You've got visitors already.
What's up Barmalei?
Turning it off.
-Thanks, old man. -Always glad to help.
Wait,wait.
How did you find out that Neeya is awake?
Everybody knows.
Barmalei connected your intercom
to the ship's radio system.
I'm just here for a moment.
How are you?
-Can I go now? -No.
It's better if you stay here.
You'll be taking me apart?
Yes, we will.
-No. -Pardon me?
No.
Ambassador Rakan came by a few times
while you were sleeping.
He wants to talk to you.
Yes, we need to talk.
So, what happened to the ship?
I was wearing a spacesuit.
We finally decided to fix the outer antenna.
I didn't have a chance to leave a ship.
There was a loud bang.
I don't remember much.
Do you remember life on Dessa?
Did something hit the ship?
There was an explosion.
That much we could determine when we found it.
What set off the explosion?
We're not sure yet.
Yesterday we collected additional samples
And we'll be able to find the answer.
Did Professor Glan have enemies?
Yes, that's why he ended up on the ship.
These enemies...
Do you think they can interrupt our work?
We have people that think that we shouldn't
change our life, because then
we'll lose what's left.
We have nothing left.
Did my father want to change things?
He didn't believe that Dessa people
can do that themselves.
That's why he created you.
Many people were not happy
with his experiments.
They were afraid.
The Institute was closed, Glan ran away.
Where was he running to?
He was waiting for a signal
to come back.
when his friends came to power.
They did, but...
Are you against the cleaning up of the planet?
No.
But I'm afraid of the revenge of those that'll
lose their power and riches as a result.
And the wrath of those that will lose
their food, even if it's synthesized.
People prefer what they know
and are afraid of changes.
Are we tiring you?
Excuse us.
Attention all sectors!
Astra is changing it's course.
Astra is changing it's course.
Planet Selesta is on the brink of
a catastrophe.
Our Astra is closer to it than any other ship.
-How much will this delay our trip?
-We'll know any minute now.
Astra is on it's way to save our planet.
Any delay could be fatal for us.
I'm in a rush as well, but I'm silent.
Edik, play the last cosmogram.
Nuclear reaction has started in the
radioactive waste storage area.
We need help, we need help.
For hundreds of years they were dumping
nuclear waste in deep mines.
-You can't clean their mines now!
We'll do what we can.
I couldn't just walk by.
It's not only my job, but also my duty.
Planet Selesta is in plain view, Captain.
Still no response. Only silence.
Astra! Astra! Answer to Center!
-Astra's here. Yumata, we're late.
-I know, Oleg.
There was an explosion.
We're sending the emergency team.
I don't think anybody survived,
but anything is possible.
I'm asking you to stay there a bit longer.
I'll try not to hold you for too long.
OK, I'm waiting.
Incomprehensible.
-Horrible.-I understand you.
Unfortunately, the order in the universe
is impossible to understand.
As soon as you mend one hole,
another one opens up right next to it.
Tomorrow something will tear up here...
And you suggest to passively wait?
Maybe the natural flow of things
is more reasonable...
-To obey Nature... -Then we would stop
being humans.
- You're acting defeated.-It's unavoidable.
Our Galaxy, the entire Space is the arena of a fight.
Without it there is no movement.
If we didn't lose sometimes
We couldn't regroup and learn
how to win the next time.
Where is the limit, the goal?
Triumph of intellect.
Triumph of a Space Man over forces of evil.
They're all just big words.
Behind which you're trying to hide
changing the world to your liking.
They aren't coming come on their own.
We asked them to help.
The ones you're defending profit
from the misery of Dessa.
I'm not defending anybody.
Oleg, get a hold of yourself.
Get over this.