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It ain't supposed to happen,

but pretty simple.

My pod's more complicated.

Bunch of system failures that

all happened at the same time.

Whole damn thing went haywire.

Explains why I'm feeling so bad.

But Aurora's pod...

You did this.

Yeah.

All this time, I'm thinking

you're one lucky son of a b*tch

to get stuck with Aurora.

It wasn't luck, was it?

No.

She knows?

She knows.

How long were you alone?

A year.

Still...

Damn.

Data received.

Data received.

- Data received.

- Same as Jim's.

Interpolating data.

System shutdowns...

Everywhere, but no apparent connection.

You saw the hibernation pods?

I saw them.

Data received.

So you know

what Jim did.

Yeah.

And?

- It's not my...

- He woke me up.

He took away my life.

I know, and I'm sorry,

but there's work I'd...

It's murder.

You're right, Aurora.

But the drowning man will always try

and drag somebody down with him.

It ain't right, but the man's drowning.

This one makes 16.

Hey. You okay?

- You should go rest.

- Yeah.

But just a couple hours, and then

back at it first thing in the morning.

I was in the pool when the gravity gave out.

Are you okay?

We need to find Gus.

Gus! Gus!

Gravity loss means that whatever's wrong

is starting to hit the big-ticket items.

Not good.

Every failure's a burnt out processor.

Everything on board's thinking too hard.

Why?

Computer, display these failures over time.

Processing timeline.

Cascade failure.

It started two years ago. Power surge.

Seventeen failures in one day.

Including hibernation pod 1498.

That's me.

Woke me up.

- What happened that day?

- Something big.

A major system went down somewhere.

Everything else on board

is trying to pick up the load,

but the load's too heavy.

Whatever started this, we got to find it.

And fix it.

How bad can this get?

Give me risk analysis based on this data.

Extrapolating.

A mission-critical failure is imminent.

Failing systems.

Life Support, Fusion Reactor...

So we're stranded.

Hibernation Bay, Ion Drive...

On a sinking ship.

Main Engineering.

Not a lot of things big enough

to hit this ship that hard.

With Diagnostics out,

we'll have to find it ourselves.

Where do we start?

Gus!

Scan complete. Analyzing data.

What's it say is wrong with me?

It's a few things.

612 disorders found.

Get me out of here.

What's the prognosis?

Critical diagnoses cannot be discussed

without a doctor in attendance.

Override on my authority. ID 2317.

Lay it on me, doc.

Pansystemic necrosis.

Progressive organ failure. Cause, unknown.

My goofy hibernation pod. That's the cause.

- What's the treatment?

- Various treatments are possible.

None will meaningfully extend

the patient's life.

How long have I got?

Your end-of-life transition

is already underway.

These sedatives will alleviate

your suffering during these final hours.

Gus.

I need a minute.

We are experiencing difficulties in flight.

- Gus!

- Gus!

Where could he be?

For your own safety,

please return to your cabins.

We are experiencing difficulties in flight.

For your own safety,

please return to your cabins.

Should've took the damn pills.

- I'll go get them.

- No. Stay here with me.

Sit down.

You two take care of each other.

My ID.

Get you where you need to go.

Fix the ship.

Find out what's wrong with her.

How do I look?

You look magnificent.

Ladies love the dress blues.

What do we do now?

This can't be good.

I'm going back to Engineering.

Can you fix this?

I need your help.

Let's go.

Arthur!

Let's go.

Main Engineering.

Can't we wake up some of the crew?

It'll take them too long to recover.

We don't have that kind of time.

What are we even looking for?

Something broken. Something big.

Come on.

Is it broken?

It seems okay. What's next?

Power plant. This way.

Come on.

The whole section's closed off.

Something's wrong.

We're looking for wrong.

Try to open it.

Warning. Pressure fault.

Lockdown initiated.

- Please secure all doors.

- Hold on!

Warning. Dangerous oxygen level.

Please secure all doors.

Dangerous oxygen level.

Please secure all doors.

Grab it!

Pressurizing cabin unsuccessful.

Pressure normalized.

Oxygen level restored.

- There's a...

- End lockdown.

A hole in the ship.

More than one.

How did that even happen?

The ship's supposed to be meteor-proof.

I guess one got through.

It's hot.

I think we found it.

It's the reactor-control computer.

This is what hit us two years ago.

Jim...

How can we fix this?

We're gonna die.

There's replacement parts for everything.

- Light.

- Sorry.

Soon as I pull this module,

the entire computer's gonna shut down.

Well, what happens then?

I'll get it back up as quickly as I can.

Hurry!

- Jim!

- Okay.

Control computer restored.

Venting reactor.

- But we fixed it!

- Reactor vent failed.

Manual override required.

Vent failure.

- Come on!

- Jim.

Outer door nonresponsive.

What does that mean?

The outer door is jammed.

We've got to open that door

and cool the reactor down,

or the whole ship is gonna blow.

- How?

- I got to go out there.

Open it from the outside.

I open the door, I get clear.

- You blow that fire into space.

- You get clear?

You can talk to me through this.

What happens to you when that door opens?

Heat shield. It might help.

You might need this.

It's gonna be okay.

I better go.

Jim. Jim.

Come back to me.

I can't live on the ship without you.

Warning.

Temperature critical.

What's wrong?

What's the matter?

- Are you okay?

- Nothing.

- Go.

- You sure?

Go.

I'm at the vent tube.

New anchor point. Reset tether.

I see the door.

Temperature level rising.

Warning. Temperature critical.

Containment unstable.

- Where are you?

- I'm at the door.

I'm ready. Just say when.

Here goes.

The door won't open.

I'll have to bypass it.

Temperature level rising.

Jim, come on!

Please hurry!

- Okay, I'm trying it again.

- Tell me when you're clear.

- No!

- What?

What's going on?

Jim?

Jim!

The door won't stay open.

I think I have to stay here.

Hold the door open.

What?

No!

No way! Get out of there!

I can't.

Jim.

We're out of time.

- Containment unstable.

- Jim?

Vent the reactor.

No! You don't understand!

If I open the door right now,

it'll kill you!

I'm hoping not.

Come back in. We'll think of something else.

There is nothing else.

Jim!

- It's okay.

- No!

- It's not okay!

- Aurora...

Warning. Temperature level exceeded.

This isn't what you said was gonna happen!

Aurora, this ship is gonna go.

I don't care! You die, I die.

There are 5,000 other people

on this ship, Aurora.

We have to do this.

Maximum pressure reached.

Do it. Now.

Maximum cabin pressure reached.

Temperature dropping.

Jim.

- Jim?

- Vent successful.

Rebooting process initiated.

Jim, please say something.

Suit pressure dropping.

Return to ship immediately.

Aurora?

It worked!

You did it! You can come in!

Yeah, about that.

What's the matter? Are you hurt?

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