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Make. Use of them if you need to. Attention

1:35

Off Jennifer Connelly.

1:38

You. Doc says initiative. What

1:41

it is. Task Force Status

1:43

Report: Mission. Land

1:46

and Care. Status.

1:48

Report Oh. By.

1:51

N sure included. Entry.

1:55

One. Comptrollers Report:

1:58

There's. no good way to build up to this so I'll just

2:01

say it, the Nabernidas

2:03

crew have reappeared.

2:07

That should be good news, it

2:09

is not. Allow me

2:11

to explain. Eight hours

2:13

ago I was out amongst the

2:15

containers in the Nabernidas compounds conducting

2:17

your requested audit of their stores

2:20

and equipment. Did I mention

2:22

it's been 30 below the last four days? Must

2:25

have forgotten, but I digress. We

2:28

were between containers. Janine and

2:30

I finalising notes from the one we

2:32

were about to close, while Kareem and

2:35

Dana were opening the next one. Clemenko

2:37

and Hudson were there too, sniffing around

2:39

to see if Nabernidas have any of

2:42

the good stuff in their food stores.

2:45

No idea what they were referring to, but then

2:47

they mostly seemed to be looking for an excuse

2:49

to talk to Janine anyway. Suddenly,

2:54

the wind died, and

2:56

the sun was out, and it was

2:58

one of those rare moments where you don't

3:01

feel like your fingers are going to fall

3:03

off, and you can actually see without frozen

3:05

water of one kind or another pounding your

3:07

goggles. Now the

3:09

area around the mine, where

3:11

Nabernidas deployed, has turned into

3:13

a giant bowl. Snow

3:16

and ice have piled up on what once

3:18

were walls. It

3:20

keeps the worst wind out, most of the

3:22

time, but it also creates

3:24

a ridged line, and

3:27

that's where I see them. Standing

3:30

still as can be, the

3:32

light from the sun behind them, picking

3:34

them out in silhouette. I

3:36

do a double take because they're just so

3:39

still, and I wasn't sure who

3:41

it was at that point. Could have

3:43

been a bunch of people coming down

3:45

from our pods, or a new search

3:47

party going out, because of course we

3:50

restarted searching after what Kathy discovered in

3:52

Johann Muller's files two days ago. But

3:54

there were just too

3:56

many people for that. At least

3:58

50. And

4:01

it has to be the number

4:03

of his crew. I ways and

4:05

foremost got no responding to my

4:07

gesture. They start down the slope,

4:10

Waiting see the snow

4:12

towards us say walking

4:14

slowly. Deliberately most

4:16

stir in perfect lock step,

4:19

but a few are lacking

4:21

limping. A loop

4:23

happen. In we

4:26

for us but. Despite

4:28

the thermal regulation of all care.

4:32

About to call out to them. When

4:34

I began to top. of

4:36

their voices or rusty like they haven't

4:38

spoken in day he said. Like

4:41

I said, Dineen and I had

4:44

been making our final notes on

4:46

the container we just finished which

4:48

meant proteges record I was running

4:51

Size class. You can hear them

4:53

for yourself. Why

5:36

the. Navajo.

5:42

Say okay to

5:44

say. Hudson.

5:48

Maybe time. And

5:53

stay away from I'd lay.

5:58

low Here, let me

6:00

help you up. Ah, ugh.

6:05

I'm so sorry, I'm sorry, I

6:07

don't, I, I can't, no! Get

6:10

off him! What the

6:12

fuck? I'm

6:16

on! Get

6:22

to the mine! What

6:25

about the others? Green!

6:28

Green! Wait!

6:58

Is everyone okay? Hudson?

7:02

Give me a

7:05

look. He'll

7:09

be okay. I

7:12

don't think she could get too good a grip with those gloves

7:14

on. What can you see? They're

7:16

coming toward the door! I've

7:21

never changed the passcode. Anyone

7:24

want to explain to me why the people

7:26

we came here to rescue just tried to

7:28

kill us? Dammit. That's the

7:30

role. With

7:33

realization, we set buttocks.

7:35

We set buttocks. We

7:38

set buttocks. One of them is going for the

7:40

keypad. I just need

7:43

one more. No. Ah.

7:56

Are they? Yeah.

7:58

With their fists. They.

8:02

May have a know they can't get that

8:04

door open. They

8:11

can't get that door open

8:13

right now. You very much

8:15

was built to see. we're

8:17

just atmosphere and keepers. Thirty

8:20

women, There are

8:22

two nights Sunday. I

8:25

don't like this. The likely to break

8:28

their knuckles. That still think.

8:31

Near this, behind them. there's

8:34

standing there. There's

8:36

something very wrong about all of

8:38

this. All of them. Control

8:42

with a prior it's fun

8:44

message to all members of

8:46

the relief miss we have

8:48

an emergency situation Do not

8:51

need the mine all the

8:53

dig site. Says

8:55

team. Looked

8:59

down the main entrance and read: Those

9:03

in the hood it is

9:05

compounds secure all entrances. To

9:07

the Pot or Hannah you are

9:09

in and remain were you on.

9:11

Anyone approaches who is not clearly

9:14

a member of her auditors were

9:16

kept in France is is would

9:18

not have access. I don't care

9:21

how cold. Lady

9:23

written media see. If

9:26

you are currently part of the

9:28

such as return to base to

9:31

it started. To

9:33

my agency Sit. Tight

9:35

more instructions will follow

9:38

shortly. right?

9:43

On the location start organizing.

