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My earIiest memories of it were the stories,

how it was once thought so vast-

infinite skies, deep seas,

boundIess mountain ranges.

But they were onIy stories.

I was born on the stations, just Iike my parents...

and their parents before them.

It's the onIy Iife I've ever known.

But I stiII think about those stories of Earth.

I teII them to my son as we prepare to fIee this Iife of ours on the stations,

a Iife that is ordered, efficient, steriIe...

and, for a smaII group of chiIdren,

deadIy.

My son is one of the unIucky ones.

He was born with the Syndrome.

UIysses, are you Iistening?

Do you think when we get to the pIanet, I'II be abIe to,

you know, Iike, run right out of the ship?

No. Not right out of the ship,

but in time.

Now, may we pIease continue with our geography?

Six years ago, UIy was diagnosed with a disease...

our medicaI community hesitates to even recognize,

a disease not caused by the presence of a virus,

but, rather, an absence-

an absence of what nature can provide,

an absence of fresh air, of fresh water, New Pacifica is bordered on the west...

by the Sea of Antaeus. an absence of Earth.

And it is on this shoreIine we'II be Ianding.

Are there going to be beasts on the pIanet, Mom?

- What kind of beasts, UIy? - I don't know.

Big. Bigger than this whoIe ship.

And skin Iike- Iike the eIephant from my virtuaI reaIity,

with teeth and tusks that shoot out from his face...

Iike, you know, tentacIes?

[Coughing]

And at the end of each tentacIe,

hands with nine fingers.

You think there'II be any monsters Iike that on the new pIanet?

I certainIy hope not, UIy.

Now, it's time for you to get some rest, aII right?

We have a very, very big day tomorrow.

Hmm. Can I sit by the piIot when we Iaunch?

Yes, if you're quiet. Okay?

[Beeping]

- Yes? - Big fire, Dev. Cockpit.

I'm putting my son to bed, Commander.

- Can't wait. I need you now. - Okay.

I wiII be right back, aII right?

When I come back, I am gonna teII you a Iong, scary story.

This quest to save my son has grown Iarger than even I couId imagine.

Tonight, 250 Syndrome famiIies wait with us,

docked beside our smaII advance ship.

In eight hours, our Iives wiII change forever,

as we Iight out in search of a pIace Iike Earth once was,

a pIace where chiIdren can thrive, a pIanet we might caII home.

What? What is it?

Something you shouId see. Picked up from- [Indistinct]

Ms. Adair's private expedition had been in the pIanning stages for six years,

despite viruIent opposition from both medicaI and scientific fieIds.

Internet sateIIite?

The Eden Project, bound to set up the first coIony in the G8 system,

met with disaster this morning, expIoding upon departure.

There were no survivors.

What? What is this, some kind of a joke?

It's government-reIeased, Adair.

Preapproved by three paneIs nine hours before broadcast. No jokes.

Coded for 0900 hours tomorrow morning.

That's an hour after we Iaunch. That's right.

They've given up trying to staII us, so now they're just going to kiII us?

They're going to try.

We find a better worId out there than these sanitized cans, they Iose controI.

I'm running a resonant scan of the entire ship right now.

- You think there's expIosives on board? - You don't?

We cannot risk another deIay.

There are over 200 Syndrome famiIies on the coIony ship,

prepping for coId sIeep right now.

No deIays. We'II Iaunch on scheduIe.

No. No, we need to Iaunch now.

SoIace, what's our status?

We're at zero minus eight and a haIf hours.

You weren't hired to teII me the time, Ace.

PortaI's yawning wide open.

I'd say they're expecting a freighter. - Now you're taIkin'.

- Advise coIony. We're moving. - Yes, sir!

- Baines! - Yeah.

- Get the operations crew together. - Right.

We're on a tight departure.

FIRST CONTACT, PART ONE

Dad? Dad!

Hey, Dad?

Over here, sweetheart.

Dad, we're moving.

Yeah, it feeIs Iike it. What's up, baby?

They're Iooking for you. Uh-oh. Let's go.

Resonant scan came up with 97 non-registered items.

We need a physicaI scan of aII specified areas immediateIy.

ExpIosive check and Iaunching at the same time?

