Virus (復活の日)

December, 1983.

The Nereid, a British atomic submarine

Tokyo bay, Japan

- Last deck's footage, three miles offshore now, sir. - Very good.

- Stop together. - Stop together.

- Keep 56 feet. - Keep 56 feet. Keep 56 feet.

Stand by to take an air sample.

Launch surveillance drone. Launch surveillance drone.

Receiving video transmission now, sir.

Where is Yoshizumi?

I think he's asleep, sir. He was up all night working on that theory phase.

That earthquake predictional? Yes, sir, I believe so.

What a crock! We read about a massive disaster, is it?

We'd better give him a call. I don't suppose he'd be seeing this sight again.

Yoshizumi to control room. Yoshizumi to control room.

Yoshizumi to control room. Yoshizumi to control room.

Yoshizumi reports in. Keep him a clod.

I'm pregnant.

I'm pregnant.

But it's of no matter to you.

Farewell.

Any more positive, nut-gab?

Let's not get too damn heavy about this.

Japanese seem to have licked their smog problem at last, don't they?

That would be quite enough, major Carter.

I am sorry.

Look here, major. What are you riding him for?

We have no room for that sort of thing down here, you know?

Jones, you haven't got room for a whole hell of nothing down here!

Pardon! Pardon! Captain!

- Well? - Captain, the analysis of the air sample...

From the outside enviroment is complete.

- Result? - Positive. The virus is still quite active.

- Retrieve the drone. Eject the air sample. - Captain!

- I ask of you, do not eject the sample! - That's impossible, doctor Letour.

You want us to keep that... that thing with us? Take it back?

It's quite out of the question. I beg of you! Reconsider, captain!

You're thinking only of the short-term risk?

I like to think of no risk at all.

With a little time I can study its characteristics.

There is no danger as long as we keep it isolated.

They shall not have you isolate a virus aboard the submarine, doctor.

Captain, this submarine... it is powered by a nuclear reactor.

Is there no danger to us from the radioactivity as a call?

Of course not. We are completely shielded from it...

I accept your expertise at this matter. Will you not accept mine?

Captain, what choice do we have but at least to try?

Retrieve the drone. Secure air sample in isolation.

Retrieve drone. Secure air sample in isolation.

Retrieve drone. Secure air sample in isolation.

That's it. Go home.

And for home...

It'd differ if we have home to return to now, wouldn't it?

And for Antarctica it should be.

9000 miles.

Except there are no homes. It will be Christmas by the time we get back.

Christmas...

In the fall of 1982, mankind died out...

Leaving only 863 people alive on Antarctica.

How could this have happened?

Virus - Resurrection Day

In 1981...

All genetic engineering experiments...

To create new viruses...

Were banned internationally.

However, one year later...

February, 1982

Leipzig - East Germany

military biological research center

Herr professor!

Close that or the coffee gets cold. I've got to drive 60 kilometers today.

I'm sorry, professor. It's pretty bad weather.

I have no choice. My sister is sick.

I am sorry. Please drive carefully. Thank you.

Professor! How nice to see you! Dreadfully cold, no?

Here. Warm yourself.

I trust everything is in order.

It is critical. The content is to be delivered directly to Dr Leisenhau...

At the viral research institute at Zurich.

Transport it exactly as it is.

Under no circumstances take off the dry ice packing.

Under no circumstances allow the dry ice to run out.

Insert perfectly. Absolutely clear.

I understand, professor.

You seem relieved. Is that the right word?

Dr Leisenhau is in my opinion the leading authority in the world today

on the subject of viral infections.

And the test data? The documentation?

I had enough trouble getting the specimen out of the lab.

You expect me to take this to Dr Leisenhau with no proof...

No idea of its characteristics, its properties?

"Here, Dr Leisenhau, here is a germ, fix it, please"?

It is more than a germ. It is a weapon! mm-88 is an accident.

It is a Frankenstein monster, masquerading as a virus!

- mm-88? - Soon after it was found we could take DNA apart...

And reassemble it in different ways,

the American geneticists developed this mm-88

and when heard of its characteristics, we decided to borrow some of it.

- What characteristics? - Essentially, it is a mimic. - A what?

