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Garrison, Episode 4, Thin Air. Hull breach and engineering air
leak detected. What happened down here?
Frankie, where are you? The saboteur must be hiding in
the smoke. I will hunt him first.
We got to stop this air leak or the entire Starship Odysseus
will be depressurized. Frankie, where are you?
Yo down here, cap here catch put these oxygen masks on.
Thanks Frankie. Now computer.
Computer, shut that siren off. I can't hear myself think that's
better. Frankie, how do we stop the
leak? If we keep losing air like this,
oxygen masks ain't going to help.
We'll all die from vacuum exposure.
There are emergency space suits aboard for the crew, yes.
Not for the 500 refugees aboard. And can't, I'm going to be
honest with you, I'm doing my best.
But I got 2 dead crewmen down here.
The blast that it took them out, boom, just like that, both my
welders dead. Let and I'll help.
What do you need from us, Frankie?
Well, I got a predictive play we can slap onto the Breach.
It's one of them reactor Shields, the extra ones they
give you for radiation leaks. Well, if it'll block gamma rays,
it should handle layer. But one problem, cap, it's going
to take five of us guys to lug the friggin thing.
Or one Ledbetter LED. Hold that in place over the
breach, Frankie, and I'll Weld it into place.
Yes, Captain, it is heavy, but not too heavy for a warrior of
Ganymede. He had a boy LED.
Hey camp, you ever run a welder? Or is am I about to watch you
set your eyebrows on fire? No.
I'll be fine. My father was a welder.
He spent 30 years working at Chrisopia Metalworks down in
Indiana. Same company that forged the
very chassis of the Starship. Let's just say I picked up a
thing or two along the way. Well, let's get to work.
Oil Mayo, what is going on down there in engineering?
I heard the explosion now, oxygen levels dropping even.
Here in our quarters, it's hard to breathe.
I must go down and help them. Ludmila No.
You stay right here with me. You are a scientist, Pavel.
Not an engineer. Not a mechanic.
Let them take care of things. Your job is to find way home.
We already figured it out together, Ludmila.
The only way to open the portal home is to introduce a coin
toss. Heads the portal, takes us home
to Milky Way, entails the portal, becomes a black hole and
swallows us all. Will you toss coin?
No, I cannot. Too risky.
And we must not tell the captain either.
What not tell the captain? How could you not?
If we tell the captain Ludmila, he'll toss coin, he'll want to
open portal, and then 50% chance we're we're gone, dead.
We're done. I cannot tell him Lumila.
I cannot risk it. It's getting hard to breathe in
here. The oxygen levels have dropped,
The ship is damaged, The food is running out.
We must toss coin. If we stay here in Andromeda, we
are dead. At least this gives us a chance.
Yes, maybe you're right. And yet, well, we forgot one
variable, one element of chaos, which can destroy any hope of
going home the the the saboteur. What saboteur?
Pavel, what are you talking about?
It was the captain who first suspected it.
I myself scoffed at the idea, but I looked again at the data,
at the space-time distortion that brought us to Andromeda.
Look at this graft, Ludmila. See this?
This spike of energy it occurred sickens before the portal
propelled us to the Andromeda Galaxy that is the.
Hydrin assault. We've been over this, Pavel.
The Hydrins hit the portal, twisting it, turning it into a
sling. And the we became Sling stone.
The Hydrians hit the portal. Yes, that was a big part of it,
but on its own that would not be enough.
If it were only a twisted portal, we might be flung to
another star system, not another Galaxy.
It took that extra step scrambling the nave system to
send us here. I know, powerful.
The squids also hit our hole. Frankie is still.
Trying to fix the damage Beth is what scrambled our nerve system.
Beth is what we thought. But look here.
The hydrans hit our hole, yes, but they did not hit the nerve
system. Look again.
The nerve system went haywire 10 seconds before the squids hit
our hole. But Pavel, the only way that
could happen is if. It was sabotage.
Ludmila, my darling, the Hydrans have an agent.
Aboard. Well, that'll do it.
Our new chunk of hole is welded on tight.
Tighter than my Nan Mammy's jar of homemade pasta sauce.