9:46

check. Everyone

9:49

is. Not

9:55

all of them. The

9:57

rest are already in our compound. Exactly.

10:00

Get on it. Hey.

10:04

Here's the trans. Hudson

10:06

One. Might

10:09

say I would rather for

10:11

building and talk to him.

10:13

Prisoner looks so hey Dana

10:16

dream will concentrate on the

10:18

part. In the second skin.

10:27

Francis. How

10:30

of Dawn on. What's your

10:32

current location and a crawl? Or

10:34

about thirty five miles north northwest of a

10:36

my. You are not going

10:38

to believe in. France

10:41

isn't I came up with a plant. Which.

10:44

He'll tell you without his his report. Insult

10:47

with say says amazes.

10:50

To. Go to Me was organizing check

10:52

ins. I kept what's in the

10:54

never know it is people. After

10:56

a while the he moved away from the do.

10:59

I. Found some binoculars some last

11:02

and kept watching. I told myself

11:04

it was to relay intel to

11:06

Francis. But really? I

11:09

couldn't look away. They

11:12

returned to the container. We will. Work the

11:14

game and they started tearing into

11:16

the food. Posing. Themselves

11:18

like they hadn't eaten in days.

11:22

A little while later. They. Came

11:24

back to the mine door and started

11:26

pounding on it again. Two.

11:28

Or three, it's time with the

11:30

rest standing and watson. The.

11:33

New located. Oh, taking

11:35

turns of the do. I

11:39

don't. I

11:41

don't understand what we're

11:43

facing here. Maybe.

11:46

It has something to do with what we

11:48

discovered when we went beyond the second door.

11:50

Maybe. It's all connected ben and Senior,

11:53

and Cathy in the rest might come

11:55

up with something between them that can

11:57

explain all this. But I

11:59

have to. The Honest: It's that

12:01

damn displaying I've ever seen.

12:04

I've seen this guy on fire and I'll

12:06

tell you know. From.

12:13

And. Report. Comments:

12:16

Report: Captain Ebert Francis Twenty Third

12:19

Alliance Marine Supporting. Day.

12:21

Terms nominate his release mission. We.

12:24

Have had a busy day. As you

12:26

may already be aware, we went beyond

12:28

the second door, darn into the alien

12:30

vault. I'm not entirely sure what to

12:32

make of what we find our because

12:34

I have no idea what to make

12:36

it. A fifty six people from the

12:39

Nominate his mission has suddenly summed up

12:41

in our doorstep outta nowhere. So.

12:44

To. Take events and some time

12:46

before I start was going beyond

12:49

the door. I

12:51

was against the idea of sending in our

12:53

preliminary drone and coach. Ben

12:56

Taylor her wanted argue the toss, but I consider

12:58

that a waste of time. The

13:01

lines are scanners have picked up

13:03

were in fact bodies than first

13:05

verifying that was a drone, than

13:07

organizing a second expedition seemed excessively

13:09

slow. He was all for

13:11

letting the drones go ahead of us, but I

13:13

wanted to be right behind. In

13:16

the end, we compromised immediate

13:18

incursion into the rim beyond

13:20

daughter drums only for whatever

13:22

lay beyond. This

13:24

time the personnel involved were myself

13:26

to have my team Ben Keller

13:28

her on Doctor Pannella, plus Sergeant

13:31

Harrison Corpo Jensen to run the

13:33

drones. Soul. Has more precautions as

13:35

we did previously. We. Had bought some

13:37

standby ready to open the door. But.

13:39

Tell her place to Santiago Rectangle next

13:42

it's which opened up and P and

13:44

Jensen and Harris conferred on. a minute

13:46

later the door was up in the

13:48

drones were and. I

13:51

had tell her so she but the controls

13:53

unless her post up against France wants to

13:55

drones confirmed what I was already surprise. There

13:59

were indeed everybody be home that there

14:01

were. Night.

14:03

On first glance they look like

14:05

they've been dead a week, which

14:07

makes no sense whatsoever, but I

14:09

leave commentary on not to the

14:11

science project. Jensen Harris doctor drones

14:14

up and running mob analogous to

14:16

work on the bodies. That.

14:18

Left Kalahari myself and I saw to

14:20

take in the room at cells which.

14:23

Was much better than the other

14:25

three chambers, but nothing but walls

14:27

and an exit. The sending Darren

14:29

into the dark. I.

14:32

Expected more. Buried.

14:34

Underground and locked behind two doors. As

14:36

has to be the point of the

14:38

place, right? But. What

14:41

I know, I'm not, as you know,

14:43

archaeologist. All I know is that it's

14:45

weird. And Hot.

14:48

A. Lot hotter than the side we team from. Gentlemen

14:51

Harris talked about thermal vents spotted

14:54

I didn't summer. Anyway,

14:56

before long doctor finale gives a shit.

14:59

I turn just in time to watch

15:01

one of the bodies just. Humble.

15:06

Does all. Somewhere

15:09

between those two, it's basically a

15:11

pile of dust and start a

15:13

jumpsuit. Me: And

15:16

of the strangest things I've ever seen. And

15:19

allies just staring at me like

15:22

they're worried. don't get the blame

15:24

or something. It was like the

15:26

body when someone whole person to

15:28

cremation like passing through the combustion

15:30

part. I don't know if that

15:32

gets across months that scalise. Given

15:36

what just happened, Pannella took their time

15:38

on the visual examination of a second

15:40

daughter. Harrison Jensen.

