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What's the current depth?

Two kilometers.

We have a resistance flow reading

on seven of eight sensors. That's high.

That's normal. But we are on a deadline.

So let me know when it's gets to eight.

- What? - Let's go full torque.

We've gotta slow it up so it won't crack!

Look, we're a half mile from...

Bobby, I don't wanna hear it, okay?

We should be two miles into solid ore by now.

I just... want to have a good report by the end of this job.

Well, I'd like to make it home by the end of this job.

Bobby, I know you need this bonus just as much as I do.

Okay. Fine.

But, look, I'm not going full throttle.

The guys up there, they're the ones that do recon and Q.C.

Not us.

I...

Okay, fine, I'll do it.

Dominic! Dominic, come on!

Okay, who runs this shift?

I don't, but I...

I do. I run this shift.

This thing can do Quad-Level, easy.

Dominic, we've got all sensors going off south east!

We've hit a major fault line! Shut down the drill!

Uh... uh...

Oh... come on.

No!

- Hi. - Hi.

Thanks for squeezing me in.

It's good to see you.

Yeah. Well, you know, sometimes it pays

to know a planetary scientist.

It certainly does.

Your hair is different.

Oh, yeah. Doing a lot of things different these days.

Looks good.

Thank you.

Um... We should probably get inside.

I've got a really busy day.

Yeah. Yeah, listen.

What do you think... I don't know. Dinner tonight?

Just so I can thank you for all of this and we can catch up?

Maybe go to that...

that little Italian place we used to go to, you remember?

Um... Like I said, I have a really busy day.

Rain check.

Sure. Yeah.

So I have been telling my team about

everything your Aerospace firm's been doing on the moon.

They're really excited to share ideas

and swap war stories.

Right, but are they excited enough

to share your observatory's solar power plant?

I mean, come on.

My Nevada facility really needs that boost.

Well, that's why we're here.

So why don't we start off with a tour of the observatory

and we can show you what we're working on.

And then maybe, if there's time,

we can take you to the solar power plant.

It's just a couple miles up the road.

Sure, sure. Wait, wait, wait.

Listen, I want to thank you for meeting up.

I know I'm not always easy with... meeting up.

But... I am trying to get better. I really am.

Thank you. Thanks for saying that.

Um... let's...

Hey...

You can count on me.

We really should get inside.

Okay.

Yeah. Right this way.

We just upgraded our largest telescope, actually.

I'll show you that in a minute.

Oh, by the way, did your team take my advice

on installing solar sails on Mojave Team's heliostats?

I mean, come on, we're not staying on the moon, right?

Right. So there's some things you're not doing differently.

Still pushing everything to the limit, huh?

Oh...

No, go ahead.

This is Steve.

Wait, slow down!

Taurus Mining Corporation's space team,

they drilled too fast,

breaking a trillion newton meters.

When they hit ore, a fault opened.

Are there any casualties? Is my brother okay?

Yes, many.

The numbers are still unconfirmed.

And the ship?

Still intact, but it's in bad shape.

It's unable to reenter Earth in its current state.

And, sir... the debris.

It shot out rapidly during the collapse.

It's accelerating on a trajectory towards Earth.

The size and force means some of that debris

is close to Earth impact.

There must be signal interference!

We have multiple warning signals, messages from JPL,

Sawyer Aerospace, everyone warning us about it!

N.E.O.s are headed towards Earth

and projected here in the Mojave Desert.

And there was no advance warning?

It was generated in deep space!

This is caused by a mining accident on the moon as of 7:50.

Okay, okay. Emergency protocols! Now!

I'm on it!

Go, go!

Steve!

A meteoroid, sir, headed straight for Earth.

You're saying that I caused a meteoroid to...

Steve, wait!

Some of the faster-moving moon fragments

are already impacting around the globe.

No, no, no, Steve!

Including your current air space.

Repeat, that's impact imminent!

Impact imminent, Steve! You gotta get down. Steve!

- Can you hear... - Steve! Wait! Get inside!

Are you okay?

Yeah, I think so.

It must have hit the Pisgah Crater.

It was a dormant cinder cone volcano.

But with an impact like that...

All right, come on. We have to get outta here!

- No, no, no, no! - Come on! Right now!

- No! Get inside! - Why not?

That's why!

Come on! Let's go!

We're reinforced and built to handle almost anything.

So we'll be safest here.

We can also monitor the situation better,

and hopefully, help somehow.

Thank you.

Any word on your brother?

Logan and his crew are still alive,

but the ship is wrecked and they're stranded on the moon.

There may be other survivors, but no confirmation yet.

Carrie, what do we know?

We're running models to get as many estimates as possible.

But we're dealing with very little warning.

Our systems should be able to handle it

but this is the first time we're dealing with this in real time.

We've just had a major impact on the crater, and a full eruption.

Okay. What does the lava flow trajectory look like?

We should be okay for now,

but we may not be if there's a second larger eruption.

Well, we can't stop a meteoroid if we don't have the equipment.

Agreed, but with a trail of meteors

heading toward Earth and...

And a rather large meteoroid on a collision course

with this planet.

By the way, everyone, this is Steve Sawyer.

His team of international astronauts,

including his brother, Logan,

are stranded in a ship on the moon.

We need to confirm the timeline on the N.E.O.

Carrie? Run a collision ETA model, please.

Okay.

Estimated collision, 12 hours.

We're still finalizing location.

A collision this size, we are done here.

It won't matter where it lands. It'll be complete annihilation.

Carrie, call Sawyer Aerospace. Those are the codes.

No response.

All right. Just keep trying.

Call on the launch pad outside the lunar mine.

I need to debrief Logan and see if there is anything

he can do on the Lunar-side.

Look, my brother will do whatever it takes

to save humanity.

But he will not allow me to rescue him.

Hello? Yes, I copy.

I have Kyle from Sawyer Aerospace!

Sawyer Aerospace, this is Mojave, Lidar Observatory,

do you read?

Kyle! Can you hear me?

Steve, we've yet to make contact.

But we're working with local and national authorities...

Now the...

Incoming!

Kyle?

Kyle? Can you hear me? Come in!

Try again, try again!

Sir, there's no response!

I'm sorry, Mr. Sawyer.

