"Earth is gone." "Earth never existed!" "Halt, Michael!" "Do you hear me!" "We will save you!" "FILMEXPORT HOME VIDEO Presents" "Story and Screenplay by" "Cast" "Special Effects / Sound Effects" "ProfessionalAdvisors" "Do you hear me, Michael?" "Michael!" "Stop!" "Pull yourselftogether, Michael!" "Costume Designer/ Choreographer" "Make Up / Set Designer/ Costumes by 2nd Cameraman" "Assistants:" "Architect / Camera" "Editor/ Make Up / ProductionAssistants" "Assistant Director/ Associate Producers" "Director'sAssistant / Script / Lighting" "Sound Editor/ Film Editor" "Music by Film Orchestra Conducted by" "Production Designer" "Producer" "Director of Photography" "Directed by" "Made by the Creative Group Processed by" "I'm going with you." " Better not." "Forthe two us, it would be..." "You'd only hold me back." "It'sthe only way to save him." "And maybe even us." "I'll be back in an hour." "What is he doing?" "Michael!" "Michael!" "Do you hear me?" "We'll save you!" "Do you hear me, Michael?" "There's no other signal." "We will wait then." "We have travelled billions ofkilometres." "We are almost at the end of our journey." "Time will pass and children will learn that we were the first who had set out on a journey through the Universe to find life on the planets ofAIpha Centauri." "Geneva." "Based on the latest news from the World Aeronautics and Space Centre the Ikaria launch maneuvres are running according to schedule." "After 8 years of preparations, Ikaria ceases to be one of Earth's satellites." "Ikaria XB 1 in fact is a small space town forforty inhabitants." "Alpha Centauri was chosen as the destination ofthe mission not only forbeing a star closest to Earth." "The decisive factorwasthat it is similarto our Sun and has several planets orbiting it, where the existence oflife is anticipated." "Throughout its construction Ikaria orbited Earth as a stationary satellite." "What will yourfatherbe doing on the Ikaria?" " Nothing." "How come nothing?" " Nothing." "When they land on some planet, he will collect flowers and animals." "As we all know, Ikaria will return in 15 years." "Due to time dilatation, however, its crew, to put it popularly, will only be 28 months older." "Mars." "Our reporter informs usthat Ikaria has crossed Jupiter's orbit." "It should leave the solar system today." "Master Computer." "End ofincreased G-force." "Normal regime." "Autoregulation off." "That'sthat." "Get up, girls." "How are you feeling, Stephie?" "She was frightened." " And you?" " Me?" "Just don't pretend to be a hero!" "Especially not in front of yourwife." "The lift offis not easy for anyone." "I thought it would be worse." "Commander Mac Donald to the transmission room." "If you only knew how many things I wanted to tell you." "I know." "And I'm just saying a lot of nonsense now." "What have you got there?" "I picked it up in our garden." "Apebble." "Why..." "Why are you looking at me like that?" "When you come back..." " I know." "You'll be olderthan me." "I won't like you." " It's not funny." "You'll look the same." "I'll have a fifteen year old daughter." "What?" "Rena!" "Rena!" "Navigation room!" "What'sthe matter?" "We're losing communication with Earth, hurry up." "I was afraid we wouldn't even say goodbye." "This time, there will be two us waiting for you." "I was so anxious to teach her first steps." "Now, I will see herforthe first time when she's 15." "You can teach herto dance." "She wouldn't thank me forthat." "How are you feeling?" "Are you happy that you're finally flying?" "It's a pity you can't fly with us." "What'sthe matter?" "Never mind." "Give my regardsto Stephie." "Tell herthat..." "I wish her a bon voyage." "To Stephie?" " Don't forget it." "Rena..." "Rena." "He wanted to confuse the computer." "He ordered smoked bananas." "Dried beefbroth." " And steak with what?" "With honey." " With honey." "And ice cream on garlic." " And a steak with honey." "And this came out." "Enjoy it!" "This is how our ancestors imagined space food." "Romantics." "Well, I've finished my lunch." "Anthony." "Bon appetit." "It's June 26, 2163." "Morning temperatures around 15 degrees." " This isthe miracle ofthe last century." "A man of metal that not