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Our planet was dying,

but we found whatever happiness we could

with those we loved

and pretended it wasn't happening.

I remember my last evening

with my mother and daughter down by the ocean.

Mom told us a story,

a story about five men in a tiny boat adrift on the sea.

But with only enough water

and food for three to survive,

How should they decide who lives and who dies?

I remember her answer,

but I still don't why she told us that story.

A few hours later, they were both gone.

Hibernation is terminated.

All crew, please proceed to your quarters.

I'm getting too old for this shit.

My head.

You okay, Si?

All crew are requested to command deck

in 30 minutes.

Officer Ulph, proceed to make propulsion

for spent core expulsion.

Hi.

Why don't you get some rest, Si.

Hibernation is hard, especially the first time.

You know, if you are struggling,

we can give you something to settle your nerves.

We all remember our first flight.

Anyway.

What is it he does again?

He blogs.

Has a massive following, like massive.

Oh, he blogs, massive following, right useful.

Leave him alone, okay.

Okay.

Okay.

Si, can I get you anything?

No, I'm fine.

Thank you.

How are the blogs going?

Good.

There's a lot of interest in the mission.

Cool.

Let me know if you need anything, all right.

I will, thank you.

There it is.

Flight time to sphere.

16 hours,

48 minutes

and 33 seconds.

Eight months to get here

and we finally see it with our own eyes.

Have you seen the new data yet?

Yeah.

It's unremarkable.

What?

Karla Grey is recognized.

Sphere data is online.

Hall projector is initiated.

That thing's incredible.

What's the data like?

Complete shit.

What, why?

Take a look.

Officer Shanzi is recognized.

Flight's trajectory is confirmed.

I mean, there's nothing new here, how's that?

There's nothing here, Sen.

No.

So what do we do, commander?

What we were sent to do.

We investigate the sphere.

This is bullshit.

The ship's scanners are capable

of dissecting entire planets.

How can we not see through that thing?

We don't know.

Hey Miz, What's your favorite sexual position?

I do not engage in sexual activity.

Really, 'cause you're fucking me really hard.

Miz, how long do we reach our objective?

Eight hours,

51 minutes and 22 seconds.

And we have no idea what that thing is.

I'm about to jettison a spent core from the propulsion.

Safety measures are initiated.

Core detonation.

Five,

four,

three,

two,

one.

Core detonation is confirmed.

All board systems remain stable.

Crew CEO Vance is online.

Private executive communication is confirmed.

Crew of the Achilles,

I trust you're recovered from your long hibernation.

All crew members are fully recovered, sir.

The whole world is watching.

Waiting.

Every media channel is hungry for information

about the sphere.

Sir, the scans are telling us nothing.

The sphere represents the greatest mystery

ever encountered by the human race.

If our technology cannot penetrate it,

we must find another way.

I'm sure Miz will take the helm for a short time

while you return to your quarters

and speak to your family members.

Thank you, sir.

I'm sure we are all truly grateful.

Crew dismissed.

Karla.

Karla.

Karla.

Mom?

Private executive communication is confirmed.

I thought everyone was having their family calls now.

I thought we were family,

after three missions together.

Sorry, I didn't mean...

Are you okay?

You seemed tense on command.

Maybe I was asking too much,

putting you on the flight so soon after losing them.

I'm fine.

Really.

And I never would've gotten through without you,

without your help

and without your support.

I'm with you every step of the way, Karla Grey.

I'm always...

Space continuum anomaly detected.

Source confirmed,

the sphere.

What the fuck?

Nature of anomaly unknown.

Commander?

Achilles on board systems are compromised.

Communication with Earth is offline.

Communication repairs are initiated.

Life support systems remain stable.

Propulsion systems remain stable.

Onboard data systems running at 34% capacity.

Data system repairs are initiated.

All crew report to command deck immediately.

Miz, update.

Onboard data systems running at 47 % capacity.

Life support systems are stable.

Propulsion systems are stable.

Miz, what was the nature of the disturbance?

Unknown.

Miz, what is that light source?