I just got confirmation that Sawyer Aerospace

has been destroyed.

Steven, I'm am so sorry. I know how hard...

No!

You worked for this,

but we have to move quickly

if we want any chance of stopping this meteor.

With the facility gone,

Taurus Mining Corp has their base of operations

in the same facility... we're flying solo here.

Okay. So how can we help?

Carrie, try and get the Luna 5 ship to respond, please.

Carrie, before you do that,

let's see what we're working with here.

Did you do a N.E.O. threat assessment?

All agencies confirmed the meteoroid

is roughly the size of Manhattan.

Plus, that corresponds with what our Lidar render provides.

The explosion will result in several waves

of debris following the meteoroid.

Look, look. We need to figure out a way

to get to the N.E.O. before the fragments

start hitting us first.

If you can get the D.O.D. on,

we need to advise them that the new base of operations

is here at the observatory.

Sir, I have Luna 5.

Put 'em through.

Luna 5 on the line.

Steve?

Logan?

I'm right here, brother. I can hear you loud and clear.

Steve. It's good to hear your voice.

We're still trying to figure out the situation.

But our O2 reserves are looking a little light up here.

We're gonna get you out of there, okay?

I appreciate that, but worry about Earth first.

That's why we have you.

General Madden from the Pentagon is on open communications.

Carrie, I need you to keep the Luna 5 line open and listening.

Okay. I'm on it.

Go for Steve Sawyer, General Madden.

Steve, we're at Code Red N.E.O. threat alert.

And the government doesn't trust you to come up

with a viable solution to stop the meteoroid

because they believe this accident is your fault.

Sir, I have my brother, Captain Logan of Luna 5

on the comm as well.

He is on the moon and,

hopefully, able to offer some insight.

Sir.

We have never encountered an accident on this scale

nor could we have predicted

a mass of this size headed towards Earth.

We've done good work together in the past

building the lunar bases on the Moon.

I know that you're a man of your word.

I know you didn't do this,

but the mining company that you work for did.

Sir, I'm asking you to please let me help.

This is what I do!

I have my orders.

They're to follow military protocol.

We'll be working with about 1000 other contractors

and every country on Earth to try to stop this thing.

Look, I will take your suggestions into consideration.

But you need to tell me everything you know now

because the authorities, they want nothing to do

with you or any of your ideas.

And I'm not sure they're even going to allow me

to contact you after this.

General, I... please.

They're going to have me initiate a global defense

using nuclear weapons if there are no other options.

We have only ETA 12 hours to impact.

Sir, that's impossible!

I know, I know.

I'll start putting an emergency action plan in place.

I've been trying to get the Joint Chiefs and the U.N.

to listen, to be open to your input, but they won't budge.

Even if you come up with viable solution,

you're probably going to have to implement it on your own.

Logan, did you get all that?

Initiate Plan 5L.

Yes, on it.

Reserve power, shields up, initiating rescue contact,

and warning systems of nearby ships.

All right, listen.

Focus on board lasers and assess any current equipment

that we might be able to use as defense.

But as far as stopping a cobalt meteoroid,

it's extremely conductive

and susceptible to electromagnetic forces.

I see only two courses of action here.

We either blow the damn thing up...

Yes.

Or we push it away. I vote we push it away.

I vote that, too.

All right then. Let's get to work.

Good luck, and I pray you fix this thing

before the government does it for you.

Logan!

Logan!

Steve?

Steve, can you hear me?

Steve?

Logan!

- It might... - No.

It might just be a poor connection, okay?

But let's try the other room, okay?

Let's go, let's go.

Steve?

Steve, can you hear me?

Steve?

Captain, we've lost all main power aboard the ship

from a massive EMP.

We've got a limited supply of backup power,

and not nearly enough O2 or thrust to get us back home.

So I don't know how we're gonna stop this thing.

But we have to do everything we can to get off of this rock

and help them save Earth,

or there isn't gonna be a home to get back to!

If we don't lift off soon with the moon's current position,

we may run out of oxygen before we reach the Earth.

Well then, I suggest we get going.

Logan! Look!

They must have survived the initial blast.

Nina, prep the decompression chamber.

Let's get them inside. Jing, let's guide them in.

No, wait!

The outage already sapped some of the backup power.

With our O2 low,

it's gonna be tough enough for three people.

We can use the tanks in our suits

to cut our loss on the way back in.

Good, 'cause we're not leaving them out there, Nina.

Okay, but with so much debris floating around,

someone could get knocked into space.

We need to reroute power to the tether

so you're tied to the ship.

Nina, I'm lighter than you.

If I'm on the tether, it'll eat up less power.

Great. Jing and I will go. You get power to the tether.

Be careful.

Keep your tanks a minimum and keep an eye on your levels.

And come back the second you hear a warning.

I cannot get back to Earth without you.

Here's extra O2.

Radios?

Keep in touch on the radio.

They use a separate battery and won't eat up power.

Great. Thank you.

I've got it, thank you.

10 meters straight ahead.

I see them.

Stay there! We're coming to you!

It's okay! We're here to help!

Christine!

Dave!

Logan? Jing? Do you copy?

Help!

No!

Answer!

I'm heading out there!

It's okay! I got you!

Come here, let me lock you in.

Let's go.

Catherine, right?

Let's go home!

Home is about to be destroyed.

Get 'em, get 'em.

We need to contact Luna 5.

Is there any way to boost the signal here?

The debris field around the area is too thick.

Try to detect their tracking beacon.

They should still have battery reserves even after that EMP.

If they have power left, it should still send a signal.

I have a faint one now, but it's going in and out.

Okay. Then let's try Morse Code.

An imminent threat has been detected.

The General's back on the line.

Okay.

We are prepping an international nuclear response,

but we can only see the leading edge of the debris field.

If you have any solutions, this is the time to mention them.

The D.O.D. is very happy that the EMP

didn't hit us on Earth as well.

General, this is Dr. Amanda Sawyer.

Tell them not to celebrate just yet.

The debris cloud will detonate any nuclear weapons

before they reach the meteoroid behind it.

All incoming N.E.O.s regardless of size

will bring all the fallout back to Earth.

The largest N.E.O. was already set

to annihilate the entire planet.