only..." " Wait, don't touch him." "Cloudy, cloudy, cloudy..." "Did you take it with you again?" "As much as I remember, all crew members may take with them:" "Firstly, as many personal items, as they wish." "Secondly..." " This is a personal item?" "I have him foreighty years." "It's quite ancient then." "What?" "But what will you do with it here, Anthony?" "What do you mean?" "He always flies with me." "But all the robots here are controlled centrally and are specialised." "Why should I care!" "Patrick is universal." "He can do anything." "But it's good for nothing." "Let's go Patrick." " Let's go." "Not there." " Not there." "Who is she?" " The new officer." "What new officer?" "I don't know about any new officer." "She's flying instead ofMac Donald's wife." "A historian." "Why?" "Never mind." "I don't know." "Don't tell me that it's not possible." " It is, but on Earth." "Come on, Peter." "Adandelion or a daisy would do, or..." "What daisy?" "He wants me to grow him a flower." "Forwhom?" " That's not important." " Pardon." "Peter." " I've got only unicells." "What if you give her a puppy." " What?" "Apuppy, one bitch is in pup." "I would like something..." " Poetic." "And what did the astrobiologists bring?" "Nothing but poetry." "Peas, lentils, millet, rice." "Acorns, corn, onions." " Sunflower seeds." "Asunflower is a flowertoo, isn't it?" "I pull, nothing happens!" "I pull once more, nothing happens." "I'm in hell, you see." "I look at the casing thermometer." "1,200." "That's big trouble, you see." "Stop saying you see!" "And do you know what I did?" "I activated the pulsator." "To full power." "Erik, listen..." "Twenty kids and a teacher." "I pull one afteranother!" "Really quickly, see?" "They're yelling "Mummy"!" "The teachertoo, see?" "And what happened next?" "That sunflower is ready." "Do you still need it?" "I don't know." " Quite nice." "Who?" " The sunflower." "Let's hope he won't change his mind." "When I was his age." "Help him." "Sixty." "You have a visitor at the door, Eve." "An important visitor." "Me?" "Watch out!" " Don't be scared." "Some flowerwe've made you, eh?" "Switch it overto the cabin." " I can't." "It's a private cabin." "Isn't this a bit imperfect?" "On the contrary." "You won't get away, Anthony." "I had one after lunch." " You did not." "You ran away as usual." "Come on." "I had one, ask anyone." "He's telling the truth." "He had two." "Yes, two." " You don't say!" "You're all the same." "You'll sufferwith avitaminosis." "One hasto look after you like a mother." "You know I've enjoyed being alone since my childhood." "Brigitte!" "It seems strange, but I really did." "I always thought nobody understood me." "Nonsense!" "Anthony!" "Can you still see Earth?" "No." " And the Sun?" "Humans are like the stars." "What do you mean?" "Somebody orbit around someone else for years." "Who's orbiting?" "That was a metaphor." " A metaphor?" "You're here again?" " Does he come here?" "Everyday." "What else should he do?" "He's so lonely, no one understands him." "That pin head isthe Sun?" "May I?" "Go on." "Nightly she sings on yon pomegranate tree:" "Believe me, love, it was the nightingale." "It wasthe lark, the herald ofthe morn," "No nightingale:" "Look, love, what envious streaks do lace the severing clouds in yonder east:" "Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day" "Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops." "Where's Herold?" " On duty." "November?" "Earth." "What day is it on Earth?" "It wasthe 18th in the morning and Christmas after lunch." "They must be celebrating the New Year by now." "Time really flies." "It means I am as old as my youngest sister." "Check!" "It's strange anyway." "We're flying to Centauri." "Why hasn't anyone ever flown to Earth." "Our solar system is oflittle interest." "Play." "Besides, it'stoo farfrom the centre ofthe Galaxy." "26,000 light years." "Play!" "You see, we're the backwoods ofthe Universe." "Michael!" "Are you looking atAIpha?" "Yeah." "I come here often." "Do you think they're out there?" "At least on one ofthe planets." "What do you think?" "I can't believe that there's life somewhere like on Earth." "I mean that we will land there, get