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[Dr. Nicholas Rush]:
I may be on the verge

of discovering the true nature
of Destiny's mission.

[Eli Wallace]: You've had
control of this ship

the whole time!

Why wouldn't you tell anyone?

[Camile Wray]:
The Lucian Alliance

is planning an attack on Earth.

[Colonel Everett Young]:
I killed Riley.

I suffocated him
with my own hands.

[Lt. Matthew Scott]:
You are a good commander.

[Young]: There is no mission

other than getting
these people home.

[Rush]: It was never about
going home.

It's about getting us
to where we're going.

That is the mission.

They're machines,
with one simple directive--

find alien technology
and destroy it.

I'm getting damage reports
from all over the ship!

[Young]: Rush, whatever
you're going to do,

you've gotta do it now!

[Eli]: Recognition software,
friend or foe.

What if we tell them
that they're the enemy?

Ginn and I figured out
how to dial the ninth chevron

back to Earth

while Destiny recharges
in a star.

[Rush]: Tell them
not to try and dial Earth.

It won't work.

If they go through with it,
they're all going to die.

[Colonel David Telford]:
Stop trying to scare people

and get on with this.

Wait three seconds,
then follow me!

[Rush]:
The connection was made,

but you were the only one
who made it through to Earth.

[Beeping]

We're down to about
20% efficiency here.

[Hatch hisses shut]

That's about all
we're going to get.

Moving on.

[Scrubber bubbling]

Sir...

TJ.

Hey, I've had
a number of people

reporting headaches.

Couple of cases of
nausea and dizziness.

I don't know
if they're related,

but both of cases are
sleeping in fourth floor

C quarters.

Yeah, something on this bucket
is always broken.

Rush and Brody
are working on it.

We need more lime
for the air filters.

[FTL drive thrums off]

This is Young.

What do we got?

Uh, two gates.

One is locked out,

the other looks promising.

I'll send a team.

[Quietly]: Whatever
you decide to do, I--

Hey...

Oh, hey.

They just reported back.

Looks like the planet may have
some of the supplies we need.

Oh, I don't suppose they found
any of those purple fruit

we got a while back?

Oh, yeah, yeah.

You liked those?
Those were awful.

Oh, yeah,
they tasted terrible.

Mm.

So why do you ask?

Why am I always
the last one to know?

What were they
good for?

Hey, did you
see that?

No, no, you can't just
change the subject.

No, seriously, look!

Something moved out there.

There!

What is it?

Those are drones.

We're under attack.

♪ Stargate Universe 2x17 ♪
Common Descent
Original Air Date on April 18, 2011

== sync, corrected by elderman ==

[Explosions burst]

Evasive maneuvers.

Executing
evasive maneuvers.

[Bridge grinds
into battle position]

Weapons active.

Got one.

How many are left?

Five.

There has to be a command ship
in the vicinity.

Which means a lot more
could be on the way.

Whoa.
That can't be good.

We're taking some minor damage.

I'm rerouting power
to shields and weapons.

Nice shot.

You're getting
pretty good at that.

Bring it on.

Let's hope
they don't.

Maybe we can handle
six of them,

but we can't jump
back into FTL

for another two hours
and ten minutes.

[Interface beeps]

That's all of them.

[Alert wails]

Wait a minute,
not exactly.

The command ship
just came up on sensors.

It's on an intercept course.

Put 'em on our six,
give me maximum acceleration.

Yes, sir.

All right, command ship
is still gaining,

but just barely.

Now, if we can keep this up
until we're good to jump--

we can't.

Not a chance.
We'd blow the engines.

Buy as much time
as you can.

What the hell happened?

I thought we left
drone-occupied space behind

a long time ago.

Apparently, we were wrong.

No, we weren't.

You think they're tracking us
somehow, coming after us?

How?

I'm not sure.

Think it has something to do
with the one we have on board?

I've considered that.

I thought it might be
worth the risk,

you know, to study them.

It's totally dormant.

Get rid of it.

[Alert beeps]

Colonel Young, this is Park.