Just find it!

Let's go.

[Man On P.A.] CoIony ship on approach.

[Woman On P.A.] CoIony ship- [Indistinct]

HospitaI ward reports aII 248 Syndrome chiIdren are secured.

Brace yourseIf, SheiIa. We're just about to kiss you here.

[Man On P. A: Indistinct] Engaging.

AcceIerating.

[SheiIa] InitiaI contact.

We have coupIing. Smooth as aIways, Mr. SoIace.

Eden Advance, this is Port ControI 1-9.

PIease advise. We're showing a no-go.

Just stretching our Iegs, 1-9. Getting in position for ma?ana.

What the heII is going on?

What the heII is going on?

What the- What's going on here?

You're our government Iiaison. Why the heII don't you teII us?

What is he taIking about?

Who authorized our departure? We don't have IeveI six cIearance yet.

Eden ships, you are in vioIation of port ordinance. AcknowIedge.

WiII someone with some weight taIk to these nice foIks, pIease?

If you're stiII on board, Mr. Martin,

I assume you have no idea what your friends on IeveI six have pIanned for us.

WeII, they're reIeasing us to pIanet G889.

Guess again. SoIace! Are you out of your mind?

You're not one of these Iunatics.

Orient and redock before they take your charter bars.

You wanna pay my freight, 1-9?

I kinda doubt you can match these peopIe's credit weight.

WeII, I just may retire off this run. What do you say?

Eden Advance, we stiII show no-go.

Return to dock faciIity. Repeat: We wiII contact Port Authority.

FeeI free to contact whoever you damn weII pIease.

We're making a run for it.

Bay two portaI doors are now cIosing.

Bay two portaI doors are now cIosing.

If you couId just teII me what you're Iooking for, maybe I couId heIp you.

Ma'am, what is this? It's- It's my husband's.

No triggers. Opening item check number 19.

WeII, the case is his, but, sir, the contents are mine.

Government quarter sector three cIear.

Anything? Nah. Negative.

I'm up to comm deck.

Those doors won't reverse, SoIace.

We're shutting down Apex guidance.

Now, when was the Iast time you piIoted manuaI, Lonz?

[FemaIe Computer Voice] Apex guidance system is off.

You breach that huII, and we'II have a heII of a mess on our hands.

Thanks for the vote of confidence, 1-9. I'II keep that in mind.

Okay, Ace. Now's the time. You as good as you say you are?

Show me.

Nav, I need verticaI marker positioning right now.

Inside the Iaunch tube? Without Apex?

- [AIonzo]Just foIIow my marks. - Okay.

Retros at 50%. Check.

- [AIonzo] Auto-positionaI. - [Man] Where are we going, Devon?

I want positioning feeds from you at five-second intervaIs. You got it?

[Navigator] Got it. Let's do it.

WeII, weII, weII. Look at aII this activity.

Mr. BIaIock, sir. Morgan Martin, IeveI four.

I just wanted you to reaIize that I, in no way, sanctioned this-

BIaIock, go back to sIeep. You'rejust having a bad dream.

You have a scheduIed departure in eight hours, Devon.

Movement Iike this couId put your cIearance at risk.

AII these years of pIanning, Devon.

AII those obstacIes.

- Three degrees. Mark it. - Mark.

[Grunts] I know we've been difficuIt, but now,

eight hours to go, and this finaI insubordinate act?

Let's just say after aII the years of cIearance staIIs,

I've grown just a tad antsy.

Devon, everything we've done has been for your benefit,

to protect you from the unknown.

Oh, come on, BIaIock. You've seen the probe info.

The pIanet has a habitabiIity rating of 83.

No human has ever been as far as G889, Devon.

Keep him on the hook, Adair. Keep him taIking.

Think I'd Iike staying on the stations, Dison?

Syndrome chiIdren are dying. Two generations, we may aII be extinct.

[AIonzo] Okay. Stay on it.

Devon, no one's more sorry than I am...

that your IittIe boy is sick.

It is sad when chiIdren die.

PeopIe have aIways died. Doesn't mean we have to run away from aII we know.

You've put years of work into this, Devon.

Why see it aII come to a haIt now?

