EXT. COLONY ONE, DOCKING AREA

[The closed door of Colony One’s ejection port is an inset circle on the strangely illuminated plane.]

The AEROFOX — a sleek, conical-shaped spacecraft — ejects from its berth on the central shaft of the larger vessel.

[The AeroFox floats free and into the pale light of space.]

[Wide shot of the AeroFox, now a tiny triangle next to the massive trunk of Colony One. The curvature of the titanic craft extends offscreen.]

[A gentle touch to the forward thrusters stop the AeroFox’s coasting.]

EXT. SPACE, NEAR COLONY ONE

The ten-meter-long AeroFox is tiny compared to its kilometer-long mothership.

[The landing crafts jets to the left with a puff of its thrusters.]

[The minuscule profile of the AeroFox continues its way offscreen.]

[The looming curve of Colony One becomes visible, dwarfing the AeroFox.]

[Firing its maneuvering thrusters in a concentrated beam, the AeroFox tumbles a full 180 degrees.]

The COLONY ONE Interstellar Transport resembles a giant barbell comprised of two massive, shielded hemispheres connected via a long and highly-detailed spine. The AeroFox becomes a dot slowly lost in the background.

EXT. SPACE, NEAR AEROFOX AND COLONY ONE

A brilliant plume of exhaust lances outward from the AeroFox’s tail.

[The AeroFox’s drive shines against the shadowed form of Colony One.]

[The bulk of Colony One begins to blur around the AeroFox.]

The ship slows noticeably as Colony One pulls away — the distance between the two vehicles grows quickly.

[The AeroFox jets away, leaving Colony One to recede behind it.]

[The AeroFox’s drive is an incandescent ring pulsing with energy.]

[The bulky arrowhead shape of the AeroFox is shown as the camera pans around the craft.]

[Now nose-forward, the AeroFox coasts towards the camera.]

[Wider shot of the AeroFox’s approach. Even though the ship races against a featureless gradient, its speed is apparent.]

[Colony One burns hard, its drives blazing. In the background, Proxima’s twin suns shine, hanging above the glittering galactic plain.]

[Colony One slides ponderously out of frame, subsuming the starscape.]

[The front hemisphere of Colony One brushes past.]

[The AeroFox speeds through space, beginning a turning maneuver.]

[The camera follows the Aerofox as it loops around, now facing the camera with its drives.]

[The camera shifts with the AeroFox as it blazes onwards.]

[Proxima Centauri looms large before the AeroFox.]

[The AeroFox slides slowly into alignment with the star’s brilliant halo.]

[The ship passes over the star until it blots the core out — a darkened pupil within a roiling iris of cosmic energy.]

EXT. SPACE, NEAR AEROFOX

[Riding the splendor of the elliptical plane, the AeroFox is a silent third to Proxima A & B.]

Outside, the AeroFox’s main engines cut out.

Thrusters fire to correct its course.

The ship jets by in a graceful arc.

Back inside, a graphic indicates that the FAST-PACKS — external fuel tanks — are empty.

CLARKE: “External tank separation… Now.”

Clarke taps additional buttons on her console. The lights on her monitor blink green in confirmation.

EXT. SPACE, NEAR AEROFOX

The external tanks are discharged from the AeroFox. Small jets fire on the fast packs, pushing them away.

OMNI: “Separation complete.”

[The spent cells slowly drift past the camera.]

[The AeroFox continues its path toward the planet.]

EXT – Colony One continues its deceleration burn, heading toward the dull-red orb of Proxima Centauri.

EXT – Elsewhere, the AeroFox is a tiny speck as it approaches the crescent of Proxima B.

EXT. PERSEPHONE, ORBIT

[The camera follows the AeroFox.]

[The AeroFox passes in front of the red dwarf.]

[The AeroFox continues to screen right.]

In the distance, a bright SOLAR FLARE blasts toward the AeroFox!

The AeroFox fires its main engine again.

In order to reverse orbit, as well as slowdown, the ship decelerates while thrusting sideways. It’s a hard burn — nearly as hard as the deceleration burn from Colony One.

The blue glow diminishes as the ship dives toward Proxima B.

In the distance, the red dwarf disappears behind the planet.

[The AeroFox continues its orbit in the darkness.]

[Close on the AeroFox.]

EXT – The dark side of Persephone is like a huge black hole in space, obscuring the bright band of the Milky Way beyond.

EXT. AEROFOX

[The AeroFox moves toward camera.]

