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There is no Earth.

Earth never existed!

Michal, stop! Can you hear me? We'll save you!

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Can you hear me, Michal?

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- I'll go with you. - I'd rather you didn't.

For the two of us, it'd be... You'd only slow me down.

This is our only chance to save him.

And maybe us too...

I'll be back in an hour.

What's he doing?

Michal!

Michal! Can you hear me? We'll save you!

Can you hear me, Michal?

We've lost the signal.

We'll wait then.

We have travelled billions of miles.

We're almost at the end of our journey.

Many years from now children will learn

that we were the first humans to journey

into space to find life on the planets

of the Alpha Centauri system.

Geneva. Based on the latest reports from the World Aeronautics and Space Centre,

the Ikarie launch sequence is proceeding on schedule.

After eight years of preparations,

Ikarie is no longer just another Earth satellite station.

In fact, Ikarie XB 1 is a small colony of some 40 inhabitants.

Alpha Centauri was selected

not only on account of its proximity,

but because of its similarity to our Sun.

It has several planets orbiting it

where the existence of life is feasible.

During its construction,

Ikarie orbited the Earth as a stationary satellite.

- What will daddy be doing on the Ikarie? - Nothing.

- What do you mean, nothing? - Nothing.

When they land on some planet,

he'll collect plant and animal specimens.

As we all know, Ikarie is due to return in 15 years time.

However, due to time dilation, its crew,

will only have aged by 28 months.

Mars. Our correspondent informs us

that Ikarie has already crossed the orbit of Jupiter.

It should leave our solar system today.

Computer control centre. End of increased G-force.

Normal conditions resumed.

Auto-systems off.

Well, that's that!

Get up, girls.

- How are you feeling, Stefa? - She was frightened. -And you?

- Me? -Don't pretend to be a hero! Especially not in front of your wife!

Lift-off is hard on everyone.

I thought it'd be worse.

Deputy Commander MacDonald

to the transmission room.

- If you only knew how many things I wanted to tell you.

And all I can say now are silly little things

- What have you got there? - A pebble I picked up in our garden.

What?

Why are you looking at me like that?

- When you come back... - I know.

You'll be older than me.

- I'll no longer desire you... - That's not funny.

- You'll look the same. - I'll have a fifteen year-old daughter.

What? What's that... Rena! Rena!

Calling control room! control! What's happening?

We're losing communication with Earth, you've got to hurry.

I was afraid we wouldn't even get to say goodbye.

There'll be two of us waiting for you.

I was so looking forward to her first steps.

Now I won't see her until she's 15.

- You can teach her to dance. - She won't thank me for that.

How are you feeling?

Aren't you glad you're flying at last?

It's a pity you couldn't come along.

What's the matter?

Never mind. Give my regards to Stefa.

Tell her that...

- I wish her bon voyage. - To Stefa? -Don't forget.

Rena...

Rena.

He tried to confuse the computer.

He ordered smoked bananas.

- Dried beef broth. - And steak with what?

- And garlic ice cream. - And steak with honey.

- And that's what he got! - Bon appetite!

This is how our ancestors imagined space food.

Romantics.

So much for lunch, then.

Anthony. Bon appetit.

Today: June 26, 2163.

Morning temperature around 15 degrees.

A miracle of the last century...

- a man of metal that not only... - Wait, don't touch him.

Cloudy... cloudy... cloudy...

You've brought it along again?

As I recall, all crew members may bring with them

as many personal items as they wish. Secondly...

- This is a personal item? - I've had him for many years.

- It's quite an antique, then? - What?

But what are you going to do with it here, Anthony?

What do you mean? He always flies with me.

All the robots are controlled centrally. Programmed for specific tasks.

Why should I care? Patrick is universal. He can do anything.

But it's good for nothing.

- Let's go, Patrick. - Let's go.

- Not that way! - Not that way!

- Who's that? - Who? The new officer.

What new officer? I didn't know about any new officer.

She's here instead of MacDonald's wife.

A historian. Why?

Never mind.

I don't know, man.

- Don't tell me it's not possible. - It is, but on Earth.

Come on, Petr. A dandelion or a daisy would do...

What daisy?

He wants me to grow flowers for him.

- For whom? - That's not important. -Pardon me.

- Petr. - I've only got unicellular ones.

- What if you give her a puppy? - What?

A puppy. One of the bitches is going to give birth soon.

- I'd prefer something more... - Poetic.

