[tense music]
[Harish] You have to get them back!
[Coake] Stop bloody struggling!
-Can we restore visuals? -[Fulmer] It's not responding.
You've gotta send another rover out there.
-There isn't another one. -You've got to do something!
Sort your shit out or I'll sort it for you!
Listen to me!
They're doing everything they can, okay? No one here is your enemy. Okay?
I need to help.
We can't help. We just have to wait.
Easter. Easter, get in the Wet Lock.
[Easter] What about you?
Most things that live down here, they can't see well.
But they're sensitive to sound. That's why we put a limiter on the sonar.
-So? -[Cameron] So, I'm gonna turn it off.
Give this thing both barrels.
Are you sure the glass can take it?
No, I'm not. But in here might.
Hey, hey! What you doing?
I've already lost two friends today. I'm not gonna make it three.
Warning. Sonar limiter disengaged.
Rover 2, this is Stac Control. Do you read?
Switching to emergency channel.
Easter? Cameron?
Do you read?
[sonar bings]
Warning. Sonar limiter disengaged.
[glass cracking]
Warning. Sonar limiter disengaged.
[opening theme music plays]
[piercing screech]
-[Harish] What is that? -[Fulmer] Jesus!
It's a sonar pulse.
[Magnus] From the rover?
Smart move. We suspected sound might cause it pain.
Remind me never to get you a pet.
Rover 2, this is Stac Control. Do you copy?
-Come in, Rover 2. -You okay?
Easter, this is Magnus. Are you reading?
Yeah, yeah, I'm fine. Just--
-[Magnus] Come in, Rover 2. -That was some buzz.
Rover 2, repeat, this is Stac Control.
Can you hear us?
[radio static]
We got your pulse.
[radio static]
Tell me you're still out there, lads?
[radio static]
[Easter] Control, this is Rover 2.
[relieved sighs]
[Easter] We are now taking requests on Radio Abyss.
All killer, no filler.
How about, Get Your Ass Back Here Now by Fast As Fuck Boyo.
Ah, it's good to hear it, Easter. Is Cameron with you, too?
Yeah, he's here, but that thing did a number on us.
The Rover's tracks are jammed
and our cockpit glass is one crack away from a very cold bath.
If you try and move this thing, we'll...
we'll end up like the others.
We're not leaving them down there.
There's got to be another way to get them back.
If we cannot bring them to the Stac, we'll have to bring the Stac to them.
Coake to Bremner, come in.
[Magnus] You're sure it'll work?
[Coake] We know their location.
If we can get to them, we can retrieve the rover through the launch bay.
As long as that thing doesn't come back for another go.
Boss.
Ready to set the charges?
Charges?
The Stac is frozen in hard.
We have to break open a lead before we can move.
Easiest way
is to use explosives.
Right. Magnus and Fulmer, with Bremner on the ice.
Rose, with me.
Hey, you're not the one giving orders here any more, remember?
They need rescuing, this is how we do it.
There's one of mine down there as well as one of yours.
The longer they're out there, the more chance of it coming back.
And you said no wasting time for measuring dicks, right?
Fine. Suit up, let's get this done.
You and me will monitor from the Control Room.
Do you think it really wanted to kill them?
They weren't threatening it,
but it might not even be the same one as on the Bravo.
What, like, that was the kid and we just met its mam?
[Askel] It doesn't really work that way.
Not with an organism of this kind. It's more like a colony.
But you're right about one thing.
Only one?
Sorry, what I mean is
the North Sea is young, relatively speaking.
And this ocean is not.
The Arctic ice cap last formed three million years ago,
so things can grow pretty big when they have that long to do it.
How big we talking?
The Great Barrier Reef only started growing 20,000 years ago
and now, er, it's the size of Japan.
Pretty big, then.
Yeah.
Try not to drop them or we'll be picking you up with a sponge.
It's a worry. He's already tried blowing himself up.
Once was enough.
[Bremner] We use this to cut into the ice.
Get as close to the surface as possible without breaking through.
The blast has to project down for it to work.
How many?
We do two rows of twelve. A hundred meters between each set.
Once the Stac gets moving, momentum will do the rest.
How do we get down?
[Bremner] There's a ladder down the leg.
Should know by now, there's always another ladder.
My favourite.
Are you expecting pirates?
[Bremner] Polar bears.
You wouldn't think a 700-kilo killing machine
could sneak up on you out here, until it does.
So, whenever we're on the ice, we're packing.
[Magnus] But not sharing?
[Bremner] Can't be the hero all the time.
