Earth ..
before the war ...
New York.
Before I was born.
A place I have only seen pictures of.
I know you.
But we've never met.
I'm with you.
I don't know your name.
I know I'm dreaming,
but it feels like more than that.
It feels like a memory.
How can that be?
March 14th, 2077,
five years since the mandatory memory wipe
and I'm still haunted by these dreams
Victoria and I were assigned together.
In two weeks our mission here will be finished and we'll join the others.
But the questions I ask, she doesn't.
The things I wonder about, she won't.
It's been half a century since the Scavengers destroyed our moon,
forced to leave their own dying planet,
they came to take ours.
Without the moon the Earth was thrown into chaos.
Earthquakes toppled cities within hours,
tsunami's wiped out what remained,
then came the invasion.
We did what we had to do,
we used the nukes.
We won the war, but lost the planet,
left it contaminated,
most of it uninhabitable.
What remained of humanity had to leave the Earth.
We build the Tet, our mission control,
a temporary space station before the migration to Titan,
Saturn's largest moon.
Everyone's there now.
Well, almost everyone.
Till our tour is complete
Vica and I do our job
We protect the hydraulics
which convert Earth's sea water to fusion energy for the new colony
the survival of humanity depends on it
Thank you for the coffee
Remnants of the Scavenger army continue to disrupt the operation.
They attack our drones at night,
and try to kill me during the day.
I'm still fighting them, but I don't know why.
Mission says we have done well,
that we are an effective team.
Vica is my communications officer,
she keeps and eye on me.
I handle drone maintenance,
the drones watch everything.
Vica can't wait to go
Me? I am not so sure
I can't shake the feeling that Earth,
In spite of all that's happened, Earth is still my home.
Jack Harper, Tech-49.
Morning, Bob!
Tower, call check!
Drone maintenance technician 49 hydraulic support
All operation systems are green
I'm good to go.
Copy that, 49, you're clear. Be careful out there.
- Always am. - No, you're not.
You're right,
I gotta work on that.
Alright Tet coming online in 30 seconds
Relay hydraulic coordinate now, confirm visual.
I got them. Hydro rigs are sunk in sea water.
You got them Bob?
Drone 185 looks good.
Jack, we've got two drones down.
Shit!
Standby! Mission coming online.
Okay Tet contact
Morning boss.
Tower 49, this is mission control
How are you all doing this lovely morning?
Another day in paradise, Sally.
Uploading data now.
49 mission logged, day 1642, hydro rigs support.
- I have two... - You have two drones on flying
perimeter that have been compromised.
Copy that. Relaying to Tech, standby.
Jack, 166 is down in grid 37
Linking to beacon now.
You go there first.
I got it, on my way.
Tech-49 is on route to grid 37 now!
Can you plug that hole with drone 109.
Negative, 109 is in the dock,
still waiting for parts.
Jack better find those drones and get them flying,
those rigs can't be exposed overnight.
Copy that.
Tower, did he fixed 166 recently?
Jack has fixed all drones recently,
And if we had the parts that we've been asking for,
We wouldn't be running a skeleton crew down here.
Understood, we're doin' the best we can.
- Are you an effective team? - We are an effective team.
Your directive today is to rehabilitate 166
and find 172.
Get them flying by Sunday I'll buy you two a round of drinks
when you get up to the Tet.
You better be, Sally. Two weeks now,
we're keeping track.
What for to be here, buddy
Tech-49
Jack?
Copy, Tower.
What happened? I lost you for a second.
Really?
I'm coming up on location.
There it is.
Probably got multiple Scav kills.
God, 166 put up a hell of a fight.
Get any movement?
No sign of Scavenger activity,
but I've got limited visibility here, Jack. To low an angle to allow admission.
Copy that.
I'm coming in on it.
Starting repairs. Watch my back.
I always do.
World 2017 Championship
You know I read about this game.
It was played right here,
the last Super Bowl.
- Please don't tell me it was a classic. - A classic game.
Out by four,
the ball
was on the fifty yard line,
seconds left on the clock.
The ball was snapped,
QB fumbles.
Disaster.
Looks like the game is over.
I'm reading the whole central core off alignment,
you don't have necessary tools down there.
And a new fuel cell is not gonna fix that.
- But this QB runs back, - Jack,
- picks up his own foul... - hold on. What did you just do?
