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Le téléchargement nécessite un accès à la bibliothèque YouScribe Tout savoir sur nos offres
203
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English
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1998
Le téléchargement nécessite un accès à la bibliothèque YouScribe Tout savoir sur nos offres
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Publié par
Publié le
01 janvier 1998
Nombre de lectures
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English
by Akiva Goldsman
Earth 2058 ---------------------
EXT.-SPACE
PULL BACK slowly as MARS fills THE FRAME, a sphere of red desert and fast rushing crimson clouds.
A triangular CARGO SHIP descends from the dark of space.
PILOT (OVER)
Mars mining base, this is Grissom One, Request final descent vector.
REVERSE ANGLE
EXT.-MARS
A row of giant red mountains and beneath, on the planet's surface, the spires of A MINING BASE. Illuminated landing crosshairs alight a landing pad, beckoning the ship.
CONTROLLER (OVER)
Roger, Grissom One, this is Mars Mining, You are cleared to land. Hope you got some Partagas in that rust bucket, Sal.
EXT.-EDGE OF SPACE
THE CARGO SHIP changes attitude, landing thrusters FIRING as the vessel begins to penetrate the atmosphere.
PILOT
I brought you the most amazing...
Amazing, what, we'll never know. The CARGO SHIP begins to EXPLODE, the bubble bridge BLOWING out into space in a ball of fire.
EXT.- MARS
LOW ANGLE from the planet's surface-. Two shapes BLAST through FRAME, BUBBLE FIGHTERS, single pilot, transparent globes, racing up towards the sudden star of the cargo ship at impossible speed.
INT.-BUBBLE FIGHTER
POV of the burning Cargo Ship, coming towards us incredibly fast. Speed, trajectory and tactical readouts flash.
EXT.-CARGO SHIP
The pulse lasers are still hammering the ravaged hull.
WIDER
Two sinister ATTACK SHIPS, their lasers locked onto the Cargo Ship, FIRE away as they BLAST overhead. The nuclear core of the Cargo Ship overloads, the craft finally EXPLODING in a storm of fire.
A BUBBLE FIGHTER ROARS through the hurling world of flame. PUSH IN.
INT.-BUBBLE FIGHTER
A lone FIGURE stands in a gyroscopic harness, working a heads-up holographic display, command controls spinning 360 degrees with the pilot's Comas the fighter SCREAMS after the fleeing raider.
The harness spins, the pilot coming clearly into view. Handsome, intense, reckless eyes. MAJOR DON WEST.
WEST
Sino-Jordanian Raiders. They're claiming the cargo ship violated their air-space.
INT.-SECOND BUBBLE FIGHTER
Another pilot (JEB WALKER) commands an identical craft, ROCKETING towards the assault craft just below West's.
JEB
This cold war's heating up. Where did they come from?
INT.-WEST'S BUBBLE FIGHTER
WEST
Hell. And we're going to send them back screaming.
West activates his targeting computer.
WEST
Last one to kill a bad guy buys the beer.
TARGETING DISPLAY-CLOSE. The fleeing Attack Ship jogs in and out of the crosshairs on West's holographic array. West fires.
EXT.-SPACE
The Attack Ship SHOOTS straight up, dodging West's laser BLASTS.
INT.-WEST'S BUBBLE FIGHTER
West closes on the fleeing craft, as Jeb engages the other Attack Ship, lasers FIRING in the b.g., visible through the transparent surface of the bubble glass under West's feet.
WEST
What's that sound? must be the fat lady warming up.
EXT.-SPACE
The fleeing Attack Ship loops in mid-space, reversing direction, heading straight towards West's Bubble Fighter. A game of chicken.
INT.-WEST'S BUBBLE FIGHTER
West doesn't flinch. Bears down, FIRING madly, the two space ships heading straight for each other.
WEST
That's right. Come on, come on, you wanna play, I wanna play.
EXT.-SPACE
The two ships are ROCKETING towards each other, locked in collision vectors, lasers FIRING wildly.asdasd
INT.-WEST'S FIGHTER
WEST
I can hear her. Oh, yes, oh yes. She's gonna sing.
DISPLAY-CLOSE. The Attack Ship flashes, captured in the targeting hatchmarks. The display expands into a tactical grid.
COMPUTER
Target lock.
EXT.-SPACE
Imminent collision.