Ladder's this way.
[mechanical cranking]
[Coake] All mechanics stationed and ready at the teeth?
[CRO 1] Yes. Braking systems ready to go.
Prepare to take both modules to transport depth.
Bring engines online.
Are the ice team down?
[Rose] Confirmed.
[wind howling]
[Bremner] Watch out for the black ice.
Don't need to be dealing with pulling you out.
[Fulmer] Team player, he is.
[Bremner] Used to be this fjord was permanently frozen.
Now, it melts every year.
We mark out the weak spots for the choppers,
but that out there is no man's land.
And if you fall through?
If you fall through, then that cold is gonna hit you like a vice.
[Fulmer] Great.
Hold on, Easter. We're coming.
[Easter] Glad to hear it!
[Coake over PA] This is Control. All personnel,
prepare to jack-down to transport depth. This is not a drill.
Everyone hold onto something. This'll be fast.
Engage leg lifters on my mark.
Engage.
Engaged.
[cranking, clattering]
[Bremner] Time to move.
[tense music]
[rattling]
[Coake] They're brave. I'll give 'em that.
Magnus doesn't leave people behind.
[epic music]
[rumbling]
[drill whirring]
[Bremner] That's deep enough.
First charge.
[charge beeps]
Primed and synced.
Take it. Get that one done.
[Fulmer] On it.
[Bremner] One down, 23 to go.
Feel free to do the next one.
[Bremner] You're doing just fine.
It's all about keeping calm in the moment.
[drill whirring]
[Fulmer] Done.
[Magnus] Next pair.
[ominous music]
Begin Subsea Module lift.
[over PA] Subsea Module lift in progress.
Lift complete.
[over PA] Subsea Module lift...
-Legs locked for travel. -[CRO 1] Confirmed.
As soon as the ice team are done, we go.
[CRO 1] All crew, stations for transfer.
Subsea Module, are you ready?
Ready down here.
All hatches sealed and the rover recovery system is in position.
[Rose] Acknowledged.
Okay.
All we need now is a clear path.
[tense music]
[Bremner] Two holes left to go.
[Fulmer] I'll get them started.
When we're ready, you just flip and press.
[panting]
[ice cracks loudly]
[ice cracking]
[rumbling]
Guys!
It's coming apart!
[rumbling]
[Bremner] It's the waves from the Stac.
They're breaking the ice up from underneath.
-[ice cracking like gunshots] -This is not good.
Come on! Let's go!
[Bremner] This isn't safe.
Keep it calm, right? Let's get it done.
[rumbling, cracking continues]
Don't you fucking break. Don't you fucking break.
[loud cracking]
[gasps] I thought that was me there.
Come on!
[yelps] Shit!
Fuck. We've got to get him.
No, wait, wait.
We don't know where the cracks are.
Just take it slow.
-[Bremner] Hurry up! -Spread your weight.
[Bremner] Hurry up! Move!
Move it!
-[deep rumbling] -[Bremner] What are you doing?!
I'm slipping!
Move!
[Magnus] Just hold on!
Move!
Hurry up, I'm slipping! I'm slipping!
[Fulmer] We've got you! We've got you!
Now, kick with your legs.
[Bremner] I can't fucking swim.
You don't need to swim. Kick with your fucking legs!
God damn it!
[Rose] What? What is it?
Ice team, what the hell are you playing at down there?
We haven't got time for this.
Thanks for the fucking support!
Ignore him. Kick with your damn legs.
[gasps] The detonator!
We lose that, we can't set off the charges.
Aah!
-[Fulmer] Did you get it? -Yes! Aah.
-[Fulmer] Boss? -[Magnus] I got it.
[Fulmer] Boss, you okay?
Yeah, I'm fine, I'm fine.
Come on, let's get him out!
Pull! Pull! Come on.
[gasping]
Magnus, Fulmer? You, okay? Over.
Yeah, we're fine.
Nothing a hot shower won't fix.
Well, that we can do.
[groans] Come on.
Two charges to go.
Then, don't waste time talking to me, over.
Come on.
Let's go. Come on. Come on!
Easter, Cameron. You good?
I don't know about good,
but I'm ready to get the hell out of this can.
[Rose] Roger that.
[Bremner] Go on.
We're safe enough here.
Rose, all charges down.
We're ready when you are.
It's your show.
Blow it.
[explosions]
[booming]
I really hope that's them.
-[radio blips] -[Rose] Ice team, you still there? Over.
Yeah, we're all good. Start her up.
Start the engines.