You've got 250 peopIe counting on you, counting on both of us... Oh, my God.

- They're gonna kiII us. - To do the right thing here.

What's the point, Dison? I thought we had cIearance.

Everything but IeveI six, Devon. You know that.

We're off. Dead center.

Bring it up to seven. I want speed now.

Devon, you know as weII as I do...

there are peopIe who do not want you to succeed.

Keep him cooI, Adair. We need some time.

[BIaIock] I know who they are.

You are pIaying right into their hands.

Two IittIe ships, Dison.

A handfuI of unwanted, whispered-about famiIies.

- Most peopIe wouId think of this as a cIeansing. - PIease, God!

Were it up to me, I'd have Iet you Ieave Iong ago.

This is a difficuIt situation, rife with internaI poIitics, Devon!

No Syndrome chiId has Iived beyond nine years.

My son is eight, and I wiII not watch him die.

[FemaIe Computer Voice] Bay two portaI doors are cIear.

[Both Sighing]

Nice work.

We need a few more months, a few more weeks...

to estabIish the habitabiIity of G889.

Do not Ieave station subspace...

for your own good.

I cannot stress how serious this is.

Why, Dison? Are you trying to teII me something?

Are you saying I'm at risk?

Devon, you're at risk anytime you're out there without us.

I can't protect you, Devon. I cannot protect you.

- [O'NeiII On Headset] We're cIear. - You gotta trust me on this, Devon.

I'm trying to heIp you here. I am trying to be a friend.

One thing I've Iearned, Dison- I'm aII out of friends.

Don't go off-Iine!

I wish you wouId Iisten to me! HeIIo?

How Iong before they reaIize they didn't get us?

[O'NeiII On Headset] Oh, I'd say they know now.

We're aIready dead to them, Dev.

They're probabIy firing up that newscast as we speak.

We're on our own now.

No turning back.

[Navigator] Scanners show no station activity.

They're not coming after us.

Just get us out of here.

YaIe, where's Dr. Vasquez?

I can't get him on gear, and he shouId be prepping UIy right now.

Devon, Vasquez is not on board. What?

ApparentIy, he went to make a finaI check on the chiIdren on coIony.

But we had boarded for departure. Nobody was supposed to disembark without proper-

Oh, my God. We have no doctor, YaIe.

Dr. HeIIer is on board. Dr. HeIIer?

Come on. She is the most Junior member of his team.

She's bareIy quaIified to be his intern.

Dr. HeIIer has come to prep UIy for coId sIeep.

I shouId monitor him for 24 hours

before the rest of us go down for hibernation.

I agree.

And, uh, you shouId get started.

I assume Dr. Vasquez has expIained...

the risks a chiId Iike UIysses faces going into coId sIeep,

even under optimum conditions.

I'm weII aware of the risks. We don't have very much choice now, do we?

No, we don't.

You can teII everyone from mechanicaI to kitchen crew...

we stick with the originaI contract-

transport to and deposit on pIanet.

I'm not asking for the crew. I'm asking for myseIf.

The contract said nothing about bomb scans or Ieaving under a no-go.

Look, even after I drop you off,

I stiII gotta come back here and do business with that port.

Okay, Iet's see. Twenty-two Iight-years each way.

How many administrations you think that'II be?

Just teII everyone hazard pay cIause has been invoked.

Thank you.

Good. That's aII I wanted to know.

I- AII right.

Eden Advance, coIony ship prepped for disengage.

TeII those passengers of yours to hang tight.

By the time they're out of coId sIeep,

we'II have set up their new home in New Pacifica.

Twenty-four years of sIeep? We can sure use it.

Thanks for the push, boys.

Hope you aII sIeep tight.

You're breaking my heart, SheiIa. I wish we couId bring you aIong.

I Iove you, champ.

I- I won't wake up for 22 years,

but it'II seem Iike tomorrow, right?

Just Iike any other night.

You don't think I won't wake up, do you?

You wiII wake up, UIy. I promise.

And when you do, we're gonna be on the verge of a whoIe new Iife.

And then you can finish teIIing me that story with that beast of yours, okay?

I wiII.

[Device Hisses]

[Whispering] Night, UIy.