out from the ship, and they will run to us, waving their hands." "Maybe they don't have them." "What?" "Hands?" "Do you know that Bernard took his piano with him?" "Why?" "He was in some old music club or something like that, you see." "Stop saying you see, you see!" "Don't say it orelse..." "And stop doing this!" "Who's supposed to look at it all the time!" "I'm sorry." "I don't know what got into me." "No harm done." "When one looks at the same faces for so many months..." "That is why I summoned the Council." "We could not speak about Stephie's pregnancy before." "The crew would become agitated." "It is a risky experiment." "None the less, it is essential forfuture missions." "I should have been informed as second-in-command." "Explain it to me." " Stephie..." "Stephie has been already pregnant on Earth." "That means that my wife... could have flown as well." "If she knew she could..." "Why didn't you tell me?" "Why?" "Yourwife knew it." "She was afraid." "It will be the first case in history." "No child has ever been born under such circumstances." "Stephie isten years younger." "That's why yourwife gave up her place." "Lightly." "Not so hard." "Something should happen." "It'staking too long." "Four months." "We're not even halfway there." "Where is everybody?" "Isn't Kubes here somewhere?" " No." "Nobody has been here lately." "Why don't you call him through the communicator?" "This way, I can at least take a short walk." "You're getting bored, eh?" "It's Hopkins's birthday tomorrow." "Brigitte!" "What'sthe matter?" " I don't know what to do." "I hadn't worn a skirt forfour months and now, just look at me!" "Turn around!" "Walk." "What did you expect!" "It turned out really well." "Do you think he'll like it?" "Anthony, let us now drink to Patrick!" "So that you know that I didn't really mean it then." "Patrick, that is..." " Herold." "I am on my guard." "Shut up!" " Herold is here." "I am on my guard." " What did you teach that robot?" "I didn't." "He learned it himself." "Will you dance?" "I don't like dancing." " Neither do I." "How are you feeling, Stephie?" "Give my regardsto Stephie." "When you come back, I'll be olderthan you." "You won't like me." "When you come back." "I'm thirsty." "Oh no, I'm too old forthis, my child." "Eve will teach you." " I will." "This jiggling is not for me." " Jiggling, eh?" "Nina, we..." "You're a sociologist, aren't you?" "We have..." " Some work for you." "Amoral matter." " I see." " And a social matter." "The thing is that she's making fun of us." "Who?" " Brigitte." "At first, she kept obtruding." " Obtruding?" " Yes." "And now she doesn't want to decide which of usto choose." "That's really interesting." " It is, isn't it?" "Oh yes." "The reason may be that she has a husband on Earth." "This isthe Master Computer." "Report to your posts immediately!" "Section commanders report to your headquarters!" "All officers report to the navigation bridge!" "An object ofthe 7th order detected in the second safety zone!" "Somebody turn that terrible noise off!" "Distance?" "309." "Angle 17." "It may be a comet." "Or a meteor." "It may belong to theAIpha Centauri planetary system." "It'sthe first object from there." "What do you need, Anthony?" "Time." "Here's your comet." "Composition:" "Iron, titanium, germanium and traces of common elements." "Volume: 57,900." "Weight: 15,844 tons." "Alright, but..." "And this is how it looks from a close-up." "It contains organic substances." " That's unbelievable." "And what about signals?" " No response so far." "Maybe it's an unmanned station." "No, it's a spacecraft." "An automatic station wouldn't be so large." "It seems primitive." "Just like Ikaria may seem primitive to them." "We know nothing about them." "Nothing at all." " But why are they silent?" "They have to see us." "I don't know." "Maybe they're afraid ofus." "Afraid?" "Lfthey are afraid, then they are similarto humans." "We can do more than to send the Pythagorean proposition." "Prepare the explorer shuttle!" "You can't be serious!" "What do we have robots for?" "What are they for?" " Wait." "Suppose there are living creatures on that ship." "Just suppose..." "What would we say ifthey came to us, opened