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Comment on Masculinity in the Comm Center
Cassie
We have an excess of manliness breaking out in the Comm center.
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The Urgency of Their Mission
Mace
Do I have to spell it out for you? We have a payload to deliver to the heart of our nearest star. We're delivering that payload because that star is dying. And if it dies, we die. Everything dies. So that is our mission. There is nothing, literally nothing, more important than completing our mission. End of story!
Trey
He's right.
Mace
He's right? Of course I'm right! Is anyone here seriously considering otherwise?
Searle
May I put a counter-argument?
Mace
No!
Searle
Captain?
Kaneda
Go ahead.
Searle
It would, of course, be absurd to alter our trajectory to assist the crew of the Icarus I. Even if we knew that some or even all of that crew are still alive, their lives are entirely expendable when seen in the context of our mission. As are our own lives.
Mace
Exactly.
Searle
However, there is something on board the Icarus I that may be worth the detour. As you pointed out, Mace, we have a payload to deliver. A payload, singular. Now, everything about the delivery and effectiveness of that payload is entirely theoretical. Simply put, we don't know if it's gonna work. But what we do know is this: if we had two bombs, we'd have two chances.
Kaneda
You're assuming we'd be able to pilot Icarus I.
Searle
Yes.
Trey
Which is assuming that whatever stopped them completing the mission wasn't a fault or a damage to the spacecraft.
Searle
Yes.
Mace
It's a lot of assumptions.
Searle
It is. It's a risk assessment. The question is: does the risk of a detour outweigh the benefits of an extra payload?
Mace
We'll have a vote.
Searle
No. No, we won't. We are not a democracy. We're a collection of astronauts and scientists, so we're gonna make the most informed decision available to us.
Mace
Made by you, by any chance?
Kaneda
Made by the person best qualified to understand the complexities of payload delivery: our physicist.
[''Long pause'']
Capa
Shit.
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Existence and Solitude at the End of Time
Pinbacker
Are you an angel? Has the time come? I've been waiting so long.
Capa
Who are you?
Pinbacker
Who am I? At the end of time, a moment will come when just one man remains. Then the moment will pass. Man will be gone. There will be nothing to show that we were ever here... but stardust. The last man, alone with God. Am I that man?
Capa
My God...my God. Pinbacker!
Pinbacker
Not your God. Mine!
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Message from the Dead Zone
Robert Capa
By the time you get this message, I'll be in the dead zone. It came a little sooner than we thought, but this means you won't be able to send a message back. So, I just wanted to let you know that I don't need the message, because I know everything you wanna say. Just remember, it takes eight minutes for light to travel from sun to Earth, which means you'll know we succeeded about eight minutes after we deliver the payload. All you have to is look out for a little extra brightness in the sky. So if you wake up one morning and it's a particularly beautiful day, you'll know we made it. Okay, I'm signing out, and I'll see you in a couple of years.
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A Divine Mission to Heaven
Pinbacker
For seven years I spoke with God. He told me to take us all to Heaven.
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Existence and Solitude at the End of Time
Pinbacker
At the end of time, a moment will come when just one man remains. Then the moment will pass. Man will be gone. There will be nothing to show that we were ever here … but stardust. The last man, alone with God. Am I that man?
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Moral Dilemma in Life and Death Choices
Robert Capa
Are you asking me to weigh the life of one person against the future of the humanity?...Kill him
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Longing for an angel's arrival
Pinbacker
Are you an angel? Has the time come? I've been waiting so long.
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Facing Fear in the Face of Danger
Cassie
It's different. Being afraid that you won't make it back home. And then knowing that you won't.
Capa
Our survival depends on what we can salvage from Icarus I.
Cassie
No. We're gonna die out here. Like the other crew. I know it. So do you. Are you scared?
Capa
When a Stellar Bomb is triggered, very little will happen at first. And then a spark will pop into existence, and it will hang for an instant, hovering in space, and then, it will split into two, and those will split again, and again, and again. Detonation beyond all imagining – the big bang on a small scale. A new star born out of a dying one. I think it will be beautiful. No, I'm not scared.
Cassie
I am.
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Searle's Repeated Call to Kaneda
Searle
Kaneda! What do you see? Kaneda! What do you see? Kaneda! Kaneda!
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Exploring the Effects of Light and Darkness
Searle
It's invigorating. It's like... taking a shower in light. You lose yourself a little.
Corazon
Like a floatation tank?
Searle
Actually, no. More like... in psych tests on deep space, I ran a number of sensory deprivation trials, tested in total darkness, on flotation tanks. And the point about darkness is, you float in it. You and the darkness are distinct from each other, because darkness is an absence of something, it's a vacuum. But total light envelopes you. It becomes you. It's very strange. I... I recommend it.
Mace
What's strange, Searle, is that you're the psych officer on this ship, and I'm clearly a lot saner than you are.
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Searle's Prescription for Mental Clarity
Searle
Prescription: two hours in the Earth Room. And get a haircut, Mace.
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Dreams of the Sun's Surface
Cassie
Let me guess… the surface of the sun? Only dream I ever have. Every time I shut my eyes... it's always the same.
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The Futility of Survival in the Cosmos
Pinbacker
Nothing will survive … not your parents … not your children … not even … stars!
[From trailer]
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Confronting Despair in the Face of Oblivion
Pinbacker
I am Pinbacker, commander of the Icarus I. We have abandoned our mission. Our star is dying. All our science. All our hopes...our dreams are foolish! In the face of this, we are dust, nothing more. Unto this dust, we return. When he chooses for us to die, it is not our place to challenge God.
Mace
Okay, that make sense to anyone?
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Mission to Save a Dying Sun
Robert Capa
Our sun is dying. Mankind faces extinction. Seven years ago, the Icarus project sent a mission to restart the sun, but that mission was lost before it reached the star. Sixteen months ago, I, Robert Capa, and a crew of seven, left Earth frozen in ]. ]. Our purpose: to create a star within a star. Eight astronauts strapped to the back of ]. Welcome to the Icarus Two.
[[w:Sun#After core hydrogen exhaustion|a solar winter; [w:Manhattan#Manhattan Island|Our payload: a stellar bomb with a mass equivalent to Manhattan Island; [w:Nuclear weapon|a bomb. My bomb]
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Crew Biometric Update and Oxygen Check
Capa
Icarus?
Icarus
Yes, Capa?
Capa
Run an update on biometric signs for all crew. Check oxygen consumption.
Icarus
Checking...
Capa
Thank you.
Icarus
Capa?
Capa
Yes?
Icarus
You are dying. All crew are dying.
Capa
We know we're dying. As long as we can live long enough to deliver the payload, we're okay with it.
Icarus
Capa, warning: you will not live long enough to deliver the payload.
Capa
Please clarify.
Icarus
Twelve hours before crew will be unable to perform complex tasks. Fourteen hours before crew will be unable to perform basic tasks. Sixteen hours until death. Journey time to delivery point: 19 hours.
Capa
It is impossible. Corazon is certain we have remaining oxygen to keep four crew alive.
Icarus
Affirmative. Four crew could potentially survive on current reserves.
Capa
Trey is dead. There are only four crew members.
Icarus
Negative.
Capa
Affirmative, Icarus. Four crew: Cassie, Mace, Corazon and me.
Icarus
Five crew members.
Capa
Icarus?
Icarus
Yes?
Capa
Who is the fifth crew member?
Icarus
Unknown.
Capa
Where is the fifth crew member?
Icarus
In the observation room.
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Reflection on Human Existence and Stardust
Searle
Hey Capa, we're only stardust.
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