INT.-WEST'S FIGHTER
The hull of the Attack Ship fills his bubble glass.
WEST
The lights are dimming. The curtain's coming down. Sing you fat, old bag, sing!
West hits the firing stud.
EXT.-DEEP SPACE
West's pulse lasers converge on the Attack Ship barely meters ahead, the ROARING craft EXPLODING directly before him.
INT.-WEST'S BUBBLE FIGHTER
(OVER) WEST SCREAMS as he shoots through the sudden conflagration of flame and debris, everywhere and then gone, giving way to the blackness of space and the starfield beyond.
WEST
Show's over.
Below, the second Attack Ship ROARS past, lasers FIRING, locked in a pinwheel battle with Jeb's Bubble Fighter.
EXT.-SPACE
JEB'S BUBBLE FIGHTER banks, avoiding the high energy volley. Almost. A laser BURST grazes his Bubble Fighter, the surface of his craft sparking, suddenly scored with flames.
INT.-JEB'S CRAFT
The Attack ship is right behind him.
JEB
Weapons are off line. Jettisoning main drive core.
EXT.-SPACE
The thruster core of Jeb's Bubble Fighter BLOWS off in a bolus of flame, soaring back into the pursuit craft. The Raider EXPLODES.
INT.-JEB'S CRAFT
Controls are sparking. Displays flicker. (OVER) An ALARM sounds.
COMPUTER
Warning. Failure in redundant drive systems.
JEB-POV. The surface of Mars is rushing up fast.
COMPUTER
Impact on in 90 seconds.
JEB
Mars Control. . .
EXT.-SPACE
Jeb's ship is barreling toward the planet.
JEB (OVER)
. . .this is Ranger One.
INT.-WEST'S FIGHTER
JEB (ON RADIO)
...Engines will not respond. Require assistance. Repeat...
BASE (ON RADIO)
Ranger One this is Grissom Base. Rescue craft have been dispatched.
EXT.- MARS MINING COLONY
Three small rescue craft race skyward.
INT.-JEB'S CRAFT
COMPUTER
Impact in 60 seconds.
Mars fills the view screen.
INT.-WEST'S CRAFT
The rescue craft are speeding toward Jeb's fighter below.
WEST
Grissom, this is Eagle One. Those Pugs Will never reach him in time.
BASE (ON RADIO)
Eagle one clear this frequency and return to base.
DON takes a beat. Then he spins his chair towards Mars, begins working the controls.
WEST
This is Eagle One. I'm going after him.
BASE (OVER)
Negative Eagle one, your craft is not equipped
West hits his thrusters.
EXT.-SPACE
West's craft dives toward Jeb's ship and Mars below.
INT.-JEB'S FIGHTER
Mars is coming up fast.
COMPUTER
Impact in 30 seconds.
WEST (OVER)
Jeb, do you have navigational thrusters?
JEB
Don?
WEST (OVER)
It's a yes or no question.
Mars fills the windscreen. Jeb checks his status display.
JEB
Marginal. But in the green.
COMPUTER
Impact in 15 seconds.
WEST (OVER)
Head towards the canals.
JEB
What are you doing?
WEST (OVER)
Saving your ass. Read towards the canals. Now!
The canal streaked face of the Mars is all Jeb can see. He grabs his throttle, engages his navigational thrusters and pulls.
EXT.-JEB'S SHIP
A tiny directional thruster FIRES, angling Jeb's craft so that it scrapes the surface of Mars and dives into a giant canal, rocky walls rushing up fast.
INT.-WEST'S SHIP
West is accelerating toward Jeb.
BASE (OVER)
Major West, your ship is not equipped for rescue. You are not authorized to jeopardize this asset. That is a direct order. Acknowledge!
West slams a switch, deactivating his radio.
WEST
Never liked that station, anyway.
He BLASTS into the canal, walls rushing up on either side of him.
EXT.-MARTIAN CANAL
Jeb's tiny craft is plunging toward the rocky crater floor below.
Overhead West's fighter appears, under full thrusters, roaring towards the crater floor faster and at a sharper angle.
INT.-3EB'S FIGHTER
The canal floor is rushing up fast.
COMPUTER
Impact in five seconds.
INT.-WEST'S FIGHTER
Don is blasting toward the canal floor, almost as if trying to beat Jeb's ship to a fiery impact below.