the door, and out came a dozen machines." "How would you deal with them?" "Try to understand that there are things robots can't do." "Humans will be sent to that ship." "Two people." "Who do you propose?" "Stand at attention, Erik." "Peterand me are entering into history." "And not only of mankind." "I've been in a similar situation once." "I understand." " I wanted to give you advice." "You know more than the Master Computer." "I've alwaysthought it didn't exist any more." "What?" "I don't know, but I envy you." "The explorer shuttle is ready." "Launch." "Launch complete." "Well?" " Everything's alright." "Activate screen transmission." "We'll keep on trying to establish contact with the spaceship." "It's silent." "They may have different communication methods." "Maybe it's a wreck." "Do we have permission to land?" "Guide the shuttle forlanding." "We are entering the craft." "There's vacuum here." "Do you see the material?" "It looks like some sort of aluminium alloy." "Prehistoric." "I thought we would find something worthwhile here." "Look." "Anumber." "It's from Earth." "Nonsense, this can couldn't fly out here." "Money?" "Those are..." "Those were humans." "We found humans, CaptainAbayev." "Humans?" "It's an ancient rocket from Earth." "From which century?" "I don't know." "Maybe the 20th according to their clothes." "We found cigarettes, glass, paper." "The women are wearing jewellery." "They all died at the same moment." "How?" "How did they die?" "I don't know." "Everything is intact." "They look as ifthey had fallen asleep." "Find out who they are and how did they get out here." "You should have sent an archaeologist instead." "Tigger, Tigger Fun." "Herold to Ikaria." "Find out what Tigger Fun means, Eve." "Look, Nina." "Tor-na-do." "Nineteen eighty seven." "Complete." "We have first data." "Master Computer." "Tigger Fun, also tiger breath." "Deadly poison with immediate effect." "Does not cause deterioration of objects." "The so-called clean weapon from the end ofthe 20th century." "Tornado, a type of a military missile." "No furtherdata available, stop." "They wanted to get to another planet." "Overthere." "There's light there." "Caution, the ship still has power." " That's not possible." "Why not?" "Areactor can work a hundred years without operators." "A general." "He was in command." "There'stwo ofthem." "Look he has a back wound." "When they were running low on oxygen, they killed the crew with Tigger Fun, so that they would survive longer." "In the end, they fought one another." "Vultures." "I must be somewhere nearthe engines." "I'll find out." "What is it Kubes?" "Answer!" "Herold!" "Help Kubes, quick!" " The radioactivity level is increasing." "What happened, Kubes?" "Answer!" "At the right, that's from Kubes's camera." "But that looks like..." "You always get yourselfinto trouble." "My magnetic boot got caught." "Look, overthere!" "Abandon the ship, quick!" "There are nuclearweapons on board!" "Don't touch anything!" "Come on, hurry!" "Send them the engine module, Svenson." "Distance 3,458 kilometres." " The shuttle is ready to lift off." "Don't stop!" "Don't touch anything!" "Hurry!" "Run!" "We found people, CaptainAbayev, we found people." "We discovered the 20th century." "Would you send them there again?" "If I knew there weren't any humans there." "Humans..." "They were our ancestors." "Not them." "Definitely not them!" "You can't choose your ancestors." "You know who they were?" "Human trash." "That left Auschwitz, Oradour and Hiroshima behind them." "The 20th century." "Do you know it?" "Honegger." "Also the 20th century." "We had to continue in our journey." "Svenson and Michael were to supervise the installation of a reserve engine." "During such work they have to go out into space on Ikaria's surface." "They weren't there long, only some ten orfifteen minutes." "Under normal circumstances, this would be an insignificant episode." "Thus, no one knew that this moment was the beginning oflethal dangerto us." "It entered into Ikaria with them." "How does it look out there, Erik?" "Alright." " The robots will do the rest." "That'sAIpha Centauri." "There must be at least two planets in the ecosphere." "In the