# DESTINY BRIDGE. VOLKER, PARK, BRODY at the Consoles. RUSH at the Captain chair. CMBR 'signal' on MONITORS (from different angles).
Standing beside the Captain chair:
They're ALONE. The Consoles are EMPTY. CMBR 'signal' fades away on MONITORS.
Happy, LEANING for a quick PECK:
FADE TO:
Not much better than my "Zero Point Rift" theory.
90% uncertainty over data that's 99% gaps isn't a great match.
Standing beside the Captain chair:
They're ALONE. The Consoles are EMPTY. CMBR 'signal' fades away on MONITORS.
They help with different perspectives.
(smiling)
So do I. We got another data packet from Destiny: they left the galaxy safely, despite a small drone ambush.
Happy, LEANING for a quick PECK:
Great news!
(stops just before contact)
How small?
(Off Screen)
Dr. Nicholas Rush? We need to talk.
Yeah? Who is it?
FADE TO:
# WHITE NOTHINGNESS. RUSH, alone, looks around. Checks his hands, hair.
S * G * U
STARGATE (@) UNIVERSE .
ORIGINS
-+- BUILDERS -+-
Not quite buying it:
SWITCH To:
Communication has been harder than expected.
STARGATE (@) UNIVERSE .
ORIGINS
-+- BUILDERS -+-
Not quite buying it:
SWITCH To:
* Eden PLANET. AFTERNOON. Familiar WOODS, RIVERS, PRAIRIES, EMPTY of any complex animals. Far behind the tallest TREES, the MYSTERY OBELISK peeks.
RUSH, surprised, reels a bit.
CUT To:
(one of the dead comrades?)
Space is relative. As is time.
RUSH, surprised, reels a bit.
CUT To:
* Eden PLANET. NIGHT. Changed (more alien) WOODS, no obelisk. 2 Mid-size MOONS shine brightly on: All kinds of small & big ALIEN fauna around, going about their business, running, hopping, flying, screeching... The place is full of life!
REELING again:
They comply.
Strolling:
FLASHBACK:
Drinking some SPRING WATER with his hand:
FADE TO:
Or appearance. Our physical form is... too alien for you.
Perhaps this is more... agreeable?
REELING again:
They comply.
(one of the dead comrades?)
That'd be the closest... analog. There's many levels of energy and being.
Strolling:
Full-out war was why none of those Ascended before us ever called back.
FLASHBACK:
* SPACE. An 'advanced' PLANET SILHOUETTED against a FIERY star's growing CORONA.
END FLASHBACK
But one of the warring factions seized the opportunity to reach and burn down our planet!
END FLASHBACK
Drinking some SPRING WATER with his hand:
Whoa... that must have... my condolences.
FADE TO:
* Eden PLANET. Pre-DAWN. GARDEN WOODS. Plenty of TALL big-eyed Gorilla-like ALIEN people (with varied FUR, GARMENTS, and chattering PETS) stroll around, gathering supplies, socializing, etc.
Strolling UNSEEN among the natives:
Listening to a small bat-like PET's spirited tweet-SONG:
In the distance, harmonious CLARION calls start to be heard, repeated. Some of the alien GORILLAS look towards the BRIGHTENING horizon, SING the same call.
A bloated ORANGE-RED sun starts RISING, its light SCORCHING.
Gorillas, pets, and all fauna FLEE to hidden UNDERGROUND passages and recesses.
Most flora RETREATS sensitive flowers, leaves, et al, into trunks, exoskeletons, etc.
Strolling UNSEEN among the natives:
Listening to a small bat-like PET's spirited tweet-SONG:
How... uplifting.
(carefully TOUCHES a youngling's thick golden MANE)
Are they really... ?
In the distance, harmonious CLARION calls start to be heard, repeated. Some of the alien GORILLAS look towards the BRIGHTENING horizon, SING the same call.
A bloated ORANGE-RED sun starts RISING, its light SCORCHING.
Gorillas, pets, and all fauna FLEE to hidden UNDERGROUND passages and recesses.
Most flora RETREATS sensitive flowers, leaves, et al, into trunks, exoskeletons, etc.
# UNDERGROUND CLASSROOM, packed full. ARTIFICIAL LIGHT. A red-haired GORILLA-TEACHER (in one of 'em white ROBES) fills a WHITEBOARD with GRAPHS & EQUATIONS.
RISE TO:
Our new-found friends were helping them, discreetly.
RISE TO:
* SPACE. Huge ORANGE-RED star, FLARING. As a large CORONAL MASS EJECTION approaches Eden, it is DEFLECTED by an unseen energy SHIELD.
BEYOND:
BEYOND:
* SPACE. NEIGHBORING FAT YOUNG BLUE STAR, surrounded by debris.
The star DEVELOPS some hyperactive HOTSPOTS that grow into OVERSIZE 'MAGNETIC' PLASMA ARCHES/LOOPS.
After some giant EXPLOSIONS / PYROTECHNICS, plasma CONVERGES/FLOWS into a few more-or-less stable PLASMA STREAMS/JETS.
As these INTENSIFY, the star MOVES, ever-so-slightly.
We tried another way.
