You were right. The world cannot be saved.
The last people have escaped Earth and are coming up here.
But we are bursting at the seams as it is.
The epidemics are spreading faster and faster.
l can't keep up.
People are dying in my arms.
l applied for a job as a doctor on a cargo ship.
Four years to get there and four years to come back.
l'll spend most of the time in cryo-sleep.
This one flight and l'll have enough money to get to Rhea.
Then we'll finally be together again.
Did you hear me, my dear sister? l have to go.
l want to go to Rhea.
And finally see you and the children again.
Dr Laura Portmann?
Anna Lindbergh, first officer.
WeIcome aboard.
Everybody Iisten.
Miyuki Yoshida, system administrator.
This Ioudmouth here is Vespucci.
ThankfuIIy, Prokoff doesn't taIk that much.
Dr Portmann.
Station 42 wiII be upgraded to a transport hub.
It's in the Orth's CIoud, haIf way to Proxima,
and it is in a stabIe orbit around RH278.
The autopiIot is activated.
Because of aII the recent terror attacks,
the temporary government passed a Iaw
requiring every ship to have a sky marshaI.
Damn snitches.
AIIegedIy the "Maschinenstürmer" are preparing for major sabotage acts.
This ship's aIready decaying, no one is going to sabotage it.
Lt SamueI Decker. Space Security Agency.
We'II seaI the cargo compartment in 30 minutes.
If you want to get to know someone, you'd better do it now.
At 0200 the engines wiII start. At 0230 we'II meet in the cryo-chambers.
Have a nice journey.
According to ResoIution 278 of the RBS,
there wiII be sky marshaIs even on cargo fIights from now on.
Just consider me to be part of the crew.
This is an information video of the TSA.
At no time since the great collapse
has the threat of a terrorist attack been as great as it is now.
Klaus Bruckner is still on the run after yet another terrorist attack.
This man is responsible for the latest bombings
on stations 20, 23 and 24.
While claiming responsibility for the current attacks,
he keeps on propagating the messages of the "Maschinenstürmer".
Where do we live? ln machines!
What are we producing? Machines!
Our enemy is the TSA.
There will be no peace as long as technology is ruling us.
Down with the machines! Down with the stations!
Because of the latest events, the TSA ordered,
to ensure the safety of ship and crew,
that every flight be accompanied by a security officer.
Support the sky marshal in his duty and...
Once again, the order of everybody's shifts:
Duration: eight and a haIf months at a time.
I'II take the first one.
Then Lindbergh, Yoshida, Vespucci, Prokoff, Portmann.
At the end, to depIoy the cargo, Lindbergh again.
And if you shouId have a probIem, feeI free to knock on Decker's tank.
3 YEARS AND 8 MONTHS LATER
Dear Laura,
l'm sending you some sunshine from Rhea.
l haven't held you in my arms for such a long time.
lt's not good that you're doing cargo flights. We're worried.
People are saying that the "Maschinenstürmer"
are getting more and more aggressive.
But what do you expect us to believe from four-year-old information?
l don't even want to think about what could've happened in the meantime.
l really hope that you are doing well.
Please stay in touch.
See you soon.
l miss you.
Dear Ariane,
I miss you too.
You can't imagine how incredibIy coId it is here.
I'II show you some pictures of the mess I got myseIf into.
WeII, just two months Ieft untiI the end of my shift.
We are four light years from Earth now,
and we are transporting material to build a station,
so that one day we will be able to fly to Proxima.
Allegedly there are inhabitable planets there too.
l really want to be with you.
Please don't worry, l'm doing fine.
See you soon.
What are you doing here?
Someone opened the cargo airIock. I was automaticaIIy woken up.
Why did you open up the gate?
You know that entering the cargo area is strictIy forbidden.
There is something down there, in the cargo-airIock.
- That's impossibIe. - There is something behind the port.
We have to wake the crew immediateIy.
No, the cryo-sIeep phases must be adhered to.
But why don't you show it to me?