Thrusters fire. In the distance, the twin stars of Alpha Centauri A and B rotate into view opposite the ebony planet.

[Opposite thrusters on the AeroFox stop the turn.]

[The ship passes under camera.]

EXT. PERSEPHONE, ORBIT – LATER

The red-orange light of Proxima Centauri grows on the horizon as the AeroFox leaves the night side of the planet. The song “It Keeps You Running” by the Doobie Brothers can be heard playing over the orbital vista.

OMNI (V.O.): “All clear. Radiation normal.”

The AeroFox fires thrusters and flips into a new orientation.

[Thrusters on the AeroFox fire to stop the rotation.]

[The AeroFox moves toward camera.]

[The AeroFox continues under camera.]

EXT. PERSEPHONE, ORBIT

[The AeroFox moves to screen left.]

[The AeroFox passes in front of the Milky Way.]

The AeroFox cruises above the geoglyphs. The network of giant rocky veins loosely resembles geometrically-shaped neurons.

[The AeroFox moves to the left of frame.]

Outside the AeroFox’s exterior lights flash in Distress Mode.

EXT –

[The AeroFox is in high orbit above the planet.]

[Thrusters randomly fire, tossing the ship around.]

The thrusters fire wildly sending the ship into a spin.

EXT. AEROFOX

The jets continue to discharge randomly.

The ship rolls.

[As thrusters fire arbitrarily, the ship rolls from camera.]

[The AeroFox continues to tumble.]

[The ship completes a revolution and continues to spin planetside.]

EXT. AEROFOX

The main engine flares to life. The thrusters cease firing.

The ship shoots forward at an odd angle toward the planet!

[Camera pans with the AeroFox as it continues to dive.]

EXT. PERSEPHONE, ORBIT

The AeroFox’s flight pattern smooths out.

[The ship’s main thrusters stop firing.]

Yet, its orbit has clearly shifted as the engines shut down.

EXT. PERSEPHONE, ORBIT

The maneuvering jets fire on the AeroFox.

The craft flips so its rear faces the surface as it continues its arcing dive.

[The camera lowers with the AeroFox as it continues its summersault.]

[The AeroFox’s spin brings it close to the camera, showing the thrusters close for imminent entry.]

[The camera pans down as the AeroFox descends parallel to the band of the Milky Way.]

[The camera finishes its pan, revealing the dusk-red curve of the planet.]

EXT. PERSEPHONE, ORBIT

[The base of the AeroFox begins to glow a molten orange.]

The AeroFox slams into the upper atmosphere, leaving the dayside of the planet behind.

The craft creates a trail of superheated gas in its wake as Proxima Centauri sinks on the horizon, creating a crimson sunset.

EXT. PERSEPHONE, ATMOSPHERE – SUNSET

The AeroFox slows as the glow of the heat shield diminishes.

[The camera tightens on the descending ship.]

Up ahead, an ominous wall of mountains line the horizon. Just beyond them, lightning flashes as the terminator storm rages.

EXT. PERSEPHONE, ATMOSPHERE – SUNSET

The ship arcs just above the mountains and enters the electric maelstrom.

It disappears into the black clouds.

[Tongues of lightning illuminate the clouds surrounding the AeroFox.]

[The AeroFox passes under the cloud layer, revealing the shadowed mountains below.]

EXT – PERSEPHONE ATMOSPHERE

[The AeroFox tumbles into frame.]

Rockets along the upper section of the AeroFox fire, slowing the craft even further. Simultaneously, the onslaught of the storm increases.

[The glow of the descending AeroFox’s engine lights the lowest layer of clouds.]

[The AeroFox breaches the clouds, dropping towards the mountains.]

[The AeroFox’s thrusters struggle against gravity.]

[Wider shot of the AeroFox dropping, its engines still blazing against the night.]

A huge bolt of lightning strikes the ship!

[Tighter shot of the Aerofox as lightning arcs across its form.]

EXT. PERSEPHONE, MOUNTAINS – NIGHT

[The sparks die on the AeroFox’s exterior.]

The retros momentarily cease firing.

[The Aerofox accelerates down towards jagged mountain peaks!]

The ship drops rapidly and skirts the edge of a cliff.

[The AeroFox skids down the cliff as lightning flashes in the background.]

A loud scraping is heard as the lower section is damaged.

{The camera is fixed on the Aerofox as it falls in front of cracked rock walls.]

Metallic debris is left behind as the retros suddenly kick back in.

The craft exits the storm and straightens its course!

A dry valley is up ahead.