There's a wall of linebackers closing in on him,
so he threw the long ball
with no idea who's at the other end.
Hail Mary.
80,000 people on their feet, watching this ball sail through the air.
Downfield
would be
Wide Receiver, third straight,
just leaps out the back...
Touchdown!
Contact! West contact!
Jack?
It's okay, Vica.
It's just a dog.
Hey, now go on. Get out of here!
Go on, get! Get outta here! Go!
Tech-49, Jack Harper.
You're welcome.
166 is back online.
Two drones shut down today.
10 fuel cells stolen in just over a month,
these Scavs are getting bolder.
While hydro is taking all the water.
Once we're gone they'll have nothing but dust and radiation.
This is bullshit!
We won the war,
why do we have to leave?
Two more weeks, Jack.
Then we'll be on our way to Titan.
Yep.
That drone is out there somewhere,
we just have to find it.
Without a beacon, it's like finding a needle in a haystack.
Well, it's back to work again.
Tower,
I've located 172
in a sink hole.
No visual, but I can hear it.
Tet's so far off angle I can barely see you.
How does it look?
It's good. There's no sign of Scav activity on top.
Tet's offline in fifteen minutes.
After that you're on your own.
Mission, this is Tower 49.
Jack has located drone 172,
engaging recovery now.
Requesting backup to his location ASAP.
Better visual in drone 172.
Jack?
What the hell!
Shit!
Jack!
Tech-49. Jack Harper
Jack Harper. Tech-49.
Hey!
Oh come on!
Not my god damn bike!
And how can man die better than facing fearful odds,
For the ashes of his fathers, and the temples of his gods
Jack
Yap! I'll be right there
'Lay of Ancient Rome' by Macaulay
That is one annoying look.
- Can it fly? - Barely,
and without armor she's a sitting duck.
Well, I'll talk to Sally about that shielding in the morning.
Again.
What, Jack Harper?
Where did you get this?
It was growing and...
Come on, Jack. You know the regulations.
I know you think I'm a stickler, but we have no idea
what kind of toxins could be in something like that.
- It's a flower, Vica. - Yeah, that's not the point.
It's the way we're so close to the end and the last
thing that we need is you putting it all at risk.
Okay.
Every day you have to go down there
and see what was lost.
But we've done our job, Jack.
It's time to go.
I don't think they were trying to kill me today,
The Scavs
They were trying to catch me.
They can't have you.
Come on.
You should come with me sometime, before we leave.
There's a place I found, I'd like to show you.
I'll show you something.
Oh my God...
It was a six stage melt down from inside the hydro rigs core.
It's offline permanently.
Tower 49, you have put the whole operation at risk.
I need to know exactly what happened.
Jack believes the Scavs weaponized one of the stolen fuel cells
and got it into suction.
Tower hold!
Tower,
we got a rogue signal in grid 370. Do you see this?
Yes.
It's gotta be a Scav.
It's not one of ours.
Jack,
the signal's being directed off planet.
On my way.
Tower, our logs show you are missing an
additional nine fuel cells. Can you confirm?
Negative mission, the number is 10.
Drone 172 was lost last night,
109 is combat ready.
Since you got that shielding.
We can cover the remaining rigs with drones in the field.
I've run the numbers, I...
We've run through the numbers up here, Tower.
Our task is the drones to defensive positions.
Copy.
Our job is to run those rigs. You're directive is to protect them,
we cannot afford to lose another.
Do you copy?
Copy.
Are you and Jack an effective team?
Damn right, we are.
Unknown Signal
Jack,
you're right on top of it. Do you have a visual?
Jack?
Yeah, I got it.
It's some kind of repeater.
The Scavs
are using the building as an antenna.
Can you decrypt?
It's seven coordinates,
grid 17.
It's a goddamn holy beacon.
Grid 17?
What the hell's out there?
Nothing. It's the middle of nowhere.
What is going on?
Why would the Scavs send a signal off planet, Jack?
I'm shutting it down.
Tech 49, check your coordes. You're headed right for the border.
That radiation will cook you from the inside before you know it.
It's okay, Vica. I see it.
I'm gonna do a perimeter check before I head home.
I may go off Comm.
Jack, we should keep in contact. Just let me know where you are.
Do you copy?
Jack, do you copy?
That's right, Bob.
