It is "3.2 Earth Months Later”, we have a more or less settled command room, Dr. Sanjivni Kabir is a little distracted. It seems incredible that no incidents happened for months let alone weeks on the Ark-1. Eva Markovic reports that the shuttles are restored. Alicia Nevins is searching with Lt. James Brice for Uranium-238, a isotope found in nature. I keep thinking of Marvin the Martian’s Uranium Pu-36. Eva says they will run out of fuel without it. Lt. Sharon Garnet says that Angus Medford has a surprise in the mess hall, he stands on a chair to announce that there is a small harvest! It is epic to see small vegetables and the crew applauds him! Lt. Brice stares at Alicia and leaves. He staggers in the corridor, his hand to his temple, and collapses! Dr. Kabir is organizing the cabinets while Felix Strickland brings her the food tray. He orders her to go to her bunk and eat the food. Next to her, Brice wakes up and crawls over to to ask who brought him to his bunk. Lt. Spencer Lane knocks at Garnet’s door and she has him sit so she admits she has contraband, Scotch, she found from the captain. A bonding moment.
Lane says he drunk it with his father at NASA. His father died on the moon. Garnet cheers to his father. She continues saying she drank Kentucky bourbon with Dr. Hall. She says he died in sleeper pod one. They drink to Dr. Hall. Garnet says she is thanking for revealing all of her secrets. Lane looks solemn before cheering. Lt. Brice calls all personnel to the bridge. He has discovered Uranium-238 on a planet, Eva says it would take too much fuel. Lane brings up the solar sails. Brice notes that there is a yellow binary star. Alicia brings up a solar slingshot that would reach the planet. Brice goes to check if there is damage to the sails. Eva catches up to him and says she was the one to take Brice to his bunk. He threatens Eva if she speaks to anyone about it. She gets mad at him and speaks in her native Serbian language. He says more politely to keep it private because it is embarrassing to him. I sense a love hate relationship. Lane paces in Cat’s room even though his sessions finished. He wants to know if keeping a secret will affect him physically. She agrees and says he should share the secret.
He admits that William Trust, who created The Ark program, is hidden in a cryo pod. Cat doesn’t want him to tell Garnet and she says “half the people on the ship” would want to kill him from her sessions. So Cat tells him to keep his secret! Lane enters the cyro pod and checks a pad to find out the identity of the woman. Trust is interviewed and asked about going on the Ark-5. He drops his pad and sees a button to open another door. It opens to a lit room, filled with genetic material, Lane opens one for an orangutan and brings up the Biblical Ark's “two by two.” At the bridge, Eva argues that Brice can pilot around the dwarf star and Alicia mentions that the flight has to be precise. Lane concurs with the decision. At the med lab, Dr. Kabir is frantic about the loss of the pills, and Strickland has taken the amphetemines. He says he will help her with her addiction and keep it private. She falls emotional about the situation. Strickland says that he will watch over if she crashes and will contact her if needed.
On the bridge, Garnet drops sun protection and Brice pilots the Ark-1 accelerating around the star and Garnet orders the sails to open triangular, yellow sails. Then, there is an alarm It is a solar flare! They are being pulled in! The Ark is pulled closer to the star, Eva says the sail needs to be repaired, she says a spacewalk could repair it. Garnet says her Tardigrade DNA could take the radiation. It is Garnet’s turn to take on a risky mission! She makes her way to the solar sail, attaches her tether, directed by Eva to repair it. She attaches the clamps and Garnet is dragged as they accelerate to safety. Lane calls for Garnet. He races to help her at the airlock. He is there with secruity. Garnet is collapsed, they remove her helmet, her face burned. Eva calls for a brace as they accelerate out of the star’s gravity. Alicia gets an alarm for the alien substance at the planet! They don’t have a choice!, risk the acidic substance, but they need to refuel. They take Garnet to med bay and Strickland says he will care for her. Secrets are revealed, but the situation is still tense on The Ark!
Four Compression Suits out of Five!
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