15:42

Get back to monitoring the drones. Apparently

15:45

everything below us is once

15:48

you chamber, no sign of

15:50

any people or remains. Lot

15:52

of lot of start cylinders like

15:54

the ones find in chambers see.

15:58

Eventually. There's. Often left propranolol

16:00

to do so. They try to get

16:03

a tissue sample on the second body

16:05

goes the way in the first, just

16:07

like that. Instead of

16:09

the body bags we brought with us,

16:11

we ended up taking those poor souls

16:13

i can jars. I

16:17

exit down leave the scientists do their work.

16:21

Fine. Have to admit I

16:23

was disappointed. I was

16:25

really hoping to get answers. No.

16:28

Survivors nobody's only one

16:30

so far. Confirmed allies

16:32

to confirmed not an

16:34

answer on harder than

16:37

one. Course.

16:39

I didn't think I'd be get an even wilder

16:41

answer a few hours later. I

16:44

was are you on search when I get the calls

16:46

from Barnes. Members. Of the

16:48

number I just korea for terms of

16:50

are acting like a bunch of zombies

16:52

or center. Sounded crazy,

16:55

but I know better. Nine The obvious

16:57

question: my house is high. They viewed

16:59

as a cordon of crawlers or in

17:01

the snow for so long, but haven't

17:04

done the calculations I can sit. There

17:06

was a two day gap in our

17:08

grid search and given hi wide our

17:10

search area has become. We've had less

17:13

coverage in the rest quadrant since resuming.

17:16

And that's the direction we sink my

17:18

teeth. Mother that

17:20

was our immediate problem. I had fifteen

17:22

of my squad i don't cross and

17:24

asked are better coordination rom days Eight

17:26

four clicks on the mine and all

17:28

fifteen on search came back on one

17:30

color with make. We. Came

17:32

in slow and quiet. Barnes.

17:35

Are trying to system. Which. Left

17:37

something like thirty five now, but I just

17:39

korean a kind of for. And. we

17:41

didn't have are so ordinance. Thankfully.

17:44

We started, no additional personnel and nothing

17:46

appeared on the scanners or monitors. The

17:48

members of my team still within the

17:50

her out of this com point verify.as

17:53

we arrived. having

17:55

consolidated my team we stop by our

17:57

armory to pick up stoners on shock

17:59

snacks for entering the mine exterior area.

18:03

As described, we found the Navinitis crew at

18:05

the side of the door to the mine,

18:08

pounding on it like they expected it to do

18:10

anything. A

18:12

quick exchange with Barnes and we decided to try to

18:14

herd them to one of the Navinitis storage hangars, get

18:18

them out of the elements and under control

18:20

and somewhere we could observe them from behind

18:22

the plexiglass. It

18:25

didn't go quite as well as planned.

18:28

Here is the comms recording of us engaging them.

18:40

Come in Harrison Jensen. Any

18:42

movement on the monitors? No

18:44

sir, all clear on the Navinitis cameras.

18:47

Nothing on ours either sir. Keep

18:50

me posted. Looks like 50

18:52

or so, which means there could

18:54

be another 30 out there. I

18:57

don't want any surprises. Understood

18:59

sir. We

19:01

still haven't seen us. Trin,

19:06

take your group left behind that container. Yannovitch,

19:08

you get yours behind that digger on the right.

19:11

Don't step out till I do. Between

19:13

us and the main entrance I want them boxed in

19:15

on three sides, leaving the only way out the direction

19:17

we want them moving. Don't

19:20

get too close. We

19:22

don't want to spook them. Got

19:24

it. Yes sir. God,

19:29

they're really just punching that door.

19:32

Yeah. Remember

19:34

everyone, they're civilians. Keep

19:37

the stunners and shock sticks in plain sight,

19:39

but don't point anything at anyone. Hopefully

19:42

we'll just take them for a walk to that

19:44

hangar on the west side there. I'll

19:47

be ready for anything. In position. Ready

19:50

here sir. Okay, on

19:52

my lead. Brick cover, move slow,

19:54

and fan out. Non-threatening,

19:56

but create a cordon. make

20:11

it this way.

20:20

He's making map How

20:25

to make the mostly Navadius

20:29

team members do not be

20:31

alarmed. My name is

20:33

Captain Francis Alliance Marines. I

20:36

am here as part of a rescue team. I

20:39

need you to cease and desist your attempts

20:41

to break down that door and allow us

20:43

to escort you to hangar it for medical

20:46

evaluation and debrief. Oh,

20:50

oh. Can't come

20:52

any longer. Please. Oh no,

20:54

Captain. Let

20:56

us get closer. Stay

20:59

there, sir. Stay away from

21:01

us. Help us. Sir,

21:06

we got movement. He

21:09

took him to war, didn't he? He needs a

21:11

help. Do not

21:14

approach. We just want to get

21:16

you out of the cold and get you food and

21:18

shelter. But I need you to keep your

21:20

distance. Sir,

21:23

we're not doing it. We can't help it.

21:27

We're not in control. Sir,

21:31

more than ever moving. Hold

21:33

position. Ma'am, sir,

21:36

I need you to stop. I

21:39

don't know if you've ever taken a joke from a shot. No!

21:43

No! I

21:45

told you better. I suggest you

21:47

return to the line. Agree.

21:55

Stop! You're advance at one. What

22:00

if we fight? If

22:02

it's the choice of listener! Order!

22:07

Any of them get close to 15 feet. Hit them with a stunner.