A nuclear fallout of this magnitude,

what small chance we had of

saving this Earth will be nonexistent.

ETA is now less than 12 hours.

The field's leading edge is continuing to approach

on the southwest U.S. and now moving coast-to-coast.

The U.N. and Joint Chiefs won't delay a nuke strike

without a clear, viable second solution.

But NASA says there might be a pocket of gas

inside of the meteoroid.

Is this something we can fire upon

to maybe push the N.E.O. off course?

Uh, no. No, not at this stage, General.

NASA might be correct,

but any gases trapped in the cobalt are frozen solid.

Sir, before the EMP hit the moon,

we were looking into another course of action.

But we need Luna 5 and Logan's help.

We need to get him back on the comms now.

Short of a close proximity response, Mr. Sawyer,

I can't see another way.

And that is exactly what I'm proposing,

a close proximity response.

Make this quick, Steve.

Logan's ship, Luna 5,

is on a landing site near the collapsed mine.

It has access to the materials

we can use to deflect the meteoroid away from Earth.

There is massive surface cracking near Luna 5.

The area's unstable.

Those cracks correspond with steel beams

supporting 3,000 miles of cabling.

If we collapse the beams...

Logan can engineer an electromagnetic pulse

from the moon's surface.

And with no atmosphere on the moon

to interfere with the pulse,

the full blast of the pulse should be enough

to push the meteoroid's trajectory away from Earth.

You sure this will work?

Sir, it will magnetize the meteor,

altering its polarity. That's...

Basic laws of attraction.

You put enough stress on two objects

and it changes their relationship and trajectory.

So it's reversing the dynamic, pushing the N.E.O. away.

But we have to be careful

because the interior of the power station

is pressurized for breathable air for the miners.

It could explode back outward.

Yeah, that's, uh... That's a good point.

The collapse itself could generate a wave of wreckage

following the EMP that might push the N.E.O.

toward Earth even faster. It's a big risk.

Look, it's total annihilation regardless.

Do what you must.

But remember, you're on your own.

I will deny talking to you if I have to.

Understood, sir.

Send a signal through to the ship.

Bombard Logan with frequencies

until one of them cuts through the debris field.

And please let them know to prep the ship for the EMP.

The human body isn't... it's not a great conductor,

so they'll be fine as long as they're on the ship.

But they absolutely have to shut down

all the power for a momentary electrical surge.

I'm on it.

Luna 5, this is Mojave Command. Do you read?

Luna 5, this is Mojave Command. Do you read?

This is Captain Logan Sawyer, over. We read you.

Logan, it's me. Tell me you're okay.

Yeah. Well, we're okay so far.

We got two survivors from the ore mining company.

It's my fault.

No, it's not your fault, Steve,

but we got bigger fish to fry up here.

We got a damaged ship.

And a cloud of fragments continuously headed

towards Earth before the major N.E.O. strike.

Logan, look, if you can find a way to sever the support beams

holding the cables under the mine's power station,

we can generate an EMP to knock the N.E.O. off course.

But you absolutely have to be careful.

Too much force and we'll push the meteoroid to Earth too fast.

Careful?

Do you remember that time you wanted

to make your famous hamburgers?

And I had to drive you all the way across town

so that you could get the good meat from Romeo's?

And on the way, my phone slipped out

and got wedged under the brake in Dad's car?

Yeah. Yeah, I remember.

You rolled through a four-way stop.

Yeah. And what did I do?

Instead of focusing on the brake,

you actually stepped on the gas to get clear of the danger.

That's right.

Because with some problems, it doesn't help to slow down.

And that's what we're gonna do here today.

We are gonna step on the gas.

Look, I know you like to do things your own way, brother.

But maybe this time, just don't be too stubborn.

Yeah. Well, I promise that when

it is time to put on the brakes, I will.

And, hey, if I...

when we pull this off,

I'm gonna want you to cook me up some of those burgers

that I loved so much. Deal?

That's a deal.

Get down! Get down!

Stay down! Stay down!

I think we're okay now.

Let's... Let's go out of here.

We've lost our entire network. We have no communication!

It's earthquakes induced by the increase in volcanic activity.

The edge is moving coast to coast,

which means the range will reach

across the Atlantic and impact the entire globe.

Who knows how many grids it'll take down with it?

We cannot lose access to our shared network now!

It's the only thing that connects us to anything.

We need to reconnect our comms to run on solar power.

Can you do that?

Amanda, we've got nothing!

The underground cabling between the solar power station

and the observatory must have been severed!

Okay. Well, that power station is just over three miles away.

We're never going to make it when

there's another eruption imminent.

Where else are the N.E.O.s projected to hit?

The last report I received, it showed additional alerts

from our Madrid observatory

showing other moon fragments headed towards Barcelona.

Other moon fragments are imminent worldwide,

but have yet to be pinpointed to an exact location.

The more damage done to Earth,

less resources we have to stop the meteoroid.

We need Logan back online ASAP.

Down, down. Stay down!

- Is everyone okay? - Yeah.

It's okay. It's okay!

We gotta get out of here!

- Is everyone good? - Yeah, I think so.

- Go! - Let's go.

You okay? Go.

Steve?

Steve, are you there?

Steve, do you read us?

Captain, their signal is totally dark.

They have no radio communication at all.

Okay.

Okay, their last correspondence

was about collapsing all of the power grids here, right?

To bring all of the power modules together

to essentially create an electromagnetic pulse, right?

Is that possible?

You're asking us to blow those beams underneath?

There's a fusion-powered arc welder

in Portal Nine power station,

about 100 yards from our ship.

Okay.

No.

If you cut that main title,

it'll snap upward like a Venus Fly Trap.

It could crash the whole ship on takeoff.

Okay, then we're gonna have to time it perfectly.

Listen. Look, if all of the power lines

tied to the beam come together,

it'll essentially whip an EMP straight at the meteoroid.

Yes, assuming nothing impacts the timing.

Listen, we are 20 degrees north of the mine.

So a pulse from here will knock it off by 20 degrees.

Yeah. That's enough for it to miss the Earth.

Great. Dave and Christine, patch us into

the main power line outside the ship.

Cut that beam in the power station

and then get back here as soon as you possibly can.

Once we're below surface, it will get us more gravity,

and traction to maneuver fast.