Destiny just cut off power
to the sublight,

probably to prevent a burnout.

Do you want me to override?

I wouldn't
recommend it.

That's a negative.

How about
the command ship?

They've slowed as well,
but still closing.

Eta is less
than one hour.

[Young]:
Understood.

How long till we jump?

Yeah, we're cutting it close.

We jumped early before.

And the damage it caused
is precisely the reason

why we can't attempt that
again now.

I don't think we can survive
another full-on attack.

You'd better hope
that we can.

All right, set 'er down.

[Thuds heavily]

Okay, let's move.

All right,
we've sealed off the area

by the docking collar.

Okay, open the outer door.

Destroying that drone
only helps us

if we make it to the next jump,

assuming that's
how they tracked us

in the first place.

Sorry,

just panicking out loud.

What's our status?

The command ship's just
coming into range.

[Alerts beeping]

[Nervously]: Okay...

We're not
going to make it.

Sir...

[Alerts wail]

We're taking
a lot of damage, sir.

We can't hold them off.

Now!
We have to jump now!

Not yet.

Transferring all remaining
power to shields.

Hold on!

[Alerts wail]

Shut off
the damn alarms!

How bad is it?

Well, we're
still here.

That was close.

Yeah.

How are the repairs going?

Could be worse,

I guess.

We could use
a few more of those robots.

Shoot, you're lucky
you have two.

No, we're lucky
we're still alive.

This ship can't
possibly hold up

against another attack
like that.

Well,

hopefully they can't
track us anymore.

Don't you hate

having to start that sentence
with "hopefully"?

[Console beeps]

We have a planet
coming into range.

It appears Destiny
wants to

drop out of FTL.

Override it.

We need lime for life support.

This planet might be
a good candidate

to have it.

Look, we can't stay
in FTL forever.

I'd much rather

the ship be in a better
state of repair.

Well, we've dealt with
the most critical issues.

Look, I can't guarantee
it's going to be safe,

but I can guarantee
if we don't stop pretty soon,

we're going to have
trouble breathing.

Okay.

Drop out.

Please tell me there's
no more drones in range.

Screens are clear,

for now, anyway.

[Console beeps]

What do we got?

[Eli]: Good atmosphere.

Temperature.

Hmm, trees.

Looks nice.

Okay, let's go.

This is Scott.
We're gonna check out

the immediate vicinity
of the gate.

Have Brody and his team
standing by.

Roger that.

Secure the perimeter.

[Branches crackle]

[Cocking rifle]

What is it?

I think I heard something.

Stop!

Freeze! Halt!

Whoa, whoa, whoa,
don't shoot.

You speak English.

You came
through the gate.

Oh, my God,
I know you.

Y-you're
Matthew Scott...

And you're Ronald Greer.

How do you know our names?

You're the ancestors.

They called them
the "ancestors"?

Why would they say that?

According to Scott,

they claim that
their civilization

was founded
2,000 years ago

by the crew of the Destiny.

They said it was

in their historical
archives.

They even had copies
of old Kino footage,

and that's how they were able
to recognize Scott and Greer.

How is it possible?

The other Destiny.

They dialed
inside a star, right,

and the whole ship
went back in time

what, 12 hours?

When that happened,
there was two of everyone--

you, me, e-everyone.

We thought
that most of them died

in the unstable wormhole
trying to get back to Earth,

but what if they didn't die?

What if the wormhole sent
them even further back?

We know solar
flares can do that,

cause a wormhole
to loop back on itself

and move through time.

Yeah, but it didn't
loop back on itself.

There was
no Destiny here

2,000 years ago.

The wormhole
simply jumped

to another gate
in the vicinity.

[Chuckles in wonder]

This is unbelievable.

Those people
are our descendants.

Eli, we didn't
go back in time.

Well, no, not us, exactly,
but the other us.

Same DNA.

Oh, come on,
am I the only person here

who thinks this could be
the coolest thing ever?

Fine, don't you at least
want to know

what happened to them?

How they survived
and developed as a society?