What have the astrobiologists got?

Nothing but poetry. Peas, lentils, millet, rice...

- Acorns, corn, onions. - Sunflower seeds.

A sunflower's a flower too, isn't it?

I pull, nothing happens.

I pull again, nothing!

I'm in hell, you see?

I look at the casing thermometer. 1,200 degrees.

- That's big trouble, you see? - Stop saying "you see"!

You know what I did?

I activated the pulsator. To full power.

Erik, listen... Twenty kids and a teacher.

I pull one out after another. Real quick, you see?

They're all calling their mothers! The teacher too, you see?

And what happened next?

That sunflower's ready. You still need it?

- I don't know. - Quite nice.

- Who? - The sunflower.

Let's hope he doesn't change his mind.

When I was his age...

Help him.

60. You have a visitor at the door. Eva, it's an important visitor.

Me?

- Watch out! - Don't be afraid.

Some flower we've made you, eh?

- Switch it over inside the cabin. - No can do. It's a private cabin.

- Gentlemen, isn't this slightly inappropriate? -On the contrary.

You can't avoid it, Anthony.

- I had one after lunch. - No, you didn't.

You ran away as usual. Come on.

I did have one, ask anyone.

He's telling the truth. He had two.

- Yes, two. - You don't say!

You're all the same. You'll suffer from avitaminosis.

One has to look after you like a mother.

I've enjoyed being on my own ever since I was a child.

Brigitte!

It seems strange, but I really did.

I always thought nobody understood me.

Nonsense.

Come on, Anthony! Can you still see Earth?

- No. - And the Sun?

- Humans are like stars. - What do you mean?

Some people orbit around other folks for years.

Who's orbiting?

- That was a metaphor. - A metaphor?

- You're here again? - Does he come here often?

Everyday. What else should he do?

He's so lonely. No one understands him.

That small dot, is that the Sun?

- May I? - Go ahead.

Nightly she sings on yon pomegranate tree:

Believe me, my love, it was the nightingale.

It was the lark, the herald of the morn, no nightingale.

Look, my love,

what envious streaks do lace the severing clouds in yonder east.

Night's candles are burnt out,

and jocund day stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops.

I must be gone and live, or stay and die.

- Where's Herold? - On duty. Was it November already?

On Earth, yes. What day is it down there?

It was the 18th this morning, and Christmas after lunch.

They must be celebrating New Year down there by now.

Time really does fly.

That means I'm already as old as my youngest sister.

It's funny. We're heading to Alpha Centauri,

but why haven't they ever come to us, to Earth?

- Our solar system is of little interest. - Your move!

Besides, it's too far from the centre of the Galaxy.

26,000 light years. Play!

You see, we're the backwoods of the Universe.

Michal, are you looking for Alpha Centauri?

- Yeah. - I come here often.

Do you think they're out there?

At least on one of the planets. What do you think?

I can't believe

that there's life somewhere like on Earth.

I mean that we'll land, get out of the ship,

and they'll run to us, waving their arms.

- Maybe they don't have any. - What? Arms?

Do you know Bernard brought a piano with him? -What for?

He was in some old music club or something like that, you see.

Stop saying "you see", "you see"!

Don't say it or else...

And stop doing this!

I can't bear to watch you!

Sorry for that. I don't know what got into me.

No harm done.

When you see the same faces, the same people for so many months...

That's why I summoned the Council.

We couldn't speak about Stefa's pregnancy before.

The crew would have been worried. It's a risky experiment.

Nonetheless, it's essential for future missions.

As second-in-command I should've been informed.

- Explain it to me. - Stefa...

Stefa was already pregnant when we left Earth.

That means that my wife could have come too...

If she knew she could... Why didn't you tell me?

- Why? - Your wife knew.

She was afraid.

This will be the first time in history.

No child has ever been born in such circumstances.

Stefa's ten years younger.

Your wife agreed to let Stefa go in her place.

Lightly. Not so hard.

Something needs to happen.

It's taking too long.

Four months. We're not even halfway there.

Where is everybody?

- Have you seen Kubes? - Nope.

No one comes here anymore.

Why don't you call him on the communicator?

No need, at least this way I get a chance for a walk.

- You're getting bored, eh? - It's Hopkins' birthday tomorrow.

Brigitte!

- What's the matter? - I don't know what to do.

I haven't worn a skirt for four months.

- And now, just look at me! - Turn around!

Walk.