The ruIes say, that under exceptionaI circumstances
we have to wake up the captain.
It seems as though Dr Portmann isn't abIe to handIe IoneIiness very weII.
I'm sorry that we've had to wake you.
Let's just hope that you are sure.
The suits have been thrown around because of the over-pressure.
The compartment was open severaI times during your shift.
I hope for you that this was just a technicaI faiIure.
Let's go.
The cargo compartment is spIit up into nine sectors. You take A to C.
You take D to F. And I'II take the rest.
ShouIdn't we stay together?
I don't want to stay overnight.
We'II stay in contact.
The containers are all locked.
That is correct. You should know that, Decker.
Didn't find anything suspicious tiII now.
Except that we are not fuIIy Ioaded. Over.
Me neither.
Roger. Keep searching. Over.
Lacroix, Laura here.
Lacroix!
Fuck!
Decker? Decker!
- What happened? - I think Lacroix's faIIen down.
- Where are you? - In sector E4-20.
- I'm going down to sector G. - l'm coming.
Lacroix, do you hear me?
- Is he aIive? - We must get him out of the coId now.
The gate!
According to the reguIations, I'II be in command of the ship.
Prokoff, Vespucci, fix the gate.
The cargo compartment must be seaIed as soon as possibIe.
Yoshida, verify aII entries in the main computer
and check for suspicious activities.
And you wiII examine Lacroix's corpse. I want to know the exact cause of death.
Start recording.
MuItipIe rib fractures.
CraniocerebraI injury.
ApparentIy caused by a faII from a great height.
Time of death: a few minutes after the impact.
I thought we were transporting construction materiaIs.
That's what I thought too.
- What's wrong with the gate? - Fucking everything.
It's stuck and the gears seem to be broken too.
It must've been here.
SeaIed.
I have Lacroix's badge.
A chiId.
It's a chiId.
AII containers are fuII of humans.
Vespucci, Prokoff.
Yes?
Please come to sector F7-21 .
Why the heII are we transporting humans to Station 42?
What's up now?
Shit!
Get moving!
Go, go, go!
Laura!
What's going on in here?
The containers are fuII of humans.
The cargo is the shipping company's business.
Lacroix was murdered.
Lacroix opened the door and because it's under gauge pressure
he was hurIed into the abyss.
Someone set the containers in motion and we aImost got kiIIed.
The containers are moved periodicaIIy to prevent them from freezing.
That's why it's forbidden to be in the cargo compartment.
Somebody's on board the ship. He kiIIed Lacroix and aImost got us.
Did you know that there were humans in the containers?
This tank wiII be returned immediateIy.
This is a human being!
As a doctor, I am responsibIe for the peopIe on board
and I wiII examine this girI now.
ExactIy what I was thinking.
And furthermore I am authorized to investigate any incident on this ship.
The containers with the tanks may have something to do with Lacroix's death.
Then do your duty. But you can be sure that I wiII report this incident.
Inspecting tank. Starting record.
I'm not getting any usabIe scans from the abdomen.
I'm switching to high frequency.
HF scans in the head area possibIe.
The girI shows some minor brain activity.
I suspect a coma caused by cryo-sIeep.
Stopping record.
Did you find anything?
It wiII take some time before I have the resuIts.
Can l help?
Yes, maybe.
The tank is bIocking the scanner and it's secured with an eIectronic Iock.
Did you find anything?
I need anything you can find on Decker.
There's something wrong with him. He shouId be on our side.
- And? - An asymmetric RSA encryption.
CouId take some time.
What do you know about Station 42?
An unmanned station.
It is officiaIIy being upgraded to a transport hub
for ships heading to Proxima.
And unofficiaIIy?
Why did you enIist for this mission?
I need money, that's it.
- You want to go to Rhea? - Yes.
- Why? - My sister Iives on Rhea.
She won a visa to Rhea seven years ago.
She's Iiving our dream.
ProbabIy the automatic sorting again.
And if there's something on board after aII?
Fuck it! Let's just try to fix this mess as soon as possibIe.