Christine?

- Yeah? - You ready?

Let's do it.

Jing, try and connect me to Mojave again.

How's our voltage on the ship?

We're running at 30 percent. We need you to patch us in.

We're at a patch above the grid.

The port is active.

Nina, let's prep for launch.

Copy that, Captain.

This is gonna be real close.

Let's get inside and do this.

Dave and Christine! As soon as you cut that tie,

let us know so we can rev the engines!

You don't have to ask twice, Captain.

The main tie is a custom joint graded at 100,000 pounds.

If we cut it back 80%, it'll give in about a minute.

How long did it take them to get to that port?

It took them 30 seconds just to get halfway.

Dave, what if you cut it to 50%?

No can do, Captain.

The load bear is t.i.s's-squared.

At 50%, it would hold about a half an hour

if we're lucky but that's way too long.

Logan, at that rate, the meteoroid will be crossing

back to our flight path before it misses Earth.

We'd run out of oxygen.

They can cut it to 75%.

Dave, cut it to 75%

Dave, if this section of the electric station survived,

there might still be people in here.

Christine, what are you saying?

We send out a distress call and wait a bit?

And haul the survivors up to the ship?

Yes.

Christine, we have to cut the line and go!

We don't know if the barracks collapsed

into the mine or not.

What are you doing?

Christine, I'm getting an emergency rescue signal

on your radio.

I'm calling anyone and everyone that needs to get home, Captain.

They don't have the time.

Good! Get as many as you can and get here quick!

You heard him.

We have to find a more stable communication source.

Look, I can't leave.

I have to verify if Logan is even sending that EMP.

Okay, I'm gonna check the telescope now.

It's got an emergency battery.

The magnification reaches within

two square miles of Logan.

So we should be able to see what they're up to.

But the feed between the telescope

and the monitor has gone dark.

You'll have to go to the roof to connect to a physical port.

Okay.

If Logan is initiating our plan, he only has about a minute.

He'll get it done!

No! I go.

I'm the only one who knows how to operate

that telescope fast enough.

Fine. Then I go with you.

Okay. Carrie, just keep monitoring activity

and we'll be back as soon as we can. Be careful.

- Okay. Will do. - Okay.

- One, two, three, ready? - We're going to have to...

One, two, three!

Okay. We have to move fast.

Toxic gas levels in the air are getting dangerously high.

Wait!

Go back!

No. I'm the only one who knows where everything is, okay?

Just be careful.

You heard the timeline. Christine, we have to go.

I say we cut it at 70%.

No.

Buys us time before it gives while we search for survivors.

No man left behind.

Christine, no!

I'll be back by the time you're done.

Christine, come on! No!

Okay.

10%!

30%!

Power's at 85%!

Circuits are still holding! Prep for launch!

Dave, what's our status?

We're at 60%!

Christine, we're at 75%! We gotta go!

Dave and Christine, I am engaging

the manual hatch on the stern of the ship!

Get here now!

30 seconds!

There's no-one. They must be dead!

Come on, Christine, we got to go.

Let's go! Come on!

Hold the lines! We're on our way!

Please be careful. I don't know how stable this is.

Here, here.

Thank you.

Okay.

Ah!

Careful. It's like walking through a minefield.

Yeah, okay. This leads us up to the telescope cables.

I oversaw the installation of all of it

so I know where it is.

Here. All right. Okay.

I think I see the problem here.

No, no, no! Don't touch it!

The voltage is dangerously high and you could get electrocuted.

We have to be careful.

Just give me a sec.

These wires are too thick to use a conventional twist connector.

But these clamps have AC and audio/video capability.

They can reconnect any severed connections.

Here you go.

Watch out!

You okay?

- Yeah. - All right.

Cable two.

Connect this...

That's... that's it! That's Logan's ship!

No! Looks like Dave and Christine didn't make it.

Nina, there's a huge crack beneath the ship!

Go for launch!

Ignition!

Lift off!

Logan!

He's clear, he's clear.

Okay.

It didn't work.

Go for Madden.

Yes, we acknowledge the meteoroid is accelerating.

Whatever attempt the Luna 5's remaining crew on the moon

have made to stop the meteoroid has...

has failed.

Look, tell the Joint Chiefs that it's gonna take

at least 200 gigatons of TNT

or the equivalent of about 10 million Hiroshima-sized bombs

to stop the meteoroid.

And surrounding debris field will carry all

the nuclear fallout straight back down to Earth.

In here!

Now close the door.

- You okay? - Yeah, I'm fine.

We both saw the EMP hit the meteor

before the power station wreckage.

Even caught up to it. That has to get us something.

It's polarity had to have been affected, at least marginally.

With the stations circuits fried,

we can gaze into a telescope all day long.

It won't do us any good if we can't communicate with anyone.

Logan's track is still the best ship

in the closest range to stop the N.E.O.

We haven't been able to assess what other weapons

or power sources here on Earth.

What about a gravity tractor?

No. Logan's ship might get close enough

that even if he began

circling the meteoroid hundreds of times,

it would take years for... to create a gravity tractor.

Logan's ship might be completely disabled

after getting another direct EMP hit.

In which case, his filtration system might be damaged

and he'll run out of oxygen.

We gotta get outta here.

- Okay. - Can you get up and walk?

Okay, okay.

- This way. - Yeah.

That blast fried almost all our circuits.

Our strike didn't work. I had direct visual on it:

The wreckage from the implosion shot out of the power station.

And, by my calculations, is pushing

the meteoroid straight at the Earth even faster.

Logan, we have to do something.

Remember, the Defense Department still wants to nuke it.

That nuclear blast will kill us and everyone on Earth.

There we go.

Look at this, Jing.

There is one sustained signal here,

an intense polarity.

That's in the exact quadrant as the meteoroid.

That's right.

Which means the pulse didn't magnetize it enough

to knock it off course.

But it is magnetized.

Unfortunately, it's under Earth's gravitational pull now.

Which means the angle of incidence to stop it

from striking Earth is 50% greater.

We're gonna need that much more power.

Help!

Help! My leg is pinned!

Carrie...

We don't have much time here, Carrie.

One more quake and this whole building's gonna come down.

Okay. Can you wiggle your toes?

