Asteroid vs. Earth Page #4

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we're only taking the warheads with us.

What's the matter?

Huh?

I thought they sent me Marines?!

Hoorah.

Copy that, sir.

You heard the man!

Double time! Let's go!

Let's move out.

- Chief of the boat?

- Yes, sir?

Status of ballistic missiles 12-16?

Missile techs?

This is the Chief of the boat.

What is the status of missiles 12-16?

Launch ready?

Affirmative.

Sir sir sir!

Look who I found.

What do you want with my nukes?

Well, I'll be,

XO on Deck!

As the room started to flood,

the faulty welding

also caused the magnetic doors

to short long enough for us to get out.

Comms. Get me the ship.

This is the Captain.

XO Seward and Ms.

Knox are very much alive

and making a mess of my bridge.

Over and out.

Captain we have 4

live warheads on my HROV.

And I need to find that minisub.

FT, would you please.

Comms.

- Welcome back, sir.

- Thank you.

I need to replicate the boost

signal on this transmitter.

I'm not taking any chances

activating the warheads.

Aye, sir.

General, we have the feed

from the Russian rocket,

We're receiving their signal.

General, we should have a good view

of the explosions from #2.

Sergei, what time is

your point of contact?

Any moment now.

There, see it?

It's approaching too quickly.

No. No. We just over

100,000 kilometers an hour.

The speed is right.

Telly, explain.

Uh, it's the asteroid that's

moving faster. Quicker,

The sun and the moon

are pulling it closer and

you need to adjust the detonation

time of your warhead, sir.

Perhaps you're right.

Detonate...

now! Vsorvat.

Switching to European's

rocket point of view.

What the hell is that?

- Mon dieu

- Gou shi.

My guess is that

the warhead embedded,

the detonated, and launched

the fragments to go faster.

Where the fragments heading then?

Um, I don't know, I

WELL FIND OUT!

I'm on it.

Should we detonate now?

Yes. Blast that thing.

No! If you do, you'll destroy

the other missiles.

And there won't be a chance

to stop the main asteroid.

Major.

Switching to U.S. camera.

Adjusting for re-calibrated acceleration.

T-minus 30 seconds to detonation.

Living god, our refuge and strength...

even the wind and sea obey your voice.

Put the wind back in its place,

and say to the sea...

Peace! Be still!

Fire.

Interpolating image, Now.

Uh, sir.

What is it?

Preliminary trajectory

reading indicates that

a smaller fragment will hit Earth

82 hours ahead of schedule.

Are you joking?

Where?

South China?

In the vicinity of Hong Kong,

Guangzhou, I think.

I'm not sure yet.

Well you make sure son.

You make triple sure.

General directive, all Chinese submarines

will monitor American craft

with in 500 miles of the South China sea.

Here we go.

All right.

Scientists and Government agencies of

an asteroid heading directly for the Earth.

- It has been said

- Nice and easy.

Yep.

- Jesus it's heavy.

- Careful.

I got it. I got it.

It's loose.

Yep.

Here it comes.

Here it comes.

All right, Gunny I'm gonna need

you to catch it, all right?

Get it Get it Get it Get it.

Yep. Yep.

Lift lift, lift.

All right, I got it I got it.

It's a boy fellas. It's a boy.

Yep.

Private.

Help them carry this out,

we're gonna load it up.

U.S., Chinese,

and Russian Governments

Carefully. Carefully.

Always knows when I'm not doing

nothing just kicking it back

nothing on my plate.

Can I get a second, fellas?

- Of course.

- Thank you.

Terry?

Believe me when I say

this is not a good time.

There's some sort of explosion.

They don't what

it was but, they found something.

But you gotta get out of there.

Look I am not one of your sailors,

you can't just order me around.

Yeah, that's right.

I am doing that PROFESSOR.

Things are gonna get bad.

All right? So cut the crap!

And do what I tell you!

I love you.

All right, I'm going. I'm going.

I love you too.

All right, Watch that ass...

versus Earth...

What was that, sir?

Doesn't matter.

So... What bad news do you want?

Because I have a lot of it.

Ready?

1.2.3.

Careful guys.

All right, remember we're not out of

the clear yet, All right.

Sir.

Uh, General?

I- I need to show you something.

Um, the smaller fragment will

hit Earth in about 15 hours.

The larger one may be

2 hours and 32 minutes later.

That one's a planet killer

about 34 miles wide.

So you are saying that by not detonating

early and stopping the fragments,

I sped up Armageddon?

No. You would miss

the larger fragment anyways.

You did how ever speed up

the annihilation of Southern China.

But the good news is that the main

asteroid is deflecting its trajectory.

Meaning the Earth will miss it.

- If we could withstand

- That's enough son.

You don't have a lot of experience

with good news, do you?

Major.

Alert the crew of the Polk,

they have 77 hours less then originally

planned to accomplish their mission.

Yes, sir.

Thank you.

- Telly!

- Yep.

Marie?

Hello darling.

Well...

It's way beyond

what we can even imagine.

Sir, we have an ELF message coming in.

Sir, orders over the ELF.

What is it, sir?

It's worse.

The interdiction not only failed,

but a small fragment is going to

wipe out Honk Kong in 15 hours.

2 and a half hours after that,

another chunk is going to

wipe out all the life in the planet.

That's 3 days early.

All right, let's stop

by widen up these frequencies,

start in the UHF band.

Unless...

Comms. How you doing on that signal?

I believe I can trigger the count down sir.

I have the right band with

and I can amplify

the signal wide enough to reach

the deepest part of the Trench.

I just have a way of knowing

if it actually worked.

There is no mechanism for me

to receive acknowledgement

that the trigger actually

triggered the countdown.

Wait a minute! I can tell you whether

or not the signal worked.

I've got a camera feed on the HROV.

It can be manipulated to

see a countdown, if there is one.

I just have to find the damn thing first.

It's working and responsive,

it just doesn't have a homing device on it.

Never expected to lose the thing.

I'm searching every square acre.

To find it right now.

Admiral Se, since you're

already aware of the

imminent destruction of Southern China,

Why don't you move

your command inland, sir?

We need you.

General

I'm in charge of the Navy

for the people's republic of China.

Thank you for your concern,

but I will remain at my post.

That's what I'd though.

Godspeed, Admiral.

All right guys.

Let's get those cases covered up.

Spread the word to the vehicle behind.

Would you gentlemen please cover your cases?

- Roger.

- Copy that.

Marines on alert.

Why are they coming

towards the volcano?

Weapons, down.

No body fires unless I give the order.

Advise the rear.

Yes, sir.

Cross this ravine, and

We'll be out of the range of the volcano.

Let's go Gunny.

Let's roll, fellas.

What... the... hell?

Come on, Gunny! Punch it!

Punch it to the pedal baby.

Let's go let's go! Not today.

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