Speaker 1: Ah, have you anything to report? Yes, your majesty, I
Speaker 1: regret to inform you that about two hours ago we
Speaker 1: lost contact with quaz Our one's neural microchip. We can
Speaker 1: only assume that the chip and quaiz Our one with
Speaker 1: it we're destroyed. May we also assume that her mission
Speaker 1: was a success. With all due respect, I avoid making
Speaker 1: any assumption. Rather than, as Suley's be kind to me,
Speaker 1: said Bratron, rather than assume, we will send the probe
Speaker 1: to see if quaz Our one was successful. The cold
Speaker 1: dead planet should now be alive. In fact, it will
Speaker 1: be quite something to see. Remember, a partial extinction occurred
Speaker 1: two hundred fifty years ago. Since it was not near total,
Speaker 1: the surviving species should be thriving, especially now that there
Speaker 1: are fewer predators, well different predators. Mm hmm. This could
Speaker 1: allow for a significant evolutionary surge within twenty million years.
Speaker 1: We might be inferred we won't be around to witness it.
Speaker 1: We could be explain. The probe we send will take
Speaker 1: soil samples and atmospheric meetings. We have often discussed ending
Speaker 1: the Nightingales mission once we find a planet that is
Speaker 1: properly habitable, wouldn't it be fitting for us to establish
Speaker 1: economy on the planet that Quasar one herself restored Extron
Speaker 1: rather than send an unwomanned probe. Is there any reason
Speaker 1: why we couldn't send a piloted capsule mm hmm. It
Speaker 1: seems unnecessary use of our resources without first let me
Speaker 1: rephrase that Zebtron prepare a piloted capsule. I'm going to
Speaker 1: examine Helio's three. You you, your highness, will you defy me?
Speaker 1: You general quagmire or old people, Your majesty, I only
Speaker 1: she was my daughter. I wish to visit her grave
Speaker 1: and see with my own eyes whether or not she
Speaker 1: succeeded in her mission. Your majesty, please take some time
Speaker 1: to consider, getically speaking, the chances of you arriving on
Speaker 1: I don't suppose you'd agree to having a co pilot.
Speaker 1: At least Clarion four is especially go alone, and so
Speaker 1: the Queen pilots are space capsule to the surface of
Speaker 1: Elio's three m h manually guiding the craft. I see
Speaker 1: what appears to be level stable ground. H ah. I've
Speaker 1: set a laser target on that area. Will you read
Speaker 1: that target and will control your descent from here? Prepared
Speaker 1: for landfall in chick five four three que mine m
Speaker 1: h m m hm. Request status check, my queen. I've
Speaker 1: landed safely. Systems appear to be fully operational. Everything here
Speaker 1: looks good. Tell me your heart is Tell me how
Speaker 1: do things look outside the capsule? Can you hear me,
Speaker 1: my queen? No? Please? No? What do you mean? The
Speaker 1: planet I'm on he's still born. It's the same cold, gray,
Speaker 1: airless moon that quays are One found when she first arrived.
Speaker 1: But that's simply not possible. No atmosphere, no water, no
Speaker 1: evidence of life of any kind. But the data would
Speaker 1: suggest I suppose we will have to accept the fact
Speaker 1: that quays are One has failed. She made a noble
Speaker 1: your ma, lady. No one could neither we know her
Speaker 1: chances of success were while that is incosible, extremely improbable. Yes,
Speaker 1: well you don't know quays are One the way I
Speaker 1: knew her. If there had been away, she would have
Speaker 1: found it. But even so, I suppose it was too
Speaker 1: much to hope for it. Zemtron, you should have just
Speaker 1: let me assume. I am sorry your jesty, genuinely. Oh
Speaker 1: it's fine, it's fine. We had to come and see.
Speaker 1: We had to know to be sure. Perhaps you would
Speaker 1: like a moment alone before we bring you back. Yes,
Speaker 1: that would be nice, but I wish to ask for
Speaker 1: your indulgence. Indulgence, but you are the Queen. Anything. I
Speaker 1: would like to walk on this planet, touch the very
Speaker 1: ground she walked upon. What do you say is abtron?
Speaker 1: How dangerous is it? I see no reason why she
Speaker 1: couldn't If there's no atmosphere, the contamination risk is low.
Speaker 1: That's good news. This you'll need to be careful to
Speaker 1: flush out your wish is our command, your Highness, And
Speaker 1: if you wish to switch off your communicator for a
Speaker 1: moment of silence, thank you. I shall enjoy your walk,
Speaker 1: my Queen. Stand by to pressurize suit suit pressurized, prepare
Speaker 1: to release airlock. You may open the hatch by your
Speaker 1: own controls opening capsule hatch now h m hm. I'm
Speaker 1: free to just get out and walks. Three is all yours.
Speaker 1: We will be here when you're ready to be launch.
Speaker 1: Just be careful, please, ye Nightingale, this is Queen. Can
Speaker 1: you hear me? Queen to Nightingale, can you hear me? Cetron? Well,
Speaker 1: off we go. Then, I hope his calculations were correct.
Speaker 1: The air tran feeling of your no has been broken.
Speaker 1: Please replace your helmet or return to a pressurization chamber.
Speaker 1: So this is what it was all for. For two hours,
Speaker 1: I experienced a joy and beauty that no other human
Speaker 1: would ever know. I walked upon the surface of Helios three,
Speaker 1: a verdant, vibrant planet, rich in atmosphere, teeming with life,
Speaker 1: fragrant with vegetation. I removed my helmet to feel the
Speaker 1: warmth of the sun upon my face. I sat at
Speaker 1: the base of a tree and gazed in wonder at
Speaker 1: the valley that opened below me. At one point, I
Speaker 1: realized tears were streaming down my cheeks. I had to
Speaker 1: ask myself for whom was I weeping For quasar One,
Speaker 1: who gave her life in order for this planet to
Speaker 1: flourish as it had, for myself, knowing I would soon
Speaker 1: return to the tiny capsule end to life in the
Speaker 1: artificially ventilated atmosphere of the spaceship Nightingale. Soon my entire
Speaker 1: face was streaked with water, and I realized I was
Speaker 1: caught in a shower of rain m and anointed by
Speaker 1: the waters of Helios three Renaissance. I returned to my capsule.
Speaker 1: I returned to Nightingale. Hmmm mmm, the type of your
Speaker 1: helmet has been broken. Replace your helmet or return to
Speaker 1: a pressurization. Before I sealed myself inside the helmet and space,
Speaker 1: I drew one final breath of air from helios three.
Speaker 1: Please replace your helmet, and I held in that breath
Speaker 1: the intoxicating perfume of life. Uncorrupted air typed seal of
Speaker 1: your helmet and before it has been broken, capsule hatch
Speaker 1: door is sealed. I carried the breath of life back
Speaker 1: into my capsule. Capsule system online, Queen to Nightingale, I
Speaker 1: am ready to return. Capsule systems chopping more for us
Speaker 1: to do here, Get me out now. Navigations checked, now
Speaker 1: engaging remote navigation launch sequence activated. Virgo probe ready for
Speaker 1: launch in seven six, five, four three two one. The
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