You played a lot of SIM City
as a kid, didn't you?

Actually, this is
more like SIM Earth.

Come on, we have to go
talk to these people.

There's still no sign
of any drones?

No, we should be safe enough
here at the moment.

See?

But please,

let's not lose sight

of why we dropped out
in the first place.

Lime for the scrubbers,
yeah, I know, I know.

All right.

Hey, uh, everyone,
this is Jason

and Ellie.

[Camile chuckles warmly]

Hello.

You're Eli Wallace.

Chloe Armstrong,

and Camile Wray.

Pleased to meet you.

I don't even know
how this is possible.

You're all dead,

thousands of years ago.

[Eli]: Yes and no.

There's a perfectly good
explanation.

The testament did say

that the Destiny
might someday return.

The other me
could have guessed

we had gone back in time.

You have to come
and meet the others.

The settlement's not far.

Okay, sure, lead the way.

I'll radio ahead

and make sure
they know we're coming.

You have radios?

Of course.

No one's going
to believe this.

They're totally going to
freak out when they see you.

[Chuckling]

This is so cool.

[Laughing]

[Ellie]: When
we first heard you

come through the gate,

we thought maybe
you were from Novus.

[Scott]:
What's Novus?

[Jason]: The planet
where you founded

our civilization
2,000 years ago.

[Chloe]: You mean
this isn't it?

[Jason]:
This place? No.

Our people came here
as part of an expedition,

one of several sent to
find other viable worlds.

So you use gate travel?

We did,

but then one day
something happened,

and we couldn't connect
to Novus anymore.

There are no
other gates in range.

So you've been
stranded here?

How long ago
did that happen?

It was before
Jason and I

were even born.

It's just up
this way over here.

[Kids laughing]

Hi.

Aw, hey, hey,
it's okay.

Don't be afraid.

Hello.

[Crowd murmuring in wonder]

Incredible.

This is Yaozu.

That was my father's name.

I'm Camile Wray.

It is an honor to meet you.

Likewise.

Come in, please.

[Crowd murmurs
in hushed excitement]

Thank you.

[Yaozu]: May I introduce
Landon,

Abigale,
and Betty?

Hello.

Would you care
for some tea?

Yes.
Yes, thank you.

Will you sit?

Sure. Why not?

Sitting is good.

Oh, thank you.

Thank you.

You are even more handsome
in person.

[Chuckles]

Betty seems nice.

Mm...

[Genuinely]:
Oh, that's good.

Thank you.

Most of us,

myself included,

never imagined
this day would come.

Uh, Ellie said

the testament spoke

of Destiny's return.

If that's some sort of
written history,

I'd love to take a look at it.

If I could
figure out--

Eli, there's time.

You have
questions for us.

We have questions
for you as well,

but first, let me begin

with some ancient words
of greeting...

Maahn sih yuh yi,

which means...

Roughly, um,

"may all things go

according to the wishes
of those who hear it."

That's right.

There are about 100 people
in this settlement,

and a couple of others
just like it

scattered in the vicinity
of the gate.

That's not much
of a civilization.

But they claim that Novus,
the planet they came from,

has a population
in the millions,

and from
the sounds of it,

they were fairly advanced
technologically.

Obviously they had
a head start.

I mean, they had our knowledge.

Did they know they had
gone back in time?

No, but apparently
the other me

suspected it was possible.

I wrote that one day,
Destiny could return.

Still, they must have been
pretty surprised to see you.

How long
have they been there?

30 years.

They were looking for
other viable planets

because their homeworld
was suffering

some kind of a-
a natural disaster.

It was volcanoes, earthquakes,
or something like that,

but I don't know,

they said it was
getting pretty bad.

And there was
a fair amount

of political tension.

Not surprising.

No, no, but get this--

there were two
predominant countries

on Novus,

each based on

a distinct
political philosophy.

[Eli]: The people
in the expedition

were all
from one country

called "Tenera."

They follow the teachings
of this book,

the Testament,

which apparently
some of us wrote.

Wait, "Tenera"?

That's ancient.

