Galaxy Games (2022)

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- Here we stand,

on the shoulders of giants.

These are our words

and our sacred charge.

Greatness is the foundation of

our world.

Greatness let us survive

centuries of strife.

Tame the world to our will,

and spread across the stars

at the speed of light.

That same greatness may be in

you.

Now it's time to find out.

Your Academies have nominated

you

for your ambition,

your drive, your potential for

greatness.

It's time to prove yourself

worthy

in the Sol Invictus games...

You and your team will

be cast across the stars

to a pre-selected planet.

Your mission is a race against

time

and a triumph of will.

You are to set up camp

establish a foothold for your

Academy

and use all the tools at your

disposal.

You are to search the sky and

pinpoint

out of all the stars in the sky

which is Earth's sun: Sol.

But be warned: only one team can

win

and each Academy has sent their

best

and brightest to compete against

you.

Your team Captain will lead you.

Your Astronomer will search the

skies.

And your team must form a

cohesive unit

to have any hope of victory.

We're strong together, broken

apart.

Eternal glory awaits the winner.

Use all the tools and wits you

have

to prove your greatness.

But move quickly.

Only the victorious team may

return home.

The cosmos are dark and

dangerous.

There's no room for mediocrity.

Return a champion or not at all.

Winning is the only rule.

- Welcome to Sol Invictus...

We have to turn it off!

What about the rest of them?

They haven't made it out yet!

Leave 'em! The Slip Gate's gonna

collapse!

I can fix this!

Take this!

They're still inside!

Look out!

That's all I can do!

Clear out! Run!

Okay listen up.

Something must have happened to

the gate.

The rest of our teams haven't

come through.

Am I the only Team Captain?

Eli?

What are you doing here?

I came out.

With Virgo Academy.

Is anyone here a Team Engineer?

What's your name?

Ira. From Aries Academy.

Come with me.

The rest of my team,

they hadn't come through yet!

My brother was with them.

Mine too. Listen to me, Ira.

Can you get the rest of my team

through?

I don't know.

I've never worked a Slip Gate

before.

They don't teach us how.

I need you to try. Try hard.

I still have a competition to

win.

I think...

I think it's broken on our end.

Hey!

Pick it up.

What?

You're a Team Chronicle.

You need to record this!

There's nothing to record.

My team didn't make it through.

There's enough of my team to

compete.

We need a Chronicle to prove our

win.

You're one of us now, shrimp.

My name's Kit!

Kyle Ian Troy.

Well now you're a Gemini, Kit.

Now pick it up!

Lee?

What about the rest of them?

Leave 'em.

They're just dead weight.

A lot of our team didn't make it

through.

We could use the extra hands.

The rest of you, you're coming

with us.

You're all from Gemini now.

I'm not on your team.

Why should I follow you?

Your teammates aren't coming.

Face it.

Come with us and you may

get credit as part of our team.

Don't want to be one of us? Then

stay.

You can be our competition...

Your call.

This isn't right.

The games are supposed

to be on a forest world.

Make sure to include

that in your Chronicle.

Judges won't believe this

unless they see proof.

Maybe we'll get a special

honor for winning out here.

Do you think this happened

to the girl's Games too?

We'd have heard wouldn't we?

If we're going to find Sol

first we need to set up,

learn the area.

Scouts, this way. Scour the

place.

Find anything that might be

useful.

I know you!

You're the guy that won last

year.

You won Sol Invictus!

But... You were disqualified

weren't you?

That's right! You were DQ'd for

cheating.

Must have been embarrassing

to have that taken away.

I'd watch what I was saying

if I didn't have my team here

to back me up...

Maybe you should.

You two, you know each other?

We used to.

What class are you?

Astronomer.

I'm Eli from Virgo.

We've already got an Astronomer.

Lee, should we drop this one?

What about you?

Me?

You're scouts now.

Find everything you can about

this place.

But we don't have weapons.

What if it's dangerous?

Then you'll be the first to

know.

Strength in numbers, right?

Rest of you scouts, let's move

out!

I want camp set up before

sunset!

We've got a lot of stars to

search through.

This could go on for miles.

And I think the air is thinner

out here.

They're not going to send

any search parties.

They don't send help.

But we're on the wrong planet.

Won't they come looking?

You sure they know something's

wrong?

Did you hear that? Listen...

Eli, wait!

An ocean?!