Um... um, yeah. Yeah.

Here's what we're gonna do.

We're gonna lift this up and then slide you out.

Okay? Come on, come over here.

On the count of three.

Ready? One, two, three!

Slide her out! Slide her out!

Okay.

Get out. You out? I got her.

Okay. she's clear.

Okay.

Okay, we gotta get her to another location.

Can you stand?

Um, yeah, yeah, I think.

Here. Put your arm around me.

Ready? Let's go.

Okay.

Let's get you to the bunker.

There's supplies, water and food for four weeks.

You've gotta get as many people down here as you can.

But you'll you my help!

No, no.

All right. We have to get to the solar power station.

They have resources there.

Electric, radio.

We can regain communication with Logan and General Madden.

The solar power station is three miles from here.

We might have to go on foot, okay?

You're safer here, okay?

Okay. I understand.

Set her... set her up here.

Here. Watch her leg, watch her leg.

Okay. I got you.

Got it?

Yeah, okay.

Got it?

It's not ideal, but, believe me, it could come in handy.

I've been wracking my brain about something.

What about the electricity in the solar power station?

Could that produce a pulse?

We would need an entire engineering team

to form a circuit large enough to do that.

Even an electrical bolt

would not make it through the atmosphere.

Right, a circuit.

We need a big enough circuit to give it another shot.

But there's nothing that size anywhere near here.

We'd need something the size of

a large Hadron Collider to do that.

So we get a large Hadron Collider.

I know the director of CERN.

I can give him a call when we get to the power plant.

Yeah, I know you do.

We had dinner at his house. You remember?

Right.

With the cobalt in the meteoroid,

it would be conductive enough that a pulse

wouldn't even be effective.

Well, we have to try.

I mean, it's that or we sit around

and wait for the end of the world.

Good luck.

I got it, I got it.

Go! Just go!

She's equipped with everything we need.

You're always prepared. I'll give you that.

Always.

We're got satellite radios.

I don't know if we'll be able to get any reception.

With all of the atmospheric interference,

we're gonna have to find a clearer place with less ash.

The whole network is down.

- Look out! - I see it! I see it!

Oh, no!

The tires! We can't drive any further.

You all right?

There's a police call box on the highway just up ahead.

We should be able to call.

They could patch us through to CERN.

- You okay? - I got it, I got it.

The sheriff runs a security detail at the observatory.

If he's still at the station,

he should be able to patch us straight through.

Yeah, I know the sheriff, too.

He helped me fast-track the permits

for the power cables running to the observatory.

You did that?

Yeah. You were working 18 hours a day

trying to get the observatory up and running.

You asked for my help, remember?

Yeah, I remember.

All right.

Yes, this is Steve and Amanda Sawyer

from the observatory for Sheriff Parda.

Yes, Sheriff, I need you to patch me through

directly to CERN Laboratories in Switzerland,

if you can get a call out.

Yes! CERN Laboratories.

It's a matter of life and death.

If CERN doesn't take it out,

then maybe my brother can send an EMP

by rerouting power from his Lidar.

Sir, we will do whatever we have to do to fix this!

Thank you. Thank you, sir.

He's contacting CERN to enable the electromagnetic pulse.

Okay.

So I'm taking it that the visuals aren't very good,

which is why we have to help my brother via a telescope?

Yeah, with the ash and the daylight,

it makes the visibility pretty tough.

But this scope has digital surveying functions.

So we might be able to get it's trajectory.

Secretary General, we have a 19-degree trajectory change,

with real-time adjustments, now at 23 degrees.

The N.E.O. has changed course and another non-nuclear strike

will neutralize the threat!

Secretary General, stand by.

I'm receiving a priority call from Switzerland.

General Madden.

Slow down, doctor.

What's happening?

Doctor, the Sawyer team has already attempted a strike.

Hundreds of miles?

Doctor, the U.N. is about to launch...

Secretary General, you hold that launch!

Wow!

Was that a nuclear explosion?

Doesn't resemble an explosion.

It looks like an electrical arc on the Earth.

Bozhe moi. It's incredibly large.

Jing, have we reestablished connection

with the Mojave Observatory?

Negative, Logan.

And the I.S.S. reports heavy damage

all throughout that region.

God...

I mean, it looks like lightning, but it isn't subsiding.

There is an immense charge.

Jing, can you get a reading on its velocity?

It's in the ionosphere now,

but its position is fixed, drifting 10 degrees northeast.

They must have sent a charge up to try and stop the meteoroid.

According to my calculations,

the electrical arc didn't do much.

It went right through the cobalt.

And with the Earth rotating under it,

the Earth's magnetic field is changing its trajectory.

Look, it's moving 10 degrees northeast which puts it right...

San Francisco!

It's starting to pull objects from orbit toward San Francisco!

The pulse we sent from that LHC in Switzerland,

it didn't work.

I have a trajectory heading on the fragments.

The pulse slightly changed the direction.

The scope's telemetry projected a longitude and latitude of...

Steve, meteors just hit San Francisco!

Ah!

All of the EMP disturbances,

they're increasing the Earth's tectonic activity even more now!

It's still two miles to the powerplant.

What's the ETA on the impact?

The last recorded ETA was at the observatory.

It was two hours, but, I mean, with the new trajectory,

couldn't be more than an hour and a half at best.

Steve, I think it's time to call Madden.

Maybe we have to do the nuclear strike.

I don't want the nuclear option.

I don't either!

But at this point, if we can save some people,

it's better than nothing!

You know what? Maybe a half an hour ago,

they would have, but not now,

not with the nuclear fallout and the meteor.

I'm gonna have them patch me through to NASA.

I'll see what they can do.

Okay.

Damn it!

The earthquake knocked out the land line.

Our last chance is the solar power plant.

Okay, that'll get us power and communications.

Not going to be able to breath much longer out here.

We need to reach Logan...

see if he has anything on his end.

Maybe they have some high-capacity explosives

or something like that to help us.

I don't know.

Anything's worth a try. Let's go.

We've got a visual.

Closing in on the primary N.E.O.

It's a start, although it remains to be seen

what our ship can do, if anything.

Well, there is some good news here.

I've double-checked these coordinates.

And it looks like we might we have knocked it off

by about 16 degrees.