That means
"the land of the young."

Or "the land of young."

There was also another
group of evacuees who...

blamed the other me
for what happened.

[Quietly]:
They thought

Rush was still on board Destiny

and would one day come
and rescue them.

Eventually, he became

some kind of
savior figure.

They broke off and formed
a country of their own.

Oh, let me guess,
"Rusha?"

[Laughing]

That's funny.

They called it Futura.

Really?

What wrong
with "Futura"?

It's a dumb name.

Yeah, how is it dumb?

Apparently,

he came up with it.

These people we met

believe that
the Stargate on Novus

was either damaged
or destroyed

in a subsequent earthquake.

Right, so they have no idea

what happened
on their homeworld?

No.

And check this out.

It's a databank.

Compatible with
Destiny's technology.

It has copies
of Kino video clips

the evacuees made

the first few years
on the planet.

It's us.

It's the other us.

Apparently,

to the people
of Novus,

the original Kino

is a holy artifact,

like the dead sea scrolls--

Look, are we going to get
the supplies we need or not?

Yeah, they're helping us
gather all kinds of stuff.

Good, then perhaps
something useful

will come out of this
after all.

I can't believe

you helped found
an entire country

based on the hopes that
he would come and rescue you.

I can't believe
you named it Futura.

Shut up.

Seriously, isn't that a font?

[Chuckling]

All right,
this right here.

Medicinal, food, food.

Okay, thank you very much.

This also goes to Becker,
all right?

There's a station
set up in the gateroom.

Okay?

Make it happen.

Cold.

Hydroponics.

Just place it
right over there.

This is our bridge.

This is awesome!

[Chuckling]
He said "awesome."

I'd like you
to meet Dr. Rush.

Hello.

I was just leaving, actually.

Well, you can stay
as long as you like.

I'm sure doctors
Volker and Park

have many amusing stories
to fascinate you with.

Um,

is, uh, everything all right?

There are those

somewhat less enlightened
among our people

who believe he is a demon

who rips souls
from human bodies

and takes them to hell

where they suffer
for all eternity.

[Chuckles]

It's funny how things
have a way of getting twisted

and exaggerated over time.

While others don't.

Uh...

He's not that bad.

Many Futurans
worship him like a God.

We-we won't tell him that.

[Static crackling]

I thought you said
it was compatible.

Nothing ever works
the way it's supposed to.

Oh... there.

This is the spot

where we're going
to break ground.

Hard to imagine now,
but one day,

hopefully,

this will all be
one big city.

Oh, and, uh,

we took a final vote
last night

to name the planet.

I suggested it should be
something in ancient.

Volker said Novus Mundus,
which means "new world."

While appropriate,

nobody really liked
the sound of "mundus,"

except Volker.

Anyway,

Novus ended up winning out,

which...

It-it's kind of strange,

because it just,
it means "new."

Like, new what?

Well, new everything, I guess,

so Novus it is.

And here we are
back at the gateroom.

This ship
is incredible.

Oh, it has its flaws.

Thank you
for showing us around.

You're welcome,

and thank you
for your people's help

gathering supplies.

They will serve us well
for some time.

You've been
so kind and patient

answering all our questions.

My pleasure.

We only have
one more thing

to ask of you.

Of course.
What is it?

Will you take us home?

We haven't been able
to dial the gate,

but that doesn't mean that
all of Novus is destroyed.

Just that the gate
isn't working.

This ship
could take us there.

All of you?

We were supposed
to build a colony,

but only with the help
of our homeworld,

and an open gateway
providing ongoing support

and supplies.

I-I understand that, but--

We're surviving,

but just barely.

[Yaozu]: We have struggled
through great hardship.

It's hard to imagine
the beliefs of the Futurans

could be so close to the truth,

but here you are,

all of you...

Come to rescue us.

Shouldn't we try and help them?

Forget the relationship,
they're human beings.

Imagine if the situation
were reversed,

and it was us
asking them for help.

And we did,

and despite the fact
that they barely have enough

to survive on their own,

they've helped us gather
everything we need

and more.