[The AeroFox rockets upward, arcing over the valley.]

[The AeroFox blasts out of frame.]

EXT. PERSEPHONE, LANDING SITE – NIGHT

[Wobbling slightly, the AeroFox positions itself over the landing site.]

Panels open on the base of the AeroFox. Sturdy landing struts emerge and lock in place.

[The camera pans with the AeroFox’s final approach, showing Persephone’s mottled texture lit by thruster bloom.]

The ship’s rockets blast away dust as it finally settles on the cracked, alien surface.

[The AeroFox is a tiny glowing dot amidst the storming alien landscape.]

EXT – The AeroFox has settled on a windy plain. Lightning flashes in the distance.

EXT. AEROFOX, LANDING SIGHT – NIGHT

[They have landed. The camera pans around the wild and primal world of Proxima B.]

[Pan from Milky Way past volcano to twin stars.]

A large body of partially frozen water spans the horizon in the distance.

Small patches of ice can be seen near the landing gear of the AeroFox.

On the side of the vehicle, a door pops open and the ship’s AIRLOCK deploys like an accordion.

[Airlock fully deploys.]

[Light turns on beneath the airlock.]

[The ladder deploys.]

EXT – A light blasts skyward from the top of the ship.

EXT. PERSEPHONE, MOUNTAINS – NIGHT

[Lightning flashes above the mountains. In the far distance, the light beacon of the AeroFox can be seen.]

[The camera tilts down into the valleys of the mountains.]

[Continue tilting down. On the valley floor, Clarke is barely visible. The light from her beacon bobs as she runs.]

[Cut to the valley floor. Clarke runs to screen right.]

[The tiny profile of Clarke clambers up a large and imposing rock face. Her beacon light bobs as she climbs.]

EXT. AEROFOX

The beacon of the AeroFox pierces the eternal night.

EXT. PERSEPHONE, MOUNTAINS – SUNRISE

[Cut to a rocky vantage, showing the red sky of the day side while terminator storms roil on the edges of the frame.]

With the storm abating above her, Clarke clambers onto the crest of the ridge she was targeting.

The snow has changed to light rain.

[The camera continues its wide circular pan, revealing more of Persephone’s landscape bathed in the light of its primary sun.]

[The pan completes its circle, showing the barren expanse of the desert framed by shadowy clouds. In the distance, the shield volcano spouts black smoke.]

[The drone starts its descent down the mountains, lights shining through dark storm clouds.]

[The drone approaches the camera through the storm.]

[Lightning flashes as the drone whizzes past the camera.]

EXT. PERSEPHONE, HAB MODULE SITE – DAY

The drone shoots out of the sky toward HAB 47.

[The camera continues to pan, following the drone as it coasts over the desert.]

[A closer shot tracks the drone.]

Other hab modules can be seen in the distance. The trapezoid-shaped structure is embedded in the aeroshell it used to land on the planet. The construct stands out against the desolate plain.

[The drone approaches the hab module’s monolithic bulk.]

[The drone decelerates to a stop above a hatch on the hab module’s roof.]

The drone aligns with a port on top of the hab and descends.

Upon landing, the building suddenly powers-up with various lights coming to life.

[The drone hovers and waits as the hab activates.]

The drone is lowered into the structure.

[The drone enters the darkness of the hab, coasting out of a shaft of light thrown by the open hatch.]

[Below the drone, the TerraCat’s hatch opens.]

[The hab hatch shuts, enclosing the drone in darkness.]

Moments later, a garage door opens on the hab.

[The camera pans up from a distance as the garage door continues to rise.]

With an electrical whine, the TERRACAT — a tough, futuristic all-terrain vehicle — emerges.

[The camera continues to rise as the TerraCat shreds out of frame.]

The drone is attached on top of it as it departs and drives away on the path Clarke witnessed earlier in her binoculars.

[The camera pans with the TerraCat as it speeds past the hab module.]

[The TerraCat drives on into the wasted desert, kicking up dust. In the distance, lightning spikes the storming sky.]

EXT. PERSEPHONE, LANDING SITE – NIGHT

[Camera pans down, showing the AeroFox’s beacon shining from spacecraft’s tip.]

The headlights of the TerraCat illuminate the AeroFox as it drives out of the windy darkness.

It comes to a stop nearby.

EXT. PERSEPHONE, LANDING SITE

[The rover revs into motion and drives around the Aerofox.]

The rover heads for the nearby mountains.

Above, the perpetual storm continues its endless blasts of lightning.