The star DEVELOPS some hyperactive HOTSPOTS that grow into OVERSIZE 'MAGNETIC' PLASMA ARCHES/LOOPS.
After some giant EXPLOSIONS / PYROTECHNICS, plasma CONVERGES/FLOWS into a few more-or-less stable PLASMA STREAMS/JETS.
As these INTENSIFY, the star MOVES, ever-so-slightly.
* SPACE. Huge ORANGE-RED star. The (somewhat downsized) BLUE star approaches, its PLASMA STREAMS going OFF frequently, varying direction.
* Eden PLANET. MORNING. GARDEN WOODS.
* Eden PLANET. TIMELAPSE. Both RED and BLUE suns alternate in the sky, alone or together. Slightly CHAOTIC.
* SPACE. Eden PLANET. A huge 'electrified' EXPLOSION is barely DEFLECTED by the (improved) unseen energy SHIELD.
* SPACE. Huge ORANGE-RED star, going NOVA. The ballooning SHOCKWAVE reaches the fleeing BLUE star (with sputtering Plasma Streams) + trailing Eden (minus its 2 moons), but is (mostly) DEFLECTED.
We were expelled from the galaxy!
* Eden PLANET. TIMELAPSE. BLUE sun becomes a FILTERED white-yellow, alternates with deep dark NIGHTS devoid of any visible stars or MOONS, except a DWINDLING 'blob' GALAXY.
Orbital MIRRORS replace the lost moons. Alien Gorillas (+PETS) CHORUS a slow sad SONG into the night.
Orbital MIRRORS replace the lost moons. Alien Gorillas (+PETS) CHORUS a slow sad SONG into the night.
* Eden PLANET. TIMELAPSE. Plants turn YELLOW/BROWN, CRUMBLE and die. Feral animals fight and DIE. Alien GORILLAS, perched on high trees, HOWL incoherently, THROW things...
Spreading like wildfire, it targeted the genetic code tweaks related to intelligence and radiation resistance, then everything else.
# UNDERGROUND LABS, half-empty. ARTIFICIAL LIGHT. A few GORILLA-SCIENTISTS in Bio-Hazard suits, hard at work. The red-haired GORILLA-TEACHER lies DEAD on a table (in an isolated QUARANTINE ROOM, with plenty of BRAIN SCANS).
* Eden PLANET. MORNING. Dilapidated GARDEN WOODS.
Strolling in the general direction of the OBELISK:
There's a big alien gorilla's SKULL next to a tree, a large (stone-tipped, broken) SPEAR nearby.
At the small VALLEY where the OBELISK should be:
Gorilla-operated MACHINERY excavates a big deep PIT.
Her hands holding 1 of the small bat-like pets (ASLEEP):
Bat-pet WAKES up, spreads WINGS, tweet-WARBLES something, FLIES AWAY.
FAST-FORWARD TO:
Strolling in the general direction of the OBELISK:
In 4 generations, their society devolved into a few tribes of savages fighting for survival, their wisdom all but forgotten.
There's a big alien gorilla's SKULL next to a tree, a large (stone-tipped, broken) SPEAR nearby.
The same grim fate that befell most of the upper animals and all of the delicately engineered plant life.
At the small VALLEY where the OBELISK should be:
Gorilla-operated MACHINERY excavates a big deep PIT.
Well ahead of that, in one last grand gesture, they had started a swansong project to record and broadcast all their knowledge, their ideals...
Her hands holding 1 of the small bat-like pets (ASLEEP):
Bat-pet WAKES up, spreads WINGS, tweet-WARBLES something, FLIES AWAY.
FAST-FORWARD TO:
* SPRAWLING WORKSITE. DAY. BIG peculiarly-shaped & engraved WALLS being erected. No Gorillas or other animals around. Plant life + trees visibly CHANGED (jungle-like, recovering?).
Aerial VIEW of:
The OBELISK being BUILT, using no machinery, only unseen FORCEFIELDS.
Concealing his awe:
Aerial VIEW of:
The OBELISK being BUILT, using no machinery, only unseen FORCEFIELDS.
Concealing his awe:
So, you managed to reach another galaxy?
* SPACE. Restless BLUE star. The Plasma Streams FORM again.
FAST-FORWARD TO:
The BLUE star is SMALLER. A familiar-looking Galaxy GROWS ahead, then AROUND.
Their VOICES FADING:
FADE TO:
We had 350000 years of travel ahead, far longer than the planet's limited energy planes could sustain us. Unless we changed course.
FAST-FORWARD TO:
The BLUE star is SMALLER. A familiar-looking Galaxy GROWS ahead, then AROUND.
Their VOICES FADING:
FADE TO:
# WHITE NOTHINGNESS. RUSH, alone.
Reappearing:
Linking hands with her partner:
They vanish.
BACK TO:
Reappearing:
Authority versus diversity.
Death, or life.
Linking hands with her partner:
Love too.
They vanish.
BACK TO:
# BRIDGE. Same [+] as before, with RUSH still LEANING for a peck.
As PERRY KISSES him, he REACTS.
Looking around:
As PERRY KISSES him, he REACTS.
Looking around:
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