good.

He listens to you.

Just hope you don't make

a habit of taking credit

for other people's work.

- No promises.

[dramatic music]

Ready up here.

[dramatic music]

- [Myers] Okay?

[dramatic music]

- Okay.

[dramatic music]

[whooshing]

[beeping]

- I'm glad I'm on your ship.

[screeching]

- These are for you.

- Those are for you.

- You need them more than I do.

- You don't have to do this, I'm

fine.

- Where have I heard that

before?

We should talk about your...

Later.

[buzzing]

[beeping]

- Where did it go?

- Yes, where is this ship

you used our precious oxygen to

find?

- I, I don't know.

It should be there.

- It could possibly have

been a molecular cloud

that dissipated,

hydrogen gas.

- So, we don't have enough

oxygen

to wait for the next Sagan

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