And those things came with the crowbar.
Ah, solid work. It would take a platoon of
gammy's, filthy and furious to breakthrough this hole.
The air will flee no more. And.
Just in the nicodime I got to admit Cap, that was a touch and
go. Poor Odysseus, I'm telling you,
my girl lost a lot of. Air.
Yeah I can tell I was fine when wearing the oxygen mask but now
has anyone else noticed it's gotten tougher to breathe?
Demi's can survive in near vacuum.
Yeah, well, you Gani's grew up in a freezer.
I'm from Jersey. We like, are rare, thick and
smoggy. Just like Nona used to breathe.
I myself am feeling a little bit light headed computer.
What are our oxygen levels? Oxygen at 17%.
Not enough. We can't survive on 17% for
long. I could survive.
My people are Hardy, we're known to thrive in low oxygen
environments here. Earthlings so weak.
Hard to believe we ganes are descended from you.
You might be tough up in ganeme lead, but it tells you what you
come down to. Jersey, you won last three days
down there. It ain't about sides, see?
It's about St. Smarts.
Take me, little guy, right? But let me tell you, back at my
own mechanic shop, everyone knew you.
Don't mess with no Frankie Ketcha Dory, my old man.
See, he taught me only three things.
How to fix machines, how to cook meatballs, and how to punch a
guy hard in the nose. My father taught me how to raise
a city, slaughter the menfolk and plunder their gold as we
savor the whales of their women. Hey, you're both tough guys, all
right? Right now, both Guinea Meade and
Earth are millions of light years away, and the Ledbetter
might last longer than us Earthlings.
But he'll need air too, sooner or later.
Yeah, well, we still got more oxygen tanks.
We keep them in the back behind the toolboxes.
Ain't much, but it'll keep us breathe until we figure
something out. We don't have enough oxygen
tanks for everyone, enough for us. 3 maybe?
At least for a while. But we've got 500 refugees
aboard, all breathing and using up air computer.
How long before our oxygen runs out?
The Odysseus has enough oxygen to last for 23 hours.
Oh, what happens after that camp?
Well. Hypoxia will set in.
At first just shortness of breath, light headedness.
Then it'll get worse. Headaches, dizziness, loss of
mental clarity. Finally we'll all pass out and
die. I've seen it happen in the
Hydrian war. I lost good spacers to
suffocation. I don't intend to lose any more.
1st we lost the. Cantaloupes.
Now our air. When I find out who sabotaged
the ship, I will. Yes, I know.
Crushed their bones. Are we sure it was sabotaged,
though, Frankie? You saw the damage.
You saw the hole under that protective plate.
What do you think? Well, camp, it's hard to say.
Our ship took a real pounding in that Hydrian attack.
Yeah, and squids worked us over real good.
We had a cracked chassis, damage to the hull and that Caterpillar
landed a few good blows on her chin too.
Did. One of the aliens, either the
squids or the Caterpillar, cause the breach.
I mean, it's been a while since they hit us.
You see camp if he damages ship, sometimes parts break that you
don't see. Some components hide behind
bulkheads, they could be cracked or burned and you never know.
For a while everything seems fine.
Then a few hours, even days later.
Bam. So maybe it was the aliens.
Ain't so sure both the Squigs and the Caterpillar, they both
hit the other side of our ship. This side was fine.
I know my baby girl she didn't take no blows here on the stern
so I I can't explain what caused the.
Explosion. I can look there on the deck.
What is that? Shrapnel, burn marks.
Somebody did this. Somebody aboard the Saboteur.
So we do have a saboteur aboard. The security cameras will tell
us who. No, can't do cap camera gave up
the ghost. Happened right before the boom.
Guess whoever pulled this job didn't want their close up.
They can hide from your camera, but not from me.
I will find the traitor and crush their bones.
All right, Ledbetter, I'm giving you full emergency powers.
Call up your men. Scour the ship, find out who's
responsible. But no crushing bones.
I want them alive. And answering questions for
Captain. I love crushing bones.
Never mind. Fine.
I'll take them alive. Frankie, keep patching up our
ship. I don't want anything else
breaking. As for me, I'm heading back to
the bridge. We got to find another source of
oxygen somewhere, somehow. Or.
