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Previously on "The Ark"...

I had to eject too much U-238 during meltdown.

We won't get to Prox B for decades.

I found a planet that is rich in uranium-238.

Trust is stashed in cryopod in hidden room. I should tell Garnet.

You can't tell anyone else.

Is it true you picked Ark 5 for your departure

because you're afraid earlier arks won't make it to their destinations?

You were supposed to be on Ark 5.

-Someone stole most of the drugs. -You're done with pills.

They introduced additional experimental DNA into our systems.

I can withstand more solar radiation. -The star threw off solar flare.

We can't pull out of star's gravity without all sails.

Solar radiation would fry anyone.

Dr. Hall's alterations must have worked.

Remember sensor algorithm that Angus and I came up

with to detect substance that burnt the ship? -Yes.

We need advance scout but we don't have those either

Then I'll go, too, to assist.

-I have Klampkins disease. -There's no cure.

They're on another ship.

I repeat, this is Lieutenant Sharon Garnet of Ark 1.

Please respond.

Ark 3, if you are in need of aid, please signal.

It's been an hour. If they didn't respond to your first hail,

they're not gonna reply to the 15th.

But their rotation segments are still turning.

You think they're still in cryo?

-I don't know what to think. -Why are they here?

Better question-- how? How are they even here?

How are they ahead of us?

We launched years before Ark 3.

Oh, yeah. That part's impossible.

-What are you seeing, Brice? -Oh, you know, just the usual.

Stars, vast emptiness of space, big bloody spaceship

that shouldn't be here. -It's the source of U-238 we detected.

I'm gonna get a closer look.

-Yeah, well, be careful, Brice. -Never.

Are you enjoying this?

-You guys seeing this? -We know why sensors picked up traces of element

that melted our hull. -Aliciaminium?

So that means whatever hit us also hit Ark 3.

The Ark 1x07 A Slow Death is Worse

We're sure it's the same element that hit us?

Disintegration pattern is consistent with how our hull was damaged.

-Nice look, Sharon. -Think I might keep it after my burns are healed.

The breach on Ark 3 is smaller than ours.

Safeties should have locked it down and secured rest of the ship.

Why no one responds? -The way to get answers is to board Ark 3.

Are you volunteering?

-He's right. -We don't have choice.

They have the U-238 we need to reach Prox B.

I want to see their NEPS to figure out how they got ahead of us.

-I'd love a crack at their database. -No, no, no.

You can monitor from here, at least until we know it's safe.

Agreed, you're staying put, Sharon. You can hardly stand now.

That goes without saying, unfortunately.

Grab whoever you need, but keep it small.

I'll prep the shuttle. We launch in 30.

Something on your mind, Spencer?

Have I mentioned how happy I am that you were improved?

Is that your way of thanking me?

-You almost died for us. -You would've done the same thing.

No, I judged you for being a clone, but that's what saved us twice.

And I'm sorry.

You know how you can make it up to me?

Be careful over there.

You know, it's really hard to take you seriously in that.

It is weird, isn't it?

You're doing it again.

You're gonna have to be more specific. I do a lot of things.

Volunteering for a dangerous mission.

Pretty sure it's the same mission you've just volunteered for as well.

I'm not dying.

We're all dying, some of us are little quicker than others.

This is serious.

All right, so, um, what's the difference

if I die on Ark 1 or on Ark 3?

-What if you pass out again? -Well, you'll be there.

Quite clearly, can't leave me alone.

Excellent work, carry on.

-Cat? -Oh, don't mind me, Lieutenant.

-Cat, we're kind of in the middle of something. -I know.

I want to watch.

Okay. I got my best friend guaranteed spot on one of the other arks.

I'm worried she got on Ark 3. I tried to get her on this ark.

That's not fair. People trailed for years to be part of Ark program.

The selection process was cutthroat.

-Who did you know that could get people on? -Everyone.

I appreciate your concern, but the bridge is not for spectators.

You can watch from Observation.

Fine.

Did you come from the bridge? Is Lieutenant Garnet there?

-Yeah, she's busy. -I wanted to give her a gift.-

Well, it's not a gift, really.

It's more of a thank you for saving the ship.

It's aloe. For her burns?

You beautiful little idiot.

-You need to get over your crush on Garnet. -Crush?