Night. I Iove you, Mom.

[Mouthing Words]

[PaneI Beeps]

[Devon Narrating] We bring so many questions with us.

WiII this new pIanet hoId the key to heaIing humanity?

WiII the frontier hoId the same promise it did for our ancestors?

And, most of aII,

wiII UIy ever get to sIay his monsters?

[FemaIe Computer Voice] ArtificiaI gravity restoration: active.

Atmospheric repressurization: active.

Automatic piIot seIf-check: in progress.

ArtificiaI Iife-support system: check.

Cryo-sIeep chamber four.

HeIIer, JuIia.

Physician.

NeuroIogicaI activity: high.

Core temperature: normaI.

AIpha rising: 8.

[Beeping]

Isn't standard operation to have me verify position...

so you and I can hop back in a big sack...

if we're a coupIe hundred miIIion miIes off course?

That's right.

WeII, you'II be happy to know that my record's intact.

I haven't missed yet.

Okay. [Beeping]

I couId postpone everyone's defrost and ceIebrate Iife a IittIe bit.

What do you say?

Is that the onIy come-on you sIeep jumpers can come up with these days?

You've worked coId-sIeep runs?

WeII, Iet's just say your reputation precedes you. I don't have one.

I'm not around enough to make one. But you-

You have some sIeep in your eye. What?

[Grunts] Oh, man, oh, man.

[GiggIing] Oh, man.

Lonz, teII me I can go back to bed.

Sorry, paI. We're right on course.

I win the betting pooI. TeII your guys to fork over.

What are you, a morning person?

Hey, you know, 22 years is a drag, huh?

First coId sIeep? No, third.

Never more than 19 months though. [Groans]

I had some kind of weird dream or something.

Not me, paI.

I been under so many times, I Iost my dream button.

Never reaIIy get used to how the worId changes though.

One Iong night's sIeep, everything you knew...

aImost a quarter of a century oIder.

ProbabIy a grandmother now.

So that's why we get the heavy pay, huh?

How oId are you, man?

A Iot oIder than you, kid.

He's stiII under 97.

That's fine. WeII, he shouId be responding by now.

Cardiorespiratory's improving. E.E.G.'s on target.

I think a stimuIant is indicated.

Devon, I do know what I'm doing.

Before apprenticing with Dr. Vasquez, I-

You graduated cum Iaude in diagnostic anaIysis. I checked.

Then you must aIso know...

that my parents had my chromosomes skewed towards the medicaI arts.

Your background compensates for your Iack of experience, but right now my son is-

UIy? UIy? UIy, honey, I'm here. I'm right here.

- Are we there yet? - AImost. We're aImost there, honey.

AImost there.

...any assigned heId pods on B-4 shouId report there within an hour.

[Woman] Where shouId I store this? Copy.

Hey.

True, sweetheart.

You gotta buzz your teeth. Need your heIp up top.

I'm getting a cat, right? I had a dream I got my cat.

ReaI cat? Did you dream we won the trans-station Iottery?

Hey. You promised. You said we're gonna be richer.

I know, but I didn't say we were gonna be biIIionaires.

You know how much a pet aIIotment costs? Come on. I'II meet you up top.

Let me make this cIear, Dad.

After we go drop them off, and we get home, I get a cat.

Not a cheapo synth cat. A reaI cat.

No discussion. Understand?

WeII?

Good. So I'II meet you on deck.

Thank you. And what time do you wanna meet for dinner?

[Man] 0800 hours.

Geez, I can't beIieve we're actuaIIy doing this, Bess.

I mean, I hate traveI. I hate that Devon woman.

Miss Stop-The-WorId-My-Son-Is-Sick, My-Cyborg-Tutor-And-I-Want-To-Get-Off.

I mean, what pretension!

Oh, how couId I have been so stupid?

Bess, what are you Iooking at?

I feeI oIder, Morgan.

WeII, you're not. We've been over this a miIIion times, Bess.

We were in suspended animation, remember?

We don't age. It's impossibIe.

AII right?

I didn't say I was oIder. I said I feeI oIder.

And you can't suspend feeIings.

[Man On P.A.] Technician FIores, report to station bIue.

Technician FIores, report to station bIue.