Unknown.

So we're flying blind and Miz is on vacation.

We've never encountered anything like this before.

No kidding.

Somebody switched the light on.

Like it's showing us where it wants us to go.

Exactly.

So what, we just fly towards that thing

with no clue of what it is or what just hit us?

Yes.

Okay, systems are restoring.

Onboard data systems are fully restored and online.

What is it?

What is that?

Data source confirmed as the sphere.

Miz, are these character structures correct?

The character sequences are correct.

Why was that so easy?

Perhaps you will share with us what you have found.

What?

The transmission is a message.

Saying what?

One word repeated endlessly.

What word?

Deus.

God.

We have to turn back.

Don't you see?

Don't you see what is happening?

We have to turn back.

Si!

He's not wrong.

We have to speak to Vance

before we go anywhere near that thing.

We lost connection with earth after the first impact.

So we stop the ship until we get communication back.

Our orders are from Vance.

I see a reason to change them.

This is our first encounter

with an extraterrestrial intelligence

in the known universe,

let alone our solar system.

That thing came looking for us.

How do you know it isn't hostile?

How do you know it's not what it says?

- What? - God!

So we are gonna take its word for it?

No, we follow orders and investigate the sphere.

We need time to know more, Sen.

How?

The scanners are blind to it.

Si.

We can't go there.

This is judgment.

Now we pay for our sins.

We don't know what the sphere is, Si.

I do.

I do.

I hear voices

calling,

screaming,

judgment.

Easy.

Si, we're going to find out what this sphere is, okay.

Just,

can you tell me,

what voices do you hear?

We can't go near it.

We have to turn back.

Well,

my mother always sad God was gonna catch up with me one day.

Big Catholic, my mother.

Always made me go to church.

I don't remember anything about a big black ball

in this sky though.

I must have missed that sermon.

We have to find out what this is.

We're supposed to be fearless explorers.

Why would God come now?

Maybe he's had enough of your bullshit.

Oh she has.

Ah, my mother always said he, no.

Did she also say

that you always have to have the last word?

If this sphere is God,

we have nothing to fear.

It depends on what you've been up to.

God is our judge.

God fucking scares me.

This isn't God.

You don't know that.

He has a point.

You don't know what this is,

but I also have a point.

We have to find out what this is.

There's a lot of people watching us.

Yeah?

Yeah.

And if it isn't God,

we can always do something else.

Like what?

Blow the fucker up.

We're not a military vessel.

There's always a way to blow something up.

Always.

All crew report to command deck immediately.

Time to go chaps.

Officer Ulph.

Sir?

That would be the last mention of blowing you anything up.

Okay, flight trajectory is good.

All good on my screen.

Proceed with final approach.

Mom!

Mom!

What is it?

It's okay.

It's in my head.

Thanks.

So what happened?

I get these headaches.

Is that because of the accident?

Yeah.

Sorry to interrupt.

How are you feeling?

I'm good, thanks.

We need to find Si.

He's gone deep into the hue.

Fucking guy, he's a liability.

What's he doing down there?

I don't know.

I think he's really scared.

Okay.

I'll follow you down.

Sure.

I'll come too.

You need to rest.

Nope.

I'm fine.

Si, can you hear me?

Fuck this thing still.

You said you heard something before Tez interrupted us?

Did I?

I don't remember.

Si.

Split up, cover more ground.

You take three, I'll take four.

Sure.

Where are you?

Moving through three.

Anything?

Nothing yet.

It's okay.

We all need to be cleansed.

Did you hear that?

Yeah.

Sounded like Tez.

Sounded like it came from the lower hold.

Okay, I'll meet you there.

I think I'm close.

Where?

I'm in the lower hold now.

I'm a minute away.

Wait for me.

Karla.

Karla, where are you?

Karla?

Stop.

Stay the fuck away from me.

Take one fucking step

and I'm gonna cut her throat.

Easy, Si.

No one's gonna hurt you.

We just need to talk.

We are beyond redemption.

Nothing can save us from it's wrath.

