The Last Scout Page #5

The same as us.

That is the most common type

of scout ship.

But one of ours off course?

The only ship near was the Utah.

There's no way it could

be one of ours gone off course.

Pegasus, telescope.

Coordinates eighty-seven.

Vector 12 A.

Zoom.

Enhance.

Oh, great. It's a Chinese ship.

How the hell are they here?

They sent out the same scans

we did.

Maybe they launched

a couple of months ahead of us.

Which begs the question

why they stopped.

They're right on the edge

of the system. Why not continue?

Maybe they sent a probe

to the planet,

proved it wasn't viable.

They just figured

it wasn't worth it.

Maybe they're making repairs.

- Maybe they're dead.

- Hey.

Maybe we should just stop

speculating. All right?

Until we have a little bit

more information.

Right now all we know is that

there is a ship out there.

Mike, resume course.

That'll swing us right by it

we can get a closer look.

- Edward.

- Yes.

Wake everyone up.

So what if they're hostile?

Okay. That's a possibility.

I think we're too close to stop

now. I say keep going.

That ship could have

every spare part

we'd ever need.

It could make our lives like a

hundred times easier. Come on.

Exactly. And there are

certain medical supplies

we seem to be running out of

quicker than we should be.

Captain,

whatever happened on that ship,

to stop them

it could happen to us!

Oh. Okay.

Or the information on that ship

could help us foresee

something...

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

As feeling as that sounds

I see no good in treading

in dead men's footsteps.

But what if they need our help?

Oh, f*** that.

Let's complete our mission,

then we can circle back

and investigate

if we have to head back

to the fleet.

- We can't do that.

- All right.

Oh, that's sure.

The new world is just

around the corner.

And you haven't even sent out

the probe.

And then what the hell?

You have some

revelation from God?

We can't make it home.

- What?

- Captain?

The plasma overload last week

burnt 12 cubics of anti-matter.

We'll use the reserve. Pete?

- We already did.

- Oh, Jesus.

What?

Okay. Listen. We need anti

matter to make it back.

That ship may have some.

When the hell were you going

to let us know that?

This is not a democracy, Gerry.

We're boarding that ship.

We're going to help them

or ourselves or both.

The information on that computer

is critical to us.

We need this.

We don't have a choice, guys.

Captain, all attempts

to hail the unidentified PT32

have gone unanswered.

I cannot sync

with their AI system,

which is unusual.

It may be offline.

Our approach course is set.

And we will be ready

to dock within the hour.

Guys, when we get in there

we are going to head

straight to the computer area

in the Bridge

and try to link up.

Then I want you to go

to Engineering

to figure out if

they've got any fuel left.

Okay, Jane.

We're at the airlock.

We're ready.

Copy, that. Good luck, boys.

Jon to Jane.

Seal the airlock.

We're on the Chinese ship.

Seal the hatch.

Jane, hull integrity

of the unidentified PT 32

is at 62%.

Protocol recommends

we seal the airlock,

and retract the docking corridor

while the away team

complete their mission.

Correction.

Whole integrity

of the unidentified PT32

is now at 61%.

I don't like this.

Where the hell is everyone?

We should have come across

a couple of bodies at least.

Keep it together, guys.

Pete, go and check in there.

Yes, sir.

Meet us on the Bridge.

Nothing but rotten food

in here, Captain.

Can you get a read down

over here?

Copy.

It's all in Chinese.

I'm assuming their system

read outs are the same as ours,

which case it looks like

we got good atmosphere pressure,

environment is a little hot,

but we do have oxygen.

We should be able to breathe.

So we could take these off?

Yeah, sure. After you.

Okay.

I need you to get

the main engine power back on

so we can get the computer

back online.

Okay, all right.

- Voila.

- Ah, it's good stuff.

Okay. I'm going to see

if I can access their logs,

figure out what happened.

Head to Engineering and see

if that there's anything

that we can salvage.

Mike, I need you to figure out

how and when they got here

and how long they'd been here.

How's your Chinese?

It's been a while

since I needed it.

Yeah, same here.

Well, at least the ships

are the same

so the controls are identical.

Yeah, all made in Taiwan.

Hayley speaks some Chinese.

I'm hoping

she can translate them,

but we've got to find

the logs first.

No crew. No sign of life.

Is this what happened to her?

I think I've got something.

Huh.

That's it?

It's the last one.

He doesn't look worried

or anything.

He seemed concerned.

Maybe whatever happened,

they didn't know it was coming.

How are you coming

with the transport logs?

Not good.

All the file headings

are in Chinese.

I'm going to have to go

through them one by one.

Okay. Upload them to Pegasus.

We'll get Hayley started

on the translation.

- I'm doing it now.

- Okay.

What?

- Somebody else is on this ship.

- What?

- Someone else is on this ship.

- Who?

I don't know who,

but I've seen enough

scary movies

in my time to know not to go

and investigate the loud noise.

I thought I'd swing back,

grab some of my friends

and we can all go

and take a look.

I'll check the internal sensors.

Offline, great.

Okay. We're blind here, guys.

We have to do a sweep.

Stay close. Let's go.

Jane.

Pete was able to get

the Dragon's AI unit

up and running.

I am now connected to it.

Hayley, Mike has sent over

some files for you to translate.

Many of the Dragon's systems

are still offline,

including the internal sensors.

The Captain has now ordered

to ship to ship radio silence.

They have a code 7 situation

on board.

Mike, watch your six.

I've got it, Cap.

I thought

we checked the whole ship.

Obviously not.

Are you sure you saw something?

I'm sure I saw something.

I've never seen you run so fast,

Pete.

Hey, you know what?

You don't believe me,

why don't you run ahead

and take a look?

What was it?

I didn't get a good look. Okay?

But it was like some

like craze maniac,

like 6 feet

or something like that.

Six feet?

It's in engineering.

Pete, it's the Engineering...

Okay. Okay. Okay. I see it.

It's just in here.

You wanna go first?

You got it.

Yeah. Okay.

Jesus. He's only a kid.

Probably Pete's

six foot monster.

- He knocked you over, didn't he?

- I tripped.

Of course you did.

Hopefully he's got some answers.

I got him.

Let's go.

Six feet, huh?

I don't want to talk about it.

Is that what you call backup?

It was leadership

skill that made me warn you.

Hey, Captain.

Yeah.

Me and Mike were wondering...

if anything happened to you,

who would you want

to take command of the ship?

You know, in the event of

something going bad, who...?

Captain.

Actually Pete was wondering.

I know the answer to that

already.

Oh, what I was saying

is I assumed you would be,

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