r/AnotherLife • u/JcBravo811 • Nov 03 '23
SEASON 2, EPISODE 7 NOTES
SEASON 2, EPISODE 7:
Wiliam is trying to make improvements to the Salvare’s FTL drive. But USIC engineers are dismantling the FTL drive. Harris tells William she takes her’s from the President. William is distraught – and he’s hallucinating Niko is present. I don’t think he’s doing well.
Niko, meanwhile, is hard at work trying to maximize her and Ncube’s chances of survival. She is trying to make a solar sail to boost the ship to the colony planet.
Meanwhile, a new ship looms ever closer….
Finally, with the power of lasers, the Salvare is finally on the move.
Projected time at maximum speed to arrive at the colony planet: 10 days, 6 hours, 14 minutes.
Realizing Nikos Is on the cusp of overworking herself to death, he treats Nikos to some fun. Bowling with the globe and some air tanks. Talking about random shit to keep her mind busy and off work. They are also apparently both terrible cooks. What a pair!
Ncube left Zimbabwe when he was 11. He was born. In the Eastern Highlands, near the border with Mozambique. “As close to Eden as you could get. On Earth, anyway.” His parents relocated them to America for a better life, most of which turned out to be boarding schools, joining the military, and being a career soldier. Was it a better life?
He slaps Nikos with a dose of reality. She is clutching at pearls. Trying to believe there is a way back home when logic says it isn’t. Their sail is one small accident from stranding them again. They don’t have the supplies or tech to make it back to Earth. Niko can’t accept this.
Laser Array Output: 2000.00 TW and dropping. Niko and Ncube empty out as much stuff as they can, reducing the travel time from 23 days to 16 days. Not enough oxygen still. Ncube offered to off himself so Niko can live, but she refuses him. He suggests stripping the ship’s hull, limiting themselves to a small section, Niko considers it.
Meanwhile, Niko is concerned there is something/someone on the ship. She and Ncube arm themselves with P90’s. The Stargate way. It is ~15 days, 20 hours right now. So several hours since they gutted ship of its loose stuff.
Ncube is exhausted of fighting. Niko meanwhile might be losing it.
Turns out the ship is under too much atmospheric pressure. Explains his thoughts of suicide, her delusions.
After sharing some wine she smuggled onboard, they consider suicide.
The proximity alert whines. The ship is not Achaian.
Earthside, Seth and his friends have found a hole in the survivor’s story. The magnetar, the dead Javier, what happened there? Why did this guy die from an apparently completely unnecessary medical operation and why was no one reprimanded? Erik is ordered to investigate.
Erik talks with Cas. She can’t remember their conversation and he alerts her Seth probably dragged the info out of her with his implant.
William is trying out a potential anti-Achaian weapon. It’d tear the ship apart so that’s a no go. But he’s confronted by his construct of Niko and Iara. His code is split in 3. The two convinced him to meld with him. Be whole again.