Armageddon Page #11

to remote detonate that nuke?

The weapon remote receives

a signal from a Milstar satellite.

Higher orbit,

more powerful transmitter.

lf we've got the shuttle

for seven minutes, we can remote

detonate for an additional five.

What he's trying to say, General,

is that, uh, in 12 minutes' time

you may lose the ability...

to detonate the nuke permanently.

l've got to inform

the president.

Just want to make sure you know

we're stuck on an asteroid.

Do you know what you're doing now?

No, no. You know what? l have no idea

what l'm doing. l have no idea.

This button-- l don't know

what that does, okay?

All l know is that we just crashed

back there, l lost two of my friends,

we're 25 miles from Harry's shuttle.

We don't know if he's alive.

We don't know if he can fly.

All l know is there's a beep on this

thing and l'm trying to get us there.

Let's get it unpacked.

- What's up?

- We're drilling through some kind

of metal l've never seen before.

lt's fried two of our drill bits,

and now we blew our first transmission.

- So how deep are we?

- We could use your help

with the transmission, Colonel.

l have an assessment report due now.

We're supposed to be at 200 feet.

So how deep are we?

Not as deep as we'll be when

you quit askin' me all these questions

and help us load this transmission on.

- What is our current depth?

- Our current depth

is not important, Colonel.

l'll decide what's important.

We've got 800 feet to drill. You've had

two and a half hours. Where are we?

We're at 57 feet. Now,

if you're not too busy, maybe you can

give us a hand with this transmission.

Colonel Sharp! Get this wrapped up.

l'll be right back. Colonel Sharp!

All right. l'm coming through.

We have contact. Over.

- That's as clear as it's gonna get.

- Houston, this is Freedom. Do you copy?

Working at a remote satellite link

at this moment. Transmission change.

- Colonel!

- Twenty minutes.

Puts drilling final at ten hours.

Please advise. That's four hours past

the zero barrier. Please advise.

What the hell is this?

''Zero depth''?

And where'd this come from?

Who are you talkin' to? ls that Truman?

Let me have that phone.

Gimme the phone. Truman! Look,

this is what happens when you drill.

We cannot use your ''U.S. Air Force

Personnel Only'' drill time card.

Who wrote this thing, by the way?

- We're losing coms again.

- Look-- ls he getting this? Does he

hear me or-- What's wrong with this?

- The com's down.

- What do you mean, ''the com's down''?

- What do l mean? l mean we've

lost communication to mission control.

- Fine. Let's go back to the cargo bay

and get the transmission--

Hey, Harry, guess what.

You had your shot. You didn't do it.

You understand me? You can't--

Why don't you stay here and take you

and take your little drill card--

Write a report, why don't ya?

That'll be a-- My men and l

will go and get this hole dug!

You and your men are the biggest

mistake in the history of NASA.

- We've lost communication.

- Oh, God.

We're not lookin'

too good right now.

No sh*t.

We gotta get that radio back up.

Mr President,

it's time to make a decision.

We can remote detonate the bomb

for only another five minutes.

Yes? Kimsey here.

Yes, Mr President.

Yes, we saw that too, sir.

But maybe we should wait

until they--

Dan, get them out of there.

Evac right now.

- What's goin' on here?

- l've been ordered

to override the system.

Well, what is this?

Secondary protocol.

But they haven't drilled

the damn hole yet!

The president's advisors feel that

the drilling isn't working. And we've

lost radio contact, maybe for good.

We've only got a few minutes

left of guaranteed ability

to remote detonate that nuke.

lf we don't do it now we could lose

control, and we may never get it back.

Well, you tell the president that

he better fire his so-called advisors.

And if you detonate

that nuke on the surface,

we waste a perfectly good bomb...

and we have one chance

to save this planet!

l need that radio.

-Gruber, give me everything you got now!

-Roger that.

Yes, Mr President,

l understand that completely,

but my point is very, very simple.

And l think you need to trust me on

this because l know something about it.

l guarantee you, if you do this,

you kill us all.

Yes, sir.

General, he wants you.

This is Kimsey. Yes, sir.

l understand.

The orders are

to remote detonate in 30 seconds.

You have not told them yet!

That is my father up there!

- This is one order you shouldn't

follow, and you f***ing know it!

- No! Don't touch me!

Let her go. Let her go!

Your key, sir.

God be with them.

Slow it down.

Harry...

the clock on that nine-foot

nuclear weapon is ticking.

Oh, my God! Sharp!

Get back here now!

Watts, get the shuttle

ready to evac now!

- lt just came on all by itself.

What-- What the hell's happening?

- Secondary protocol.

- What's that? What?

- Wait a minute.

- Secondary protocol.

- What does that mean?

- What the hell's secondary protocol?

- They're detonating this thing

from Earth.

- What do you mean, detonating? We

haven't even drilled the hole yet!

- We'll drop it in the hole.

- What're you talkin' about?

- The hole? Whoa, whoa!

- Get your helmets on now!

- Oh, no, no. How-How you turn it off?

- Colonel Sharp,

l got two men out on that rock!

- l got a man out there too.

We gotta evac now!

- Max, Rockhound, get back

to the shuttle, double-time!

- They could be on their way here.

They're not on their way here.

They would've talked to us by now.

We would've seen them.

- Watts, air lock the cockpit now!

- l copy you.

- Max, Rockhound!

- Hey, wait a minute!

How do you turn this thing off?

- Max, Rockhound--

- Harry, do you copy?

- Somethin's wrong.

- Yeah, it's all wrong, man.

We shouldn't even be up here.

- l know. Let's go back to the ship!

- l'm not leavin' without my men, Sharp.

- We've got two and a half minutes to

drop it and get off this rock.

lf they're not back by the time

we finish, we leave without 'em.

Okay, let's simplify this.

Let's just turn the bomb off right now.

lf we don't put this bomb down in

a hole 800 feet onto a fault line...

all you're gonna have

is a real expensive fireworks show.

This is turnin' into

a surrealistic nightmare here.

Watsler, are you listening?

lt's Truman.

Okay, listen to me carefully.

l want you to kill it. Kill the uplink.

- Give us the time, Sharp.

Shut this bomb down now!

- lt's not my call.

- Then whose call is it?

- Who made it?

- An order to detonate can only

come from the president.

- The president's not here!

You've gotta give us more time!

- Let's just turn it off now.

- l'm telling you

to shut this bomb down now!

- And l'm telling you it's not my call!

- Well, guess what.

l just made the call for you.

- Harry!

Don't. You could set it off.

Oh, man. What're you doin'

with a gun in space?

Come on. Come on. We gotta stop that

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