22:11

If you come any closer, we will be

22:13

forced to respond! They're

22:26

not stopping. No, they are

22:28

not. Prepare

22:30

to advance from the ring flank. Drive

22:33

away, old auto. Canovich,

22:35

take point. Don't be

22:37

this. Everyone to my right. Prepare to shift the

22:39

line to follow. If they

22:41

don't back away and you get close enough, stun

22:43

them. Goes to the

22:45

left. Keep them boxed. If they

22:48

do as ordered, you stay on their flank. Don't

22:50

unblock, but put them down if they come at

22:52

you. Navadairus,

22:55

disengage or we will advance. Guys,

22:58

don't you understand? It's not up

23:01

to us. Right

23:03

side, advance. Abide

23:07

together. Get

23:14

her off of her! You

23:19

right? At

23:25

this rate, we're going to have to put them all out. This

23:28

isn't going to plan. We

23:31

might need 10. Look, there's half a dozen

23:33

hanging back. What are they carrying?

23:37

Here we go. They look like the

23:39

promises from the site. What

23:47

the hell? The second you

23:49

hit one of that group at the back... Yeah. They

23:53

stopped all at the same

23:55

time. What is going on?

23:59

That's a problem. for later.

24:04

Let's try this again. I

24:07

need you all to head

24:09

to hangar 8. U5 at

24:11

the back. Place those

24:14

containers on the ground and step away.

24:19

I didn't expect them to fly. Me either. Gannovich,

24:24

hold on. Give them some space.

24:27

Looks like they're just picking up the ones we put out. Yes

24:30

sir. If they're

24:32

gonna save you, the access is going a

24:34

good way. They're welcome dude. Alright.

24:38

Marines, move with it. Keep

24:41

your distance. And

24:47

without any further fuss, they go into

24:49

the hangar behind that plexiglass shielding. Probably

24:53

has some sort of contamination prevention

24:55

role or something normally, but

24:57

it makes for pretty effective cells. The

25:00

canisters we locked up separately. After

25:03

that, we organize food and get

25:05

the internal monitors on. And

25:07

I put together a guard rotation because I do not

25:10

want to turn my back on these people. Thing

25:13

is, the whole time we were herding

25:16

them in there, they were warning us not

25:18

to get too close. Apologizing

25:20

for their actions. This

25:23

one woman said I should keep my eye on Swanson.

25:26

She said something like she thinks it's...

25:30

run out of juice, but

25:32

isn't sure. He took

25:34

a couple of bruises, but it's not exactly a mortal wind,

25:36

you know? I got

25:39

my medic to check him over anyway, since the

25:41

woman wouldn't explain herself. Or

25:45

couldn't really. She

25:47

seemed to have faded out of consciousness, which

25:50

makes no sense since her arms and legs were

25:52

still doing their job, but

25:54

her eyes weren't open anymore. Yes,

25:57

you heard that right. At

26:00

this point in time, all I can say is I'm

26:02

glad they're sealed up. You can

26:04

have your scientists work out what's going on, but I'm

26:06

just going to focus on guarding the animals in this

26:08

zoo. Apart from that, and

26:11

accounting for the 29 crew still

26:13

missing, that's the end of my

26:15

mission. My objectives

26:17

are almost complete and I'd sooner be off this

26:19

rock ASAP, thank you very much. This

26:22

is all getting too weird for my pay grade. Speaking

26:27

of weird, one other thing

26:29

I noticed when we were herding them along. They

26:32

walked entirely in step. Didn't

26:35

matter how big the stride was, they

26:37

managed it. Some

26:39

were limping, but it didn't seem

26:41

relevant. They walked

26:43

as fast as the slowest could manage. Marines

26:47

learn to keep in step by having someone call

26:49

out a cadence or a drum, but

26:52

they're doing it without any external coordination.

26:55

Like, they know exactly

26:57

how slow the slowest one is. Without

27:00

turning around. Entry

27:04

Three. Uno Archaeology

27:06

Report. I'm

27:09

sure at this point you're only interested in the return of an

27:11

artist crew, but I haven't been around

27:13

any of that really. Only enough to

27:15

know that something extremely hinky is going on. So,

27:18

me being me, I've been

27:20

studying this site to see if there's anything from the

27:22

past that might explain what the hell is going

27:24

on in the present. Seems I've been

27:26

doing that kind of thing a lot lately. This

27:29

morning, I went beyond the second door with

27:31

Celia and Captain Frantastic. The

27:33

situation with the bodies was intense,

27:36

but that's more Celia's area than

27:38

mine, so the

27:41

chamber beyond the door, I guess we'll call

27:43

it E to stay consistent, was much the

27:46

same as the other three on that level. For

27:48

the most part, featureless, though not as bare

27:50

as the others, which I'm unsure how to

27:53

interpret. Perhaps a

27:55

preparation room of some sort, a

27:57

transitional space, and sure,

28:00

That makes it sound like a spiritual journey as

28:02

you descend down into the temple, which

28:04

we keep running up against, but bear with me.

28:08

I do think there might actually have been some

28:10

active tech there, especially since the door is still

28:12

operational, but we didn't have much time to really

28:14

get stuck in. Not in hazmat suits,

28:17

and with the focus being the dead

28:19

bodies. The

28:21

main thing we noticed beyond them was the heat. That

28:25

room was considerably warmer than anywhere else in

28:27

the mine or the site in general, and

28:29

then the exit led down just like the one between

28:32

the answer chamber and B at the other end. Jensen

28:35

and Harris took charge of scanning what lies

28:37

below. I've got them

28:39

with me now, and have attached their scanned data to

28:41

my folder. So,

28:44

everything below chambers B through E is just one

28:47

large room, correct? Yeah, about

28:49

three times the size of chamber A,

28:51

though to clarify, I mean more like

28:54

three chamber A's stuck on top of

28:56

each other. So, tall, rather

28:58

than long. Yeah. If

29:00

you look at the complete photogrammetric model, you'll see

29:02

that chamber A sits on top of it, like

29:05

a hat, then two floors

29:07

below. Kind of like

29:10

an acorn. Now that I look at it...