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nice staying up here on the bridge.
It beats the cargo hold, that's for sure.
The other refugees, they're all crammed down there like
sardines. Yeah, yeah, I know this ain't no
cruise ship, but my people are suffering all the time.
And you can go join them at any time.
I still don't understand why the captain invited you to the
bridge. You contribute very little.
Well, except complaints. I'm not complaining.
I'm speaking for my people. You treat them like cargo.
Well, your boss gave me a spot on the bridge.
My job is to advocate for my people.
Want to shut me up? Invite some refugees to live in
your quarters. Even sleeping on your carpet
beats the grimy floor down there in the.
No, thank you. I spent enough years living in
crammed bunks with the commoners.
It took me 20 years to earn my own quarters aboard the
Starship. I shared them with no one but my
beautiful wife Ludmila. You live in comfort while the
refugees sleep on a cold metal deck.
You share your cabin with your wife while they're missing their
families back home. Yes, my life is rather lovely,
isn't it Spazibo? You made me much more grateful
for what I have. You should spend the night in
the hold with us, scientist, with us commoners, as you call
us. You'll see more honor, more
courage than the mightiest Admirals.
You can't sleep on soft bath of honor.
You can't eat hot meal of courage.
I'll keep my mattress and mini fridge.
Captain on deck. Good morning everyone.
At ease. Well, we've had a rough night.
You all heard the explosion. I'm sure you all noticed that
breathing is getting a little more difficult today.
We've had a whole breach. We lost some air.
Our mission right now is to find another source of oxygen, and
fast. So the saboteur strikes again.
Ain't Captain, Yeah. So it would seem Ledbetter is
hunting him. He'll find him.
For now, we must focus on our task, finding more air.
You hear that, Ozzy? Best stop whining.
It wastes oxygen. Not as much as your smug quips.
Enough, both of you. I won't have us bickering.
We work together or we die. Now Andromeda is a large Galaxy
full of billions of planets. We need one with air, and we've
got 23 hours to find one. Turov, scan all nearby stars.
Keep it within 10 light years. Anything farther and we won't
make it before choking. Give me some candidates.
I kept in scanning, now it won't take a moment.
Warning oxygen level down to 16%.
We are dropping dangerously low. Frankie, do you read me?
Yo, Cap, I hear you. I'm just down here in the
underbelly working the power disruptors.
Check for another leak, Frankie. We're down to 16%.
That's 1% drop in only an hour. Ain't no leaks, cap.
That's just 500 people aboard, all breathing and in.
Through days. We've probably been losing
oxygen for a while, even before the breach.
My girl's a science tub. She ain't built for so many
people. That's a good point, Frankie.
We're used to only 30 crewmen aboard.
Yes, 500 is putting a strain on her life support.
Turav anything yet The. Captain straining results the
central viewport Now I scanned within 10 light years I detect
four stars. Any planets?
Well, hard to say Captain. We lost half sensors in the
Hydrian attack, then that Caterpillar took out another.
To detect planets from these distance would take a few hours.
I'd have to scan for gravitational tugs on stars, or
maybe the dimming of light as the planets pass by their Suns.
We don't have a few hours. We need to set a course now.
We need to find an Earth like planet, one with plants, algae,
anything that makes oxygen. Which of the four nearby stars
is our best shot? Well, if you put Plasma Torch to
my head, I choose this one, Captain.
I choose the Star Pushkin. Way you're telling me that star
has a name? The captain, the one who
discovers a star gets to name it.
I name it the Pushkin after the great Russian poet.
It's G type star Sir, like our son back home about 7 light
years from here. Planets nasal but other stars
very likely. One is binary system 2 volatile,
other is Red Planet. Might have have life but life
would be weird and strange. Might not make oxygen and that
one well dead star, no light, no heat.
Like my first marriage. I think Pushkin is best shot.
Not good odds, but better than suffocating here, yes?
It's worth a shot. I'll chart course myself.
Our fuel's low, but our warp Dr. is strong.
We can be there in 10 hours. It only gives us few hours to
find planet to send the white team and vacuum up air.
