Project Gemini (Звёздный разум)

Today marks a bleak anniversary for our planet.

Three years ago, the first case

of a global plant virus was recorded,

which started to ravage most of our ecosystems.

The world's leading research laboratories

have been trying to find a way to stop this deadly pathogen,

but so far their efforts have been unsuccessful.

The latest research shows

that people who consume food infected with the virus

develop severe autoimmune diseases.

In addition,

the loss of plant life has contributed

to the concentration of oxygen in the atmosphere

to decrease to 18%,

the lowest on record.

The rapidly disappearing forests

cannot recycle enough carbon dioxide

to maintain this level for much longer.

These atmospheric changes have caused

an increase in natural disasters around the globe.

As oxygen levels drop below 10%,

people will begin to suffocate.

Our beautiful planet Earth is doomed.

But humanity still has a chance of survival.

And their best hope is Project Gemini,

developed by Dr. Steven Ross.

The project centers around an archeological find

discovered eight years ago by a group of palaeontologists

who found two unique objects of extraterrestrial origin.

The artefacts were estimated

to be more than 4 billion years old.

Steven Hawking once said

that if humans are to survive long-term,

we must find a way to get off planet Earth.

He was optimistic about our chances,

and in fact, it turns out he was right.

These unique devices that we found

appeared on Earth before life itself.

We don't know what mysterious stellar wisdom

created them and left them here,

but we received this gift

on the brink of extinction.

We managed to recreate the super-tough materials

that the Sphere and the Engine are made of.

And we precisely copied both of the devices.

Now, each of them has an identical twin.

The warp engine for interstellar flights

has allowed us to find a planet

more or less suitable for terraforming.

The unmanned vehicle

completed a "jump" to the solar system TESS

and returned with information and samples

that confirmed our theories.

And this device, this sphere

is for creating life.

After years of research, we discovered

a way to control the Sphere and the Engine.

These devices have their own unique language.

We decoded dozens of commands,

each of which corresponds to a certain pattern.

This pattern gave the initial command

that the Sphere began to carry out

more than four billion years ago.

The Sphere uses chemical elements from the environment

and creates a true miracle...

Life!

Now we know life on Earth

was created by this machine.

The Sphere is our starting point.

Let me introduce you to our team

of leading research scientists.

Our team consists of...

Dr. Peter Lehmann,

the specialist in extraterrestrial warp engine.

Dr, Leona Redwood,

the terraforming program builder.

Today we're joined by military-trained pilots,

headed by Major Ryan Connor.

We are departing for the solar system TESS,

several hundred light-years from here.

We will bring the Sphere...

to a planet that has the right conditions.

And we will create...

Earth 2.0...

a new home for humanity.

What do you think, Peter?

Whoever created this, where are they now?

Not enough data to say.

And I, don't really like

speculating about stuff like this.

This isn't about speculation.

It's a theory.

Maybe it was a lost civilization.

We know from experience

how highly-developed civilizations are good

at self-destruction.

Who knows?

Yeah.

Well,

another giant leap for humanity, eh, guys?

Only this time, literally.

First time in history...

Just as long as something more

than a bunch of atoms makes it to the destination.

Still counts.

Say it. First time in history.

Attention.

And prepare for a jump.

All systems are ready.

Coordinates set.

Warpdrive set at maximum power.

Ready.

Engage.

Whoa...

Critical error.

Critical error.

Critical error.

Whoa, whoa...

Critical error.

Whoa, whoa...

Wow.

Is this TESS?

Richard, did we complete the maneuver?

Yes, we did.

The star maps, they... don't match up.

It's not TESS.

What coordinates did you put in?

Are you sure they were operational?

Of course, sir.

Did you check the engine?

Everything was done according to protocol.

If everything was done to protocol,

we'd be in TESS right now.

The mission failed, Peter.

There is no hope for Earth now.

Permission to check the engine.

No.

You're relieved of your duties.

Stay in your bunk until I say otherwise.

Yes, sir.

What's this?

In physics,

there is an equation...

the Dirac equation.

When two particles come into contact,

they become bound forever.

They continue to "feel" one another,

even if they are...

lightyears apart.

It's called quantum entanglement.

That's physics for you?

Not just physics.

Try to set the jump trajectory.

Maybe it'll help us figure out where we are.

No, Steve.

Our trajectory's not clear.

The data doesn't make any sense at all.

Look, we entered the fourth dimension,

but it's almost as if we moved along

the coordinate axis that we can't access.

And then, we jumped back into three-dimensional space.

But where?

Is there anything around us

that can help us figure out our location?

No.

No landmarks. Nothing even remotely familiar.

We have no point to set a return jump.

So that means that

until we figure out where we are, we can't get back.

No.

Repair Airlock is open.

What's that?

The repair airlock of the engine compartment was opened.

Why? Who's there?

Repair Airlock, this is the captain calling.

Airlock, report.

Unidentified object approaching.

Unidentified object approaching.

Unidentified object approaching.

Unidentified object approaching.

Unidentified object approaching.

Shit!

I can't believe it.

Calm down, Leona.

We gotta keep our cool if we wanna survive.

We're already a man down.

Peter ignored Steve's orders,

went to the engine compartment...

realized what he'd done, and that...

That was the end.

Peter wouldn't have!

I knew him.

I worked with him for eight years.

He couldn't have given up so easily!

Leona, enough!

How can you defend him?

Now we have to deal with the results of his mistakes.

Do his work for him.

One person put multiple lives in danger.

He almost destroyed humanity's only chance of survival,