No, that's crazy. I don't have crush on anyone.

-Is it that obvious? -And that stupid.

You need someone more your speed and age.

Like who?

You can't think of anyone who fits that profile?

We do this by the numbers.

Consider this a search and rescue.

I think we're a little late for the rescue part.

Blue skin, bloodshot eyes, burst capillaries.

-She suffocated. -Same here.

So they died from the breach.

Eva, can you get life support up?

Life support reads as already up.

-How did these people suffocate? -It was hull breach.

Whole ship lost pressure before the bulkheads could seal.

-They did eventually seal. -That's when life support came back on.

Hey, what the hell are you doing? We have to leave these on.

I said life support was on.

You stay here and keep a watch on our EVA gear.

-Who am I protecting it from? -Hopefully nobody.

Why weren't these people in cryo?

-You hearing all this, Sharon? -Every word.

Although I kind of wish we weren't.

I'll try and access ship's files, see if we can figure out what happened.

-I'll start identifying the bodies. -Eva, Brice, Sasha, split up.

Go to the sleeper pod bays.

Hopefully whoever's in cryo can get us answers

There are two lieutenants and a commander here,

all with the same signs of asphyxiation.

You're being oddly quiet.

These people had lives, families.

You all right?

It reminds me of mass graves after the continental fires.

I hoped I'd never see anything like it again.

Yeah, at least they died a quick death, eh?

Sometimes a slow death is worse.

You know what my grandma told me when she was dying?

A slow death just means a longer life.

We're at Sleeper Pod Bay 1.

Garnet, this is gonna sound weird, but,

Sleeper Pod Bay 1 isn't here. It's just a giant crew quarters instead.

Same with Sleeper Pod Bay 2.

Arks 1 through 9 all had the same William Trust design and layout.

So the sleeper pod bays were removed before departure?

But why?

More bad news. My command codes don't work here.

-I'm locked out of system. -It was worth a shot.

With no survivors and access to ship's logs

I don't know how we'll get answers.

I'm in captain's quarters.

No dead people.

Sash, you all right?

Yeah, I found the captain's body in his closet.

-Sorry, mate, it sounded like you just said closet. -Yeah.

What the hell was he doing there?

Um, anyone close to the captain's quarters?

-I just got locked in. -How?

Beats me, but--

-The air is venting! -We're close.

Hang on!

Come on. Help me!

Sash? Sash, listen to me.

-Help! -You have to calm down, okay?

Conserve your air. We've got this.

-Help me! -You have to conserve your air. Calm down.

We have got this, right?

After Harris died, I taught myself how to bypass every lock on Ark 1.

-These locks work the same? -We'll find out.

Sash? Sash?

Oh, shit.

Come on, pal. Come on!

One, two-- Sasha! You're all right, buddy.

I've got you. I've got you. Come on, relax.

Hey, wait. Don't go in there.

Shit.

Just in case it closes again.

If it does it will cut you in half. Very quick death.

Did you find anything?

The biohazard detector thought he was a contaminant?

An error. So it vented the room.

You ever seen an error like this before?

Never.

-Transmitting. -Received.

Match confirmed. Ensign Maura Mishra.

She's not supposed to be on Ark 3 either.

12 personnel matches, none of them were scheduled on Ark 3.

Not when we left. Records wouldn't be updated beyond that.

Why would they change whole ship's crew manifest?

Could it be that-- .

Felix, the computer says this is--

Robert, my husband

Did you know he was onboard?

He wasn't supposed to come here

until we cleared Prox B for habitation

and even then he could only come once Katheryn was old enough.

Where's our daughter? Where's Katheryn?

Has anyone come across any bodies of children?

No, thank God.

Neither have I.

But there are adult bodies everywhere.

It's like being in a floating coffin. Why do you ask?

I just found my husband's body.

Oh, Felix, I'm so sorry.

I'm scared my kid is on here, too. Has anyone checked med bay?

Me and Eva will check it on our way to Engineering.

Copy that. I'll head to the First Mate's quarters, see what I can find.

Everyone be on high alert.

I found guy who appears to have been stabbed to death.

-My arm is broken! -Too bad! You were trying to kill me.

-Who are you? -Who are you?

You're first living person we've seen since we boarded.

-We're from Ark 1. -Guy in Captain quarters...