What did you expect! It turned out really well.

Do you think he'll like it?

Anthony, let's drink a toast to Patrickt.

You know I was only teasing you.

- Patrick, that's... - Herold. I'm on my guard.

- Shut up! - Herold's here.

- I'm on my guard. - What have you been teaching that robot?

I didn't. He learned it himself.

Will you dance?

- I don't like dancing. - Neither do I.

How're you feeling, Stefa!?

RENA'S VOICE: Give my regards to Stefa.

When you come back, I'll be older than you.

You won't like me.

When you come back...

I'm thirsty.

Oh no, I'm too old for this, my child.

- Eva will teach you. - I will.

- This jiggling's not for me. - Jiggling, eh?

Nina, we... You're a sociologist, aren't you?

- We have... - Some work for you.

- A moral matter. -I see. - And a social matter.

- The thing is that she's making fun of us. -Who?

- Brigitte. - At first, she threw herself at us.

- Threw herself? - Yes.

And now she can't decide which of us to choose.

- That's really interesting. - It is, isn't it?

Oh yes. Or it could be that she already has a husband on Earth.

This is computer control.

All personnel to their stations.

Section-commanders back to their posts.

All officers report to the bridge.

An object of the 7th order detected, in the second security zone.

Somebody turn that awful noise off!

- Distance? - 309 k.

17 degrees.

It may be a comet. Or a meteor.

It must belong to the Alpha Centauri planetary system.

It's the first object we've encountered from there.

- What do you need, Anthony? - Time.

This is your comet. Composition:

iron, titanium, germanium. Traces of more common elements.

Volume: 57,900. Weight: 15,844 tons.

- All right, but... - This is how it looks in close-up.

- Also detecting... organic material. - Unbelievable!

- Any signals? Transmissions? - No response so far.

Maybe it's an unmanned station.

No, it's a spacecraft. An unmanned station wouldn't be this large.

It's a primitive one.

Just like the Ikarie might seem primitive to them.

We know nothing about them.

- Nothing at all. - Why are they silent, though?

They must have detected us.

I don't know. Maybe they're afraid of us.

Afraid? If they're afraid,

then they're similar to us humans.

We can do more

than transmit Pythagoras' theorem at them.

- Prepare the explorer shuttle. - You can't be serious?

What do we have robots here for?

- What are they for? - Wait.

Suppose there are living creatures on that ship. Just suppose...

How would we react if they came to us, opened the door,

and out came a dozen machines?

How would you deal with them?

There are things robots just can't do.

We'll make human contact with that ship. Two people.

Who do you propose?

Attention, Erik!

Petr and I are going to go down in history.

And not just human history.

- I've been in a similar situation once. - I understand.

Just wanted to give you advice.

You know more than the computer.

I didn't think heroism still existed.

What?

I don't know, but I envy you.

Explorer shuttle ready.

Launch.

Complete.

- Well? - Everything's all right.

Activate visuals.

We'll keep on trying to establish contact with the spaceship.

It's silent.

They may have different communication methods.

Looks like a wreck. Do we have permission to dock?

Guide the shuttle for landing.

We're entering the alien craft. There's a vacuum here.

Look at the material.

It looks like some sort of aluminium alloy.

Medieval.

I thought we'd find something wondrous here.

Look here. A number. It's from Earth.

ABAJEV: Nonsense. How could it be out here?

Money?

Those are... Those were humans.

- We've found humans, Abajev! - Humans?

- It's an ancient rocket. From Earth. - From which century?

I don't know. Judging by their outfits, I'd say the 20th?

We've found cigarettes, glass, paper...

The women are wearing jewellery.

- They all perished at the same moment. ABAJEV-How? How did they die?

I don't know. Everything's intact.

They look as if they just fell asleep.

ABAJEV: Find out who they are and how they got out here.

You should've sent an archaeologist along.

Tigger? Tigger Fun. Calling Ikarie.

Eva, find out what 'Tigger Fun' means.

Look, Nina. "Tor-Na-do".

Nineteen eighty-seven.

Complete. Data coming through.

Computer control. 'Tigger Fun', aka 'Tiger's breath'.

A deadly gas with instantaneous effect.

Does not effect inorganic material.

A so-called 'clean' chemical weapon from the late 20th century.

'Tornado': a type of military missile. No further data available. Stop.

They tried to reach another planet.

Here. There's lights here.

Be careful, the ship's still got power.