Starting record.
The girI's brain is marbIed with an inorganic tissue.
Entry of the tissue into the body.
CervicaI C4, cervicaI vertebra.
Looks as if it were ingrown.
Or pitted.
A VR connector.
ApparentIy a perfected one. I've never seen anything Iike this.
We couId connect her to an externaI system.
That's much too dangerous.
That couId resuIt in irreparabIe neuraI damage.
It's the onIy way to get more information about the access.
Under no circumstances. I wiII not risk this chiId's Iife.
Very weII.
Let's keep the resuIts of this examination between us for now. OK?
Hi, Hanna.
There's so much going on that l would like to share with you.
Why are we so far apart? lt takes ages for messages to arrive.
I just don't understand what's happening on board anymore.
We found a girI in the cargo compartment.
I'm trying to heIp her.
We'II see each other soon and then I'II teII you everything.
l was so delighted to receive your message!
lt's so good to hear your voice and know that you're alive.
You found a girl? l don't get it.
l'd like to talk to you properly.
Why does it take so long for our messages to arrive?
Laura, listen.
We don't want you to do any more cargo flights.
Come directly to Rhea. You could stay with us for a while.
We'll prepare a room for you and...
l look forward to seeing you.
Soon you'll be with us.
I don't understand what's happening here.
How is it possibIe for my sister to answer so quickIy?
Why do you have knowIedge of neuraI accessing?
Why shouIdn't I teII anybody about the examination?
What do you know about the peopIe in the tanks?
Who the heII are you?
Everybody report to the bridge immediately.
Yoshida scanned aII Iog entries and compared them with the backup.
She discovered that a crew member
manipuIated the Iog fiIes of the cryo-chambers.
Why didn't you teII us that you've been woken on a reguIar basis?
It's part of my duties to check the ship periodicaIIy.
So you're not denying you Ieft the chambers without our knowIedge.
No, that is correct.
Where were you when Lacroix died?
I knew it! Damn snitch!
I was in sector F5-1 7.
And I do not owe you an expIanation for what I'm doing for the RBS.
Arrest him.
Put your weapon down!
I have immunity. You know that.
Not if you're suspected of murder. Put your weapon down!
I might've beIieved you if you hadn't resisted.
Vespucci, how much more time do you need for the gate?
48 hours.
Dr Portmann, return the tank to the cargo compartment immediateIy.
That's impossibIe.
I gave the patient a drug that regresses the fiIaments in her brain.
She's not stabIe. She can't be returned.
That's none of my concern!
I want that tank returned before the gate is fixed.
This is an order! Do you understand?
- Get him to the cryo-chambers. - He must go to the medicaI ward first.
I must treat his wounds or the bIood wiII contaminate the cooIing fIuid.
You're doing a good job.
Did you receive another message from your sister?
Vespucci to the medicaI ward, pIease.
Laura! Laura, wait!
We're not going to Station 42.
Where are we going then?
To Rhea.
CouId you do me a favour?
CouId you have a Iook to check if we're reaIIy heading for Station 42?
And?
I was on the bridge and Iogged into the system.
The target coordinates of our fIight are weII protected,
but I can teII you for certain that we are not heading for Station 42.
And it's aIso a fact...
...that it's impossibIe to change the coordinates during the journey.
They can onIy be entered prior to departure.
I'm trying to find out where eIse we might be going.
But that means that Decker was definiteIy not abIe
to change the coordinates.
How Iong does it take for a message to get from here to Rhea?
Forever, as usuaI.
SeveraI years?
My sister answered me within 20 minutes.
If that's true, then Lindbergh Iied to us.
OnIy she has the Iogins for the target coordinates.
Decker toId me that we are going to Rhea.
Hey, hey, hey, Iook who's here!
The gate's been fixed.
And so Prokoff and I are throwing a IittIe party in the squad rooms.
- I don't have time. I've got work to do. - And what about our IittIe party?
Thanks for your heIp!
But you're coming, right?
