Deep Impact Page #5

We'll shut it down when we hit it.

Will do.

It opens up into a cave down here.

Mole got jammed against the side.

OK, Fish, team 2 at location 4

Give me your hand.

- What the hell happened?

- I don't know. I don't know.

Everything was going great, and

we got jammed up at 75 feet.

OK, hold up.

All right, try backing it up.

Roger that.

- That's it.

- A little more.

Shut it down.

No, they always put

extra in these tanks.

Fish, shut it down.

OK.

Come on, you bastard!

Come on! Time!

Figured we'd better pick

you kids up after school.

Check your 6, 100 yards.

I think we'd better hurry, boys.

All right, it's going! It's going!

Mole's at 125 feet.

The sun's rising behind you.

It's coming up fast.

Face shields down!

Oh, Christ!

Get the hell out of there!

Oren, get your visor down.

Get your visor down!

Oh! My eyes!

Ohh!

All right, we got him.

Oh, God! My eyes!

Oh, God, we're losing one.

He's got escape velocity.

Aah!

Mark, Mikhail, get

the hell out of there!

Firing primary thrusters.

Payload doors still open.

Close 'em as we go.

Houston, all moles are at depth.

Nukes hot and ready.

We lost Partenza

to explosive outgassing.

And Monash is injured.

We have to go get Gus.

There's no time for that.

Repressurize the cargo bay.

He's going to die out there!

We can still find him.

He has a beacon.

I don't have time to argue with you.

Just sit down and be quiet.

Turn on the f***in' locator!

We've used most four propellant

to get us out of the coma.

We can't just leave him.

We have to go back!

If we go back for Gus,

we all die.

We can't just

leave him in space!

Sit down, Mick. Sit down.

It's OK

The Messiah has safely

lifted off the comet.

But sadly, Gus Partenza has been lost.

Gus Partenza, a native of

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania,

and graduate of Carnegie-Mellon University,

joined the NASA Space Program

shortly after completing his

medical training at Duke University.

Dr Partenza was selected

specifically for this mission,

not only for his

medical expertise,

but also for his dedication to the

advancement of space technology.

Yeah.

With the loss of Dr Gus Partenza

and with Oren Monash injured,

Captain Spurgeon Tanner

is now in charge of the mission.

The Messiah

has successfully docked

with the Orion-powered

boosters

and is now prepared to detonate

the bombs planted on Wolf-Biederman.

The Messiah's exterior-mounted camera

will show us the detonation,

but not before being temporarily

blocked out by the nuclear blast.

Once again, let me remind you,

there is a 20-second delay,

so when the picture

comes back to us,

the comet should already have been

knocked off its present course.

Prepare to remove safeties and fire.

Safeties removed.

Weapons armed.

Now.

So now we're just waiting

for the picture to come back.

Decompression in area 6.

Mick, I'll get the halon!

Aah!

Yes. I'm still here.

We're live in 10 seconds.

Cue the president.

Mr President,

Hello, America.

It is my unhappy duty to report

to you that the Messiah has failed.

This computer-enhanced radar

image from Houston

shows how the detonation succeeded,

however, did not destroy the comet.

There are now 2 pieces--

one 6 miles wide,

the other, a mile and a half.

Both are still on a path

towards Earth.

We've lost communication with

the Messiah spacecraft,

although we continue to track it visually.

We don't know how many are alive.

We don't know their condition.

Now, we have to make

some decisions together.

What do we do?

You have a choice.

We have a choice...

Right now.

Ever since the comet was discovered,

we've been hoping and working for the best,

but we've also been

planning for the worst.

Our strategy has been twofold.

First, our strategic missile command

is preparing to coordinate with the

Russians a massive strike of Titan missiles

to intercept the comets.

If we can deflect these comets enough,

they will bounce harmlessly

off our atmosphere

and head on out into space.

Unfortunately, the Titans cannot be launched

until the comets are only a few hours away.

And while we are confident

the missile attack will succeed,

it is only prudent that we

now take cautionary steps

to ensure the continuation

four way of life,

to guarantee that there

will be enough of us left

to rebuild a new world

in the unlikely event that

the comets do strike the Earth.

So, in the soft limestone of Missouri,

we've been preparing

a network of immense caves,

and they're almost finished.

And we can put

a million people in them.

And that million people can

survive there, underground,

for 2 years,

until the air clears

and the dust settles.

Now, the cave is more

than a dormitory.

It's our new Noah's Ark.

We're storing seeds and seedlings,

plants, animals,

enough to start over.

On August 10th, a computer

will randomly select

to join the 200,000 scientists,

doctors, engineers,

teachers, soldiers, and artists,

who have already been chosen.

Other countries

are preparing similar caves

along whatever lines

they feel are best

to preserve their way of life.

This is ours.

Beginning tonight and continuing

until the crisis passes,

I am declaring a state

of martial law.

The armed forces

and the National Guard

are working

with local law enforcement.

A national curfew begins

at midnight tonight.

Now, wherever you are,

go home.

Stay off the roads

after sunset.

Crimes against persons

or property

will be dealt with

swiftly and harshly.

News stations around the nation

are being faxed copies

of the lottery procedure as we speak,

and they'll be broadcasting the

details to you in a few moments.

I wish...

No.

Wishing is wrong.

It's the wrong word right now.

That's not what I mean.

What I mean is...

I believe in God.

Relax.

I know a lot of you don't,

but I still want

to offer a prayer...

for our survival.

Mine included.

Because I believe that God,

whomever you hold that to be,

hears all prayers,

even if sometimes the answer is no.

So, may the Lord bless you.

May the Lord keep you.

May the Lord lift up His divine

countenance upon you...

and give you peace.

And in 5, 4, 3, 2...

We now have the details

for the national lottery.

"Those of you

who have been preselected

will be notified

within the next few minutes.

For the rest, on the night

of August 1 0th,

those whose social

security numbers

have been randomly selected

by computer will be notified.

While some Americans...

over 50 years of age

have been preselected

for the ARK

due to their expertise

in a necessary field of study,

no men and women over 50

in the general population

will be included

in the lottery.

The...

The evac--The evacuation

of those

who have been selected

for the ARK

will take no longer

than 2 days,

beginning on August 12th.

During this 2-day period,

no unofficial travel

will be permitted.

Those selected will be

taken by bus and train

to the underground ARK site

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