If we can do it by another 20, we'd be in the clear.

- Can you confirm that, Jing? - Yeah.

Nina, we had a group of, what, 10 miners in here yesterday?

12, all demolition teams.

Great, excellent.

Go check and see if there are any Semtex, C4,

plastic explosives, any kind of propane canisters, anything!

Negative!

They took everything with them when we dropped them off!

Check again, Nina!

Thee are no explosives on the cargo manifest!

Listen, we don't have enough thrust

to effect this thing with our ship.

But the Lidar there does indicate

that it began accelerating

in the last blast from the power station.

It slowed down by about 4%.

That means it might have reversed its polarity

in the last pulse.

You're on the right track.

If we can find a way to produce another pulse,

we can knock it farther off course.

But the debris field is too thick

to get a vector change simulation.

Try a spectroscopic reading!

Spectroscope is rendering a clear horizon line!

Nina!

We are 900 miles out from the N.E.O.

I'll hit retrograde thrusters at 500.

Good. Try and get hold of Steve and Amanda

at the Mojave Observatory!

See if they can help us with this!

Luna 5 to Steve and Amanda Sawyer.

Come in, Sawyer team!

Luna 5 to Steve and Amanda Sawyer!

Nothing! Damn it!

Logan, we need a course of action!

I know that and we'll come up with one.

But for now...

just keep heading toward the primary N.E.O.

Steady everybody!

Logan, we're getting a signal from NASA's D.C. line!

Uh... Logan Sawyer!

This is Captain Logan Sawyer!

Come in!

Logan Sawyer, this is General Madden at the Pentagon.

General...

we are standing by ready and willing

to do whatever is necessary, General.

Your brother relayed a message about

creating an EMP using the Lidar on your ship.

The Lidar?

Because it's a light-generated pulse along an optical cable,

and not an electrical conduit.

General, that...

that would involve some serious risk

to both spaceship and my crew, sir.

We are within 500 miles of the primary N.E.O.

Take it out now, Captain Sawyer.

Do it now...

before the imminent strike.

General...

We lost his transmission.

Yeah.

We're too close to the meteor right now,

it's blocking the signal.

Jing, how many kilowatts do we have available?

70.

Okay. Direct all 70 kilowatts

toward the optical antenna.

Logan, are you sure you want to do that?

It's not a direct conductor.

It will feed back and blow us up.

- It will blows us up! - The surface isn't conductive,

but the mirrors are! Right, Nina?

He's right. They're mirror-polished fulleride.

They're super-conductive. We should be okay.

Let's do it!

Retrograde to stop! 13%.

You know there's a chance this will still blow us up.

True, but I don't want to live knowing

I let everyone on Earth die.

We're sure making a lot of tough choices here.

But some are better than others.

Come on! Strap in!

Let's go! Strap in!

Power is ramping up!

I never thought I'd run the max on a 70-kilowatt circuit

without anywhere to escape.

I didn't either, but we do what we have to do.

Shield your eyes!

The light from the Lidar could blind you!

On my count!

In five,

four...

We're at 110%

- Three... - 120%

- Two... - 125%!

Step it back, Nina! It's running too hot!

Something's happening with the N.E.O.

I've got a visual on the N.E.O. and a craft nearby.

Looks like there's been an electrical arc and an explosion.

Steve, I think it's Luna 5.

You telling me Logan fired an electrical pulse?

I mean, that was our Plan B.

I don't know if it worked,

but I mean, looks like he was thinking what we were thinking.

That... That'll lead back to the ship.

We have to send a rescue detail.

After three EMPs in a row, that's gonna take days.

I understand that, but I have to do something!

We keep moving forward and we stop this thing.

Come on.

Come on!

Let's go.

Our entire system is toast.

We might as well be in a shipping container.

We have no air filtration now.

We'll run out of oxygen before the meteoroid even hits.

My last reading on oxygen was about 50%.

Captain, we need a rescue detail.

It will take us hours to repair this.

There is something colliding with the hull.

Meteorites?

If it were meteorites, they'd be piercing the hull.

A satellite.

A heliostat drifted by us and attached itself to the hull.

Oh, God.

You okay? You okay?

Yeah.

The earthquakes are getting worse.

And more frequent the closer the meteoroid it gets.

We have to get in touch with Logan.

- Steve, we alre... - Right now.

Just hear me out.

Assuming that his ship survived,

he's the key to all of this.

He's still close enough to the meteoroid.

He's the only one.

Okay.

If we can get one of these radios up to the ridge line,

we may be able to break through.

I don't know.

If we can't get a full signal,

none of this means anything.

Okay.

But we can still do Morse Code.

We've can keep moving

and we can keep trying as we move.

Send Morse Code through the comms?

Yeah.

If one of us gets injured,

then the other one just keeps trying

to direct the meteoroid.

But, Amanda, come on...

I know. You don't know Morse Code.

Here, quick.

Here.

Breathe, breathe, breathe.

Okay.

What is that?

Logan's name, okay?

Watch...

In case you're the only one left.

You need to know this.

Okay.

Let's hope it doesn't come to that.

Yeah.

Come on. Come on.

Let's go. Let's get up there.

Okay.

I got it, I got it.

Nina, see if you can tap into

at least enough reserve power

to get something going to the comms.

Even if we get the ship to start again,

the satellites will eventually breach the hull.

Hey, that's Morse.

Is it the observatory?

It's Steve and Amanda.

They're asking if we can restart the ship.

No. Tell them we're lucky to be alive.

The ship is dead.

Ask him why heliostat satellites

are attaching themselves to the ship.

You okay?

Yeah. Okay. Let me try.

Leave your mask on.

He's alive!

The ship is dead.

Satellites keep sticking to them.

What?

He said they've lost all power in the ship.

It's completely dead,

but heliostat satellites keep sticking to the ship.

My company deployed 80% of those heliostats into orbit.

If they're striking the ship...

That means it's magnetized...

The satellites, too.

And if they're magnetized,

it means they share the same polarity.

And if they share the same polarity,

then that means the heliostat mirrors

will be pointing in the same direction.

The whole ship will act as a massive mirror in space.

Logan can reflect the sun's rays toward the meteoroid

and the concentrated light could destroy it.