You know where we're going.
You gonna miss me?
I'm gonna miss this place.
It would have been great.
Vica! Vica, did you get that?
Jack, where have you been?
An object came down in 17.
That's the beacon coordinates.
- Exactly - I saw it,
some sort of vessel.
- Jack, mission's almost offline. - I'm under it now.
Mission, we have an unidentified object impacting 17.
It came down, its coordinates set by a Scav beacon.
- My Tech's on route now. - Tower, we're going offline soon,
but drones are already mobile and executing.
Have your Tech stand down.
Copy.
Jack, mission wants you to stand down. The drones will handle it.
That's a negative, Tower.
We're ten offline, we need our eyes on this.
I wanna know this site's secure.
Sally, my Tech's concerned about the security of the site.
Tower, you have lost enough assets for today.
- Keep you Tech out of there, do you copy? - Copy. Command, I...
Jack, command wants you to stand down. The drones will handle this.
I'm on site.
Jack, the drones have eyes on you.
Command's offline.
Vica, I think it's one of ours.
This thing is ancient, it looks
prewar.
The Scavs brought this thing down, Jack.
There's no sign of Scavs.
This is from mission control, I'm ordering you to pull out
and return to the Tower immediately!
Touching down.
Human!
Tower, we have got survivors!
There are four...check it, five survivors.
They are human!
Critical condition!
Stand down!
- Vica, the drones are firing on survivors! - Jack, the Tet's offline! I...
I...I don't have control!
Stand down!
Jack Harper, Tech-49.
Back off, you son of a bitch!
Back off!
Open the door!
Vica!
Get the med kit.
Get the med kit!
This has to be reported.
Then you should report that the drones killed the crew from one of our own ships
See what command makes of that.
It's breathing fluid, just let her get it out.
Jack
Here, you're still dehydrated.
Where are we?
I'm Victoria,
this is Jack.
What's your name?
Julia.
Julia,
I'm sorry for what I have to tell you.
But you were in a crash,
your ship came down.
Jack managed to pull you from the wreckage,
but none of your crew survived.
What do you mean?
You're the only one that made it.
I'm sorry.
You've been in delta sleep for a long time.
Some disorientation is normal.
How long?
It's...60 years,
at least.
I have to get back to the ship.
It's too dangerous down there, you need to rest.
Vica...
Don't touch me!
You're ship's re-entry was triggered by beacon
from the surface.
Do you know anything about that?
What was your mission?
It's classified.
Well, we have no record of an Odyssey.
I can't tell you anything until I get the flight recorder from my ship.
Julia,
a lot's changed in 60 years.
While you were in delta sleep,
earth was attacked.
We call them Scavs.
They uh... destroyed our moon, and with that half the planet.
Then they invaded.
We won the war,
but earth was ruined.
Everyone's on Titan now, it's a moon of Saturn.
We're on the space station getting ready to go.
We're here for security and drone maintenance,
we're the mop up crew.
You've lost people, everything.
If you want to be alone, we understand.
The drones
killed her entire crew.
- If I hadn't gotten there... - I want her gone, first thing.
Vica..
do you have any memories before this mission?
Before the security wipe?
Our job is not to remember
Remember?
Do you remember her?
Jack,
that was a Scav. We couldn't have brought her down.
We don't know who she is,
or what she is.
Let's just get through the night,
okay?
You fly that thing?
Yes.
What happens now?
Tet will be online soon...
Victoria will report your rescue
And they will send someone down for you.
From the Tet?
Yes.
I need to get the flight recorder from my ship.
The Scavs, they move at night.
- They could be all over the place. - I need to know what happened.
You need to know what happened.
Please!
Jack? Jack, what are... what are you doing?
Vica, she is a flight officer.
She want to see her ship and secure the flight recorder.
- Now, you'd want the same thing. - Jack...
I can't protect you.
Ya, I understand.
This one is on me.
I couldn't save them.
Jack. Jack!
Jack, can you hear me?
Alright, it's time to go.
Jack,
I found it.
Jack!
Tower 49, How are you in this lovely morning?
Another day in paradise.
Sally,
Jack...
...took a pre-dawn patrol
and...
...went off Comm.
Near the Canyons in 17.
Now, I know...I know we're low on drones,
but, um...
requesting one to sweep the area.
Just a quick scout.
