sweet new earth

Year 2020
Planet Earth

Channel 08 News
Reporter: ''Talking about recent news, NASA has adressed the two volunteers to travel to the, what has been said, last hope for Earth, and the resources.
Planet Tropia. Where they are going to determine whether or not it's suitable for an average person to live on. Could planet Tropia be the new Earth ?
But we'll talk about that later, Yest..--


Year 2036
Outer Space

Thomas turns off the television, sighing.
Thomas: ''Can't believe our lift-off was that long ago.''
Lucas: ''It's a shame Earth ran out of resources. Almost feels wrong that we fleed, Man.''
Thomas: ''We were sent on a task to try and save our home, But it was just impossible to get to Tropia with a ship like this.. Don't beat yourself up for it.''
Ada, The AI (Artificial Intelligence): ''To reach Tropia from Earth, it takes 4.7 billion miles, or 7.5 kilometers, If Earth and Tropia were to line up at the same side of the sun.
Thomas: ''Ada, we didn't need details on it.''
Lucas: ''Good thing we didn't turn on her Advanced Detalization feature.''
Ada: ''Would you like to enable the Advanced Detalization ?''
Lucas and Thomas: ''NO!''
They both laugh.

A couple of hours have passed, as the ship is still moving considerably slow through space towards, what they believe is, Planet Tropia.
Suddenly, a message from Ada can be heard.

Ada: ''Incoming Transmission..''
Lucas: ''Huh ?''
Thomas: ''What !?''

The Message plays, but the audio seems distorted.
Unknown creature: ''Not  ..--..    ..-   ..--. Safe''

Ada: ''Transmission Ended''
Thomas: ''What was that ?''
Lucas: ''Hey Ada, Locate the sender of the message!''
Ada: ''Unable to locate the host of the transmission''
Lucas: ''It was worth a shot..''
Thomas: ''That was the first sign of anything alive out here in years.''
Lucas: '' ''Not Safe''.. Could it have been about Tropia ?''
Thomas: ''Stop being paranoid. It's probably some joke.. Someone fooling us.''
Lucas: ''In outer space ? .. Really, Thomas ?''

The crew spent multiple hours attempting to research and un-code anything they can with the message. They have yet to locate the sender, or find any information about them.
Lucas: ''Found anything ?''
Thomas sighs: ''Nothing..''
Lucas: ''Wanna talk about what actually happened ?''
Thomas: ''We don't have time for that. I'd rather find out more about it, than talk about the minimum of what we know about it so far.''
Ada: ''Senders Status Found''
Thomas and Lucas are both surprised.
Thomas: ''What's the status of the sender ?''
Ada: ''The Senders System appears to be destroyed, or offline''
Lucas: ''Well, there goes our last bit of hope to find any damn life out here.''
Thomas: ''Don't give up just yet. Ada, are you able to detect the coordinates that the sender was last located at ?''
Ada: ''Negative.''
Lucas: ''Told you''

The crew has stopped researching the recent message, and have begun discussing it. Meanwhile, Ada is scanning the area for any nearby ships, satellites, or communication centers.
They have configured the ship to speed up towards the direction of planet Tropia.

Lucas: ''I don't feel safe after that message.''
Thomas: ''Neither do i. But what have we got to lose ?''
Lucas: ''Quite alot, if you really think about it.''
Thomas: ''What do you mean ?''
Lucas: ''Well, Who knows, Maybe Earth has died out already. We've been gone for so many years. We might be the only hope left to keep people alive. Re-populate our kind.''
Thomas looks at Lucas, and pauses: ''..That sounds quite weird, if you ask me..''
Lucas: ''Huh ?''
Thomas: ''Don't worry about it. Ada, Any updates so far ?''
Ada: ''I am not able to scan the entire area, during flight at this speed. Would you like to slow down ?''
Lucas: ''Should we ?''
Thomas thinks for a minute, looking out the portholes.
Thomas: ''Screw it. Speed up, and keep going. We don't need to scan everything.''
Lucas: ''I really hope we don't regret this.''
Thomas: ''Only time will tell.''

A couple of (Earth) hours pass. The ship is moving, But the crew has no idea when to expect to arrive at planet Tropia.
Thomas and Lucas have fell asleep. Ada is scanning the areas during flight as well as it can.

Ada: ''Incoming Transmission''

Thomas and Lucas both wake up immediately, as they're shocked, and cannot comprehend what Ada has just informed them about. They hear a strange voice, speaking English to them, warning them about something related to planet Tropia.

The Unknown Host of The Transmission: ''Whatever you are doing, Heading towards Tropia, You have to stop now, and change your destination.''
Thomas and Lucas are in shock, as they are struggling to find words to say after hearing someone speaking to them in their launguage through a transmission,
Thomas: ''Uh..Oh-Hello ?''
Lucas: ''May.. we ask, who is this ?''
Host of The Transmission: ''Who or What i am is not important. For your own good, i suggest you change your routes. You have nothing to do in Tropia. With this, i am ending this transmission.''
Ada: ''Transmission Ended''
Lucas: ''I think i'm going insane. Someone just talked to us. Was that an alien ?''
Thomas: ''Calm down. Think about the actual message he told us. Not go to Tropia ?''
Lucas: ''But that was our damn goal in the first place.''
Thomas: ''I know.. And i won't stop, just because some.... thing just told me to stop.''
Lucas: ''Suit yourself... Boss.''
Thomas: ''Ada, speed up the ship by 40 percent. Inform us once Tropia can be seen. Today may be the day we arrive.''
Lucas: ''How do you know today is today ? We're in space, y'know.''
Thomas: ''Shut up.''

Thomas and Lucas both laugh. After many (Earth) hours of working, and engineering on the ship, The crew go to rest.
Thomas lays down, and closes his eyes. He falls asleep. Countless hours pass, as both Lucas and Thomas have rested.

Lucas: ''Thomas! Wake up! Quick, you need to see this..''
Thomas: ''...Wh.. What ?''
Lucas: ''Fast!''

Thomas gets up, completely confused on what is going on. He heads towards the piloting panel. Thomas steps inside.

Thomas: ''My god..''
Lucas: ''You're telling me..''

The crew sees planet Tropia. There are other ships and other transports around it, firing shots at each other, battling. The area is a war zone. Ships are getting destroyed, and so are creatures. There are 2 huge aircrafts behind the battle ships, facing each other. It's quite clearly a war. The only way to describe this, is.. It looks like a movie. Pure destruction, and violence, from one side, to the other...


Ada: ''We have arrived at our destination.''