If he can adjust his rate of descent

by 45 degrees between the Earth and sun...

Okay. I'll tell him to slow his descent

by any means necessary

and let those babies stick to the ship.

Ah!

I got you! I got you!

You okay? You okay?

- Yes. - Okay.

Amanda says the satellites are polarized.

Yeah. They're all facing the same direction.

Logan, she's right.

Their polarity and ours are the same.

Nina, pull the manual air evacuator

on the stern of the ship.

The wall is open.

That's half of the air, but we're slowing down.

Morse Code.

She's saying we should redirect the satellites manually?

Yeah. That's what we're doing.

Because the satellites don't have any power.

We're using the last of the air in the ship

to turn the ship and direct the satellites

at the meteoroid.

I'm keying a response letting them know

we have the satellites and the ability to aim them.

But how will that stop the meteoroid?

Because each one of those mirrors

has the ability to focus thousands of degrees of heat.

The combined energy will create an explosion

on the meteorite's surface.

So it will either push it off course

or blow it apart.

That's right.

All right! We're almost lined up.

Heat reading of 4000 degrees Fahrenheit.

Logan, the ambient heat from the satellites

is giving us a reading higher than the reentry!

Stay the course!

We're three degrees off! We're gonna hit Earth!

Captain, that beam is at least as hot as an X-ray laser!

Secretary, our planetary team...

We will end the threat, Secretary.

But not without authorization

from the President of the United States!

I understand the U.N.'s eagerness to act.

But accuracy is just as important as speed.

Wait...

You're actually going to hack the U.S.'s cyber assets

to prevent us from acting independently?

The terms are clear, Secretary General.

Thank you for your candor.

Get me the CIA Director, Code Theta.

Request full CIA hacking contingent on standby

to breach the U.N. data cloud firewall on my orders,

code name "Killswitch".

Contact POTUS on a secure line and tell her

I am attempting to delay a global nuclear strike.

Sawyer team the concentrated light beam

has destroyed the monument

and burned the land outside of Rapid City, South Dakota.

Initial reports suggest there are no fatalities.

Minor injuries and smoke inhalation.

They are evacuating the area.

Groundfall estimates show major impacts

in Madrid, most of the eastern seaboard,

Mexico City, and Tokyo.

The bulk of the debris field is entering the atmosphere

and impacting with a wide range.

Fatalities are in the hundreds of thousands.

Come on.

Oh!

Okay!

We should be 100% course-corrected now.

Let's try again.

It worked.

Yes!

Amazing.

Wait a minute.

The pieces are coming back together.

What?

Yes.

He made contact.

The particles, they're being pulled back towards the core.

And with the surrounding rocks,

it's gonna make the meteoroid twice the size!

They're being induced into a state of reaction.

I thought N.E.O.s were held together

by gravity and friction.

Some are, but something like cobalt,

it can be ionized like water.

Let me show you. Okay.

It's called Van Der Waal's force, okay?

So these rocks are the molecules

making up the magnetic polarity of the meteoroid.

If you super-heat them like Logan just did,

the meteoroid breaks apart.

But it's still subject to the freezing temperatures

in space, okay?

And then in the expansion and contraction,

the molecules float free and align their charge.

We're in the stage of Emergency Level Five right now.

They've already initiated the international nuclear strike.

We have to get to the power station

and take cover right away.

Steve, listen to me.

If there is anything you want to say to Logan,

you need to say it now.

Come on.

I'll try Morse code.

What do you want me to say?

Just... Just say, "Logan, are you okay?"

Oh!

I'll never forgive myself if he doesn't make it out of this.

It's not your fault!

He's up there because of me.

No! I know Logan!

Logan doesn't do anything he doesn't want to do!

He's up there because that's where he wanted to be!

He's up there because I put him there!

Stop it!

You gave him an opportunity!

He got to go up there! He got to live his dream!

Besides, in case you haven't noticed,

it's not exactly safe back on Earth either!

He's probably equally as worried about you!

That's Morse.

My brother?

I'm here! I'm okay!

I'm here. We're okay!

We have full signal from Mojave!

Yes? Logan, we're here!

He's there?

How you doing, brother?

Boy, are you a sound for sore ears.

I'd love to get my crew home,

but I know you still need our help up here

or there won't be a home to get back to.

So how do you feel about saving the world?

I'd love to, but, uh...

I'm afraid we're running on fumes up here.

Okay, the beam's working, okay?

We just need you to redirect it toward the meteoroid's path.

The closer you can get your ship,

the more intense the light beam hitting the meteoroid will be.

We'll be with you every step of the way, man.

All right.

Nina?

Let's set the thrusters for 50%.

Wait!

I'm getting an incoming signal.

Put it through.

Hey, Steve? General Madden.

I did everything I could.

The U.N. initiated a nuke strike.

I repeat, imminent strike!

General, there's still the issue of the nuclear fallout!

They believe the nuke strike will carry

the fallout past Earth enroute to the sun.

General, please.

You said you would do everything in your power to help us.

- Please! - I know this is difficult.

The countdown's already begun.

Every single nuke is knocked off course

and detonating prematurely.

I kept telling them this was a risk

I did my best to hold off the nuclear strike,

but there was too much international pressure

to initiate the launch.

I'm looking at it right here.

The only good news is that by not hitting the primary N.E.O.,

most of the fallout is dissipating into space.

But the meteoroid strike is imminent.

I repeat, strike is imminent!

Seek shelter if you can!

We have to find a way to warn Logan

before we do anything else.

The solar power plant is half a mile from here!

We can go, let's go. Let's go.

Logan, the Geiger counter in the ship

just spiked by 50 roentgens.

It's too late!

They tried to nuke the meteoroid, but id didn't work!

Brace!

Jing! Jing!

Can't breathe...

Nina...

I'm okay, I'm good, I'm okay.

I'm good. I'm good.

We're all nearing the red zone.

We have to get to our suits now.

Jing, slow down, slow down.

Conserve your O2.

This is gonna take all of us to do this.

I'm gonna go out and take care of the repairs.

Do you have enough O2?

I'll be fine. I'll take care of the ship.

You guys get the air filtration system running in here.

It'll buy us some time, okay?

Logan, good luck.

Is that what we're selling here today?

Nothing ever scares you.