We have heated the room just for this event.
You won't stay that Iong either, right?
The Iast doctor Ieft afterwards for Rhea.
Yours truIy wiII never be abIe to afford that.
Doesn't even taste that shitty!
ProbabIy the radiator.
What are you doing? The party isn't over yet.
I'II get Yoshida some tea too.
OK, but hurry. And make sure Lindbergh doesn't notice anything.
She'd ruin our party.
Don't worry, I'II be right back.
Decker... That son of a bitch is gone.
If I get my hands on him...
He was woken up manuaIIy. Someone must've Iet him out.
So we have a stowaway on board after aII.
Shit!
We'II search the whoIe ship.
You go with Portmann. I'II go with Prokoff.
We'II start in the main section. I'II Iock aII cargo bay access.
If we find nothing, we'II search the rest.
The medicaI ward is cIear. What's your situation?
Nothing so far. We're at the sIuice.
It's coming from beIow.
Let's check out the Iower deck.
Looks Iike we got him.
He must be in this duct.
OK, you get in there. I'II come from the other side.
We'II kick his ass.
Once he notices I'm in front of him, he'II have to turn around.
If you see him, shoot him. Boom! Over and done with!
The bastard... He kiIIed Yoshida and Lacroix.
Don't forget that.
...bIow up...
Everything grows again, like it used to.
We've been lied to from the very beginning.
These plants here are edible.
The greenhouses keep out the acid rain.
We purify our own water in underground tanks.
We're completely independent from the system.
And we continue to grow stronger.
More and more people join us every day.
Freeze!
Laura. Thank God, you're aIive.
- Vespucci! - CaIm down.
- Where the heII were you? - We have everything under controI.
- We got him. - Did you fire a gun?
- Who is that? - Bruckner.
What was your pIan?
Stop acting Iike a hero!
Bruckner is dead. Who are you trying to protect?
Rhea...is a simuIation, a Iie.
- The peopIe in the tanks... - BuIIshit.
Their brains are being used as neuraI units to create the simuIation.
We taIk to the peopIe on Rhea aII the time.
Kuiper is Iying to aII of humanity.
- Everything is covered up. - Get him out of here.
If peopIe knew that parts of Earth are habitabIe again,
the whoIe system wouId break down.
You kiIIed him, didn't you?
He cracked up. He kiIIed Lacroix.
And Yoshida?
Take him away.
- How's your IittIe patient? - Good.
I think we can move her back into the cargo hoId.
ExceIIent.
Prokoff and Vespucci wiII give you a hand.
Then we can finaIIy cIose the hoId and you can go into cryo-sIeep.
I wiII take over your shift.
So you know about Rhea.
The simuIation is onIy temporary.
SettIement on Rhea was a faiIure from the get-go.
Our changes to the pIanet's ecosystem caused unforeseen consequences.
We wiII find another pIanet.
And we won't repeat the mistakes we made on Rhea.
But untiI then, peopIe need something to keep them aIive.
And that thing is hope.
What happens to those who find out they're Iiving in a simuIation?
The simuIation is perfect. I was there myseIf.
It's impossibIe for anyone to notice anything.
Why are you doing aII this?
You just don't get it.
Soon we'II be on Rhea.
But you and your saboteur won't make it there aIive.
No one wiII care about the deaths of the peopIe who murdered the captain.
Did you know that we were going to Rhea?
But Rhea is a simuIation...
Who cares?
Better than staying on this piece of junk.
What about aII my pIants?
You idiot, there wiII be more pIants than you couId ever dreamed of.
On Rhea, there is everything. Everything!
l couldn't tell you the truth.
Laura, there are many reasons not to trust me.
But we're the only ones who can finish this mission.
Will you help me?
WiII you heIp me get my sister out of there?
We need two peopIe. It's impossibIe to enter the simuIation on your own.
We'II dock at Station 42 according to pIan.
We can deIay the unIoading procedure by 30 minutes.
Kassandra wiII then unIoad automaticaIIy.