Copy, 49. Tasking 185 to grid 22.
And how can man die better than facing fearful odds,
For the ashes of his fathers,
and the temples of his gods
I've been watching you, Jack.
You're curious.
What are you looking for in old books?
Will it bring back old memories?
You will not get anything from me.
My memory's been wiped to protect the...
Security of your mission. Yes.
You can't have your precious memory falling into the wrong hand now, can you?
Tell me,
have you ever met a...
Scav up close?
Of course not.
You just repair drones.
Don't go in to the radiation zone,
Don't ask too many questions
A part of the job description.
Lights:
We are not aliens, Jack.
We're human.
Of course, for us being human is a problem.
Old Stealth Fighter tech,
shields us from your scanners,
bolts the scrambling.
Gets the drones confused.
Well...
most of the time.
- The drones are programmed... - To kill humans, Jack!
You saw what they did to those sleep pods.
You almost got yourself
blown to bits protecting that woman.
Why did you do that?
Anyone would have.
Anyone.
- Interesting... - We're wasting our time,
the drone will track him here.
Sergeant Sykes.
He thinks I'm a fool for having brought you here.
I hope you prove him wrong.
Mission, I'm picking up a bio trail somewhere near the West Canyons.
Can you confirm the sequence?
Stand by.
DNA confirmed, it's Jack.
Vica are you okay?
Everything good between you two?
Of course!
You're still an effective team?
We are great!
Never better.
We were running a ground game and losing.
So we decided, what the hell,
gotta throw the long ball.
It took us ten years just to crack the GPS code.
That's how you brought down the Oddysey.
Why?
The Oddysey's compact reactor,
courtesy of NASA. Very hard to come by.
Did you like the show last night?
That was with just one fuel cell.
Imagine what 10 of them will do.
The core of weapon-grade plutonium.
We have a nuke,
we have a drone to carry it,
but we can't access it.
It doesn't know who we are.
But it knows you, Jack.
We need you to programme the drone.
Let it carry our nuke up to the Tet.
End this war.
There are people up there.
Sergeant...
Programme the drone to return to the Tet,
it needs to go right to the center.
Screw you.
We haven't got time for this.
No!
- Drone! - Get 'em out.
- Mission, 185 just went off grid. - Copy, Tower. We're seein' the same thing.
Permission to task for two additional drones.
If one drone is here, more will come,
and they won't stop until they find me.
They'll turn this place to dust,
but if you let us go, I'll call them off.
It's your only chance.
I've been to your radiation zones.
If you're looking for the truth,
that's where you'll find it.
You've risked all our lives,
everything.
What makes you think he's different?
She does.
Mission,
I found my Tech over in 37.
You can call off the search.
Copy that, Tower. Glad Jack's safe.
Tasking the inner drones back to rig support.
Where are we going now?
Who are you?
What aren't you telling me?
- Jack... - What were you doing in the Odyssey?
What was your mission?
It was a research flight to Titan,
my first.
That's what it was supposed to be.
Six weeks to launch, deep space scanner picked up an alien object,
we were reassigned to investigate.
They put us all into delta, they must have...
woken you and Victoria first.
What?
That object...
was the Tet, Jack.
The Tet
was our mission.
That's impossible!
Who are you?
I'm your wife...
I don't know what happened,
but you are not who you think you are.
Jack, we were here!
You asked me to meet you,
you brought me on top of the world.
I could tell you were nervous that day.
It was right here, Jack.
You said
Look through here...
and I'll show you the future.
And I held up a ring.
- And you said... - Yes!
There you are.
Vica, I'm coming in!
Don't report the mission until I get back,
do you copy?
Do you copy?
Vica, open the door!
Stay away from me.
I don't want to hear it.
It's not safe here, and we need to leave now.
It was always her.
Wasn't it?
Vica...
She is my wife.
Mission this is tower 49.
Go ahead 49.
I'm having a problem with my technician.
- No, you don't know what you're doing. - He found a survivor at the crash site.
- Vica, listen to me! - She's impeding his abilities,
and he's unfit for service.
I'm sorry to hear that, Vica.
Are you still an effective team?
Vica...
No. Open the goddamn door, Vica!
No
We are not an effective team!
Vica, please
We have to go now
No, I'm not going anywhere with you, Jack!
There's a place I know,
we'll be safe.