That's impossible.

Why not? A reactor can work

without operators for a hundred years.

A general...

He must've been in command.

There are two of them. This one's got a wound in his back.

When they were running out of oxygen,

they killed the crew with 'Tigger Fun', so that they would survive...

...and in the end, they fought one another. - Animals!

I must be somewhere near the engine room. I'll take a look.

What's that, Kubes? Answer me!

- Herold! Help Kubes, quick! - Their radiation levels are increasing.

What happened, Kubes? Answer!

- The right, is a shot from Kubes' camera. - But that looks like...

Do you have to stick your nose into every corner?

My magnetic boot is caught.

Look. There!

Abandon ship immediately!

There are nuclear weapons on board! Don't touch anything!

come on, hurry! Hurry!

Svenson, send the support module back in.

Distance: 3,458 kilometers.

The shuttle is ready to return.

Don't stop! Don't touch anything! Hurry! Run... run!

We've found humans, Captain Abajev, we've found humans.

We've discovered the 20th century.

Would you send them there again?

If I'd known there were human life forms there...

Humans...

- Our ancestors. - They were not. Certainly not those people.

You can't choose your ancestors.

You know who they were? Human trash.

Beasts that caused Auschwitz, Oradour, and Hiroshima...

...the 20th century.

Do you know this piece?

Honegger...

also from the 20th century.

We had to continue on our journey.

I charged Erik Svenson and Michal

with the installation of a reserve engine.

During such work they had to venture out

into space on Ikarie's surface.

They weren't there long, only some ten or fifteen minutes.

Under normal conditions this would be insignificant.

We had no idea that this

would put us all in lethal danger.

It entered the Ikarie with them...

How does it look out there, Erik?

- All right. - The robots can do the rest.

That's Alpha Centauri.

There must be at least two planets within its ecosphere.

In the sphere of life.

- Are you sure? - I'm sure. I calculated it myself.

But both planets will be very hot,

like Venus.

But there's a chance life could still exist there...

I'm not a prophet. I'm a mathematician.

We'll know for sure in fifty-six days.

- Milek... - Normal.

- Will it be a girl or a boy? - A boy.

- What will you call him? - Wait. Wait...

I know a really nice name. Michal.

Anthony! Anthony!

Listen.

A radio burst coming from that nebula...

Grandpa's caught another nebula.

- So we're supposed to survey every blip? - Yes, every single one.

Attention! Third level! Attention! Crew member collapsed!

- It can't be! - Alert! Non-responsive person!

- Who is it? - Possible fatality. Possible fatality...

- Michal! - Possible fatality. Possible fatality...

I... I must've fallen asleep.

Well, well.

I was on my way from the observatory, and all of a sudden...

That stupid computer thought...

Not just the computer. I thought so too.

"A dead man aboard."

And it'll be surrounded by a large garden.

Without paths?

There'll be grass everywhere, very high grass.

Next time you feel unwell, report it

or the computer will take you for dead with you'll end up with no lunch.

I don't know what happened.

I knew a geologist once.

He fell asleep on an asteroid, the 608.

The whole zone was on alert thinking he was lost.

At least 150 ships were looking for him,

not counting unmanned crafts.

I'll lie on my back, and look at the clouds.

- Ants will be crawling up the tall grass. - Yes, and it'll start raining.

But we won't run for shelter, will we? We'll stay outside.

Raindrops will be running down our necks.

Erik!

I'm telling you I'm all right. I've never needed this in my life.

- And I won't ever need it! - Very well, go then.

It's not a disease.

I'm doing all I can.

What about biological separation from Earth?

- That has no bearing now. - And the effect of time dilatation?

That's an abstract theory, purely mathematical.

Will this continue?

- Is it dead? - Asleep.

Stefa, darling. What's wrong?

- Nothing. Leave me alone. - Do they know what's happening?

What about the baby? What if...

We had no idea what was happening to us.

We were unable to curb the fatigue, the drowsiness.

We had to to activate more and more auto-systems

just to keep Ikarie on course and running normally.

It was then Hopkins discovered while observing nearby stars

several kept disappearing and reappearing...

As if there were something between them and us.

Some gigantic body.

A dark star, to be precise.

Till then we hadn't the slightest clue as to its existence.

The nature of its radiation...

The radiation emanating from that object is beyond anything we know.

All we do know for certain is that it

inhibits biochemical processes in living organisms.

- Inducing fatigue and drowsiness. - Where is it?