29:13

Hmm, yeah. Okay,

29:15

can you run me through what you found there? There's

29:18

no stairs or ramps. We think there

29:20

must be some sort of elevator, but

29:22

no sign it's operational. It's

29:24

like a warren of space there, towers

29:27

of shelving and walkways and so forth,

29:29

and they're all loaded up with cylinders similar

29:32

in size and shape to the ones we

29:34

found in chamber C. How many

29:36

are we talking here? I

29:38

haven't crunched the exact numbers, but

29:40

a rough estimate, given

29:42

how many fit into each section, how

29:45

many sections and how many stacks, if

29:48

they're all full, you'll be looking at easily

29:50

over 100,000. Jesus

29:52

Christ. Yeah, whatever

29:55

they're for, apparently they need it a lot. Jensen,

29:58

you were saying there was something... something else you noticed about

30:00

the way the chamber was set up. Yeah,

30:02

okay. Yeah, you see

30:04

the structures here, at the bottom

30:06

corners? They look

30:08

like ventilators, but if I switch

30:11

to the heat map, you can see what

30:13

they're doing. They're

30:15

a passive heating system, redirecting

30:17

heat from some sort of geothermal

30:19

source below, I assume, but

30:22

I think also regulating it, too.

30:26

Blocking additional output. So the

30:28

net result is they're keeping these things at a

30:30

consistent temperature. Yeah, exactly.

30:34

About 58 centigrade, give or take. That's

30:36

a lot hotter than the rest of the site in the mine. Still

30:39

less hot than it should be. What do you mean? If

30:42

we were on Earth, we'd be cooked at this

30:44

depth. Even with the

30:46

mine's ventilation and cooling system, thermal

30:48

regulators, and the environmental tolerance of

30:51

our clothing, it still would

30:53

be more uncomfortable than it is. But

30:55

this planet's different. It's colder.

30:57

Less active core, less radial activity,

31:01

and so less heat. Exactly.

31:04

So they intentionally chose a cold planet,

31:06

but then went to the trouble of heating

31:08

this deepest chamber to a specific temperature. So

31:12

it would seem. Anything

31:17

else you noticed? No, we've

31:20

been a little busy the last couple hours.

31:22

Yeah, of course. Was that all that

31:24

you needed? I think so. Just needed

31:27

that extra bit of insight from people with a tech

31:29

background. Alright, I've

31:31

got to go check with the captain. He wanted me

31:33

in the guard rotation for the Nabennitis team. Mmm,

31:37

lucky you. Me? I'm

31:40

hitting the shower. Harris' bit about

31:42

the benefit of a cold planet notwithstanding.

31:45

Our little excursion today felt like

31:47

a sauna. I'm sweating

31:49

from places I didn't even know existed.

31:52

Thanks. Anytime. See

31:55

ya. Bye. follow

32:00

Hollister's logic from the drop, that this site

32:02

has a spiritual significance, then yeah, I can

32:04

see it. This

32:07

could be the equivalent of a tomb, catacombs,

32:10

with burial items. Or

32:13

maybe something else is in there, or believed to be

32:15

in there, like proximal

32:17

souls. I

32:19

don't mean literally half of something else, but

32:22

there's more than enough religions and spiritual traditions from

32:24

our world that take on the idea of souls

32:26

residing in the body and passing

32:29

beyond or into sacred objects and…

32:33

I don't know. Because

32:36

then why the whole bit with the temperature? And

32:38

the canisters seem connected to what's happening now somehow,

32:40

even though the ones we found have nothing in

32:42

them, then I heard about the other ones

32:44

that just got carried in by the… Sorry,

32:53

just so scattered at the moment. I

32:55

know I got lost twice between the mine's elevator

32:57

platform and here today. Not

33:00

entirely my fault. Once you're past

33:02

the main dig areas, there's over a kilometre of

33:04

haphazard narrower tunnels that go every which way. A

33:07

maze made by a giant drunk

33:09

worm. But

33:12

still, you'd think our lighting would've

33:14

given me a clue. Maybe

33:20

I'm struggling because I know he's up there. Somewhere.

33:24

Past. Back

33:28

with all the other Navinators team. That's…

33:32

I mean, he's responsible for Gloria is… Okay. I

33:37

don't have to tell you. Where's

33:39

the focus pen? I

33:45

was talking with Dr. Chung earlier. About

33:48

his patient, Mueller, the one that Francis

33:50

found. And he asked

33:52

me about my work, and I

33:54

was saying something about how this place didn't make

33:56

sense. That the architects must

33:58

have been out of their minds. mind or something. And

34:02

Chung reminds me that his wife

34:04

is an architect and that

34:06

she always mentions a Frank

34:08

Lloyd Wright quote, that the

34:10

difference between the job of a doctor and an

34:13

architect is that a doctor gets to

34:15

bury his mistakes. An architect

34:18

can only advise the client to plan

34:20

fines. Sat

34:24

with that for a bit until it

34:26

hit me. Burying

34:29

mistakes. I

34:31

think that's why this place is so far underground. Why

34:35

all the warning labels in the anter chamber.

