5th Passenger Page #2

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- The reactor is going into

meltdown.

- These pods were designed

to withstand that.

- And you really believe that?

[dramatic music]

We're gonna die.

[booming]

Last chance to say you love me.

[booming and scraping]

- What are you doing?

Put it back.

- Sir, I'm afraid she'll have an

aneurysm.

- It's not your decision to

make, Alana.

- We won't learn anything

from a vegetable.

- I need to know.

- We'll find your brother.

- You stay here with her, no one

else

and ping me the very moment

she's awake.

- Understood, sir.

- She knows

and so will I

even if I have to rip it out of

her.

[door hisses]

[dramatic music]

[rumbling]

[suspenseful music]

[clanging]

- I'm hungry.

- They're programmed to dispense

every 24 hours and no more.

- You mean this is the only

system

that survived intact?

- Yes, its circuitry remained

unaffected.

It's designed that way as a fail

safe.

The same for auxiliary

breather for life support.

It's why we're still alive

after the main system failure.

- Wow, well, maybe whoever

designed the food dispenser

should have designed the

rest of the ship, huh?

[laughing]

- Silence, enough.

You, come here.

Li, you as well.

- Sir, I'm Eve Miller.

- I don't care who you are.

I'm only concerned with

what you did on the Sagan

and how it will help us survive.

- You mean how she and these

other roaches broke protocol

and have endangered us both?

- Sir, I am a Lieutenant with

the UGS,

a lead navigation systems

manager.

- Lieutenant means

nothing on a non-citizen.

Where are we?

- I'm not quite.

- What do you know?

- Sir,

we traveled at high velocity for

33 hours

before we were able to

stabilize.

How far we went is impossible to

tell

because the positioner's

non-responsive

as are all other nav com

systems.

- Continue.

- I believe I can create a patch

override

that will allow me to get a

fixed position

so we can head back towards

the main UGS caravan route.

We can restore significant

thrust.

It's our only chance...

- Is she correct?

- I agree with her.

Most of the circuitry appears

damaged beyond repair.

If we use it to restore thrust

we'd also be depleting

our life support system.

Our current calculations show

that we have no more than

22 days of oxygen left.

The sustained thrust will

deplete us by five to seven

days.

- The risk is too great.

- I thought all pods had at

least 60 days

to ensure enough time

for at least three ships' travel

time.

- We should have had 40 days

but with the damage done and...

- And what?

- These pods were designed to

optimally sustain four lives.

We have a fifth passenger.

- Which is why we have to get

back

to the main UGS caravan route.

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