- How long will the effect last? - None of us knows that.

Or do we?

Here are 14,000 metres of reports

from labs, observatories, astrobiologists.

Some are the first of their kind and Earth has no idea about them.

So what now? Do we send the data back to Earth?

What for? Should we worry them unnecessarily?

- And what if we don't return? - Nonsense.

I don't believe that a star, a dark star even,

could affect the fate of our mission.

But Earth knows nothing about this phenomena.

The next mission would encounter it again.

- I think we should do it. - All right.

In the old days, shipwrecked castaways would throw bottles into the sea.

We'll send a module back.

But are we yet shipwrecked?

Try to understand, if we all fall asleep,

it'll take decades before anyone else gets to where we are right now.

This is not a holiday cruise!

- Each of us knew what we were in for. - Stop yelling.

Alert! Second level! Non-responsive person. No life signs.

The mission needs a tough crew. That's all.

You can't blame anyone for this.

I know, but...

Those who are determined, will survive.

And those who are not...

Michal...

When I know it's a disease,

when it has a name, I'll respect it.

Until then, it doesn't exist for us.

Is that clear?

They told us that nothing new

could be discovered in the universe.

They've been proclaiming that for 300 years.

Fools...

Of course...

Of course.

Why... there are unknown things...

Anthony, how long till we get out of this?

Anthony, do you hear me?

- Sixty hours. - And then?

- And then? - I don't know what'll happen.

Will we wake up? Do you think we'll wake up?

- I do believe it. - It's not about belief.

Belief's nothing. Belief's a mere word.

Tell me how to endure.

Tell me when and how we'll wake up.

What's the probability? The certainty?

That's my belief, understand?

Prepare for sixty hours of sleep.

Is that all we know?

- Where're you going? - I'll send the Ikarie back.

You think I'm afraid.

No, I'm not afraid. Honestly.

I'd just... I'd just like to hear those words again.

The ones we made up together.

Nobody here knows them.

Nobody knows that... you call me your light.

And your...

No, I'm not trying to be brave.

I'll just fall asleep.

Then you'll hear me again.

It may be a long time before you find us.

Maybe you never will...

But you will hear me again.

One day, you'll hear me.

I'm glad I came on this mission.

Only those sweet words.

Nobody here knows them...

Computer control. Message for Earth recorded.

I'll get her back. She'll fly alone.

Back toward our Sun. They'll find her.

I must get her back.

MacDonald!

You have no right. You don't have the right, understand?

This is our last chance.

I want to save the Ikarie.

But we'll wake up.

Believe me.

We'll wake up.

Computer proceeding with auto-regulation.

End of first shift.

Second shift unmanned.

Attention, third shift must intake vitamin concentrate.

Do not eat fruit.

Anthony. Anthony.

End of third shift.

First shift unmanned.

Computer proceeding with auto-regulation.

Normal regime.

Good morning.

Everything's all right.

No, it isn't.

We only slept twenty-five hours. Not sixty.

Eva!

Stefa! Stefa!

That's the only explanation.

A kind force field must have been generated between the Ikarie and the dark star.

- Eatt. -A force field that intercepted or deflected the radiation.

- That's why we woke up early. - Eat, Anthony.

- What? - Eat.

I think there must be a simpler explanation.

Our biology simply got accustomed to it.

Accustomed? You can't get accustomed to radiation in just a few hours.

Perhaps you did.

I can't even get used to eating this slop...

- You'll suffer from avitaminosis. - Listen, you.

Where did the force field that protected us come from?

It all may be just a coincidence, Anthony.

Coincidence? That's a human notion,

it doesn't exist among the stars. - Finish your meal, then.

The main thing is we got out of it without any ill-effects.

Imagine if mankind had sent the Ikarie on this mission without a human crew.

The computers would have turned her back to Earth.

Fortunately, man is not as perfect as a machine.

Sometimes they have to rely on hope and belief.

Blood pressure soaring.

Central nervous system failing...

- Can you cure him? - I don't know.

It's not a disease, at least not in the earthly sense of the word.

- It's... - The second stage?

The effect of the dark star's radiation.

That means we're all in this together.

No, Erik was exposed to direct radiation when installing the engine.

And where's Michal? They were both out there.

- Where's Michal? - I don't know.

Have you seen him?

- Was Michal here? - No, what's the matter?

Have you seen Michal? Navigation, can you find Michal?