He was one of ours. Ah, let me guess.

-That biohazard trick was you. -I thought you were of other group.

-There are more survivors? -Seven of them.

-They're set up in med bay. -Med bay.

-They're dangerous-- -Brice, Eva, there are hostiles in med bay.

-I repeat, there are seven hostiles. -They're hostile anymore.

We've got seven dead bodies.

Looks like they all overdosed.

-They're dead? All of them? -Who is that?

Believe it or not, a survivor.

Look, keep your comms open and stand by.

Listen, I need answers. What happened here?

-The ship was hit. -By what?

I don't know. It all happened so fast.

-We lost atmosphere and almost everyone died. -But you survived?

12 of us were suited up for maintenance run

when ship decompressed. -Then what?

We kept our helmets on till we regained life support

and get breach sealed off. No one agreed on what to do.

5 of us we came up with a survival plan, but the others didn't agree.

They killed three of us.

-Ross and I, we had to lock ourselves in the mess hall-- -Wait, stop!

There's someone else?

Ross, there's another ark!

Ross?

Where is he?

We never leave this room.

So you're the survivor.

I need to know about one of your crew.

Robert Strickland, he was my husband.

Sorry, I don't know. What was his name again?

Robert Strickland.

I think I found your friend.

Ross!

There's another ark.

We're going to be okay.

-What happened to him? -I don't know.

They beat him, but we got away. He was conscious when I left him.

-Internal bleeding. -You can tell--

Classic presentation. I have to operate.Can you set that arm?

Okay.

You're going through withdrawal. Are you up to this?

I have to be.

Defibrillator.

Clear!

Clear!

Clear!

Clear!

No, you can't be in here.

You cannot be in here.

I'm all that's left.

You don't need a cast as long as you keep your arm immobilized.

-Hey. -Sorry, you said-- what did you say?

You need to keep your arm immobilized.

-Okay. -You never answered my question from before.

Did you know Robert Strickland?

Yeah, a little.

We sat together at mess sometimes.

-You did? -Yeah.

He seemed like a really great guy.

Do you know why he was on your ship?

Same reason as most of us, I guess.

When Ark 3 was redirected to Proxima B,

family members of crew of Ark 1 got priority status.

Ark 3 was redirected to Prox B?

Oh, yeah. He told me about you.

Felix, right?

-You work security. -Yes, that's me.

Yeah, I remember now. He really loved you.

-Couldn't wait to see you again. -And my daughter Katheryn?

Um, he never mentioned a daughter.

-How old is she? -She would be eight.

I'm sorry, but there were no kids on Ark 3.

Hey, she could still be alive on Earth.

Robert wouldn't have left her if she was alive.

I shouldn't have left them.

I should have stayed on Earth.

You had no choice.

You told me you were ordered to be on Ark 1.

-Okay. -I should have disobeyed orders!

Felix, Felix! Okay, okay, okay.

Okay, okay.

Okay, it's okay. It's okay.

You've got to know something.

-We need to know where you were heading. -What was it?

-You must know. -Quiet!

-Let her catch her breath. -I was only an engineering trainee.

We understand. But anything you can tell us will help.

How did Ark 3 get so far in space ahead of us?

-We traveled faster than light speed. -Not possible.

-Trying to crack FTL drove Trust mad. -Actually, Trust solved light speed.

Theoretically. You need to create space-time bubble around a ship

propel it through ensuing quantum distortion tunnel. -Is that all?

Trust couldn't figure out how to contain warp bubble.

-Evelyn Maddox figured it out. -She figured out faster than light speed?

She converted energy into negative energy.

-It was part of my training. -Negative energy.

Brilliant! Negative energy would maintain the integrity of the bubble.

-It's so obvious. -No, that is--

It's very obvious. Dumb it down bit though for Lane, he's struggling.

It's like if you put a space-time bubble into a quantum flow--

Never mind. The details don't matter. Just know that it's brilliant.

Arks were in process of being built, so they kept the Trust designs same.

Yes, I remember reading how Trust insisted

all arks be built to withstand FTL speeds.

He was that confident he'd crack it.

-So they swapped in faster-than-light engines. -Kind of.

Her FTL tech was designed to, uh, retrofit onto Trust's NEPS.