I've never seen a real one

before...

How much do you think

this is worth back home?

Hard to tell.

It could go on forever.

But it's fresh water that they

need.

What should we do about the

Geminis?

Should we run?

Then what?

Don't say that to me!

What do you mean there's no

food?

You're the Chef.

It's your job to make sure

everyone is fed!

I know that.

It's just: all our food

was with the Porters.

I've got a few essentials but

nothing else.

There's not enough for

everyone...

Kit! What are you doing?!

Record this!

We have to go!

If we get to water maybe they

can't swim!

I'm not going out there!

If we get to the ocean we might

make it!

We can't make it!

You made it! How?

Spent the night in a tree.

Those - whatever they are -

hunters

lost interest in me a few hours

ago.

Took the rest and left.

It's still running!

Maybe we can see... what

happened.

No one should see what those

things do.

Just the four of us?

We're all that made it?

What are you doing?!

You can't just leave.

Look what staying in a group

got the rest of them.

I'm going solo.

I got to camp first so this

stuff is mine.

That's not fair you were

the first to run too!

This stuff is mine!

You want to prove it, shrimp?

My name is Kit!

Keep quiet!

We're not splitting up.

If the Geminis can put

together a team so can we.

They didn't know about

the Hunters but now we do.

We don't even have half a team.

You know the rules...

There's still a team

as long as there's a Captain.

I know the rules.

You're an Astronomer.

I don't have to listen to you.

Don't listen to me then.

Listen to Tyl.

He's the only Team Captain now.

What are you doing!?

I want as many eyes watching

my back as possible.

The best chance we have

is if we stick together, right?

Yeah but-

Then you have to force them into

a team!

But I'm not a Captain!

You are now.

So start acting like it.

The games are over!

There's gotta be someone

here with a communicator.

I'm calling home.

If someone was out here

we'd have seen them.

We're alone.

Then what are we supposed to do?

We still have a telescope.

We followed the Geminis because

they were supposed to win

and get us picked up.

We'll just do the same.

And those Hunters?

We'll stick to the shore

so we can see them coming.

Maybe they can't swim.

Scorpius team is still out

there...

They'll finish what those

Hunters started.

I'm safer hiding on my own.

Do me a favor and stay away from

me.

Just because we're in this

together

doesn't mean we're a team.

I'm only following you

because you have the scope.

I don't think so...

Tyl, the lens is cracked.

What?!

See? Crack runs the whole

length.

Great! You couldn't spot sh*t

with that!

Now what, Team Captain!?

Rescue party!

Do you see anything!?

Guys?

We're not alone out here...

What do you mean?

See for yourself.

Doesn't look like a rescue

party.

Should we talk to him?

I don't know.

I've heard stories about

strange people off-world.

What's he doing here?

Whatever you do, you better

hurry.

Where are you from!?

Scorpius? Virgo? Corona?

I'm not from any of those!

Did you k*ll somebody who was

and take his gear?

It's nothing like that!

I'll be the judge of that!

You don't know what you're

doing!

Let go of me!

You don't know what you're

doing!

You can't trust the other

Academies!

I know! But he's not from an

Academy.

How'd you get here?

I was late for the start so

they just sent me through.

Did they say anything about

trouble with the Gates?!

No it was business as usual.

Why?

Do you have a communicator?

My teammates have all that.

Where's my team?

They didn't make it.

You can be sad later.

We need to find a way home.

Do you have any equipment we can

use?

It was all broken when I got

here

so I dropped it.

Where did you leave it?

There was nothing worthwhile

left.

I'm positive.

We'll be the judge of that.

There it is.

That's close enough!

Where's the rest of your team?

I hid.

The rest didn't.

But it looks like my fortunes

have turned.

Step back.

How'd you get a g*n through the

Gate?

Made it with his stuff.

That's all the valuables the

half-wit left.

Gate must have ruined the rest.

But you seem like a guy

with a lot more to give.

What do you want?

Your telescope for starters.

Mine needs some parts

and you're gonna give them to

me.

Is this all in your party?

You got a camp nearby?

You're gonna give me all your

belongings

and I'll consider letting

you live to be rescued.

We're dead without our stuff

and you know it.

Not my problem.

No. You can't have it.

Show me your camp or I can just

k*ll you and find it myself!

He's a kid!

He'll just die on his own

anyway.

You need parts and so do we.