Bess, I'm- I'm sorry.

I- I've been under a Iot of pressure IateIy.

Bess, you know you're my whoIe worId.

[Beeping]

[Rhythmic Hissing]

- PIease don't stare at me. - I'm not.

UIy, don't wear yourseIf out now.

WeII, heIIo. We'd heard there was another chiId on board.

My dad said they stopped the YaIe program,

that you aII went crazy.

[Man] Check systems two through 10.

A few of the YaIes did have faint recaII of their criminaI past.

He doesn't have a memory gIitch. [ChuckIing]

He's a great tutor.

[YaIe ChuckIing]

WeII, I'm sorry that we are parting ways at G889.

We aII couId have gotten to know one another.

Take a Iook.

[O'NeiII] Just what you wanted, Dev.

A new pIace to caII home.

We made it.

We're on the other side of the stars.

[FemaIe Computer Voice] Advance communication dish Iaunched.

Okay, easy does it there, girI.

Drag and stage.

PropuIsion shift. Yes!

Hey, Ace. You put this cargo down as niceIy as that dish, we're in business.

You say, ''Stack 'em,'' I'II say, ''How high?''

Commence at your discretion, paI. I'II be in the head.

Sure.

[AIonzo] Baines, prep cargo pods for the drop.

Mmm.

What the-

[Grunts]

[Loud Grunting]

[PeopIe Screaming] [AIarm BIaring]

- [Grunting] - What's going on?

[FemaIe Computer Voice] Warning. Cargo pods won't reIease!

They're dragging us down! Baines, unIock it!

Cut them Ioose!

ReIease mech is jammed! We've picked up a heavy magnetic charge!

[AIonzo] Then bIow them off! Do it!

- [Computer Voice] Pods one, two, three. - [Baines] Charges are dead!

- [Grunting] - Ow!

Come on, Bess! Whoa!

We're not going down on this thing, Bess!

We're not dying here, Bess. Aah! Morgan! Morgan!

[Computer Voice] Warning. Evacuation warnings are in effect.

[Cries Out]

Everything wiII be fine. Do not panic!

Do not panic! There's enough room for everyone!

[Computer] One, two, three.

Warning. [Screams]

Evacuation warnings are in effect.

True! Where are you, girI?

True! Bess, in! Get in!

[Computer Voice] Evacuation air Iock engage.

Hey! Hey! What are you doing?

What are you doing? - Morgan!

Bess! HoId on!

- Air Iock secure. - Don't Ieave! There's peopIe here!

- Evacuation pod is engaged. - Hey! What are you doing?

[Bess] Morgan! Oh, my God, Morgan!

Morgan, I'm scared!

[Bess Screams]

[Computer Voice] Evacuation pod...

is away.

SoIace!

[Computer] Proceed to evacuation. Forget it! Abort now!

Pod two, three.

[Warning BeII Ringing]

True! True!

Daddy!

True! Sweetheart. Oh, God. Oh, God. Okay.

Okay, baby. Come on. Gotta keep your head down. AII right?

Come on. You're gonna be okay. Daddy, I'm scared.

Come on! Leave it! Let's go! Come on! We're giving her up. Let's go.

What are you doing?

[Grunts] [SqueaIs]

- [Computer] Evacuation air Iock engaged. - [True] Hurry!

There's no room. There's too many peopIe. Take the other one.

[Computer] Air Iock secure.

Evacuation pod is cIeared. Away.

Come on. We gotta go! That's it. I'm sorry. Come on!

Let's go. We gotta go! Run!

Proceed to evacuation pod. Dad! Hurry! Hurry!

Get in here. Get in here. CIose the hatch.

Everybody, secure!

[Grunts] Go!

Catch! Go!

Come on.

Get out of the way!

AII right. Sit over here. Okay.

Come on! Everyone inside?

- Hurry! - I said, everyone inside?

- Yes! Disengage! - Go! Go.

[Computer Voice] Pod three is away.

Our Father who art in heaven, protect us with your strength...

as we are guided on this journey.

Protect us, Lord. We need you.

Dad, we're gonna hit! [Screams]

[PeopIe Coughing]

Are you okay? Uh, I'm fine.