If we land on that sphere,

we're lambs to the slaughter.

We have to turn the ship around.

Si, Si, Si, Si,

let's go and talk to the commander.

We can turn this ship around, right, Sen?

Don't fucking patronize me.

We have to take charge of that ship.

We have to Kill that fucker.

He knows something.

Okay.

Let's ask him what he knows.

Together.

You're lying.

Easy, Si.

It's over, you're safe now.

Officer Ulph,

you'll need a body bag to get Ruben to the hold.

Where's Tez?

She's in the hold.

I think she's dead.

There's two body bags we're gonna need.

This shouldn't have been allowed to happen.

Officer Grey, follow me.

The sphere, Sen,

do you know something?

If we knew what the sphere was,

Vance would've told you himself.

He wouldn't keep it away from you of all people.

We can't explain how it appeared or its origin.

Only what it says it is.

God.

Yes.

I don't believe in God.

You are an explorer.

You have been journeying into the unknown all of your life.

But this mystery has got you running scared.

I'm not running.

That's exactly what you are doing.

That's the last thing that Vance would expect you to do.

He put a lot of trust in you.

As have billions back on earth.

This is your time.

Embrace it.

I'm sorry.

Before you launch into another one of your speeches

that I'm sure millions of people will enjoy watching,

can we just take a second to take in what has happened

on this mission?

The whole world is watching, Karla Grey.

I don't give a fuck.

So we're just gonna ignore what happened with Tez,

Si who never should have been on board this ship

to begin with?

Tell Vance that you are too afraid.

I'm sure he'll tell the rest of us

once Miz reestablishes contact with Earth.

Great.

You coming?

I'm gonna give myself permission

to go and clean up for a bit

and then go and say goodbye to Tez.

You can't help her now.

Holy fuck.

Don't take too long.

Time for us all to meet our maker.

Time for answers.

We owe her that don't we?

Yeah.

Yeah.

Fly time to sphere,

three hours,

17 minutes

and 13 seconds.

Ready to disengage, Achilles.

Proceed.

Wait.

There's something down there.

A structure.

What is that?

Communication with earth is restored.

CEO Vance is online.

Sir.

Here we arrive at an extraordinary moment in our history,

a moment like no other.

Officers Grey and Ulph,

you carry with you the blessings and good wishes

of all the peoples of the Earth,

as do the entire crew of the brave Achilles.

Sir, we have new data from the surface.

I'm aware.

You should know that similar structures

have now appeared all over the Earth.

What?

How many on earth?

In excess of 10,000.

It's an invasion.

What are, what are my peers saying, sir?

Members of the scientific community on Earth,

what are they saying about those structures?

We're just four people up here going in blind.

What the fuck are they saying?

Nothing.

The origin and purpose of these structures

remains a mystery.

They still have to be considered a threat.

We have concluded that the sphere

is at the center of this mystery.

It must be investigated.

And you must lead this investigation.

We have to find out what the fuck this is.

Agreed.

Officer Ulph, Grey, I need you

to proceed to the airlock.

We have to go out there.

I'm going with you.

No, you're not.

Yeah, I am.

I'm the only other scientist on board.

He's right.

And I want him out there.

We need as many eyes on this thing as we can get.

We ready?

Getting there.

Let's see.

Okay, you're good.

All set.

Let's go.

Airlock compression is complete.

Crew are cleared to proceed.

Inner airlock door is secured.

Decompression is initiated.

Outer airlock doors are open.

Karla.

Crew are cleared to proceed.

Outer airlock doors are secured.

Are you getting anything?

Not a thing.

Wow.

My guess is

this is not on the periodic table.

What about the structure?

It looks like a gate to me.

Oh, come on.

What now?

What now, indeed.

I hope Si was wrong

cause we are at the mercy out here.

Let's move on.

Look,

up at the top.

We know that's symbol.

What is that?

The event horizon.

What does that mean?

The edge of existence.

These gates appear to be made of the same material

as the sphere.

If that is a gate,

where does it lead?

What the?

And how are we hearing that in a vacuum?