34:37

Why there's so few amenities and so

34:40

little tech. Hell,

34:42

stumbling on this place was the biggest accident of

34:44

all. It wouldn't show up on a

34:46

scan, not with all the raw ore on top. It's

34:49

a miracle they dug down this far. But

34:52

didn't the report say they were just trying to find

34:54

out how deep the seam went when they hit this

34:56

place? Complete accident. There's

34:58

nothing for a scan to hone in on. Most

35:01

of the material reads as regular boring ass

35:03

rock. Even that black

35:05

oily shiny looking glass stuff on the walls.

35:08

Scan seemed to bounce off it in funny ways. I'm

35:11

guessing from the other side it wouldn't even

35:13

appear to be there. Like

35:17

stealth rock. They

35:20

didn't want this found. 12 miles

35:23

underground on an ice ball of a

35:25

planet. So

35:29

when there's a church, not a church, or

35:31

a tomb, not a tomb. I

35:34

think we have the answer. When

35:36

it's a dump. It's

35:38

the only thing that makes sense to me. And

35:41

the worst part is, if there's something

35:43

that was so damn bad they went to this much trouble

35:45

to hide it, is the reason why the Navinatus people disappeared

35:47

and reappeared. Damn it, we

35:50

need to know what it is. Everyone

35:53

else is tied up with how all these people just

35:55

showed up. Tied

35:57

up with Hollister. I Feel

35:59

like I'm the only person. I'm really working on this. I.

36:01

Know it's not really true, but I worry

36:03

that we put all our eggs in that

36:05

basket. Gonna fall into the same trap they'd.

36:14

Never. Wanted to be in the same systems him ever

36:16

again. Now.

36:20

Probably. Going to have to go talk to the past. M

36:25

T. O. Gotta.

36:28

Investigation Report.

36:33

Them and report. Cathy Winters

36:35

reporting day Ten know the

36:37

latest release mission. And

36:40

after all that effort to get the

36:42

header change to, it seems like I'm

36:45

not working with the data investigation team

36:47

anymore. That work is still

36:49

ongoing, but there hasn't been anything significant

36:51

come up and the last day. Or. So.

36:55

I have wanted to follow up on the

36:57

situation with Johan Mueller. Celia

37:00

has been focused on monitoring him in

37:02

the hope of getting answers as to

37:04

what he did and why, and more

37:06

importantly, how he seems to have some

37:09

brooklyn of what was about to happen

37:11

to never noticed before they all walked

37:13

out of here. But.

37:17

Unfortunately it they've been

37:19

tied up. Especially

37:21

having been part of the team that

37:23

went beyond the door to find two

37:26

people dead and. Not

37:29

just dead, but. And

37:33

I'm sure you know about the

37:35

sudden return of most of the

37:37

people we've been looking for, which

37:39

is a whole thing. Anyway,

37:44

So with all the had I figured

37:46

I would get involved with the Mueller

37:48

situation the since it directly affects what

37:50

I've been working on. Trying

37:53

also seem to feel that a fresh

37:55

face might actually do some good at

37:58

this point. Much

38:00

and all as it pains him, Doctor

38:03

Chang has had Mueller on a milder,

38:05

slow release said it it in the

38:07

hope of keeping him calm enough to

38:09

interact with. Accident

38:12

Tricky though. Cheng

38:14

said Johan seems to have unusual

38:17

interactions with certain medications and it's

38:19

taken a while to find something

38:21

that will actually. Keep him calm

38:24

and. I

38:26

don't know. is that relevant to why

38:28

he is here and the rest of

38:30

the knob night a screw or. The

38:33

way they are. But I thought

38:36

it was worth adding. Doctor

38:38

Chang said he was still waiting

38:40

on that personnel file, so if

38:43

you have the ability to speed

38:45

that along, we'd appreciate it. I

38:48

mean, I'm staying

38:50

home, but she's getting real

38:52

weird out here. I

38:54

think on balance given the choice

38:57

between reprogrammed bots march at me

38:59

and people doing so well, apologizing,

39:03

To be honest, I had almost

39:05

take the boss. And

39:07

that's not. It's

39:09

not exactly a game of would you rather.

39:12

For. Me just Tuesday.

39:17

Sorry. Where. Was I. right?

39:21

Yes! So

39:24

I took it slow with your. He

39:27

seems. So. Frail. And

39:30

of law. And I

39:32

felt so sorry for him. When.

39:35

I first appeared, he mumbled meekly about how

39:37

I should stay away from him. I.

39:40

Promised I would that I wasn't there

39:42

to hurt him. And

39:44

then I just. Talk.

39:48

Told him a little about myself. funny

39:50

story from my childhood. that kind of

39:52

thing. Off like I

39:54

was telling a bedtime. Story. That.

39:57

Seem to sue him. He

39:59

stopped for. Then. I

40:02

then brought him back to the

40:04

present, switching back to the idea

40:06

that he was safe than. That

40:08

we were there to help them. Well.

40:12

I recorded the conversation. Do

40:17

you mind if I record us talking? Would

40:19

that be okay? You're

40:26

safe Johann, but I need your

40:28

help. Do you

40:30

think you could help me to

40:32

keep me? to keep all. Of

40:34

us safe, I

40:39

say yes or a.