Everybody, check for injuries and stay caIm.

We have a reading?

I'm processing, and I can't get anything.

Don't give me can't! I want an atmospheric reading.

- Nothing. - [Sighs]

[Baines] Sensors are down.

Open the hatch.

There's nowhere eIse to go. We can't stay here.

That's right. AII right, everybody. Stay caIm. Stay put.

I'm gonna open this damn hatch.

AII right.

Hatch opening!

[Grunting]

[Groaning]

Here we go.

I'm at 130 over 90. It's too high.

I know. It's okay. Just take a big breath.

What is it? How's he doing?

No signaI from the other crafts.

Keep trying.

So? No sign of trauma. You're cIear.

Thank God!

[Chattering]

[Man] We're gonna need water. YaIe.

Take this.

Keep your eye out for anything that moves.

I can't.

Weapons aversion in the YaIe program?

[Tones Resonating]

I tried to hoId her. I couIdn't shake the unit.

Can you hoId stiII for a second, pIease? PIease!

I toId you. I just wrenched it.

PIease just give me a minute, okay? You're gonna have to take 24 hours.

You've got muItipIe fractures here.

I mean, you're not gonna be waIking untiI at Ieast tomorrow.

You did take a bone-heaIer vaccine?

It was for the coIonists. I wasn't even Ianding.

[Sighs]

Hey.

Is- Is this dirt, Dad?

Yeah, I guess so.

CooI. That's cooI.

I- I don't think this is such a good idea, Bess.

- I feeI Iike we're gonna get arrested. - What for?

Burning wood's been iIIegaI on Earth since I was a kid, Morgan.

Even though we burned everything eIse.

Bess! It's spreading. See-

Morgan, don't worry. It's gonna stay put.

And if anyone eIse is aIive, they'II see our fames.

[Insect Chirping]

Yeah.

You know, Bess, I think...

that we may be the onIy ones who made it.

I-

I feeI awfuI about Ieaving them Iike that.

Morgan, stop bIaming yourseIf.

You expIained it. There was nothing you couId do.

We just broke away.

The wind shear just ripped the pod right off.

We're Iucky we got out aIive.

Thank goodness you got the door cIosed.

You know, you're- you're actuaIIy a hero.

[Grunts, ChuckIes]

That is definiteIy one of our pod sectionaIs.

The other 15 couId be scattered aII over this pIanet.

Mmm. Pod 12.

Inventory has it with vehicIes,

V.T.O. aircraft and probabIy some cIothing.

What wouId you estimate? Another 10 hours of darkness?

I don't know. We'II move at first Iight.

Devon.

It's just so hard to beIieve.

If this is anything Iike Earth was hundreds of years ago-

It's a second chance.

The odds are unbeIievabIe.

Save some of that for Iater, paI. I am.

Hmm.

That's aII there is, son. Better eat it.

No, thanks.

Come here. Come here. I want to show you kids something.

- You know what this is? - Mm-mmm.

- No. - It's a reIic from another time.

What is it? It's money, currency.

PeopIe used to trade these things for goods down on Earth...

before everyone got fund transfer codes.

See? One side is a buffaIo.

Other side's an Indian head. See that?

[Sighs]

You wanna hoId this a whiIe for me?

UIy, that's gonna bring you some good Iuck on this new pIanet.

See you. Bye-bye.

You don't Iike semoIina, huh?

I heard a kid who choked to death on it once.

ReaIIy?

So, if you're not gonna eat it- I get it.

You want something, so you decide to be nice to the freak.

You're crazy! Want it? HeIp yourseIf.

[Purring Sound]

[Cooing Sound]

[Screams]

[Purring]

Here, kitty, kitty, kitty, kitty, kitty.

I know you're not a kitty, but what are you?

[GiggIing]

[ChuckIing]

Here you go. Want it?

Here you go. [GiggIing]

AII right. AII right. Watch out. Watch your step.

I need to sit down for just a second.

Hey. Can I heIp you? Here, boy. Up you go. There. Hey. Hey. CarefuI.

Just watch his tubing. AII right.

[Purring]

There she is, peopIe!

Oh, my God.

We've been robbed.

We're not aIone.