Does your telescope have a lens?

Put it in ours and we can work

together.

We can all go home tonight.

Tell your friend to come over.

You didn't bring a tent

but you brought that?

It helps me when I'm nervous.

Tyl, you're Team Captain.

You get first try.

Let me show you how it's done!

There it is.

What?!

This thing is broken!

You rigged it!

Would we really rig it to cheat

ourselves?

We can't do this without

the rest of our teams.

We need their equipment.

What else can we do? We have to

try.

I have no idea where Sol is. Do

you?

Why can't you just find it?

We have no tools!

No idea where we are

and no idea where our sun is

hiding!

You're so smart?

Find it yourself.

Can I sleep in here?

Come on, Kit.

We need to rest.

Come on Kit, we'll look again

tomorrow.

Do you think rescue ships

will scout this area soon?

I don't think they know

anything's wrong.

Even if they did

it could take months for them to

find us.

Maybe years...

We'll just have to survive

long enough to win.

They put us in teams

for the best chance of survival.

We're gonna keep doing it that

way.

Hal, you're a cook right?

It's your job to make sure we

can eat.

But there's nothing out there!

I can't work like this!

None of us should have to.

We all have to pickup duties

we didn't want.

Adrian, you're offense?

Find anything you can out here.

Especially water...

I'm Security against other

teams.

That makes me second in command.

You can't reassign me.

All the other teams are dead.

You're a Scout now.

Lex, you're a Technician.

Kit, you're a Chronicle?

Keep recording.

If we do get back you're the

only one

that can prove we didn't cheat.

We're all a team now.

Gone...

It's all gone.

There has to be good water

somewhere.

We just have to find it.

What are we supposed to do till

then?

Stop sweating?

I can't keep going on like this.

He's got water!

What?

There! In his jacket!

I don't have any water!

If I did I wouldn't share it

with you...

His lips are wet.

You think I've got water?

Try and take it.

See what happens.

Howard, wait!

Don't drink that!

You're gonna make it worse!

It's fresh...

Fresh! It's fresh!

Fresh water!

Can you imagine what

this is worth back home?

They could stop drilling the

moon.

And Europa...

This could change everything!

How could they have missed this?

The Gate must have been built

before the oceans dried.

They weren't looking.

Lex!

Hold him down!

Kit! Water now!

Kit, come on!

What happened?

I don't know. I don't know...

I was just trying to find Sol

and the damn thing shocked me!

Nice job putting it together.

You trying to k*ll me?!

What's this for?

Part of the scope is open.

You were trying to cheat!

You tried tricking it

to think you found Sol!

But scopes are tamper proof!

Yeah it shocked him in defense!

Does it still work!?

Yeah.

We should throw him out.

Before he pulls something like

this again.

Lex?

Do it! I dare you!

You need me as much as I need

your stuff.

That's what I thought.

Thanks for the water!

You're not letting him get

away with that are you?

You have to kick him out!

I'm not doing that!

What if he cheats again, or does

worse?

What will you do?

Maybe we'll need his help! I

don't know-

What do you know?!

Have you ever led anyone?

How long have you even been a

Team Captain?

No.

You can't handle this.

Look for a clearing.

Any opening big enough to gather

logs.

But we have a light,

we don't need to build a fire.

Not for that!

Then what?

We're not making a fire, kid.

It's for a boat.

Why?

We're leaving.

Do you really want to stay

with those Hunters?

What if this is the only land?

You'd rather wait here to be

eaten?

Look...

This can't be the only land.

Someone's gotta be out there.

And we can find 'em.

And contact home.

Now go.

Find logs. Get good ones.

I can't hold on!

Lex!

I'm slipping!

Somebody help me!

Anybody!

Help!

Hang on!

It's gonna pull us in too!

Help!

Tyl, help us!

We need your help! Hurry!

I think he's poisoned.

It's k*lling him.

What do we do?!

Right here!

The med-pack!

Here!

The venom's bad.

I don't know if he'll make it!

Here, you clean the wound!

Where's the sting kit!?

I'm looking!

Oh no. It's broken!

Are there more?

Hurry!

This is our last one.

Wait! We gotta save it.

What?!

What if one of us gets stung?

He's right.

Use it now and you won't

have one for yourself later.

But he's hurt now!

Use it, Tyl!

Think there could be

more of those things, Lex?