[The rover continues out of frame, leaving the massive shield volcano and the AeroFox alone.]

The TerraCat zooms onward into the dark.

EXT. PERSEPHONE, MOUNTAINS

The TerraCat screeches to a stop.

Baxter jumps out and staggers over to a wheezing Clarke who waves weakly in the rover’s headlights.

EXT. PERSEPHONE, MOUNTAINS – SUNRISE

[The TerraCat emerges from the mountains and drives downhill, kicking up a cloud of dust.]

[The camera pans across the plain, tracking the TerraCat’s progress.]

The TerraCat clears the mountains and enters the dayside of the planet.

[From a close side view, the camera continues to track the TerraCat’s path across the plain.]

In the far distance, the slope of a massive shield volcano is visible. Smoke billows from its caldera.

EXT. PERSEPHONE, MOUNTAINS

The rover is a tiny gleaming speck against the sprawling landscape as it cruises past small lakes and salt flats. Proxima hangs like an angry, unmoving ball in the sky.

DISSOLVE TO:

EXT. PERSEPHONE, GEOGLYPH RIDGE – DAY

The TerraCat casts a long shadow as it nears a symmetrical tendril of GEOGLYPH.

[The camera pans out, revealing the vast scope of the geoglyph.]

Its metallic material creates a giant berm kilometers wide. Its ashen color differs from the brown of the main patterns seen from orbit.

[A bird’s eye shot shows a flat tract of barren desert.]

[The TerraCat rockets into frame, kicking up dust.]

[The TerraCat slows as it approaches the main bulk of geoglyph.]

The rover stops.

EXT. PERSEPHONE, GEOGYLPH – MOMENTS LATER

[The TerraCat rumbles into the shot, trawling towards the geoglyph.]

The rover uses a small hill to drive onto the geoglyph.

[The TerraCat crests the hill and continues onto the geoglyph.]

Half a kilometer into the formation is the landing site of SHIELD NODE 212.

[A side-mounted camera on the TerraCat shows the shield node rumbling closer.]

Its gold transmission tower rises from the center of a black AEROSHELL similar to the one used to land Hab 47.

[The TerraCat continues toward the tower.]

[The node’s tower rises over the TerraCat’s approach.]

[The rover comes to a halt on the Aeroshell’s disk.]

EXT. SHIELD NODE, TRANSMITTER

Unlike other areas of the planet seen previously, this environment is eerily silent and even a bit menacing.

They approach the tower cautiously.

[Wide shot shows the geoglyph growth snug against the aeroshell.]

EXT. SHIELD NODE

The TerraCat peels away, leaving the tower and mystery behind — heading back in the direction it came.

[The TerraCat speeds over the camera, passing out of frame.]

EXT. PERSEPHONE DESERT

[The TerraCat pours on speed. In the distance, the edge of the dark geoglyph grows closer.]

[The rover rockets over the verge, sailing through the air.]

[The TerraCat soars over the camera. The subtle rise of the crater’s rim crusts Persephone’s horizon.]

[Slamming down, the rover speeds forward, rocking slightly as its suspension dissipates the impact.]

[The TerraCat approaches the oblong disk of the crater. Slowly bending its trajectory, the rover’s path mirrors the curve of the rocky rim.]

[The TerraCat carves an arc of dust over the plain.]

[From above, the crater’s illuminated crescent slowly rotates, camera tracking the TerraCat’s progress.]

[The TerraCat continues to circle the crater.]

The TerraCat speeds across the plain, jumping over the rim of the crater.

The far side of the bowl-shaped valley is in deep shadow.

[The TerraCat grinds over the crater rim, kicking up rocks and dust.]

They plunge into it.

[Now enveloped in the safety of the shadows, the TerraCat comes to a slow stop.]

Baxter powers down the engine.

EXT. PERSEPHONE, LANDING SITE – NIGHT

The twin stars cast their eerie light on the AeroFox.

EXT. PERSEPHONE DESERT

[The simmering ball of Proxima hangs in space.]

[The camera shows the roiling texture of the star as it pans closer. Arcs of violent solar flares spin from Proxima.]

[Persephone’s orb resolves from the intense light. Now passing the bulk of the star, the long tongue of a solar flare nearly licks the camera.]

Promixa continues to blast the planet with its flare.

The massive and mysterious geoglyphs bake in the solar flare.

EXT. CRATER – DAY

[From this height, the crater is a tiny pockmark in the vast plain. The geoglyph crusts the horizon.]

[Closer shot of the crater, showing the tiny figure of Baxter close to the parked TerraCat.]