-You told Strickland your ship got redirected to Proxima B. -Yeah.

With FTL, leaders thought that we should go

to most likely candidate to support life.

They decided Ark 3 should join you at Proxima B.

You mean beat us there.

Our trip would take 9 months total with FTL.

So we would have gotten there first.

So that's why you had no sleeper pods.

-You didn't need them for such short trip. -You were Ark 3.

We're Ark 1. Where's Ark 2?

It was the first attempt at FTL.

But it didn't work.

Ark 2 vaporized when it tried to go to light speed.

A lot of my friends from training died.

We'll take a break.

Kelly.

I want you to know you're safe now.

Why don't you take a walk around? Check out your new home.

I'm sorry, Lieutenant, but this area's for spectators.

You need to do your commanding from the bridge.

You heal fast.

How can I get of that clone stuff?

Trust me, you don't want baggage that goes with it.

We've identified the bodies. You'd want to check for your friend.

Here's the thing. No one from Ark 3 was supposed to be on that ship.

They must have changed entire crew manifest after we left.

She's not here. Thank God.

-What was Earth like when you left? -Why did Ark 3 launch early?

-Someone set off a nuke? -Could our families be alive?

What happened to plants and animals?

Tell us where food is. There's got to be some.

-We deserve to know. -There are so many questions.

Everyone, give her some space.

Coming through. Coming through. Coming through.

We have a lot of questions, and we need the answers.

Quiet!

Everyone, I am sure that you all understand that Kelly is dealing

with loss no one should ever have to.

-Let's give her some room. -Can you tell us about Earth...

No more questions.

I am sure that Kelly will be happy to answer our questions

when she is feeling better. -I don't mind.

-I would prefer to debrief you-- -I'll tell them what I can.

I don't blame them for wondering. I would, too.

But, um, it's pretty bad.

-We want to know what happened. -Let her talk.

-We have right to know. -Come on, Lieutenant.

What are you so afraid of?

I can only tell you what it was like when we left.

I don't know what it's like now.

But when we left, carbonization had gotten much worse

at a much faster rate than government told us.

New Africa, Australia,

both American continents had fires so big, they couldn't be controlled.

Most people couldn't escape the fires fast enough and they died.

Japan, New Zealand, Florida, islands like Hawaii,

they were submerged by the rising tides.

All except the highest mountaintops.

What about the old Europe continent?

It basically fell into anarchy.

There was no one to distribute water that hadn't been poisoned.

So, if the government collapsed, are there no more arks?

The GSA was still operating when we left.

They saw it coming, locked down, and accelerated the program.

When we left, there were twelve arks ready to go and more on the way.

I don't know if any of them actually got out of dock.

So we may be all that's left of humanity.

There are months of food and supplies over there.

We should take whatever we can use.

You and I can get our shuttle and Ark 3's shuttle going back and forth.

-I need Maddox retrofit. -You'll install it here?

Sure going to try.

You wanted to see Kelly?

Yes. Feeling better?

Dr. Brandice gave me clean clothes and let me clean up a little.

What I wanted to do is get at that ratty hair,

you called before I get her in the shower. -Thanks.

Oh, right. I'm not needed on the bridge.

We're organizing teams to go to Ark 3 to get the food,

U-238, and the Maddox retrofit.

I wanted to know if you knew of anything else we could use?

Um, there might be some medicine in the med bay.

-My team will get it. -Good.

Do you still want to go to Ark 3?

The fact it's littered with dead bodies makes it less appealing.

-But yes. -Good.

Grab Angus and see if you can salvage Ark 3's external video.

We tried. The video's corrupt. It's impossible to restore.

Clearly you haven't met our resident geniuses.

Okay, move out.

Felix?

I'm sorry. I can't seem to focus.

Understandable. Take some time. I can send Griff.

No, having a task to distract me would be helpful.

See if Ark 3's weapons locker is intact.

Um, a lot of stuff's probably stored in different places on our ark.

I might be some help, if you want me to go.

Sure you want to go back over there? I wouldn't want to.

I think it might give me some kind of closure.

Okay.

The armory is this way.

-There you are. -Aren't you supposed to go through crew personal effects?

I was, and look what I found.

My sword.

I knew you'd want it.

-Robert was bringing it to me. -I guess so.