Miz is receiving this transmission

and relaying it to you,

but it's a different word to the last.

What word?

Welcome.

Miz?

Miz is translating.

This is incredible.

Miz translation?

You have come.

Speak to her.

Say something.

I speak for the creator.

Who is the creator?

The beginning and end,

the alpha and omega of all existence.

And why has the creator come?

As a warning and to help.

Help how?

Humankind faces a choice.

What choice?

Those who enter the gates like this one

will return to the creator

and eternal peace.

You,

must show the way.

Who must show the way?

You

are the one sent.

It is you

who will see the truth beyond the gate.

And you will return to share the truth

with all humankind.

Karla, you have clearance to proceed.

What is beyond the gate?

The end of all suffering,

the end of all pain.

You said humankind faced a choice.

What is the alternative?

Those who do not choose

to enter the gate will perish.

Perish how?

The sphere also carries the event horizon.

As the sphere reaches Earth,

it will bring the most destructive force

in the entire universe.

In an instant,

Earth and all those left on it

will cease to exist.

A black hole.

Only those who pass through the gates will be saved.

Only they will find salvation.

Only they will find the ones they have lost.

Mom?

Another waits for you beyond the gate.

Jess?

Baby.

Current heart rate, tachycardic.

152 beats per minute.

Blood pressure,

143 over 94.

Respiratory rate,

28.

Easy.

Easy.

No physical trauma is detected.

Karla.

You're okay.

What?

How I get back here?

You came out of the gate.

You could barely stand.

I helped you back to the ship.

And what about Sean?

He didn't make it.

No, what, no.

No, no, no, no, no.

Oh my God, what is going on?

We're all asking the same question.

Where is Vance?

I'm here.

I need to speak to you.

We need to know what was beyond the gate.

The whole world is waiting on your answer.

I saw a golden landscape,

a beautiful

golden landscape.

And off in the distance,

there was a city with

domes and towers

glinting in the sunlight,

like a bloody

new Jerusalem.

Like.

Heaven?

What happened next?

I ran toward the city.

And then,

Then I was back here.

I heard you whisper your mother's name

before you entered the gate.

I am,

I don't remember.

Easy.

No.

There was no one else.

Try to remember.

There was nothing else.

Okay.

You need to rest.

What happened to Sean?

His suit

ruptured.

There was nothing we could do.

Ruptured?

Explorer suits

don't rupture.

His glove.

It wasn't secured properly.

He decompressed.

There was nothing we could do.

It was quick.

I wanted him out there.

Sean was an experienced explorer.

He knew how to fit a suit.

He made a mistake.

He was in too much of a rush to get out there.

Vance is right.

You need to rest.

I have to get back down to the sphere.

We need more answers.

You can't.

We're already prepping to leave all it, so.

Why would we leave without answers?

You do need to rest.

You'd be more comfortable in your own quarters.

Karla.

I'm good from here.

Thanks.

No cameras here.

Why do they think that you held something back?

I don't know what to trust anymore.

I saw something.

What?

You know, I lost them.

My family.

Yeah.

I was in a coma for weeks.

Head injuries, four surgeries later,

I walked out of the hospital, but they didn't make it.

I saw them

at the gate.

He knows what I saw.

I could see it in his eyes

and I could hear it in his questions.

And he wanted me to say it for the camera.

He knows something about what this is.

So why isn't he telling us?

Achilles will disengage from the sphere's orbit

in 30 minutes.

How is she?

Exhausted.

Did she say anything else?

No.

You went out of view.

She didn't say anything.

Prepared to leave orbit.

Confirmed.

We need her to tell us everything about what she saw.

She's holding back.

You heard what I heard.

You're getting way too close to this woman.

Remember your orders,

why you are on this ship.

I'm crystal clear.

Remain so.

Crew will assemble in hibernation in one hour.

It appears Officer Grey has broken into my quarters.

What the fuck are you doing?

What I told you I was going to do.

Question,

and I got some great answers about you.

Eight years, special air core,

four years with the elite core,

decorated more times than you can probably even remember.