Oh yo Mile, these will be close. Hey, just like old times, we've
had close calls during the war and we survived.
We'll get through this too. Cap, I'll help you.
When I was a kid, I spent a couple summers cleaning air
ducts for a living. You get me some tubes, some
motors, some big. Containers and I'll.
Suck up that oxygen for you. Very well, get to engineering,
Ozzy. I'll let Frankie know to give
you full access to whatever tools and parts you need.
Captain, is that wise? What the Well, you know.
I ain't the Sabbath tour mate, I.
Believe you, Ozzy. Just to be sure, I'll have a
security team with you. It's not that I don't trust you.
I don't trust anyone. At least not anymore.
Well, I'll be down in engineering then back in the
groin with calmness. You really do complain too much,
computer. Open a ship wide channel.
I'm going to talk to the crew and passengers.
Channel open, Sir. To the passengers and crew of
the HSS Odysseus, good morning. This is Captain Jack Thorne
speaking to you from the bridge. It was a long, lonely night, I
know, but we survived the night out here.
I dare say that for many of us, it was the longest night of our
lives. Yesterday, our lives all
changed. After years of war, the Hydrians
conquered Earth. Our home fell. 1000 starships
left our world carrying a million refugees.
Admiral Anav Benarie LED our ragtag fleet to the stars to
find a new home. In the chaos, we were separated
from the fleet. A space-time anomaly propelled
us to the Andromeda Galaxy. We're still here, low on food,
low on air, lost in the darkness.
Ah, another uplifting speech from our ever optimistic
captain. Surviving in the Andromeda has
already been difficult. We lost much of our food to the
Mulgroth, the local species of predators.
Then a whole breach caused us to lose a lot of air.
My friends, there's no way to sugarcoat.
Things. We only have enough air for
another day, but we also have hope.
We've detected a nearby star, a star very much like our sun, a
star we've called Pushkin. We hope against hope.
That at Pushkin. We'll find an Oasis in the cold,
dark Galaxy very soon. We'll be making the jump to warp
speed. For now, lay low, breathe slowly
and calmly, And if you feel so inclined, pray.
I know you were hoping for better news this morning, but I
promise you, my friends, I'll always be truthful with you,
even when the truth is dark. Our ship here has been through
dark times before. We haven't won every battle, but
we've always remained together, united, a family.
Right now, whether you're a crew or passenger, you're part of
that family. You're part of the very
privileged few, the last survivors of the human race.
Humanity is now an endangered species.
Some of us might still be alive on Earth, slaves to the
Hydrians. Others are still alive in the
ragtag fleet of Enoch Benaris, seeking a new world.
Out here in the Andromeda. It's only us, just our little
ship. Just 500 people, the only humans
in this Galaxy that makes every one of us.
Rare and precious. I know none of us have chosen to
be here. None of us wanted any of this to
happen. In a just universe, we would be
back home on Earth, or at least among 1000 ships.
But we will not resign ourselves to slow suffocation.
We will not die out here alone. And I've already promised.
All of you. To bring us home to the Milky
Way and to reunite us with the ragtag fleet.
And by the stars. I'll get it done.
Warp engine ready, Captain. Everyone, we're about to jump to
warp now. Godspeed HDS Odysseus, Captain
out. Initiating Warp jump now.
Here we go. Ah, look at the stars all blazed
by. We've jumped 1000 times, but
it's never any less beautiful. You know what would be more
beautiful? Ear.
Ear would be more beautiful. Warning.
Oxygen levels down to 15%. Warning.
Keep flying, Odysseus. Fly fast, fly true.
Warning Oxygen levels in red zone.
Warning, Please refill your oxygen tanks.
Morning. Computer, mute yourself for a
while everyone. Let's stop talking.
It wastes wastes too much air. Let's just watch the stars.
My God, it's beautiful. God, the captain, huh?
Something funny, Doctor Turov. It's just, Sir, I look at space
and I see cold death in blackness, and the fiery death
and flaming stars. You look at the same thing and
you think of God. Not a believer then.
Neat. I'm not the religious man,
captain. But today, well today, May God
save our souls. You have been listening to Lost
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