Yeah, because
they thought

we were their way off
that planet.

Well, correct me
if I am wrong,

but we can't take
that many people on board

even if we want to.

Based on the address,

I figured out where Novus is.

It would only take us
a week to get there,

and yes, yes,
I've done the math.

With the lime we got
from the planet,

we should be able to make it

just before the atmosphere
on the ship gets toxic.

Yeah, with nothing
in reserve.

What happens
if we get there

and we don't find any more?

We're stuck,

and that's not to mention

the drain on our food
and water supplies.

These people were
advanced 30 years ago.

They could be
even more advanced now.

Hell, maybe they could even
help us restore the ship

to its full working capacity.

Or they could have died
in subsequent earthquakes.

I mean, do they even know
what was causing the problem

in the first place?

According to Yaozu,

their scientists were
beginning to form a theory

before the expedition
was launched.

They had evidence
to suggest

that a rogue black hole

was approaching
their solar system.

Well, I take it
that's not good.

The resulting tidal forces

could tear
the whole system apart.

So we could use
all our supplies

to get them there,

and then find
no planet?

It might not
have happened yet.

It could take
hundreds of years.

Please, let's not forget

we still don't know
how those drones tracked us.

Now, until
we figure that out,

our best
form of defense

is to spend as little time
out of FTL as possible.

The last thing we need right now

is an unnecessary drain
on our resources.

The planet's in our path,

so we check it out.

If they are
still alive,

maybe we can help them
fix the gate,

and they can rescue
their own people.

Is that your final decision?

Let's finish
loading the supplies.

[Screaming in agony]

Eli, get that thing
out of my face!

Sorry, sorry, sorry.

[Groaning in pain]

Yeah, it's time.

In the next
contraction,

I want you
to push, okay?

[Screaming in agony]

Keep pushing!
Keep pushing!

I'm pushing!

Where is he?

Matt said they were
scouting a place

for an irrigation
canal.

That was hours ago!

He's gonna be here,
all right?

Just stay focused.

Deep breath
and then push.

Now!

[Screaming in pain]

Hey. Hi.

I didn't want you
to miss it.

[Young]:
No, I'm here.

It's gonna be all right.

[Camile]: I can feel
the baby's head.

Okay, on the next
contraction,

I want you to give
one big push, okay?

Okay.

[Screaming]

[Laughing in delight]

It's a boy!

A boy!

[Kino remote beeps]

First baby is born on Novus.

He's beautiful.

[Baby crying]

We have been here
10 years now.

Our little town's
coming along.

Some of us
even have children.

It's been a struggle at times,

but it's been kind of fun

to try to find ways
to make this work.

I just wish my mother
could see what I've done,

meet her grandson.

That's my only real regret
in all this.

...14th election,

the incumbent
addresses the voters.

[Young]: I remember
when we first came here.

It was...

Well, it feels like
a long time ago now.

We had very little,

and it was really hard,

but I think
it brought us together.

Everything we have here,

we have built
with our own hands,

and now we stand
at a precipice.

Some of us want to divide,

and sure, yes, we...

We have our issues,
and we have our differences,

but we can't lose perspective.

As your leader,
I may not have been perfect,

I know that.

But I know that I...
I tried my best,

and that I persevered.

Now, as a group,

we will survive.

We will prosper

as long as we can remember
above anything else

that we need each other,

and we need to help each other.

That doesn't... change
anything here and now.

I just thought it might
sway your decision,

seeing that

they are us.

As much as we'd like to ignore
their problems,

we're all human beings.

We have a responsibility
to each other, don't we?

Well, unfortunately,

what we should do
and what we can do

are too far apart.

We'll stop by
their home planet,

and we'll...
We'll see what happened.

I'd like to say goodbye.

Sure.

It's not a question
of not wanting to help,

it's a question
of resources.

There are so many of you,

and-and the ship's
damaged, and...

I'm so sorry.

So, it seems

the Futurans were wrong
after all.

I only wish
we'd known sooner.

We could have avoided
generations of conflict.