40:43

What I'm going to do is. I

40:45

want to show you have that. One

40:47

that you recorded and then

40:49

I'm going to ask you

40:51

some questions. Okay, I

40:56

know how it sounds nice talking

40:58

to him like a child. But.

41:01

It was what worked. And

41:04

I don't know if it's combination. Of

41:06

the sedative and what he's been through. Or

41:08

something else. There.

41:11

Is something childlike about him

41:13

right now. I

41:17

showed him the veered from when he left the

41:19

camera in place of of the anti chamber of

41:21

for the members of nap and night us all

41:23

marched out. He

41:25

flinched and it's heart rate spite

41:27

when he saw them go full

41:29

robot. but he stayed calm enough.

41:32

So. I asked him a

41:34

few questions. So.

41:38

You put this in place and left

41:40

it running before they all walked out.

41:43

Why did you leave? How did you

41:45

know something was about to happen? I

41:48

don't know. I

41:50

know something was about to go wrong.

41:53

How how did you know?

42:00

Because something like that happened to

42:02

me. You saw lights

42:04

that weren't there? Like Victor

42:06

Hollister? Yes. Anything

42:09

else? I

42:11

couldn't... I

42:14

couldn't control my... My

42:16

hands. But you

42:18

can control them now, right? No.

42:23

No. No, no, no, I can't...

42:26

I can't lift them up! There! Look down, Johan.

42:29

See your hands? The doctor

42:32

had to do that so you didn't hurt yourself.

42:35

But... Wiggle your fingers

42:37

for me. Yeah,

42:39

see? You have control

42:41

of them. Yes.

42:47

Alright, now stay with me, Johan. What

42:50

happened before, when you did

42:52

lose control of your hands? I

42:56

broke something. I was trying. Someone

42:58

got hurt. I

43:01

said it wasn't my fault, but... No

43:03

one believed me. I

43:06

believe you. Now,

43:08

the video... Why did

43:10

you think of leaving the camera where you did? Did

43:14

I? I...

43:16

I don't... Remember

43:18

doing that. Do you

43:21

remember walking away? Yes.

43:24

Do you remember being in control? Having

43:27

control of your body then? And

43:31

after? Yes. I

43:34

remember. I

43:36

remember it was like... Being

43:38

on a desert island. I

43:42

was alone. I

43:44

didn't like being alone. I

43:47

kept waking up. Dreams

43:49

where my hands would try and grab

43:51

me and hurt me. Hurt

43:55

other people. The

43:58

others are... They back. Did

44:01

they come back? I

44:03

don't see anyone around. They

44:06

are back, but they're

44:08

not here. You- You

44:11

need to stay away from them. Don't

44:13

touch them. I

44:15

think that's how. I

44:18

think that's how they get your hands to stop

44:20

working. What does? Who

44:23

are they? The Proximons.

44:26

Must be the Proximons. They've

44:28

been talking to me. Telling

44:31

me. You talk to aliens?

44:34

Yes. You're one.

44:37

You must be. You're

44:39

an alien, right? No,

44:41

I'm human. Then

44:44

I must be... the alien.

44:48

If I wasn't an alien, I would've gone with

44:50

the rest of them. I'd've

44:53

gone to that place. What

44:55

place? The place they

44:57

went. And

44:59

I... have some ice cream.

45:03

Focus, Johan. What place? The

45:06

place they all went to. The

45:09

other place. Ice

45:12

cream, please. I'll get you

45:14

some ice cream. But first,

45:16

tell me what you mean by

45:18

other place. They

45:21

must've gone somewhere. Everything

45:24

goes somewhere. That's

45:27

what Mel used to say. Everything

45:30

goes somewhere. Can

45:34

I please have some ice cream? It

45:39

kind of petered out after that. He just

45:42

kept asking for ice cream.

45:46

I don't know how much consideration

45:48

to give anything he said. How

45:51

much of it is knowledge that

45:53

Johan has versus what his mind

45:55

is doing to process an overwhelming

45:57

experience. possible

46:00

that whatever has affected the rest

46:02

got hold of him, but not

46:05

enough to fully convert

46:07

him, I guess? Or

46:10

maybe he just got lucky or... I don't

46:13

know. I

46:16

asked Dr. Chang to take some additional

46:18

blood samples once Mueller was asleep. I

46:21

think it's worth comparing his blood to some

46:23

of the Nabinitis crew. Maybe

46:26

there's something to be learned from playing

46:28

spot the difference. Njohann

46:33

does raise a good point, though.

46:36

And one that, in the surprise of their

46:38

sudden reappearance, I

46:41

think we forgot. The

46:43

Nabinitis people are back, but... Where

46:47

were they? They

46:49

went out into the frozen wastes for weeks,

46:51

but where did they go? Questions

46:55

are endless. Something

46:59

I did learn, however, is that

47:02

the Boysenberry ripple from the Nabinitis

47:04

stores is surprisingly good.

47:08

I'm going to have to put in a request

47:10

to Adrian for future expeditions. I

47:13

figured Yohann earned that ice cream.

47:16

And me too. Mmm.

47:22

Mmm. End report.

47:26

Entry, Aries,

47:30

Nierology, and Zero-End Propometry.

47:35

Report. Commence

47:38

report. I am sure you have come to my report expecting

47:40

answers. I don't have them.

47:43

What I have is an abundance of data,

47:45

various observations, 15 minutes

47:47

until the stellar cast deadline, and 18,000 questions.

47:52

And also, no time to respond to what you

47:54

said in reply to some... Home

47:56

truths, I put into the last report.

48:00

There is too much going on right now. And

48:04

this isn't even my area of expertise.

