OVER BLACK:
Indistinct military radio chatter.
FADE IN:
SUPERIMPOSE TEXT:
All conditioned things are impermanent
SMASH CUT:
1 EXT. SPACE – THE MOON - NIGHT 1
SUPERIMPOSE:
50 years from today
NARRATOR
(include text on screen)
After the expedition deep in the
Mariana Trench, human civilisation
prepares for an exodus of Earth...
An exodus from Earth already
happened... 500 million years ago.
How many humans from that
civilisation left in the initial
exodus, and how they left Earth was
still being discovered...
This was being discovered by
deciphering the encoded knowledge
and wisdom in current day human
junk DNA... Helped by GEORGE
(Geological Exploration and
Resource Geolocation Engine), the
advanced computer system.
We’re destined to repeat the cycle,
our fate sealed...
It is our time to prepare for an
exodus...
An exodus of our home.
An exodus of Earth.
2 EXT. SPACE - BEYOND THE MOON 2
Vast black void, nothing moves, silence.
Suddenly, an ASTEROID!
Tumbling violently in complete silence.
NARRATOR
Quantium-42... Our greatest
discovery... Our undoing.
3 EXT. SPACE - WIDE SHOT - EARTH AND ASTEROID 3
Asteroid HURTLES forward, unstoppable, silent.
NARRATOR
Gaia will reset... In a hundred
million years, life will return.
4 EXT. SPACE - NEAR THE MOON 4
Barren surface and craters of the Moon.
Beyond the Moon, movement.
Asteroid ICARUS-THETA-2, tumbling, turning.
It GLIDES past the Moon, with eerie silent grace.
NARRATOR
Asteroid Icarus-Theta-2. A perfect
strike, with military precision.
The Atlantic Ocean, the target.
5 EXT. SPACE - ASTEROID POV - EARTH AHEAD 5
Earth fills the frame.
Asteroid’s slow roll continues.
No sound, gliding, tumbling.
6 EXT. EARTH ORBIT - DAY 6
SUPERIMPOSE:
3 Years Before Impact
Six colossal structures pierce Earth's atmosphere.
Structures stretch from equator to orbit.
The LIFT SYSTEM, elegant, towering.
Massive platforms sit 100 kilometres above Earth.
Shimmering like cities in the sky.
NARRATOR
Three years before impact... The
exodus began.
7 INT. LIFT SYSTEM DOCK - ORBITAL PLATFORM 7
Thousands of evacuees in sleek suits, clutching small
personal bags.
Silent faces, tired eyes.
Transparent observation windows reveal the CURVE of Earth
below.
Transporter ships waiting beyond.
Holographic signs glow:
LIFT SYSTEM — Launchless Infrastructure for Future
Transport.
Soft British voice bellows through the terminal:
ANNOUNCER (O.S.)
Please proceed to boarding gates
for departure to Lunar staging
outposts.
Repeat, please proceed to boarding
gates for departure to Lunar
staging outposts.
8 EXT. SPACE - TRANSPORT SHIP DEPARTURE 8
Transporters detach from the LIFT docks.
Thruster plumes gently fire.
Lines of ships move toward the Moon in perfect formation.
9 EXT. SPACE - MASS DEPARTURE FROM MOON ORBIT 9
A ballet of starships ignite engines.
Arcing away from the Moon.
Toward Mars, Venus, The Asteroid Belt, Saturn’s moons, and
beyond.
Streams of light pierce the black.
NARRATOR
Billions of souls left behind.
Billions...
10 EXT. EARTH - OCEAN - DAY 10
SUPERIMPOSE:
Only 144,000 humans will be saved. The other billions, will
perish.
Vast, endless ocean.
Six immense LIFT DOCK TOWERS rise on the horizon.
In the waters below, dozens of colossal ocean bound cruise
ships.
Cruise ships sit anchored.
NARRATOR
One hundred and forty-four
thousand souls...
Chosen for skills.
Balanced in nationality, creed,
and purpose.