Jing, I am terrified.

I'll see you in a few.

Logan, I can pull up your O2 reserves

on my spacesuit's monitor.

I don't plan on being out here long.

Hold on a second.

I've got live battery power on one of these satellites.

They must have a back-up fuel cell.

Once we blast that meteoroid,

we just might be able to jump-start the ship!

Captain, if I remember correctly,

each satellite mirror generates 30 megawatts per square meter.

We might have just enough of these satellites

still here to create the directed heat we need...

if I can just get these things...

Captain, your O2 reserves are now 23%.

I know how much air I have left, Nina.

What's our ETA to impact?

I'm sorry, Logan.

The last blast took out the signal to our cloud database.

That meteor...

must be almost inside Earth's atmosphere.

If I can just get these adjusted...

Oh, no.

Wait. Not the fuel cell!

Oh, no!

Nina!

- No, no! - Nina.

Keep the air for yourself!

Oxygen level, 19%.

That makes two of us.

There you go.

Even split. 50-50.

It will only last us about half an hour.

Listen to me.

I know that Logan is our main pilot,

but you have experience piloting the craft.

No. I can only run the directional protocols,

monitor the emergency systems.

We can't land without Logan.

We can try and find a way, but...

Oxygen at 14%.

Yeah...

It isn't zero.

What's that?

That's not Morse Code.

No. It's an automated alarm

that sounds when an astronaut's biometrics go dead.

That's Nina.

That's Jing.

And I just lost a brother.

Amanda?

Amanda. Amanda...

It's gonna be okay.

Are you okay?

Please.

Here. Here, baby.

Breathe, breathe, breathe!

Please. Please.

Is that Steve and Amanda?

No.

It's Logan!

He's still alive!

I'll contact the surface.

I'll let Steve know he's still alive.

Logan said we might be able to wire the ship

to the power on one of these satellites

and jump-start the ship.

There's no time to waste.

We start the ship and we go and get him...

But we still have the meteoroid.

We can't keep fighting without oxygen.

Let's not give up the fight, then.

Please, you come back to me. I swear I'll come back to you.

Please. I can't...

I can't do anything without you, baby.

Please breathe!

That's it, that's it.

Breathe, keep breathing.

It's almost here! We can't stay here!

Stay with me. Please stay with me.

I'll get you out of here,

I swear to God I'll get you out of there.

How much time?

15 minutes to impact.

We gotta go, Honey.

We gotta go.

Steve...

Even if we had another weapon,

an EMP, or the largest solar array in the world

we couldn't stop that thing.

Don't say that.

Don't say anything.

Come on. Put your arm around me.

Stand.

I need you to tell me...

where the communication hub is.

It's in the central power junction.

It's okay. It's all I need to know.

Okay.

Come on. Come on.

If I can just get some power...

to the satellite...

I can still aim beams at the N.E.O.

The emergency override switch to the solar panel array

is over here.

We can use that to move the panels.

It's Logan! He's still alive!

He says he's trying to break into the satellites

to get to the solar to run his suit, but...

He's running low on oxygen.

I never wanted any of this.

I got tangled up in distractions

when I should have been focusing on us.

I got distracted.

Let's step on the gas.

Wait!

He's in.

He's able to tap into reserve power.

And we have access to the most powerful

solar ray we can create right here.

I know what you're thinking, Steve,

but even with the meteoroid at terminal velocity,

we couldn't generate enough heat to affect it.

Listen to me.

We have to go faster than terminal velocity!

If we can create some sort of power

behind Logan's position...

Step on the gas.

With enough solar light from Earth and space,

it should be able to generate enough heat to...

to break the meteoroid into enough pieces

that it won't fuse back together.

You took my advice?

You had the PDCO install solar sails?

Yeah.

Well, we had to get to Mars.

The outside of solar sail is mirrored.

So if he turns it inside out...

The reflection will be the size of a football field.

O2 levels at 7%.

And if I can just aim this...

with the back side out...

Go...

If we turn the solar panel array all in the same direction...

it'll create the burst of light we need to hit the meteoroid

from the front as well.

These are just like the solar farms on the moon.

We should be able to adjust the entire row

with the servo lever... manually.

Maybe with both of us we can at least adjust one row.

The whole thing would take a whole day.

Pull!

It's Logan!

He's headed straight for the ship!

Get to the decompression chamber!

We'll open it manually!

Shock waves on its way.

That blast is gonna take everything with it.

No.

What are you talking about?

Get down! Get down!

Ah!

See?

Not everything.

Thank you.

Are you okay?

It cleared the planet and the fallout.

We...

We did it?

Yeah. Yeah.

We did it.

Steve?

Steve, can you hear me?

Steve, it's Logan.

Can you hear me? Can you hear me?

Steve, Steve, come in. Copy.

Logan?

Steve, if you just saw that,

then you know the coast is clear.

You had me worried there for a little bit, brother.

Wait. How did you get full power?

Oh, don't you worry about me, little brother.

Jing and Nina here helped me snag one of those solar sails

from one of those rogue satellites

that were attached to the ship.

They managed to wire up just enough

of these solar panels to fire up the ship

while I was flailing around in space.

The air filtration is running full blast.

Plus, we put heat panels from the satellites

to reinforce the hull for reentry.

I told you sometimes you have to go full throttle.

I'll show you full throttle.

Hey!

Hey!

Hey, guys!

Steve! Amanda!

I couldn't stay underground

knowing that you two were out here saving Earth!

I saw the explosion!

You did it.

- Yeah. - Yeah.

We did it.

You know what I'm in the mood for?

What?

One of those Romeo's prime cut burgers.

You got it.

You got it.

Carrie.

Steve Sawyer? It's Madden.

Hello, General.

You've shown skill and determination.

You've shown willingness to confront

difficult choices and to communicate them.

You've shown intelligence and experience.

And, above all, you've shown true leadership.

Because you took full responsibility

even when you knew it wasn't your fault.

And you brought your team together.

I'll submit a full report describing the recklessness

of Taurus Mining Corporation

and your attempt to get them to comply with safety protocols.

But please know, none of this was your fault.

And I consider it an honor to be counted among your friends.

You heard the man, Steve.

You wanna fire up that grill?

Okay. Let's go.

Let's go.