In the crater’s shadow, Baxter has walked many paces away from the TerraCat.

EXT. PERSEPHONE DESERT

The TerraCat exits the crater and enters the blazing red sun.

[The camera pans with the TerraCat as it tears into open desert.]

[The crater’s shadowy indentation rests behind the TerraCat and beneath the glowing orb of Proxima.]

[The TerraCat drives out of frame.]

[The TerraCat drives towards the ominous wall of clouds and darkness that represents the planet’s terminator.]

FADE TO:

EXT. PERSEPHONE, MOUNTAINS – NIGHT

Once again, the rover passes through the zone of storms.

[A faint spire of light from the AeroFox spikes up in the distance.]

EXT. PERSEPHONE, LANDING SITE

Lightning flashes overhead and light snow fills the air as the TerraCat circles the AeroFox and screeches to a halt.

EXT. PERSEPHONE ORBIT

Seen from space, the geoglyph basks in the light of Proxima.

EXT. MOUNTAINS

The rover enters the zone of storms. Lightning fills the sky.

JUMP BACK TO:

Suddenly, the self-drive system goes offline.

[The TerraCat reverse along the same path.]

[The TerraCat accelerates backwards towards the AeroFox.]

[The rover continues speeding toward the AeroFox.]

Minus a virtual pilot, the TerraCat screeches to a stop!

The TerraCat peels out and heads back toward the mountains.

[The camera view rises, sweeping up from the AeroFox and showing more of the landscape as the TerraCat shrinks.]

[The TerraCat goes forward along the same path.]

[The rover speeds out of frame.]

EXT. PERSEPHONE DESERT – DAY

The rover is back on the sunward side of the planet.

It kicks up dust as it plies the desert in the orange light.

[Shot from behind the TerraCat as it speeds into the plains, star blazing on the horizon above.]

Outside, the TerraCat pulls to a hard stop.

[Shot from below the TerraCat as it idles, engine growling.]

EXT. PERSEPHONE DESERT

The TerraCat continues on its previous heading.

OMNI: “We can’t allow Darcy to die either.”

[Close shot of the patches pulling tight.]

EXT. PERSEPHONE DESERT

[Persephone’s vast plain stretches as far as the eye can see. From this height, the TerraCat is a mere scuttling ant.]

The TerraCat continues forward. The geoglyph is ahead.

EXT. AEROFOX – MOMENTS LATER

The ship’s side-mounted engines fire, sputter, then fade.

[The test fire continues.]

[The engines peter out, returning the AeroFox to darkness.]

EXT. AEROFOX

A bright exhaust plume emerges from the side-mounted high thrust engines, and an intermittent blue glow comes from the plasma engine at the base.

A huge cloud of dust and ice is blown away from the landing area as the exhaust strengthens.

Suddenly, the glow dies.

The ship is stuck on the ground!

EXT. PERSEPHONE, LANDING SITE

The engine restarts.

The AeroFox rises once again.

[Focusing on the gyroscope at Niven’s Grave, the AeroFox pushes upwards.]

The exhaust stabilizes as the ship clears the ground, leaving behind a scorch mark in its wake.

The landing gear retract and pull into the craft.

[Doors close, sealing them off.]

[Panning up, we track the AeroFox.]

[Continuing upwards, the shuttle grows smaller in the twinkling star field.]

[Becoming smaller and smaller, the ship approaches Persephone’s zenith.]

The ship disappears into the sky — becoming yet another star.

EXT. PERSEPHONE DESERT

The TerraCat rolls over the final series of hills that lead to the valley that houses Node 212.

[The TerraCat tears on through the desert.]

A huge swath of bright geoglyph material crosses the plain up ahead.

[Camera flies over TerraCat moving ahead quickly]

[Node Tower is seen in the distance as the camera zooms ahead]

[Camera slows to show the node tower]

EXT. PERSEPHONE, LOW ORBIT – DAYSIDE

The AeroFox climbs above the terminator storm, leaving it behind.

It continues upward into the light of Proxima Centauri.

The limb of Persephone spreads to the horizon. The glow of the engine fades as the ship arcs past.

EXT. AEROFOX

[The engines continue to fire.]

[The AeroFox reaches its zenith.]

The engines continue to fire and then completely fade out.

EXT. PERSEPHONE, LOW ORBIT

Without forward momentum, the AeroFox falls toward the surface.

[Looking down on the nose of the ship the planet silently passes underneath]

Thrusters fire, reorienting the ship for landing.