sphere oflife." "Do you think so?" "I know, I calculated it." "Yet, the temperature will be high on both the planets, like on our Venus." "But life could be there, because..." "I'm not a prophet, I'm a mathematician." "We will find out in..." " In fifty-six days." "Precisely." "Milek..." "It's normal." "Will you have a girl or a boy?" "Aboy." "How will you name him?" "Wait." "Do you know which name is really nice?" "Michael." "Anthony!" "Anthony!" "Listen." "A radio nebula." "Grandpa has caught a nebula again." "Golly, are we supposed to survey every smudge?" "Yes." "Every single one." "Alert!" "Third deck!" "Lying person!" "Non-responding person!" "That can't be possible." "Alert!" "Non-responding person!" "Who is it?" " Dead person!" "Dead person!" "Michael." "Dead person!" "Dead person!" "I..." "I must have fallen asleep." "Well, well." "I was on my way from the observatory and all of a sudden..." "And that stupid computerthought..." "Never mind the computer, I thought so too." "Dead person on board." "And it will be surrounded by a large garden." "Without paths?" "There will be grass everywhere, very high grass." "Report it next time orthe computer will take you as dead with no lunch." "I don't know how it could happen." "I knew one geologist once." "He fell asleep on an asteroid." "On asteroid 608." "Gosh, the whole zone was on alert thinking he went missing." "At least 150 ships were looking for him." "And I'm not counting unmanned crafts." "I will lie on my back and look at the clouds." "Ants will be crawling on the grass." " And it will start raining." "But we won't run for shelter, will we?" "We will stay outside." "Raindrops will be running down our neck." "Erik!" "I'm telling you I'm alright." "I've neverneeded this all my life." "And I'll never need it!" " Very well, go." "It is not a disease." "I'm doing what I can." "What about biological separation from Earth?" "That's out ofthe question nowadays." " And time dilatation?" "That's an abstract theory, mathematical." "Will it continue?" "Is it dead?" " Sleeping." "Stephie, honey, what's wrong with you?" "Nothing." "Leave me alone." " Do they know anything?" "And the doctor?" "What ifthe baby..." "We did not know what was happening to us." "We were not able to cope with it, the fatigue, the drowsiness." "We were forced to activate more and more automatons to keep Ikaria running normally." "It was then when Hopkins revealed that while focusing the telescope, several stars kept disappearing and reappearing." "There was something between them and the Ikaria." "A gigantic body." "A Dark Star, to be more precise." "We didn't have the slightest idea ofits existence until then." "It came to light that the nature ofits radiation..." "The nature ofits radiation is simply beyond anything we know." "It is certain that its radiation causes attenuation ofbiochemical processes in living organisms." "Inducing fatigue and drowsiness." " Where is it?" "How long will the effect last?" "We don't know that." "Or do we?" "Here are 14,000 metres of reports from labs, the observatory, astrobiologists." "Some ofthem are the first oftheir kind and Earth has no idea about them." "What now?" "Will we send them to Earth?" "What for?" "Why should we worry them for nothing?" "But what if we don't come back?" "Nonsense." "It's hard to believe that a star could affect the fate of our mission." "But Earth knows nothing about the Dark Star." "The next mission would encounter it again." "It will be better ifwe do it." " Alright." "In the old days, castaways used to throw bottles into the sea." "We will send a module." "Yet are we castaways?" "Try to understand, if we all fall asleep it will take decades before people get there, where we are right now." "We're not on a holiday cruise!" "Each of us knew what he was in for!" " Stop yelling." "Alert!" "Second deck!" "Non-responding person, dead person!" "I want tough men here." "That's all." "You can't blame anyone forthis." "I know, but..." "Those who want, will survive." "And those who don't..." "Michael." "When I know that it's a disease, that it has a name, I will respect it." "Until then, it doesn't exist forus." "Isthat clear?" "They insisted that nothing new