A complex control system.
This way.
Please.
I see. I see.
All this takes time.
Settle in. I’ll be right back.
Have to say goodbye to the military.
All right.
Thanks.
Ike,
what are my duties?
None anymore, I’m afraid.
What does that mean?
Don't you guess why they gathered
us all in the district's center?
There was a meeting with the military
at the joint chiefs of staff.
And?
That's it, it's over.
The commission will be
disbanded any day now.
The military plan
to take action.
What action?
Against whom?
Against the climatic
anomaly, I guess.
They plan
mass cloud seeding
with coagulants
by the united forces
of strategic aviation.
But coagulants are chemicals.
Won't that poison people?
People will be evacuated.
Children first.
Isn't that your concern?
Why do you think that?
Victor, please,
it was my duty to read your file.
As for your problem...
I can't help you, but I won't
hinder you, either. Is it a deal?
Yes, thanks.
- So, people will be evacuated?
- Yes.
Good.
And those wetters.
Where will they go?
Nowhere.
But that's a chemical war
against the wetters.
What's the formal reason
for refusing them evacuation?
There's none.
Officially,
they're sick people.
They can't be let
go outside the town,
to prevent
the spread of the epidemics.
As you can see,
their demagoguery is down pat.
Which troubles me very much.
It means they're serious.
- May I join you?
- Sure.
We've been discussing the weather.
We're making good time.
- Here's the flooded city.
- Yes.
Victor, go up on deck.
It’s worth seeing.
I’m afraid we might get stuck here.
Why?
Red alert in the crossing zone.
I heard it on the radio.
That's all we need.
We got a problem.
Man in the zone.
That's it. Over.
Has he been there long?
Spotted him this AM,
already dead.
The energy stroke
was just horrible.
Who's this man?
Nobody knows.
Looks like he got there on his own.
- Journalist? Looter?
- No one knows.
Will you proceed?
We have to.
What if you get stuck?
The new one never crossed before.
What if...
What if...
Signal we're coming.
Post Five! Signal the crossing zone.
Repeat: signal the zone.
Now Vic.
Keep calm
and think positive thoughts.
We don't know their
criteria to admit people.
So think about something pleasant,
with no aggression.
Alright, I’ll try.
They got the signal.
The bus is coming for you.
- Shall we go?
- Let's go.
What's the reading?
Energy barrier
on red.
We have to pull them out.
I see the bus with the commission.
But no wetter.
Have to repeat the signal.
- They'll get stuck.
- Wait.
Don't panic. There he is
on the right, behind the bus.
Victor, sit on my left.
Where's the radio?
- It took him long to examine you.
- We've got a new member.
Controls!
Do you read me?
You can take away
the poor guy.
The wetter okayed it.
I'll be in room 16.
Call if you need me.
Here's our new member.
He'll live in the archive.
In the archive?
But that's the old building.
We've got good rooms
in the new one, too.
He'll live in the archive.
And he'll work there
as a member of the commission.
As you say.
Here are the keys.
See which one works.
Come on, Vic, I’ll show you the way.
Recall the Shroud of Turin.
There the body changed
at the atomic level.
Same with the wetters.
It should be studied.
I hope you agree?
You think the wetters'
genetic change is the same?..
Excuse me.
Mr. Larsen, I’ve been looking for you.
I'll wait.
Okay.
Go on, please.
Are there always so many people here?
Only before a plenary.
For some reason all the commissions
hold them at the same time.
- How many commissions?
- Only four left.
Out of 13. Can you believe it?
I'd also like to draw
your attention to one more thing.
Besides that strange genetic disease
which is interesting for biologists,
some common illnesses begin
to blossom that are infectious.
This is due, I think,
to the constant rain
and infrared light in the sky,
the origin