I'm going to Titan.
There is no Titan.
They lied to us.
Just stay away from me!
Vica, Please
There are things...things you need to know.
I don't want to know!
Jack...
Hi, Jack.
I don't believe we've had the pleasure.
What have you done?
You can't blame yourself for this,
drones are unreliable.
Sometimes things go wrong.
Go wrong?
You killed her.
I know
It's tragic
She was a wonderful person
Jack, we want to bring you in.
I've been authorized to tell you we're going to assign you a new mission.
You and the survivor.
There's a lot of interest up here.
Bring her up,
we can debrief and anything is possible.
It's time to come home, Jack.
Jack?
Jack...
Jack
I am sorry.
Hang on!
Lightning.
That's the plan.
We need cover!
There!
Are you okay?
No!
Don't worry, we're staying out of there.
- Are we gonna die? - No
Maybe.
Jack!
Son of the bitch!
Wait here!
Who is he?
Hei
Wait!
Drop your weapon!
It's...
it's okay.
Don't move!
We have to shut that drone down.
Stop moving!
Jack
It's okay.
Julia
Don't touch me
Hold on!
Just hold on!
Jack Harper
Tech-52
Hey, there you are...
What happened? Are you okay?
I barely came across the water and then I lost you.
False alarm.
- I should get back out there. - You come all the way home and I don't get a kiss?
What's going on up there?
I was thinking...
Why don't you come down with me?
To the surface.
We could go right now.
Now?
Yes.
Are you serious?
You won't believe what's down there.
Jack...
You know the regulations!
Yes.
Can we not do this again, I'm done talking about it.
Okay.
This is gonna hurt.
Hell of a day, huh, Bob?
You always loved this song.
I'm not him.
I know I'm not,
but I've loved you
for as long as I can remember.
I don't know how else to say it.
You know what you said to me once,
you said when it was all over you'd build me a house in the lake.
We'd grow old and
fat together.
And we'd fight,
maybe drink too much.
Real romantic.
And then we would die
and be buried in a meadow by the lake.
And the world would forget about us,
but we would always have each other.
I remember.
Those memories are yours, Jack.
They're ours.
They are you.
Good Morning.
I wanted to spend the rest of my life here.
You still can.
I have to go.
Those people need my help.
We'll come back when it's over.
Promise me.
We'll come back when it's over.
You had me worried for a second,
I thought you weren't coming back.
Well, I had to prove him wrong.
You look like shit.
Oh, you should see the other guy.
If I'd told you what you'd find out there, you would've thought I was crazy.
Oh, I still do.
- Malcolm Beech - Julia Harper.
Come on, then.
Mission, I'm picking up a bio trail somewhere near the West Canyons,
can you confirm the sequence?
Stand by
DNA confirmed, it's Jack.
Mission, 185 just went off grid.
Copy, Tower. We're seeing the same thing.
I'd been in the army less than a year when that unholy thing arrived.
Saw the moon get taken out,
right up there in the night sky.
I couldn't believe it.
After that, the Tet took over.
There's bed rocks around Chicago, so we were spared the worst of the earthquakes.
Most people just starved.
Then the Test sent troop ships down,
the doors opened
and out you came,
Astronaut Jack Harper
Thousands of you,
memory wiped,
programmed to kill.
They had taken one of our best,
turned him against us.
No soul
No humanity.
The Tet,
what a brilliant machine,
feeding off one planet after another for energy.
Phase two
was drones repairment.
50 years from watching those
hydro rigs suck our planet dry.
Then one day,
I saw you sat down,
another drone to fix.
But in the rubble that day
was a book.
You picked it up,
you studied it,
and I
thought I saw a way.
When you stepped in front of that drone to save her...
I knew.
You were in there, somewhere.
I just had to find a way to bring you back.
Watch out
Give it some space,
you're probably making it nervous.
That is one pissed off weapon.
No, it's just a machine.
I'm the weapon.
Oh, I would love to be there to see that things face when this goes off.
Then it'd be a one way trip.
Yeah,
but it'd be worth it.
Welcome back, commander.
Open the door!
- Shit! - Spread out!
Jack
I'm okay.
The drone
Send the drone
It's gone.
I thought we had it,
I really did.
I can take the bomb myself.
Ah, you know it'll swat you like a fly.
Not if I go.
No.
