The Ark

Previously on "The Ark"...

- Their message sounded like they're in trouble.

- You're heading down there. Is it safe?

- Of course it's safe. - They're all dead.

- Admiral Ben Hammond of "Ark 4."

- Meet Milan Petrovic, head of Homebase 1 security.

- I believe Kelly Fowler should be freed.

- I have to go out in the exploration zone.

You want to come?

- We're pinned down and won't be able to make it

to the shuttle. - "Pinned down"? By what?

Alien bloody creatures, mate.

I'm gonna pull 'em off this way.

No!

- Brice! - Run!

- I'm so sorry, Eva, but he's dead.

- I wish we had a funeral for Lieutenant Brice

like we did for Doc Morozov.

- Brice always thought he was gonna die young

from Klampkins and made it very clear he didn't want us

wallowing in grief for him.

And yet here we are.

- Well, I mean, I didn't know him as well as you lot did,

but Brice always seemed like a "raise a glass of scotch

and celebrate me" kind of guy. - No, no.

A whiskey from the homeland tasted like piss.

- Which do you think he hated more,

Scotch or William Trust?

- Hammond to senior staff. Report to the bridge.

- Can he do that, just call a meeting?

Apparently, he thinks he can.

- So I've been reviewing your logs

and I--

What are you looking at?

Uh, sir.

- Sorry, it was the only free cabin.

Your lieutenant was the same size.

As I said, I read your logs,

and I want to set course for the Tyson system.

- Wait, hold on. Who's in charge?

Sharon, obviously.

- I respect your field promotion, Captain,

but I still outrank you.

- In what? The GSA is gone.

Excuse me?

- You know the GSA charter, Admiral.

It clearly states we were to get humanity to new homeworlds

and relinquish control to civilian governance.

Then how does this all work?

- "Ark 1" is crewed by a mix of former GSA and EF volunteers

who've chosen to follow Captain Garnet.

- "Ark 1" is now a Homebase 1 ship,

not a GSA ship.

I'm sorry I overstepped.

It won't happen again. - Good.

But if I may?

Did you know that when Evelyn Maddox fled

Homebase 1, she set a course in the shuttle nav system?

Yes.

- So why haven't you investigated?

- I thought it was more important to make contact

with the Ross colony.

- Even though I warned you not to come?

- Well, that's a weird way to say thanks.

- "Ark 1's" mission is to save people at risk

and bring them to Homebase.

Okay, and don't you think

there might be people where Maddox was going?

- Yeah, people that want to kill us.

- Or people who are suffering, just as the people of Homebase

were suffering before you intervened.

- So you want to investigate now?

- Tyson 5E. It can't support life.

- So it's likely a rendezvous point.

Exactly.

Whoever Maddox was meeting

might still be there waiting for her.

We can drop out of FTL here, right behind Tyson's moon.

- To hide us from any ships in orbit.

Solid plan.

Okay, let's set a course.

Admiral, a moment?

You read my logs. I read your files.

I appreciate your experience.

- But not enough to follow me? - No.

But you'd clearly be an asset.

I could use a number two.

Kelly?

Where are--

What am I wearing?

I don't know.

- You changed my clothes? - No.

I just woke up a minute ago.

- Why aren't you wearing these weird clothes?

Again, I don't know.

We were in the woods.

There was a flash of light, and here we are.

No signal.

Okay.

- My implants are on, and I'm not even making a scratch.

- There's no doors. How did we get in here?

What I want to know is...

How do we get out?

- Captain Garnet, Ian and I have a report on--

Crewman, brief me first.

- Oh. - Seriously?

Chain of command.

As her second, it's my job to make sure her life is easier.

"Her second"?

- Thank you, but we do things a little differently here.

They can report to me directly.

- Captain, I gave up sunlight and fresh air at Homebase

to take orders from you. - And I'm still in command.

- But you gave Brice's job to some guy who hitched a ride?

- Let's all remember, the admiral earned his rank.

We can benefit from his experience.

- My training is in peaceful missions,

same as Captain Garnet.

Is that good enough for you, crewman?

You have a report for the captain?

- Oh, uh, yeah, um, we've been analyzing

the data on the solar shields we created at Ross.

I think we can make them sustainable.

Yeah, with a bit of work,

we can calibrate them to protect us

from different wavelengths of radiation

and electromagnetic pulses.

- And maybe even small impacts from solid matter

like asteroid fragments.

- How about impact from artillery?

- Well, what ever happened to peaceful missions?

I want peace.

Doesn't mean everyone else does.

Uh-oh.

I know that look.

This?

This is my normal, handsome, everyday look.

- It's your "dying to say something

but biting your tongue" look.

No, it's not my place.

I want to respect your boundaries.

- Ha, says the man trying to nickname me Curly

because he dreamed it.

Yeah, about that...

I think I understand now

why you think our time in the coma wasn't real.

I spent decades learning astrophysics, right?

Now it turns out it was just my brain

creating fake science.

So what else did my brain make up?

I appreciate that.

But I still want to know what's on your mind.

Isn't it obvious?

I don't trust Hammond.

- Because he tried to take command?

- Because he backed down too easily.

I mean, does that sound like any admiral you ever met?

Leaving FTL in three, two...

now.

- Well, you cut that a little close, Kimi.

- Plan called for us to get as near to the moon as possible.

And we got here in one piece.

Call that good work, Lieutenant Joma.

Passive scans only, Alicia.

Let's try not to alert anyone to our presence.

- It might be a little bit late for that.

- It's "Ark 22." They have energy weapons.

- You remember what I said about people

wanting to kill us? - Can your shield stop them?

- No, we're still upgrading them.

We're being hailed.

Charge FTL fast.

Send them to my screen.

Oh.

Smart hiding place.

Didn't work but smart.

Let me guess--you're looking for Evelyn Maddox?

Not exactly.

I'm Captain Sharon Garnet of "Ark 1."

- Kurtis Drake, leader of "Ark 22."

- We were investigating why Evelyn Maddox may--

You're a clone,

you and the gentleman at your side.

- Uh, what makes you think I'm a clone?

- Well, because I'm married to you.

I'm married to one of you.

- This is, um, Jill. - Hi, there.

Is it conceited to say you're very beautiful?

Even in those drab colors.

- Oh, and we do have J6-82s on board as well.

Richard, Clark, come and say hi.

- Oh. Hello, brother.

Hey. - Yeah.

- Did you know there were other clones of you?

N--

- Come on over. It'd be lovely to have you.

- No, we don't give up our people.

- You misunderstand. This is not a request.

He's charging weapons.

Fire on my mark.