I knew you treasured this old thing, so I had to bring it right to you.

Thank you.

I trained with this every day most of my life.

Let's do our job.

Pharmaceuticals.

-What? -From Ark 3's med bay. Where do you want them?

Uh, on my desk is fine.

This is damaged.

I tried to break in. Everyone did, but none of us had the clearance.

Security isn't a division of GSA.

My code should work across all arks.

I'm kind of glad we didn't get this open.

Probably would have made things worse.

I never understood why they would have guns on ships in space.

I mean, for what? To defend against who exactly?

Kelly?

I'm sorry, Felix. I lied.

I didn't want you to hurt more,

but I think you should know.

What?

Your daughter.

Robert told me about her once.

They were at the market the day global food rationing began.

It turned into a riot and...

and she took a stray bullet.

I'm sorry.

I should have told you.

-I-- -It's better to know.

Projectile weapons have no place in space.

One bullet through the hull could depressurize a whole ship.

Or kill an innocent child.

I agree.

I won't tell anyone.

That's eighth hull camera with corrupted video.

-How many more do we have to check? -107.

The good news is that there is video. When ark got hit,

EM pulse knocked out all our cameras.

Ark 3's cams must have had better shielding.

I'll create algorithm to sort out files registered as corrupted.

Create algorithm to sort damaged video and pull out bad frames.

Why didn't you say that 20 minutes ago?

Because I just thought of it.

Hull cameras record at 60 frames per second.

-The damaged video is 30 seconds. 60 times 30 is-- -1,800 frames.

According to the sensors, the EM pulsed every 20 seconds.

So if you create a program to cut out every 60th frame...

-It'll skip frame here or there, but so what? -Yeah, that's fine. Okay.

Hey, you're quick with numbers.

Horticulture's a lot of chemistry.

Chemistry requires a lot of math.

But look at you, you're creating a computer program on the fly.

The AI writes the program. I tell it what I want it to do.

Now I'm applying it to the video to render.

Is there anything you can't do?

Um, well, I-- I can't keep plants alive.

I'm a-- what's the opposite of a green thumb?

-A numb thumb. -Yeah, I'm that.

Well, anyone can be a green thumb with a little help.

That'll be nice. I'm in.

Oh, I mean... if you were offering to show me.

I mean, no, I mean, I, I, I wasn't, but I am now. Yeah, sure.

The hull on that attacking ship said...

Ark 15?

That's who attacked us?

So, that's it?

That little thing there, that's gonna help us get faster than light?

According to Alicia and that girl from this ship.

Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Did you not read the sign?

That's for dummies like you.

I know what I'm doing.

It's functional.

Eva, do you know what this means?

It means there's chance that I might step foot on Proxima B.

Assuming, that you can actually figure out

how to make this thingy work, that is. -Do you doubt me?

Never.

I told you to read the bleedin' sign.

-Damn it! We're trapped. -What's going on over there?

-We're getting reports of a lockdown. -I think I tripped a fail-safe.

-What are we counting down to? -Oh, boy.

-Oh, boy? -It's Ark 3's self-destruct.

It's a self-de-what now? No, no, no, no.

Come on, why? Why would it do this?

-You ever see anything like this before? -No.

-Griff, bring me Kelly. -It wants abort code.

Just give us last minute chance to try and save ourselves.

It waited until there was no time to hack it.

-Here she is. -Is this another one booby traps?

-This isn't me, I swear. -What is it?

-I don't know. -What do you mean you don't know?

You didn't know there was self-destruct on retrofit?

No, I swear but it does kind of make sense.

Maddox retrofit is the most valuable piece of tech in the universe.

-Who'd want to steal it? -Well, isn't that exactly what we're doing?

I'm accessing Captain Lester's files now.

Maybe there's some command code that could help.

-Angus, Alicia-- -Already on it.

-We're looking through Captain Bishop's files. -This is my fault.

Listen to me.

This is not your fault, right? You did what you came here to do.

You know, all of a sudden,

I'm not ready to go.

I have a code! Are you ready?

-What? How? -Just try it!

03-11, 02-11,

12-22-06-06.

It worked.

Well done, Lane.

Lane?

Thank you, Mr. Trust.

Your backdoor code has just saved a lot of lives.

I've just got two questions.

Where the hell am I?

And why?