Sunshine Page #4

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Only dream I ever have.

Every time I shut my eyes

it's always the same.

Maybe you should talk

to Dr. Searle about that.

See if he can help you out.

Maybe.

I just wanted to let you know...

...l think you made the right decision.

Well.

Mace doesn't and I'm guessing Harvey

and Trey don't either.

Yeah...

...but I do.

- Get the alarm. What's going on?

- I screwed up.

It's not you. It's my responsibility.

- We shouldn't be straying.

- Trey, cut to it.

In order to change the route,

l had to manually override lcarus.

So I made all the calculations myself.

And I double- and triple-checked them.

They all worked out.

So I set the new coordinates

and put us on our way.

What's the problem?

The trajectory is wrong?

The trajectory is good.

But it changes our angle of approach

to the sun by 1.1 degrees.

You didn't reset the shields

to the new angle.

Jesus Christ, Trey.

I forgot.

My head was full of velocities and fuel

calculations and a million different...

I f***ed up, all right?

People do sh*t.

They get stressed...

...and f*** up.

I f***ed up.

Trey.

The fact is, we're still alive.

A hole hasn't burnt

in the side of the ship.

We don't have

a 1 o, ooo-degree climate.

- So, what's the actual damage?

- We don't know.

lcarus tried to reset the shields

independently when the alarm triggered.

But all the sensors up there are

burned out.

So we have no idea of the state

of the affected area.

Only way we're gonna know

is if we go out there.

Okay.

I'll get suited up.

It's a two-man job.

As second in command,

you're not going anywhere.

- I volunteer.

- No, I volunteer.

Fine.

I volunteer Capa.

Sure.

I'll do it.

Okay.

Okay.

You've done this a thousand times

in Earth-orbit training.

Yeah.

You're gonna be fine.

Okay?

Okay, lcarus.

I'm gonna be taking

control for a while.

- Okay, Cassie.

- I'm gonna be cutting speed.

I'm gonna rotate us so the damage

is facing away from the sun.

- Do we understand each other?

- Yes, Cassie.

Rotate by that much, we're gonna

lose comm towers three and four.

Well, it's a good thing

we don't need them, then.

We don't need them now,

we're gonna need them to go home.

We'll cross that bridge when

we come to it.

In the meantime, I'm gonna try and

give them as much shadow as I can.

All right, guys.

I'm opening up.

Okay.

Helmet-cam operational.

Affirmative. Good image.

Capa, check,

helmet-cam fully operational.

Affirmative.

Exiting airlock with maintenance

modules.

Moving down

to investigate damaged area.

Okay, guys.

Nice and easy.

Nice and easy.

Copy.

lcarus, please adjust shield

to allow for rotation.

Yes, Cassie.

Establishing new alignment to sun.

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