For All Mankind

Sojourner , come in. Do you copy?

Kosmos-1 , we read you.

We are… orbital approach to Titan.

But we have a serious situation.

We are in trouble.

Calm down, Kosmos . Please advise your situation.

Our burn is in progress, but we're not decelerating enough.

We're still going too fast to enter Titan orbit.

Okay, maybe… I don't know. Shut down the helicon coolant loop?

Overcrank your engine.

It'll burn out pretty quick, but it could at least keep you safe.

No time to rig the bypass.

We're already at entering interface.

- We need to decelerate. - What's going on?

Problem on Kosmos-1 .

They're attempting their aerobrake maneuver to enter Titan's orbit…

But it sounds like they're going in way too shallow.

Our engines are working fine. But I don't know.

- It doesn't make any sense. - Aerobraking isn't going up enough.

All the calcs show their trajectory was bang on.

- Enough prop to do another burn? - I hope so.

- Negative, barely have… - We're on the same trajectory.

…any propellant left.

- Sand by, Kosmos-1 . - Copy.

- Jesus. - Standing by.

If they don't reduce their speed,

they're gonna skip right off of Titan's atmosphere.

And get pulled into Saturn's gravity well.

The radiation alone will kill them.

Kosmos-1 , Sojourner . Do you read me?

They should be slowing down.

Maybe they can dive deeper down into Titan's atmosphere.

Get more drag to help slow them down.

Kosmos-1 , Sojourner .

Try a nose-high dive.

It'll give you more drag.

- Copy. Executing dive now. - Copy that. Standing by.

Come on.

Kosmos ?

It didn't work.

And we have no more prop left.

Can you…

Can you use your maneuvering thrusters to get you in-into Saturn's orbit?

Negative, Sojourner .

We have missed Titan.

We are being pulled into Saturn.

Will you please tell our colleagues that we tried?

And we love our families very much.

Of course. We'll tell them, Kosmos-1 .

I promise you.

And we'll stay right here on the radio with you.

All the way.

We're with you.

Kosmos ?

Kosmos ?

Did you copy that?

Kosmos-1 , can you hear us?

Kosmos-1 ?

I don't know how my dad has put up with him all these years.

You know,

I'm not saying he's a dick, but he's such a dick.

Yeah.

Like, all I did was ask for a short ration of vodka,

and he looked at me like I had cursed in church.

"You know, you don't like rations, then talk to your father."

Bueller?

Bueller?

Hello?

- Sorry. - Are you okay?

Yeah. Yes. Sorry, I just…

I'm still just kinda thinking about what happened with that Kuragin ship.

Hey.

Hey.

Look, she's gonna be fine. Your mom's gonna be fine. Right?

She has, like, two whole planets' worth of scientists

trying to figure out how to land on Titan, right?

Yeah. Yes.

I guess you're right. Yeah.

And, oh, my God, that Rosales lady?

She would literally beat Saturn to death if it tried any shit.

It's more impressionistic, like Antonioni.

I'll show you when I'm finished, but you have to be honest.

Good morning.

Hi, Lee.

Less talk,

more work.

- Yes, sir. Yes, sir. - On it.

I think he secretly hates me.

It is the only explanation why he's tormenting me.

Guess who's on the fertilizer duty list every night this week? Again.

- You're kidding me. - Both of us.

Are you serious? That's such bullshit.

What? What was… What wa… What was that? What was that?

Nothing, just you never seem to get fertilizer duty.

Yeah, how is it he's sitting and typing

and we're literally shoveling shit every night?

I guess my hands…

I guess they're just too delicate to be sullied with manure like yours.

Yeah.

Your present is getting smaller by the minute.

Hey. Be cool.

She told me what your present is going to be on your big night.

You know, you're lucky you're getting anything

because I have no time with all of the extra work that I've had to do.

I mean, I'd happily help with anything you have.

- Just… after I'm finished. Yeah. - Yeah?

- I bet you would. - I would love to.

Yeah, you love the smell of fertilizer.

- I love it. - Yeah, I know that about you.

- I love it so much. - Yeah?

I mean, anything would smell so good on you.

- Yeah? Thank you. - Yeah.

I don't want to see this. Gross.

Move.

The M-6 has grown suspicious that we are resupplying you.

And ISN cannot take the risk of war breaking out back home.

So I've been ordered to pause our aid to you.

It pains me to deliver this news.

The courage you have shown these past six months has been inspiring.

ISN and the Chinese government continue to have nothing

but good feelings and sympathy towards you,

your people and the noble struggle in which you are engaged.

Cowards.

If our ISN food resupply line is now cut off,

our situation is very difficult.

We have been supplementing ISN supplies with food stores from Kuznetsov Station.

And we're counting on harvests from our ag dome, but those crops?

- Months away. - Christ.

How are we at this point?

We'll figure it out, Fumiko.

You gotta understand they're in pain too. So it's who blinks first.

If we have to dip into our emergency rations...

We don't even have those rations anymore.

With all the incidents that have occurred.

Incidents my ass. It's sabotage.

Those peckers are trying to cut our legs off.

Yeah, former Sheriff Palmer remains elusive.

The hidden access tunnels that we found last month...

You mean the ones Dev fucking Ayesa built without telling anyone?

Yeah.

Now they're all holed up in that fortress with him

and there's nothing we can do about it.

I still cannot believe Dev is helping them.

I can.

He's always been in it for himself.

They're not gonna stop. So we have to be more vigilant.

Lee,

how long can we last with the food we have left?

With all the rations that we have and what else we have on hand, two months.

So that's it? Two months?

We could cut back rations even further.

The human body can survive on minimal food for a surprisingly long amount of time.

We proved this when we first arrived on this planet almost 20 years ago.

I'm not sure we have a population ready and willing

to make that kind of sacrifice. Yeah.

"We, the voiceless and powerless people of Happy Valley,

demand that we be allowed to return to Earth

on the next available transport ship."

I thought you should see this.

200 people have signed a petition asking to be sent back to Earth.

Good. Get 'em out of here.

They shouldn't be a part of this anyway.

Leaves more food for the rest of us.

And we get rid of people we can't trust.

Is it possible?

To send back to Earth those who want to go?

Less mouths to feed.

Less pressure on the food supply line.

Not to mention forcing those who want to go to stay

makes it seem as if they are being held captive.

- That's ridiculous. - Look at the sign. It's how they feel.

This isn't about feelings.

Nobody is being held captive.

Well, actually the Governor, the Kuragin liaison…

- That is a totally... - …and their entire entourage…

How can you make that comparison?

…are being held captive as we speak.

All right!

Can we even send these people back to Earth?

Do we have a ship?

That's a MOCC question,

which means it's an Aleida Rosales question.

Unfortunately.

Great. So…

who would like to talk to her?

Why's it always me?

You are the only one she does not hate.

The hostage crisis is entering its sixth month,

and both sides remain immovable.

With the M-6 only maintaining control over a small portion of the Mars base,

President Bragg continues to vow that he will not negotiate with terrorists.

As the dramatic standoff over M-6 plans to automate Mars drags on

with no end in sight.

Shipments of iridium to Earth have completely ceased,

as have all supply shipments to Happy Valley base, causing massive…

The SDM Council, named for the Sons & Daughters of Mars,

which purports to speak for the radicals who seized control of the base

has released another statement.

We remain in control of Happy Valley including Mission Control,

as well as the Phoenix Spaceport