You weren't just good,

you were one of the best.

That was a different life.

What are you doing on this ship?

I was told to keep the peace.

That was it.

What do you know about the sphere?

Nothing.

You know more than I do.

You went through the gate.

I don't believe you.

There's nothing I can do about that.

Okay.

Move.

Where are we going?

Move.

This is mutiny.

That's a death sentence back on Earth.

Well, apparently

the sphere is the death sentence for an entire planet, so

it's time for the truth.

We already have it.

You saw what was beyond the gate.

Okay, I'll start, shall I?

Sean

was murdered.

Oh yeah, I saw the suit.

There's nothing wrong with it.

He was shot.

You killed him.

You're a hit man,

hired to clean up any problems.

But why?

I want the truth.

They all want the truth,

I'm pretty sure you'll cut this part out though.

Tell them what you saw beyond the gate.

You know what I saw.

And so does Vance.

How?

We believe that what you saw was real.

That you glimpsed heaven.

That was not heaven.

Then what was it?

Even a scientist must believe her own eyes.

We're not your enemies.

Your enforcer will kill me the first chance he gets.

Why would I seek to harm you, of all people?

You stay away from me.

This cannot be stopped.

Besides,

people have already started to make their own choice.

Appeared all over the world.

It is estimated...

The earth has become a living hell.

People want to escape,

escape to paradise.

Holy shit.

This has to be stopped.

You won't.

Am I next?

What are you doing?

I'm not doing anything, Karla.

And even I can't stop what's happening.

You need help.

And then I'll take this ship anywhere you want to go.

Sure.

Why would you do that?

You killed Sean.

Yeah.

Yeah.

And now,

now you're gonna Kill me.

No.

You are not the only one who wants the truth.

When I stepped on this ship,

I had no idea where all this was going.

I don't know what this sphere is.

Okay.

You were lucky.

Just a flesh wound.

Yeah, lucky.

I wanna go back to the sphere.

But Vance has control of Miz.

I have the codes

to override her.

But we'd have to lose the heel.

She's too big to control manually.

So,

We'd lose main propulsion,

and

our way back to Earth.

Achilles propulsion

should make it,

but it would take a long time.

How long?

Five, six years.

More.

I'm guessing.

We're not going to get to go home, are we?

It's not looking good.

There is something else we could do.

Karla.

You intend to return to the sphere.

I do

or destroy it

if you try to stop me.

Why?

Because this whole thing is a lie.

What are you doing?

I gave the world a scientist who would discover God.

Cut the bullshit.

What is this?

You did not discover God,

but you could now become God.

And what does that mean?

Go to your screen.

Okie dokie.

Achilles Vance

classified sphere schematics accessed.

A self-replicating material

called Bio-Mech 34987.

Capable of building huge structures

to a preconceived design very quickly.

The patent of the Vance Achilles program,

which I'm very proud.

You built this?

Why?

I'll tell you a story about a once beautiful planet

that sits at the center of the Milky Way,

the planet that was the jewel in the crown

of the known universe,

the planet whose beauty was beyond comparison,

and then came human beings.

And over tens of thousands of years,

this planet was brought to the very point of extinction.

21 billion people now cram

into the 15% of the Earth's surface that is still habitable.

Scientists tell us

that within 30 years,

this planet will die.

The human race must be culled.

The many sacrificed to save the few

or we all die.

So,

People enter the gates on Earth

and go to their deaths,

but you tell them that it's God.

Well,

you got me to do that for you.

To save the few.

How many do you plan to kill?

In excess of 15 billion,

saving 6 billion.

So this

is your final solution.

How do they die?

Each gate houses contained an event horizon.

They step into oblivion.

It's quite painless.

Instant nonexistence.

Another Vance Achilles patent no doubt.

The figure at the gate

said that the sphere would destroy the Earth.

The sphere has no destructive capabilities.

It was conceived to appear as a threat,

as a judgment.

Well then

people would discover the lie.

Before it reaches the Earth,

the sphere was self-destruct,

a coordinated military strike

credited with its destruction.