could be discovered in the Universe." "They've been proclaiming that for300 years." "Fools." "But it can." "It can." "Why..." "Why couldn't it." "Anthony!" "How long will it take us to get out ofthis?" "Anthony!" "Do you hear me?" "Sixty hours." "And then?" "And then?" "I don't know what will happen then." "Will we wake up?" "Do you believe it?" "I believe it." " It's not about belief." "Beliefis nothing." "Beliefis a mere word." "Tell me how to endure." "Tell me when and how will we wake up." "What isthe probability, what certainty." "That's my belief." "Understand?" "Prepare for 60 hours of sleep." "Is that all we know?" "Where are you going?" "To get the Ikaria back." "You think I'm afraid." "No, I'm not afraid." "Honestly." "I'd just..." "I'd just love to hear those words, you know." "That we made up together." "Nobody knowsthem here." "Nobody knowsthat..." "I am yourtwinklet." "And your..." "No, I really don't have to be brave." "I will only fall asleep." "You will hear me when I wake up." "It may take long before you find us." "Maybe you won't..." "No, you will hear me." "One day..." "You will hear me." "I am glad I went on this mission." "Only those sweet words." "Those words you made up for me that nobody knew here." "Master Computer." "Message for Earth recorded." "I will get herback." "She will fly alone." "Back to the Sun." "They will find her." "I must get her back." "Mac Donald!" "You don't have the right." "You don't have the right!" "Do you understand?" "This is ourlast chance." "I want to save the Ikaria." "But we will wake up." "Believe it." "We will wake up." "Master Computer proceeds with the autoregulation process." "End of first shift." "Second shift unmanned." "Attention, third shift must intake the vitamin condensate." "Do not take fruit." "Anthony." "Anthony." "End ofthird shift." "First shift unmanned." "Master Computer proceeds with the autoregulation process." "Normal regime." "Good morning." "Everything is alright." "It isn't." "We slept only twenty-five hours." "Not sixty." "Eve!" "Stephie!" "Stephie." "That's the only explanation." "Some kind of a force field was generated between the Ikaria and the Dark Star." "Eat!" "Aforce field that intercepted the radiation." "That's why we woke up earlier." " Eat, Anthony." "What?" " Eat!" "I think there must be a more simple explanation." "Our organism simply got accustomed to it." "Accustomed?" "It got accustomed to radiation in just a few hours, eh?" "Perhaps your organism did." "Mine can't even get used to this mash all the way." "You'll sufferwith avitaminosis." " Beware, though." "Where did the force field that protected us come from?" "Maybe it's just a coincidence, Anthony." "Coincidence?" "Coincidence exists among us humans, but not among the stars." "Finish your meal." "The main thing is we got out ofit without consequences." "Just imagine mankind would have sent Ikaria on this mission without a crew." "It would be on herway back." "The automatons would have turned it back." "Fortunately, man is not as perfect as a machine." "Therefore, he has nothing left than to hope and believe." "Blood circulation disorders." "Functional disorders ofthe higher nervous system." "Will you get him out ofit?" "I don't know." "It's not a disease, not in the earthly sense ofthe word at least." "It is..." " The second stage?" "The effect ofthe Dark Star's radiation." " It means we're all in thistogether." "No." "Erik was exposed to direct radiation when installing the engine." "And where is Michael?" "They were both out there." "Where's Michael?" " I don't know." "Have you seen him?" "Was Michael here?" " No." "What's the matter?" "Have you seen Michael?" "Navigation bride, find Michael!" "You aren't afraid, are you?" "It's not that bad." "We only fell asleep." "But those two outside, they were fully exposed." "To the radiation ofthe Dark Star, understand?" "We were protected by Ikaria's shield, we are alright." "We are." "But what about him?" "Michael is in the corridor on deck zero." "What is he doing there?" " I'll have a look." "Michael!" "Michael." "What are you doing here?" "Leave me alone." "Leave me alone!" "Come with us." " You're sick." "Leave me here." "I'm dead." "We