48:07

I am a xenobiologist. Humans

48:10

have always been outside my purview. Ha!

48:13

You're right. You've never been a

48:15

people person. I've

48:19

known you for far too long for that

48:21

death there to have any effect on me. As

48:26

you can hear, I brought Dr. Chang in

48:28

on this. So,

48:31

to start with what we do now. There

48:34

were indeed two people dead beyond the

48:36

second door. They looked

48:38

for the world like two intact bodies that

48:40

had been dead, what, ten

48:42

days or less? Based on

48:45

the images you showed me, yes. But

48:48

they dissolved on contact into powder.

48:51

Despite giving the appearance of cremated remains,

48:54

it seems to be another substance entirely. This

48:57

worked in our favour, as it meant

48:59

we were able to extract DNA. I

49:02

can extract usable DNA under many less

49:04

than ideal conditions, but DNA

49:06

post-chromation is a dicey prospect. You

49:09

definitely need luck on your side for that. We

49:12

have positively identified the bodies as Vin

49:14

Tsung and Genevieve Meissner. They

49:18

were among several people who weren't visible in

49:20

Johann's footage of the Nabennidus team leaving the

49:23

site, so that much is consistent.

49:26

Why or what that means, and why they

49:28

die, is not something for which I have

49:30

already explanation. Though

49:32

I am certainly glad we used full hazmat

49:35

protocol when we went down there ourselves. However,

49:39

having said that, whatever

49:42

happened to their bodies, there

49:44

is currently no evidence of a biological element.

49:47

Nothing like a virus or bacteria to be seen. And

49:51

we have enough data on viruses and other

49:53

germ-like organisms that the Proximans lived alongside that

49:55

we know what to look for. Yes,

49:58

and we have expanded on the world. our

50:00

search to include samples of blood

50:02

taken with some difficulty from

50:04

several of the Return 56 members

50:06

of the Nabinitis Task Force. Results

50:09

are preliminary given the timeframe but

50:12

we're not seeing any anomalies and

50:14

nothing to suggest triggered immune responses,

50:17

even with all the boosters we get loaded up with. Indeed,

50:21

I had some time to observe them while waiting

50:23

for the blood tests to come through, and

50:25

certainly something is making them act strangely.

50:29

Most are injured, some frostbitten where

50:31

their jumpsuits haven't protected them, yet

50:34

they don't seem aware of it. Most

50:37

of them make comments to the effect of, stay

50:39

away or stay back, but

50:41

as they say that, they're trying to get at you, even

50:44

though we're all on the other side of plexiglass. Some

50:48

have tried to punch their way out, and

50:50

I don't mean a polite wrapping on the window, I

50:53

mean punching it, the walls.

50:57

They have to know that a human fist

50:59

cannot achieve the required force to break through,

51:02

not with one blow, not with a

51:04

million, yet

51:07

they're doing it anyway. I

51:10

actually heard bones give way as they did it, and

51:13

there's blood on the walls. Still,

51:16

they don't stop. In

51:20

the end, Francis got tired of it and hit them

51:22

with stunners, just so they would

51:24

stop hurting themselves. I

51:27

don't completely agree with his choice there, but

51:31

I can understand it. The

51:35

weirdest part of my mind is that when

51:37

they act, the act is

51:40

one. Yes, that

51:43

too, too. Which

51:45

brings me to one other noteworthy moment. I

51:49

hesitate to share it because there is a lot of

51:51

speculation on my part, but

51:53

at one point during my observations, I

51:56

noticed one woman crying, just

51:59

standing there. unmoving, but

52:02

whimpering all the same. I

52:05

recognized her. Joan,

52:07

something. I know her

52:09

slightly. So

52:11

I asked her what was wrong. And

52:14

she said something like, I

52:17

still see him. It made me. We

52:20

ate a meal. For

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a moment, I thought she said ate

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a meal. But

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then I realized what she'd really said and

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checked the list of unaccounted for crew members. Sure

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enough, there's a Zeno

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tech named Emil Baramov on the list.

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There were 88 on the mission. Johan

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Mueller remains behind. Vin

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and Genevieve were likely dead already. That

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means 85 left this place and went off to

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wherever it was they

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went. 56 came back.

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Two thirds or near enough. Now

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it's possible that they're still out there. But

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if they left without food, traveled for

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days in the cold and returned now, even

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if we assume they spent a lot of time in

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a crawler, they

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would have needed high calorie food

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intake to survive the walk back.

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You're saying? Yes. Half

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a person per person. I

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don't know if it was calculated. I

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don't know if it was out of necessity. But

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something seems to move these people independently

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of their own wills. If

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you ask me, we will not find the

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rest of the Nabennidus crew. Except

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perhaps in stool samples. And

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no, I do

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not believe that I just said that either. as

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Alexis Konstantinidis and Sergeant

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Janovich. Lucille Valentine as

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Janine Hatterzley. Andrei

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Dragic as Klimenko.

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Tariq Esau as Hudson. Oliver

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Smith as Captain Francis. Anthony

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Morales Harris. Whitney

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Johnson as Jensen. Brandon

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Nguyen as Private Chin. Rebecca

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Owen as Private Hubert. Chris

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Mageelton as Ben Killeher. Jordan

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Cobb as Kathy Winters. Jerron

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Bacat as Johan Mueller. Shakira

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Searle as Dr. Celia Penella. Alex

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Chu as Dr. Chang. Devin

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Madsen as B Computer.

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by Alice Mageelton. The

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