If we're stuck here

it's not long till we find out.

We're not going to

make it out of here are we?

How long will this last?

They're coming!

I'm not staying here. Not again!

Me neither!

He'll bring the Hunters right to

us!

Leave him!

Someone has to stay and keep him

quiet

or they'll find him for sure!

Eli's the only one that

doesn't do his job anymore.

He's least essential.

Hey! I-

I record, Hal cooks, Lex fixes

things

and Tyl saves people.

Have you found Sol yet?

No but I try every night!

He's right, Eli.

You're the least important.

Stay here with Adrian.

Okay...

Lex, is that g*n still in your

pack?

No, stay out of my pack!

Leave it! No time!

There! At our camp.

What are you doing?

If they go after Eli then

they won't come after us.

You tried to k*ll me!

Don't pity yourself too much.

You look fine...

Whatever you did to chase them

off worked.

I didn't do anything!

Something kept them away...

The light!

What?

Maybe they're afraid of it.

We have only seen them at night.

Maybe the light hurts them.

Burns them.

Do you think it's just the

lantern?

I don't know.

But it's not gonna last

forever...

As long as there are people on

this island

there will be a fire...

Are we sure this will work?

Will fire really keep them away?

I don't know.

When will we know!?

When the Hunters come and eat us

or not!

We should get some rest.

I can't sleep like this.

Me neither.

Where's Lex?

Who cares.

We're almost out of wood.

Who's coming with?

I can't go back out there.

Guess you were right about the

light.

What? What happened?!

We found something!

I've never seen one before

but...

I think it's a Stormrunner!

Can't be! That would mean it's

Over two hundred years old...

Where's the rest of it?

It's still intact!

What is?

The computer core, it's still

functional!

But the control element's gone.

Without that it's useless.

Just needs a jump-start huh?

This is a waste of our time,

Tyl.

I didn't bring you here for

nostalgia.

I need help carrying something.

What are we supposed to do with

this junk?!

Look how old it is!

That's not junk you're looking

at.

There's a Trans-Conduit relay in

there.

You sure?

Checked it myself. Still works.

I know what you're thinking.

But if we screw this up

it could ruin the telescope.

Isn't it worth the risk?

This was a Hyperion ship...

If the Hyperions couldn't

survive here

how are we supposed to?

A Trans-Conduit relay lets any

computer

connect to the network

that links every system.

If we hook it to the scope

we might be able to

send a message back to Earth.

Let me do it.

It's not that simple.

Overload the conductor and

the whole thing's cooked!

That's why I'm doing it...

How long will it take to contact

home?

It's not as easy as calling mom

and dad...

Connecting with Terra-Net only

lets us

transmit messages to individual

addresses.

If a message actually makes

it...

They'll have to record their own

reply

and hope it finds its way

back to the scope.

Which it won't.

If someone responds

we can triangulate our position

and have them send help.

Here we go...

Did you break it?

Can we fix it?

It's fine, I just need my

splicer.

Where is it?

My pack, I'll get it.

No you keep working on it.

Howard?

What are you doing with that?!

Shut your g*dd*mn mouth!

What's the matter?

Day- Assessed Slip Gate.

Unable to establish return

portal

for more than three seconds.

Replaced coupler. No

improvement.

Day- Gemini telescope battery

unable to jump-start Gate.

Day- Energy source to power

Gate

needs to be larger.

Day- Found crashed ship.

Should be able to salvage parts

to stabilize Gate.

He has been sneaking off

and working on the Slip Gate all

this time!

Can you fix it?

No.

We don't have the parts.

Why didn't you tell us?

Because he didn't

want to bring us with him!

He was going to leave us here

so that he can go home

and win the games on his own.

I would have sent help when I

got back!

You've been lying to us this

whole time!

How do you know so much

about Slip Gates, Lex?

Nobody's allowed to learn how

they work-

You did this, didn't you?

Didn't you!?

You sabotaged the Slip Gate

network...

You rigged it so we'd be stuck

on this backwater planet

with no chance of winning.

But you did too good of a job.

Your team crashed the network so

bad

that it sucked everyone in.

You fell into your own trap.

Is he right?

Tell us!

Why'd you do it!?

Because I have to win!

If I don't bring back that

Hyperion coin...

You wouldn't understand.

I had to do it!

Everything that's happened...

Everything!

It's all your fault.