You aren't afraid, are you?

It's not that bad. We only fell asleep.

But those two outside, they were fully exposed.

To the radiation of the dark star, understand?

We were protected by Ikarie's shield, we're all right.

We are, but what about him?

Michal's in the corridor on deck zero.

- What's he doing down there? - I'll have a look.

Michal!

- Michal. - What are you doing here?

Leave me alone. Leave me alone!

- Come with us. - You're unwell.

Leave me here. I'm dead.

We'll all die, but I don't want to!

- I don't want to go with you! - No!

Michal!

Deck zero isolated. Alert! Alert!

Seal all access to the shuttle bays!

Michal wants to return to Earth.

Where is he?

He destroyed his transmitter.

Michal, do you hear me?!

- Stop, we want to help you! - He's coming back.

I can't see him now.

He's in the computer central hub.

He's deactivated all auto-functions!

- But that means we're done for. - He doesn't know what he's doing.

- He might destroy the cooling system.

- Emergency power. - Or the oxygen regenerators.

For all levels.

We must get to him.

- But how? - I might have a solution.

- More to the left. - To the left.

- Patrick, retreat! - He's got a blaster.

Abajev!

- Abajev! - What is it?

I can't see it!

- I can't see it! - What, Michal?

Earth.

We'll be there soon.

Don't lie!

The Earth is gone.

Earth never existed!

Michal, halt!

Michal!

- I'll go get him. -How? - Through the air shafts.

- Will it work? -It will. - But... -I constructed them myself.

- Be careful, he's got a blaster. - I know.

- I'll go with you. -Better not. For the two of us, it'd be...

- You'd only slow me down. - This is our only chance to save him.

And maybe us too...

I'll be back in an hour.

What's he doing?

Michal! Do you hear me?

Michal!

We've lost the connection.

We'll wait then.

We have travelled billions of miles.

We're almost at the end of our journey.

- Give this to Stefa. - What's that?

- As a relic? - No, just to safeguard it for me.

Look what it did to their spacesuits.

And they were only outside ten minutes.

Burnt by radiation. Will you save him?

Yes, I will. Him I'll save.

- A pebble. - It's from their garden.

When do you expect the baby?

He must be there by now.

Michal, do you hear me?

I came for you. Listen.

You've shut-off the automatic systems.

You're jeopardizing our lives, the ship.

You're sick, understand?

You're just sick. You must come with me and you'll get better.

Are you listening to me? Michal?

You do want to return to Earth with us, don't you?

Earth is gone.

- Earth is gone. - No it isn't, Michal.

- It's far away, but it's there. - Why don't you let me go back then?!

- I want to see it. - So do I, Michal. We all do.

That's why you have to let me into the control centre.

- That's why you have to get better. - I can't go on any more.

I don't want to go with you.

Give me an explorer shuttle. I'll go back.

Tell them, go.

- I'm not going without you. - Go or I'll...

You're going to kill a friend?

A friend? No!

Come now, let's go.

Do you know you destroyed Patrick?

You'll have to apologise to Hopkins.

Will they save him?

It's that nebula again.

How's Stefa?

Go to the observatory, you're no help here anyway.

I know, but just in case...

- Has the baby been born? Well? -Nothing.

Go to the observatory, you're no help in here anyway.

Anthony.

That force field is moving along with us, Anthony.

We're enclosed in it like a fly in a bottle.

And that. Those radio signals.

- They're not caused by any nebula. - What are they then?

I... we don't know.

How about Saint Peter, you haven't seen him yet?

That surprises me. Let's have a look at it.

I'd like to introduce our new crew member.

The assumption that it was a radio nebula

was quite logical.

Yet fallacious. In fact, it's an energy transmitter.

A transmitter?

As soon as we entered the orbit of the dark star,

this transmitter located us and surrounded us

with a force field that protected the Ikarie from the dark star's radiation.

But that means... Anthony!

There's life on the White Planet! Do you hear me?

- Yes, I know. - Anthony.

That's it. The White Planet.

A world inhabited by lifeforms

that protected us when we entered the dark star's orbit.

We ventured into space to find life,

and life has found us!

Control centre continuing flight regulation process.

Entering orbit of White Planet. Explorer shuttles ready!

Attention! Orbit in nine minutes.

Explorer shuttles ready.

In an hour's time, we shall step on to...

No, not Earth.

Maybe we shall step onto grass,

or... I don't know.

In an hour!