By then, billions will already be dead.

The sphere's secret hidden forever.

If we do nothing,

the planet will die.

There will no one left.

How did I see

what was beyond the gate?

My mother, and then

Jess.

Listen...

Mom!

Karla.

After your accident,

we placed a chip in your head,

which would be activated for this mission,

through which we could get you to see or hear

whatever we wanted.

And you woke me

before I could reach her.

You've been preparing me

for this trip for two years.

You arranged the accident

so you could put this thing in my head.

You murdered my family

to save the few.

Yes.

Everything

you are

for me

is a lie.

I miss my mom.

And I wish she was here.

She would tell you a story.

What story?

It's a goodie.

Five men

adrift on the ocean

with only enough food and water for three to survive.

So two have to die.

Exactly.

Your mother understood.

Well, she was a very smart lady,

but that's not

how her story ends.

You see, she understood something,

but you don't.

They could find fish

or an island to sustain them

or even a ship could come.

No one knows what the ocean will bring.

All of us deserve

to find our own future.

Is this your final solution?

You're

a fucking

monster.

I have the core.

Then you leave me no choice.

Ulph?

You need to get back to the Achilles

and bring the core with you now.

Why?

What's happening up there?

Just get back here.

But I can't detonate the core

remotely from the Achilles.

I understand that.

Miz,

begin the auto-destruct of the ship.

Sequence code 21397.

Achilles self-destruct sequence is initiated.

Achilles will self-destruct

in three minutes.

Holy shit.

What the fuck, Vance.

Ulph will not make it back in time.

Besides Miz will you from disengaging the Achilles

from the heel.

I will ask you this one more time.

Will you help me in this great course?

No one gets to play Deus.

Goodbye Karla Grey,

my second greatest creation.

Achilles will self-destruct in two minutes.

Ulph,

where are you?

I'm near transit.

You have under two minutes.

Yeah, I heard that.

Thanks.

Hey, listen to me.

Go to my station

and bring up the ship's docking schematic.

Can you find that?

I'm on it.

So bring up the manual override

and it will ask you for a code.

Move you fucker.

I'm in, but I don't have a code.

I do.

Achilles will self-destruct...

Ready?

- Yes. - In one minute.

The code is

00765

78

65

89

73.

Manual control of the Achilles is confirmed.

Okay, we're in.

Okay.

We can separate the ship now.

You need to get back here.

No shit.

Achilles will self-destruct

in 30 seconds.

I'm not gonna make it back.

You have to go.

I'm waiting for you.

You can't.

Achilles will self-destruct in

ten,

nine,

eight,

seven,

six,

five,

four,

three,

two,

one,

zero.

Achilles self-destruct sequence is initiated.

Ulph!

Life support systems

are recalibrated

for two crew members.

I have a special delivery for Ms. Karla Grey.

Can someone come down and sign for it, please?

Where do I sign?

We have no way of remotely designating the core now.

It has to be done manually from the surface.

Then we'll do it together.

I had no idea

what Vance was planning.

He only put me on board to take care of any problems.

I even fucked that up.

But he didn't bargain for you, did he?

None of us did.

Airlock compression is complete.

Crew are cleared to proceed.

Hold on a minute, will you?

Okay.

What are you doing?

Inner airlock door is secured.

Decompression is initiated.

No.

No.

You have to get back.

You have to tell the story of what happened here.

Tell them the truth about the sphere.

That's more important.

Please.

Please don't do this.

I'll never make it back.

You'll make it back.

You know, I have a funny feeling.

This is just the beginning of your story,

Karla Grey.

No.

Just get home.

Outer airlock doors are secure.

You fucking bastard.

One fine day,

I'm gonna have a proper drink with you,

Karla Grey.

And I'm gonna hold you to that.

See you on the other side, mate.

Estimated return to Earth

is calculated,

seven years,

eight months,

17 weeks,

five days

and 16 hours.

Miz,

go fuck yourself.

I do not engage in sexual activity.

Miz?

Are we there yet?

Officer Grey,

go fuck yourself.