will all die, but I don't want to die!" "I don't want to go with you!" "No!" "Michael!" "Deck zero closed." "Alert!" "Alert!" "Block the access to the explorer shuttles!" "Michael wantsto return to Earth." "Where is he?" "He destroyed his transmitter." "Michael, do you hear me!" "Stop, we want to help you!" " He's coming back." "I can't see him now." "He's at the robot station." "He deactivated the robots." "But that means we're done." "He doesn't know, what he's doing." "He can destroy the cooling system." "Emergency mode." " Orthe oxygen regenerators." "For all zones!" "We must get to him." "But how?" " I might have a solution." "More to the left." " To the left." "Retreat, Patrick!" " He has a blaster." "Abayev!" "Abayev!" " What is it?" "I can't see it." "I can't see it." " What, Michael?" "Earth." "We will be there soon." "Don't lie!" "Earth is gone." "Earth never existed!" "Michael!" "Halt, Michael!" "Michael!" "I'll get to him." " How?" " Through the air shafts." "Will it work?" " It will." " But..." " I constructed them." "Be on guard, he has a blaster." " I know." "I'm going with you." " Better not." "It's not fortwo..." "You'd only hold me back." "It'sthe only way to save him." "And maybe even us." "I'll be back in an hour." "What is he doing?" "Michael!" "Listen to me." "Michael!" "Michael!" "Michael!" "There's no other signal." "We will wait then." "We have travelled billions ofkilometres." "We are almost at the end of our journey." "Give it to Stephie." " What?" "In memory of you?" " No, to safe keep it forme." "Look what it did to their spacesuits." "And they were outside only ten minutes." "Burnt by the radiation." "Will you save him?" "I will." "I will save him." "Apebble." "It's from their garden." "When do you expect the baby?" "He must be there by now." "Michael." "Do you hear me?" "I came for you." "Listen." "You blocked the robot station." "You're threatening our lives, the whole ship." "You're sick, understand?" "You're just sick." "You must come with me, you'll get better." "Are you listening to me?" "Michael?" "You do want to return to Earth with us, don't you!" "Earth is gone." "Earth is gone." " Earth isthere, Michael." "It's far away, but it'sthere." "Why don't you let me go back then!" "I want so see it." " So do I, Michael." "We all do." "That's why you have to let me in the robot station." "That's why you have to get better." " I can't go on any more." "I don't want to go with you." "Give me the explorer shuttle." "I'll go back." "Tell them, go." "I'm not going without you." "Go or I'll..." "You'd kill a human." "A human." "No!" "Come now, let's go." "Do you know you destroyed Hopkins's Patrick?" "Don't forget to apologise to him." "Will they save him?" "It's that nebula again." "How is Stephie?" "Go to the observatory, you're no help here anyway." "I know, but just in case..." "Isthe baby born?" "Well?" "Not yet." "Go to the observatory, you're no help here anyway." "Anthony." "That force field is moving along with the Ikaria, Anthony." "We're enclosed in it like a ship in a bottle." "And that." "Those radar signals are no nebulae." "What are they then?" "I... we don't know." "How about Saint Peter, you haven't discovered him yet?" "That surprises me." "Let's have a look at it." "I would like to introduce our new crew member." "The assumption that it was a radio nebula, was quite logical." "Yet fallacious." "In fact, it is an energy transmitter." "What transmitter?" "As soon as we entered the sphere ofthe Dark Star, it located us." "Enclosing us in a force field that shielded the Ikaria from radiation." "But that means..." "Anthony!" "There's life on the White Planet!" "Do you hear me?" "Yes." "I know." " Anthony!" "That's it." "The White Planet." "Aworld ofbeingsthat helped us, when we encountered the Dark Star." "We set out into the Universe to discover life, while life discovered us." "Master Computerproceeds with the flight regulation process." "Entry into orbit from the original trajectory in nine minutes." "Attention, entry into orbit in nine minutes." "Explorer shuttles ready." "In an hour, we will be standing on..." "No, not on earth." "On..." "Perhaps on grass." "Or..." "I don't know." "In an hour."