[The monopropellant attitude thrusters fire]

[AreoFox reorients for decent]

[Rotation ends]

[AeroFox begins to shrink in view, falling towards the planet.]

[Continues controlled fall]

EXT. SHIELD NODE, AEROSHELL

[The TerraCat rumbles over the camera.]

The TerraCat slowly approaches the black landing platform.

[Clarke drives up to the Node Tower.]

[The TerraCat slows, approaching the structure.]

This time, Clarke drives up and over the edge to park much closer to the tower and away from the geoglyph material.

EXT. PERSEPHONE, UPPER ATMOSPHERE

[The AeroFox speeds past the camera.]

[The ship rapidly grows smaller as it sinks toward Persephone.]

The AeroFox glows in the super-heated gases of re-entry.

[Clarke circles back to the controls.]

[Above, the AeroFox glows, brightly arcing through the atmosphere.]

[Aerofox comes down at the tower.]

Outside the AeroFox fires its soft-landing retro-rockets, slowing for the final time.

[The AeroFox pours on more reverse thrust.]

Its angle of descent changes.

[Wide shot of the AeroFox descending towards the shield node.]

[The AeroFox plummets faster, closing to impact.]

[Shot from the below the AeroFox as it descends.]

Coming in at an angle, the AeroFox SLAMS into the node at the top on its antenna tower!

[The node’s antenna begins to warp and fracture, sparking with current.]

Then, with a groan of twisting metal, the damaged antenna collapses in the direction of the passing lander.

Mildly stunned on the ground, Clarke turns to watch as the AeroFox continues past the aeroshell, striking the ground.

[The AeroFox fully impacts, slamming into the geoglyph and sliding.]

[The AeroFox slides roughly across the skin of the geoglyph.]

[The AeroFox continues to skid, turning and rolling.]

Shards of geoglyph fly everywhere as the ship slides along the surface, coming to a stop at a steep angle.

EXT. AEROFOX

[In the wake of the crash, the AeroFox lays on its side.]

[Lights near the hatch door blink red.]

The hatch explodes open.

[The hatch clanks to the ground.]

Without warning, before they can continue their tussle, the ground starts shaking!

The nearby geoglyph substrate around the edge of the node’s aeroshell SHIFTS and BUCKLES!

Huge shards of pyrite EXPAND and quickly GROW over the surface. They head for the crashed spacecraft with purpose.

Terrified, the two women cling to the side of the node as rocky tendrils slide past them.

[The massive shard roars past them, almost like a freight train.]

[The crashing tendrils snake towards the AeroFox.]

[Seen from above, the rocky tendrils converge on the AeroFox. The pattern is eerily similar to the geoglyph’s pattern.]

[The geoglyph tendrils race ever-closer.]

It reaches the AeroFox and encompasses it like a giant metallic hand.

[The force of the crystal columns lift the ship up and into the air.]

[The columns continue to grow, pushing the ship higher.]

Then, as quickly as it all began, the growth comes to a complete halt. It solidifies around the ship as amber segments that glow, translucent in the red sunlight.

[Seen from Baxter’s POV.]

She stares at the elaborate new formation. It has an organic, yet mathematical order to it — similar to the patterns seen from orbit.

Omni’s voice breaks the silence, startling them.

OMNI: (COMM VOICE) “I’m here.”

Baxter continues her observation of the new crystal structure.

BAXTER: “This is amazing. What did you do?”

OMNI: (COMM VOICE) “I sent an E-M-P of my own.”

BAXTER: “You poked it.”

OMNI: (COMM VOICE) “Yes. And, apparently… this formation is the result.”

OMNI: (COMM VOICE) “I can’t per se. I do, however, detect a pattern.”

OMNI: (COMM VOICE) “It’s indecipherable, yet appears to have complex organization.” (urgently) “I want to try something. Would you come closer?”

BAXTER: “Um… Sure?”

OMNI: (COMM VOICE) “I suggest you re-enter the AeroFox, grab the auto-doc and supplies, then head back to that crater.”

EXT. SHIELD NODE, AEROSHELL

[The TerraCat turns on the Shield Node platform.]

The TerraCat peels out, leaving behind the Node. The huge Baxter-glyph towers above it all as the women drive away.

[The camera rises as the TerraCat rushes away.]

[The AeroFox slides out of frame as camera movement continues.]

[The TerraCat is a dot near the horizon.]

Captain Bova slowly rises from his seat.

[Colony One continues above the planet.]

FADE TO BLACK

THE END