That night with the Hunters

you tried k*lling me to hide the

journal.

Instead I saved you!

Where would we be if we didn't

learn what light can do?!

And the rest?

This is Sol Invictus.

Winning's the only rule.

They should have known

what they were getting in to.

Wrap it however you want.

If you hadn't done that, we'd be

home now!

And innocent people would still

be alive.

I feel sorry for you.

What are we gonna do with him?

Can't trust him anymore.

Before you do anything rash,

afraid I need him over here.

The relay's almost done.

Go.

The signal's too weak.

That's as good as we're gonna

get.

That won't get the messages

half way to Earth!

Then we'll try anyway!

This is Lex of Scorpius

to anyone at command.

Hi, Mom and Dad...

By now you've probably heard

from school.

We've no idea where we are.

Nobody does.

My assignment

did more than we could have

imagined.

Trapping me on the same

unknown planet as the rest of

them.

Why did I come out here?

Was I wrong about all this?

Everything I did,

I did for the mission.

Please respond.

Please...

Say anything.

I'll win.

One way or the other.

I can't wait to get home.

I love you guys.

See you soon.

Say anything...

I just want to hear from you.

Let's send these things!

Enter the address here.

This is it!

That's it?

What were you expecting,

an instant response?

It could take hours

for them to reach everyone.

Then leave it on all night.

I want to know the instant we

get a reply!

I wonder what it looks like from

up there.

From all those other fires.

Want to check yours?

That's enough.

Time to turn it off.

Wait!

I want to know when they hear

from me.

If we leave it on any longer

we'll k*ll the battery.

No!

Wait! I want to hear back!

Turn it off or we're really

screwed!

Give it to me!

Let it go!

Give it to me.

So you're gonna sh**t me now!?

Give me the g*n, Kit!

No!

Kit, give me the g*n!

Kit!

Give me the g*n!

No!

What'd you do!?

It was an accident!

I- I didn't...

What have you done?!

Eli, please just hold still.

Just give me a second!

Eli!

Of course it was his fault!

Okay! You're right. But...

He didn't mean to-

He feels even worse about it

than you do.

You can't make him sleep outside

forever.

You got us into this mess,

it's your job to get us out.

You're in charge now.

Time to stop waiting.

No way...

Message received?

Message received?!

Message received!

We got one! We got a reply!

Somebody sent a response!

Somebody heard from us!?

Tyl, somebody sent a reply!

Eli- Hi, Mom and Dad.

We haven't received a response.

It's one of our own messages

bounced back to us.

It didn't even make it out of

the system.

No one received any messages.

No one ever will!

I can't believe we thought

this thing would work.

Wait a second!

Just one of the messages bounced

back.

Others could still make it

through!

But if you break the telescope

we'll never know!

To think I let you

get my hopes up, Hal.

You couldn't even check the

message.

You just started dancing

around like a fat fool!

You broke my g*n.

We lost our food because of you!

How could anybody be so stupid

and yet still be alive?!

You've gotta be the most hapless

oaf

I've ever seen in my life!

Stop it! Hal, stop!

I shouldn't be here.

I want to go home.

I want to go home!

None of this was supposed to

happen...

What was I thinking?

We can't build a boat!

Haven't you seen what's out

there?

We'd never make it!

We're trapped!

It's our only option.

Would you rather die here

or trying to find help?!

There's no one out there to help

us!

It's up to us to make it back!

You put me in charge, remember?

Or do you think you can do

better?

Tyl might listen to you, but I'm

not.

I'm not going out there!

I'm not making a boat!

Then you can live on your own.

If you're not working

I'm kicking you out of my camp!

This wouldn't be such a problem

if you hadn't m*rder*d our only

Astronomer!

Hey!

You look like sh*t.

What's going on?

Here that long, huh?

Any more ideas how we got here?

No.

There is

one other option.

Every year the Board of

Governors

sends out a judge in each team

to observe.

No one ever knows about it.

The judges pick a contestant

from every team,

make sure they can trust him,

and assign him to report back on

the games.

Sometimes I bet they even rig

it.

How'd you find this out?

I talked it out of someone last

year.

Now.

No one can come home till

someone's won.

These judges do it all the time.

Pop home to report then slip

right back.

Say they'd gone to

the bathroom or something.

I know how to contact the Gate

Ops.

Tell 'em you're a student judge,

and they'll bring you home.