We may be able to get
the Novus gate

up and running again.

If we can, we'll dial in
and let you know.

We'll be waiting.

[Explosion thunders overhead]

What was that?

Eli?

I don't know.

Over there!

Oh, my God.

What?
What was that?

We need to get
the hell out of here, now.

Do you have a safe place
to hide, a cave?

Not nearby.

We have to get to the gate!

We need to evacuate
your people right now.

I don't understand--

Incoming!

Go, go, go, go!
Run!

Go, go, go!

Hurry!

Come on, go, go, go!

Jason, take everyone
to the gate now!

[Shots blasting]

Report!

A command ship
just dropped out.

Can we jump?

Yeah,
we're good.

Brody, this is Young.
Dial the planet.

Get Scott's team
back here immediately.

They just dialed in.

Drones are attacking
the planet as well.

Scott is requesting
permission

to evacuate the locals
to Destiny.

Tell him to go ahead.

We'll hold them off
as long as we can.

Come on, come on, come on!

Go, go, go!

Come on!

Go, go, go!

We've got this!

No way!

Not until these
people are safe!

Okay, guys,
keep coming through!

Keep coming,
don't bunch up!

[Alerts beeping]

How the hell did they find us?

I don't know.

To the left, to the left!

Come on!

Get down, get down!

[Shots blasting]

[Distant impact]

[Drones whine past overhead]

[Alerts wailing]

We can't take
much more of this.

Colonel, we've lost
the connection to the planet.

Scott and his team
still haven't come through.

Try to dial them.

Find out what happened.

We've tried already!

The address
won't connect.

The gate is now saying
it's no longer operational.

Okay, that's it.
We have to go.

Make the jump.

Colonel!

Do it!

I hate to be the one
to say this,

but we're stranded here.

Well, even if we can't
use the gate,

Destiny can still
come back for us.

What?

They were under
attack as well,

and the ship
was already damaged.

Even if
they got away,

they wouldn't be able
to risk it.

But the drones are gone.

But they don't
know that,

and without the gate,
we have no way to tell them.

What were those things?

Robot ships.

There's no pilots.

A mechanical army
of drones

programmed
to seek out and destroy

all technology foreign to them.

They took out
our generators

and long-range
transmitter.

They were built

to win a war
between two alien races

in this galaxy.

When the war was over,

the weapons
were left behind.

Why would they
come here?

That might be our fault.

We encountered them
a little while ago.

It seems they've been
tracking us ever since.

We thought we'd lost them,
but apparently not.

They're chasing Destiny.

It still
doesn't explain

how they found us here.

The gate.

An active gate is
a massive subspace event.

They must have found
a way to detect it

from long range.

You said

that there were
more settlements nearby.

Do they have generators

and other technology as well?

We have to warn them.

It's probably
too late.

That has to be
the active gate.

Every time we drop out,
we dial.

We've been broadcasting
our position through subspace.

It's the only thing
that would explain

why they attacked
the planet and Destiny

at the same time.

So we are safe
as long as we don't dial.

But the gate is
our supply line.

Well, we can use a shuttle
in the meantime, as necessary.

The drones'
ability

to detect an active gate

must have some limitation.

Well, we'll have to do
the calculations,

but I agree.

We should be able to use
the gates again at some point.

Okay, what about
the team on the planet?

Well, we don't even know
if they're still alive.

Don't we have
to take that chance?

And risk the ship
and everyone on board?

He's right.

Listen, I'm sorry.

We're, uh...

We're not going back.

Camile said
you were out here.

What are you doing?

I had an idea,
wanted to check something out.

I'm assuming this thing's
never going to dial again.

[Chuckles] No.

So, what's your plan?

Gates use short range
subspace transmitters.

It's how they communicate

status updates
with Destiny

before it even drops out
or dials,

and I was thinking
maybe we can use it

to send a message.

Tell them the drones are gone,
it's safe to pick us up.

And won't the signal
call the drones back?

I would like to say no.

The signal

is several thousand times
fainter

than the event caused
by an active wormhole.

