5th Passenger Page #4

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I mean, how is what happened

balance?

In one minute everything's fine

and calm and that's balance

and the next half the states are

gone

and the whole world is pretty

much ending.

- [Myers] When the

Yellowstone Caldera erupted,

it wasn't its first time.

It was thought that it

was at least its fourth.

- Okay, that's comforting to

hear

when pretty much everything

is going extinct.

I'm sorry, what is your point

exactly?

- My point is...

life is resilient.

Mother nature always

finds a way for survival.

- Maybe the planet wasn't happy

with what was done to her.

- About the only thing

we do agree on for sure

is that the planet is a woman.

- Hey, hey you.

You wanna help out here.

- I'm not a technician.

- You will help her.

- But sir.

- Do as I say.

- It's a piece of the

nav motherboard, right?

- Yes, it's a component

of the short range signal

transponder.

Solder these, will you?

- Without the Positioner

operational

it's not gonna work.

[clanging]

Doppler.

You making a radio Doppler

device,

a primitive radar.

That's so 20th century.

- If something is out

there, we'll find it.

[dramatic music]

- It changes nothing.

- It changes everything.

- We don't know if it's another

pod.

It could it be an asteroid

fragment

from the same field that hit the

Sagan.

- We need to try for it.

Li, tell him I'm right.

- What is your opinion?

- I think she could be right.

- No.

We will maintain course.

- But

based on my calculations

going in that direction

does put us back towards

the caravan route.

We should proceed to it.

- Hell yeah.

I'm with my guy here.

- Are you sure?

- I don't think we can be

absolutely sure about anything.

- What I am sure is I was wrong

about how much oxygen we have

left.

We have less.

We using more than earlier

calculated.

If we stay here in our current

position,

the probability of us

depleting it before rescue...

- If there is a rescue.

- How much of our oxygen will it

take

to reach this object?

Look at me, not her.

- Half.

- Half?

- Maybe less.

- But maybe more.

Are you willing to bet your life

on this?

- I am.

- And you're certain

you can find this ship

flying blind with no navigation?

- Yes.

- The rest of you,

this is what you want?

Your lives in this woman's

hands?

- Yeah, it beats waiting to die.

- So be it then.

- You need to reroute

power to the thrusters.

- That was good.

He listens to you.

Just hope you don't make

a habit of taking credit

for other people's work.

- No promises.

[dramatic music]

Ready up here.

[dramatic music]

- [Myers] Okay?

[dramatic music]

- Okay.

[dramatic music]

[whooshing]

[beeping]

- I'm glad I'm on your ship.

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