She asked you to bring me up
So bring me up.
We'll go together.
It reminds me of home.
Ready?
Jack.
Dream of us.
Flight recorder playback for the
Odyssey mission, 3-8-2017.
Okay, Bob.
Ready for space.
Good mornin', Odyssey, from your friends here at mission control.
Morning, mission. This is commander Jack Harper.
Thank you for that fantastic wake up call.
Pre-rendezvous checks complete,
electric guidance and nav systems are all good.
Range behind object 250 clicks,
12 below V bar, enclosure rate 200 km/hour.
Copy that.
It's good to see you, Jack.
After that you're ready to sleep, ready to go.
Oh, I'm ready to go.
You're next round will bring you up level at close speed
at 50 km range where you'll hold.
Copy. We'll hold 50 clicks from object for sensor scan and evaluation.
Targets looks good.
Initiating burn in 3, 2, 1...ignition.
We see a good burn.
Are you readin' any output from the object?
Negative, zero heat.
No M.R.
There's no sign of life.
How's the rest of the crew doin'?
Co-pilot Victoria will join me shortly.
The rest of the crew remains in delta sleep.
Copy that.
You missed a hell of a game last night.
What did I tell you guys? No spoilers about last night's game.
Looking forward to watching it when I get back.
You're not talking about football already, are you?
- Good morning, Vica - Good morning, Sally.
How you doin' this lovely mornin'?
Another day in paradise.
One for history.
Tech-49,
I have you on approach.
Hello, Sally.
It's a busy morning, huh?
I'm pickin' up a second passenger, Jack.
It's Julia Rosakova,
the female survivor from the crashed module.
State your intention.
Deliver the survivor,
as requested.
We are a...
more effective team.
Proceed to entry.
Mission, we have a situation.
The last burn was spot on to give us a 50 click hold from a object.
My radar range still decreasing.
We're accelerating toward the object.
We're gonna need full burn to pull away. Initiate now.
Entering target.
- All set. - Target's good.
- All forward engines. - Engines on.
Ready? Let's go!
Mission, we've full on burn alternative back up.
There's a lot of vibration.
We're not getting away from this thing.
Odyssey, telemetry shows structural open stress.
Shut off the burner, do you copy?
Cutting off burn.
Mission?
Sally?
Increased acceleration toward the object.
Estimating contact within 2 minutes.
I'm going to eject the sleep module,
it's programmed for insertion into earth orbital.
Flight command module lateral vibrate free.
- I want you back there now. - Absolutely not.
- That's an order. - Jack, no. We're a team.
We've gotta go, Jack! 30 seconds!
Dream of us!
Jack!
Tech 49, enter at headway speed.
Entering at headway.
Buck up, Bob.
Don't go all shaky on me.
Jack, I can tell your respiration and heart rate have increased.
I'm just excited to finally meet you, Sally.
There's been a pattern of insubordinate behavior recently.
Yeah,
I feel bad about that.
Your voice now indicates you're lyin' to me, Jack.
Tell me why you're here? You have 5 seconds.
I want Julia to live.
I want our species to survive.
This is the only way.
Proceed to landing. Atmosphere provided.
Welcome home, Jack.
Jack, you're doin' the right thing.
I don't know what you are,
or where you're from, but
I'd like to tell you about something I read.
A story
from Rome,
a city you destroyed.
Its a Classic
There was a guy,
Horatius,
held a bridge alone against a whole army.
And what Horatius said was,
How can a man die better
You don't have to die, Jack.
She doesn't have to die.
Everybody dies, Sally.
The thing is to die well.
Jack, that's not the survivor you promised me.
No, it's not.
And what Horatius said was,
How the man can die better
than facing fearful odds,
Move! Get inside! Get inside!
For the ashes of his fathers
and the temple of his gods
I've created you, Jack. I am your god.
Fuck you, Sally!
Earth,
after the war.
3 years have passed since I saw your face.
I wonder if I come to you at night, in dreams,
in the day
as memories.
Do I haunt your hours,
The way you haunted mine
And I wonder if you see me
when you look at her.
Mommy, look.
If we have souls,
they're made of the love we share.
Undimmed by time,
unbound by death.
For three years I searched for the house he built.
I knew it had to be out there,
because I know him.
I am him.
Who is that?
I am Jack Harper.
And I am home.