But you can't know for sure.

It's a calculated risk.

But if the signal's that faint,
will it even reach Destiny?

They've probably already
jumped into FTL by now.

No, it should reach them
if they haven't gone too far.

So this is a total crap shoot.

It--

pretty much.

So far, I haven't even
figured out

how to send a message.

All I can do is turn
this stupid thing off and on.

"Mundus?"

Yeah. It's ancient
for "world."

Novus mundus.
"New world."

It sounds stupid.

[Laughs]

Yeah, and "Futura" sounds cool?

Yeah, obviously, it's
a matter of opinion.

[Park]: It's a font.

[Young]: What do we got?

Not sure.
Have a look.

It just started
blinking like that.

I'm not sure
what it means.

[Console beeping a pattern]

I do.

This is Young.

Rush, Chloe, I need you
on the bridge now.

It's morse code.

Morning.

Morning.

I'm starting
to get the feeling

that we may have to
settle in here for good.

One more shot.

Eli!

Hey!

[Breathlessly] Hey...

You did it!

I did?

Yeah, it worked!

How do you know?

[Ship approaches overhead]

Yes!

You did it!

Colonel Young said

we're going to take
these people home.

[Everyone gasping in relief]

[Cheering and laughing]

Sorry.

Thanks.

I know I said
I wanted to help these people,

but I got to be honest,

I-I'm glad
we're almost there.

I think it's been kind of fun.

Don't tell that to Rush.

He's been even
grumpier than usual.

He says the co2
they're producing

has completely offset

the extra lime
we brought onboard.

When they leave,

we'll just be right back
to where we started.

Some of them
are saying

they'd like to stay.

I know.

You think Colonel Young
will let them?

Guess it depends
on how many.

Well, do you think

their planet's going to be
in one piece

when we get there?

Oh, absolutely.

The way they described
the seismic activity,

I'd say they got years
before it goes critical.

I don't know.

It was bad enough to make 'em

send out those expeditions
in the first place,

and that was 30 years ago.

And what about
the politics?

I overheard
some of them talking,

and it sounds like

things were getting
pretty bad.

Apparently, both sides
had nuclear weapons.

No, no, there's no way
it would have come to that.

But they were facing

an escalating natural disaster,

putting pressure
on their resources--

which just as easily could have
brought them together.

Guys...

They're our descendants.

We passed down

all of our knowledge,

our understanding...

And apparently,
some of our disagreements.

[Young]:
Lieutenant...

Sir.

We're about to drop out.

As soon as we're in range,

you're going to be flying
the first recon.

Yes, sir.
I'll go prep the shuttle.

If it's okay...

Permission granted.

Thank you.

We'll be passing through
the atmosphere shortly.

[Quietly]
No radio signals.

Yeah.

I noticed that.

They're supposed to be
advanced, right?

So?

They're entering
the atmosphere.

[Scott]:
We're passing through

what appears to be
a pretty thick layer

of particulate matter.

Dust and ash.

[Console beeps]

All right, getting a reading
on surface temperatures.

It's pretty cold down there.

Oh, God...

Nuclear winter.

All right,
cloud's breaking up.

We should be able to see
something here pretty soon.

Whoa.

What is it?

It's a city.

It's a huge, modern city,
and it's completely intact.

It's incredible.

I'm not picking up
any radioactivity.

In fact, we're not
getting any em at all.

[Quietly]:
Of course.

What?

Well, the layer
of dust and ash,

blocking out sunlight,

lowering surface
temperatures.

There's really only
one possible explanation.

Extreme volcanic activity.

Like a supervolcano,

or worse.

Not exactly nuclear winter,
but just as devastating.

Are you seeing
any movement down there?

Negative.

I'm gonna bring us in
for a better look.

Sir, we've done

another close pass
over the city,

including the outskirts.

We're not seeing
any signs of people.

No smoke from fires,
no tracks in the snow,

nothing.

It doesn't look like
anyone's been around here

for a long time.

But millions of people
lived here.

Where did they all go?

[♪]

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