Virtuality Page #3

ithis extraordinary mission

to a distant star./i

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iIt's been

a team effort so far,/i

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ibut now go/no go

rests squarely/i

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ion his shoulders./i

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iFrank.../i

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iUh, Commander./i

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iWell, we could really use some

more interview footage of you./i

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iYou know, the last one

didn't go quite like we--/i

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iRoger?/i

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iIs it true you get 10%/i

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iof every download

and web stream back on Earth?/i

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That accusation

is a direct insult to my agent,

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who would never accept

less than 20, Frank.

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iWell, I hope he also got you

a cut of sponsors like Nu-Trec,/i

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ithe finest name

in uncomfortable, ill-fitting,/i

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ipolyester garments

in the galaxy./i

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iIt it's scratchy,

it must be Nu-Trec./i

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Oh, very nice.

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I'll make a note to deal

with passive aggression

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at our next session.

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I see everything that happens

on this ship.

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This whole confessional

was designed by me.

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It was designed

to be uncomfortable.

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It was designed to make people

feel uncomfortable

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in the hope

that they would be more real.

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iOkay, let him go, Billie.

Just head up to the core./i

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iHe's the worst interview./i

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It's okay.

Just let him go, Billie.

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We have enough.

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JEAN:

iPreviously on Phaeton TV.../i

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iSix months ago,

the research vessel Phaeton/i

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iwas launched

on an extraordinary mission/i

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ito the distant star,

Epsilon Eridani,/i

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iin the search for intelligent life

in another solar system./i

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iBut only a few months

into the journey,/i

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iscientists have made

a shocking discovery:/i

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iThat Earth will become

uninhabitable within a century./i

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iNow this mission

of exploration/i

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ihas become a mission

of salvation./i

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iWith the hopes of billions

riding on their shoulders,/i

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i12 brave astronauts now approach

the most critical decision/i

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iof their lives--/i

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iGo or no go,/i

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iLeave the Solar System

and journey for ten years/i

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ior turn around

and come home./i

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iThe stakes are enormous./i

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iThe drama intense./i

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iAnd you're along

for every step of the way./i

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iEdge of Never, Phaeton TV,

only on FOX./i

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iOnce we passed go/no go,/i

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ithat's when we engaged

the Orion Drive for the first time./i

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iUh, it's the first large-scale

application of this technology,/i

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iwithout which Phaeton

would never be capable/i

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iof the near-light speeds/i

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ithat will let us reach

another star system/i

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iin a matter of years,

instead of lifetimes./i

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I grew up

in a family of liars.

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And I hate nothing worse

than being lied to.

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The physics behind it are

actually quite revolutionary.

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iThat's great, Jules./i

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iExactly what I needed.

Thank you./i

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Oh, look

who owes me money.

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A blocked field goal and

a bad pass interference call.

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That's what you call

dumb luck.

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iUh, no.

That's what I call Tough D,/i

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a good referee, and 5 G's

you owe me, bruddah-bruddah.

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I'll make it back

in baseball season

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if we're still out here.

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Oh, uh, well,

she was up all night,

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checking the acceleration grids

for erosion.

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Cut her some slack.

Said she deserved to get wet.

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Surfing. Yeah.

It's her new thing.

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Not enough light there,

she's not.

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Wake her up.

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[beeps]

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Sue.

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I don't necessarily

feel comfortable...

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talking about my feelings.

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I know my place,

and I understand

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that I am just one piece

of a greater thing,

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but I am a really

important piece.

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Doc?

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Meyer?

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[door slides]

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You home?

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Jean, can you locate

the doctor?

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JEAN:

iDr. Meyer is in Airlock C./i

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Okay, Jean, tell me

I'm wrong about this.

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iI'm sorry, Doctor,/i

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ibut I estimate a 6.3% decrease

in dopamine activity/i

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iin the basal ganglia,/i

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ialong with an increase

in transition metals/i

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iin the substantia nigra./i

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iIs there anything else

I can help you with?/i

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No, Jean.

That's all.

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