If you were right

I would have heard about it.

How can we believe you?

Because Shrimp,

that's how I got home first.

That's how I cheated.

I told the Slip Gate Operators

that I was a judge.

When I came out I raised my

scope

and said I'd found Sol.

The Gate Ops don't talk but

the judges figured it out.

There's no way to contact home

or I'd have done it.

There's one.

That Hyperion ship

still has a working core.

Your scope is programmed for the

Gate Ops.

If you run it through the ship

it'll let you call for a

pick-up.

No.

The control element's missing.

We'd never find it out here.

You knew a way home

and you didn't tell us?

What were you waiting for?!

When they realize we cheated

they'll come after us

with everything they have.

We'd be better off staying here.

You made it back...

It took

everything my family had to get

me back in.

I'd never do it again either.

If not for all this.

But look at all that's happened.

Wouldn't they understand?

Believe me,

they won't care.

If you try and explain

beforehand

you'll just blow your cover.

Is it really that bad?

When you stand before them

and see your entire future

slipping away.

Remember how you felt today.

Cause whoever gives them their

name

that's the one they'll come

after worst.

He's done.

We'll do it.

No.

No we won't.

I'm in charge now remember?

I just want to go home.

More than anything.

I'm sorry. I am.

I want to go home too

but there's another way

off this planet and I'm gonna

find it.

You can't have the scope. I'm

sorry.

Wait, Lex-

No!

Where's the scope?!

It's gone!

Could he have gone to look for

Sol?

We gotta find him!

He could be anywhere by now. How

can we-

Quiet!

Listen.

Your camera's still connected to

it.

I see something.

Hal? Hal?

Hal, what's going on!?

I'm taking the scope.

I won't let your ruin this. I'm

going home!

But we need the scope.

You can't just take it!

You know we'll never find Sol!

But at least if I call home

we can finally leave.

What about us?

Somebody has to take the fall!

Don't we get a say in it?!

I'm sorry,

but I don't care about the

tournament.

I can live with the

consequences,

my family needs me home.

You wouldn't understand.

It's easy for you to talk big

when you're the one

running with our telescope!

What would you know?

I'm doing it to help someone.

You guys have never thought

about anybody but yourselves!

No...

Hal! Do you have a light?

You need to get back to camp.

Hurry!

I think I hear something.

Where are you, Hal?

I'm in the forest.

That's their forest.

That's where they live!

Listen! Hide.

We're coming for you right now.

Hal, run!

You had your chance!

You don't know what you're

doing!

Why should we trust you now?

Because I know what to do.

I'm getting us home.

It's Tyl's team.

I'm with him.

If I do this,

do you promise you'll get us

home?

I promise.

It's not safe to split up.

We'll just have to comb the

whole forest.

No point delaying the

inevitable.

It's quiet here.

I don't like it.

There it is.

Let's make a break for it.

Wait.

Whatever did this could still be

here.

The telescope!

Is it okay?!

It's fine!

But look...

I think-

I think they took Hal down

there.

Can you see anything?

There are tunnels inside.

Long ones...

I can't see the ends.

It must be where they go during

the day.

There could be a whole world

down there.

Even bigger than the island.

Then let's keep it down there.

This is the only way out.

Are you sure?

Unless those things can fly.

Do you think it'll be able to

stop 'em?

I don't know.

Stop! Listen!

They're not coming!

It worked.

It works!

Are we sure it'll last all

night?

I hope.

We'll have to keep the fire

going.

I'll take tomorrow.

Then Lex. Then you, Kit.

We'll keep them trapped forever.

I wonder if they'll start to eat

each other

when they realize they're never

leaving.

Are you sure you're ready?

Then let's go home.

The core's still intact.

All we need is the control

element.

No.

Not like this.

I can't go home like that.

It's time to go home!

Tyl, that's not gonna work.

Main power's offline.

Then what can we do?

I can do it.

Let me try.

One wrong wire

and he could fry the whole

computer.

If he ever wanted to

screw us over it would be now.

Can you get it to work?

No!

I'm sorry but how can we trust

him?

Because.

He's better than that.

Fix it.

Slip Gate - Come in,

this is Slip Gate Control.

Hello?

Gate - Who's this? Identify

yourself.

I'm a student judge in the

Sol Invictus games.

Requesting immediate transit

back to Earth

for a report.