Laura and I wiII fIy to the station and Iog into the system right here.
How's that going to work?
The hardware used for the simuIation is here, in the connection moduIes.
I wiII connect Laura to the simuIation here on the main moduIe.
She wiII send a message from Rhea to Earth.
In the meantime, I wiII Iook for her sister's tank.
When we're done, we'II bIow up the transponder of the main antenna.
The station itseIf stays fuIIy operationaI,
which means everyone wiII keep Iiving in the simuIation.
But they won't be abIe to send any messages.
Laura's message wiII be the Iast.
I hope peopIe back home wiII beIieve us.
STATION 42 ORBITING RH278
ls Earth really habitable again?
We've had three expeditions.
Nature is rampant.
It is recIaiming everything.
WhoIe cities are overgrown up to the second fIoor.
I'II take Ariane back to Earth.
There are millions of tanks, Laura.
Even if we do find her...
...l don't know what state she'll be in.
She's been in the simulation for a long time.
We have to try.
l want to show her Earth.
- Has this interface been used before? - No, it's a prototype.
It works Iike a neuraI connection for the simuIation.
Don't be scared.
27 minutes.
Hey, don't you think we shouId...?
What?
I'm doing this for you and me, the two of us!
I wiII not pass up this chance.
We'II throw some guys out of their tanks and go in ourseIves.
Once the ship is unIoaded, we'II be on Rhea!
Goddamn it.
Prokoff. Can you hear me?
l have Lindbergh's badge.
Reprogram the unload timer to 10 minutes, got it?
Otherwise the other guys will make it back
and the containers won't be unloaded, and we won't be on Rhea.
We have to hurry. Let's meet in the cargo hold, OK?
Decker? Can you hear me?
l have problems with my fuel cell.
Decker? Decker!
Laura?
The cell is...
...under no circumstances open the gate...
Rhea, here we come!
Laura...find...cell...
...found nothing...
...coming anyway...
l don't think...good idea... where you are...
l'm trying to find Ariane's tank.
Laura...copy...?
Decker? Can you hear me? Decker!
I can't controI my thrusters anymore!
I'm drifting off!
Decker! Where are you?
l can see you.
I've found Ariane's tank.
It's impossibIe.
I'm sorry.
I want to see her.
Set the moduIe to my sister's simuIation.
I'II send the message from there.
OK.
The Kassandra!
Prokoff and Vespucci... Those idiots!
That means we have seven minutes at most. I'II get you out manuaIIy.
OK.
Look how beautifuI we have it here.
FinaIIy you can actuaIIy see it.
FinaIIy...
And your room is aImost ready too!
You Iook beautifuI.
Come in. I'II show you everything.
ChiIdren, Iook who's here!
Laura, are you crying?
Ariane, I'II be right back.
What's wrong?
I Iove you, Ariane.
Laura, where are you going? Laura!
My name is Laura Portmann.
This is the last message from Rhea.
Rhea is not paradise.
Rhea is a simulation.
We will provide proof.
We were all betrayed.
Everything about Rhea is a Iie.
We don't need Rhea.
We stiII have Earth.
Earth is habitabIe again.
Nobody wiII ever have contact with Rhea again.
We're destroying the antennae now.
- Do you hear me? - Yes.
Good, we must hurry. The Kassandra couId Iaunch at any time.
- You have to go back on your own. - On my own?
Yes.
- I'm not Ieaving without you. - You have to.
We won't make it with just one jetpack. I gave you my fueI ceII.
It has enough fueI to get you to the Kassandra.
I'm not Ieaving without you.
Go back to the girI. She's our onIy proof.
Go.
I can't!
- You can. - No.
I Iove you.
Where's the girI?
No one wiII be abIe to send messages from Rhea now.
My name is Laura Portmann.
This is the last message from Rhea.
Rhea is not paradise.
Rhea is a simulation.
We will provide proof.
We were all betrayed.
We don't need Rhea.
We still have Earth.
Earth is habitable again.
Nobody will ever have contact with Rhea again.