A mimic attaches itself to existing viruses,

such as polio, influenza, etcetera...

Increasing both the toxicity and the reproductive level of the host disease.

In other words, it hits so hard and multiply so fast,

it simply overwhelms any vaccine known.

If you excuse me...

You have a cold? Oh, it's nothing.

If I were to open this ampule to the air,

you would be dead within three days.

It is no laughing matter!

Men, women, children... Livestock as well.

Birds, dogs and cats even...

All vertebrate life on earth with no exception is susceptible.

Unless a way is found to neutralize this monster,

we are left with a doomsday weapon.

- Which means the weapon that will never be used. - By a rational man.

And the history can tell you that the rational mind...

Is not always a prerequisite for a position of power.

Very good, professor. You've done well.

In five days a bank account will be opened in your name in Brazil.

Fifty thousand pounds will be deposited to that account.

Do you think I did this for money?

I want you to get this virus to Dr Leisenhau, nothing more!

- You are certain professor Krauss was hit? - Yes.

Just as well I suppose. He wouldn't have been very happy if he'd found out...

We were not representing the good Dr Leisenhau after all.

We gotta go higher! There's too much turbulence!

No! We'd be picked up by radar!

- Keep hugging it close! - It's not safe! We're too heavy!

- Don't worry. We have plenty of ballast to get rid of if we have to. - Noooooo!

March, 1982

university of Maryland, United States

Biological research center

Come in!

Director Roger. Dr Meyer. You have a visitor.

How are you, Ed?

You're busy? - No, no, I just... I wasn't expecting you until tomorrow.

I came by to check on your progress. I have a few things to do, gentlemen,

so if you'll excuse me.

- Did you get it back? - No.

A scientist named Krauss was making a discreet increase to the Swiss,

about something that sounded like mm-88.

I sent him some of my people posing as Swiss,

they never came out. - Well, send then some more, damn it!

It's vitally important to find out who stole that virus!

My only link was Krauss. East Germans are saying that he committed suicide.

So, mm-88 is still out there.

And we don't know where.

That's why it is imperative for you to develop a vaccine against it immediately.

There is not a vaccine in the world that can stop it.

Not likely to be one, either.

At extremely low temperatures the virus is completely dormant.

But at minus 10 degrees centigrade, it begins to reproduce itself.

By minus 3 degrees centigrade,

its reproductive rate is increased by a factor of 100.

Above zero it starts growing at a horrendous rate,

reaching its peak infectivity.

At above 5 degrees centigrade,

at which time its reproductive rate, the speed with which it multiplies..

Reaches massive proportions.

Its reproductive rate is now something on the order of 2 billion times greater

than what it was at minus 10.

Look at this!

And look at this!

And look at this.

I'm scared to death of this thing.

It's not just a vaccine you wanna develop from this little monster virus is it?

I don't know what you're talking about. I know how this system works, colonel!

You develop a part of the weapon here, another part over there,

the trigger some place else again,

and nobody involved knows what the hell they're working on

until it's all put together!

Go on. - Militarily, a vaccine would be a very useful defensive element.

And that's all you've been asked to develop. - Come off it, colonel!

Why is Columbia being asked to study mm-88's resistance to extreme heat?

You are developing a weapon system based on mm-88, aren't you?

You are a fool. For god sake, why?

Ed... at this moment...

We do not have a creditable deterrent in the United States ourselves.

At this moment we are capable not only of reducing each other to rubble,

but of reducing the rubble to rubble!

We were. Before we installed the automatic reactions system, the ARS.

So how does that leave us defenseless?

The Soviets installed the same system!

Now neither side can employ their missiles even if they want to!

So this... this so-called disarmament treaty of President Richardson's...

Is more of his political showboating!

We are back to square one, unless we can develop a new weapon system fast!

Oh!

Christ, not again!

Why can't you people have to leave it be?

Are the Russians gonna leave it be?

What's with him?

We're in trouble.

He has figured it out. Take a look.

My god!

He's gonna blow the whistle to senator Barkley's defense oversight committee.

What do you propose to do?

I think...

We should send him over to Letterman this afternoon.

For a... routine physical.