Gate - Sol Invictus? That was

weeks ago.

We thought you were all dead.

We're not.

Not yet.

Gate - I don't believe it.

We need to get you back for

debrief.

What's your name?

My name?

Gate - Every portal needs

a record on file

for who authorized it.

Especially student judges.

Give me your name.

Kit. Kit of Capricorn.

I take full responsibility.

I need a portal back to Earth

immediately.

The Gate here was damaged.

I can't get a portal up.

I need you to open one on your

end.

We can still activate one from

Earth.

All I need is your planet code.

Give it to me and we'll

have you home by nightfall.

Can't you tell me where I am?

We don't know where you landed.

Now we can open a portal

but only if we know which one to

use.

Without that there's

no way to get you home.

Then open all the Gates in the

system!

Do you have any idea how many

that is?

The resources that would waste?!

You know we can't do that.

What about a rescue party?

Can you send anyone?

We can't.

You could be in any corner of

the galaxy.

What are you saying?

You know what I'm saying.

If we don't know what planet

you're on,

there's nothing we can do.

I know this is hard to hear

but you're not coming home.

I'm sorry.

Gate Control out...

We got so close...

Now we're even further

than when we started.

How could this have happened to

us?

I'm sorry.

I'm really sorry.

We're never going home.

What is home?

This isn't.

It could never be.

The fire's almost out.

Maybe you should put some wood

on it.

What's the point?

Where are you going?

Does it even matter anymore?!

My name is Tyl of Libra.

The date?

I don't even know.

If you found this telescope then

you're

probably stranded here too.

If that's the case,

then I'm sorry.

My only advice is-

No...

Message- Eli?

Eli, I just saw your message.

Where are you? What happened?

We're so worried.

Your father and I

have been trying to find you

and no one will tell us

anything.

They just said there was an

accident

with the Slip Gates.

We thought you were lost...

I am so glad you're okay!

We'll never give up on finding

you.

Even if we have to search

every planet ourselves.

We will find you.

I'll see you soon, son.

I love you.

What do you want me to do?

I don't know what to tell her!

If I send a response...

Wait...

Send a response!

Trace that message!

Point of origin.

Ignore!

You're all the way over there?

Oh come on!

Not yet you're not! Come on!

There you are...

Wait.

If you're Sol...

You can be my reference point!

Triangulate position.

Point of reference.

Using that star.

As Sol...

Cygnus B-7.

Cygnus B-7!

Gate - Gate Control.

Come in this is Gate Control.

I'm a Sol contestant!

I need immediate transit-

Gate - Kid, I'm sorry.

But unless you've got a planet

code

I've got nothing else-

Cygnus B-7!

We're on Cygnus B-7!

Gate - Cygnus B-7...

Cygnus B-7?!

You're all the way out there!?

That's an H Class planet.

Unsafe for human habitation!

How did you-

Never mind! Listen!

Get to the Slip Gate as fast as

you can.

I just sent through the

activation command.

A portal will be up soon.

Wait! You gotta delay it!

I have to find my friends first!

That gate's not stable

enough to hold for long!

A few minutes tops

and it's gonna collapse for

good!

Come home now while you still

can!

Take Adrian and get to the Slip

Gate!

What about you?!

I gotta find Lex!

We don't have any time! You go

ahead!

No! We're all going home!

Give him to me!

Go!

Let's go! Hurry!

Did you hear that?

Don't worry about it!

They do that every night

when they're burned by the fire!

Should be ready in a few

minutes!

Wait!

That one didn't come from the

forest.

How did they-

Kit! You didn't-

I'm sorry!

I didn't think we'd make it.

It's not gonna form in time!

If we run we might

be able to get away from them!

The portal's gonna collapse!

It can't re-open after this!

We can try and fix it

later but right now we have to-

Run!

No!

We're not running anymore!

You're going home.

What?!

No we can't leave you!

I'll buy you some time.

Take Adrian with you.

Take Adrian!

Take it!

Go home.

What are you doing, Tyl?!

Have you even thought about

this?!

Go home, guys.

- Here we stand,

on the shoulders of giants.

These are our words.

And our sacred charge.

Greatness is the foundation of

our world.

Greatness let us survive

centuries of strife.

Tame the physical world to our

will.

And spread across the stars

at the speed of light.

That same greatness may be in

you.

Now, it's time to find out...

Welcome to Sol Invictus...