[Cro 1] Starting main propulsion.
[over PA] Propulsion engaged.
Transfer in progress.
Rover team, we're on our way.
Glad to hear it.
[Cameron] Back to the belly of the beast.
Rather that one there than the one out here.
[helicopter whirring]
[Lennox] We'll be landing soon.
Once we're down, one quick job, and then we'll help you find Kacey.
[Cat] Where are all the lights?
They're rationing electricity.
Diverting it to rescue and recovery sites far outside the impact area.
Must be a big area.
When nature kicks...
she doesn't miss.
[power tools whirring]
[crew member] Careful.
[Coake] ...you were having a little dip in the paddling pool.
Cameron and Easter are getting cleaned up,
and then I'm sending them over to Murch in Medical.
You had that hand checked out?
Ah, probably not a bad idea.
[Coake] Your slip up could've compromised this whole thing.
-I didn't compromise anything. -Don't give me your excuses...
You get anything out of Bremner, about the mission?
He's loyal, I'll give him that.
Not that it seems to be doing him any good.
[tools clatter]
Big Blue really did a number on your toy.
If it can do that to a rover, it can do the same to us down here.
The pressure readings they were getting would collapse this place like a tomb.
So, tell me again, why you think we should make friends with it?
How about so it doesn't collapse this place like a tomb?
We've seen the damage the Ancestor can do, just as much as you.
If we want to stop it, we need to understand it.
I understand it just fine.
There was me thinking we were starting to get along.
I don't believe a word he says.
Lennox gave you access to the Stac's files, right?
Yeah, I haven't gone through them yet.
Hey, there's got to be something in there we can use.
You concentrate on that, I'll talk to Cameron.
Maybe he'll be more forthcoming. Deal?
Deal.
[contemplative music]
[Easter] I'm sorry, man, for your team.
Didn't say anything just in case, you know,
ended up just like 'em.
They should never have been out there.
Fuckin' Coake.
[door opens]
Knock, knock.
Hope you guys played nice out there.
Spent most of it talking about you. Comparing notes.
And? What did you learn?
[Easter] Not much.
Your boy's pretty good at playing it close to his chest.
[ominous music]
Hey, you did well, bringing back the other team.
[scoffs] Uh, funny, I don't remember you saying that at the time.
Or is it just your crew that's a priority?
No, it's not about priority.
It's about perspective.
I made the right call for mine. But you did, too.
Yeah, they all seem to trust you.
Give me a good reason and I might, too.
But you ain't done it yet.
[sirens blaring]
[over PA] Missing persons can be reported at main registration.
All efforts are being made to reunite families and lost loved ones.
I repeat...
[emotional music]
[overlapping chatter]
What the fuck is this?
It's a casualty clearing centre.
Survivors from the city are triaged here
and then moved to hospitals inland or reunited.
Returning crews are the same.
We're supposed to be going to Edinburgh.
The city's off limits,
but if Kacey's been found, she'll have come through here.
This is the place to start.
[worker] Right this way, please. This way.
All returning...
Pictor's taken over these offices to coordinate our response.
They'll look after you.
[phone ringing]
I'll be right back.
[worker] Bravo crew, any remaining Bravo crew, into the registration tents.
Nothing that's happened changes the agreement.
We get the rights to the whole sector or we walk.
[Hubb staff] Can I have your name and platform?
Penny Knight? Lovely...
That's always been the deal.
[Cat] Catherine Braithwaite, Kinloch Bravo.
[Lennox] Yeah, she knows what to do.
No, we make it personal, we make it small.
We're as much a victim as anyone else.
Okay.
Come on, come on.
Still nothing?
I can't get her or her family. It's all fucked.
Should be out there looking. That's what she'd do for me.
Yeah, I don't think they're gonna let us just walk out of here.
She's got plans for you.
Cat, you saw the doctor at the heliport, didn't you?
[Cat] Yeah. Fine. We're-we're fine.
Good. It's nearly time.
Already?
The sooner the press conference is done, the sooner we can start looking for Kacey.
Okay. You've gotta tell me.
Why me, why's it gotta be me?
Because you have hope and that's what the people watching this need.
-[door opens] -[Fulmer] Hey.
Hey. [sighs]
A bit of light reading?
[Rose] Yeah.
This is supposed to be everything Coake had on the Ancestor since its discovery.
So, what you found out?
That's just it, there's nothing here.
Reports on the mining project, equipment testing, impact assessments,
and all this data's been encrypted.
So, Lennox lied?
Not her. Coake.
He could have easily hidden all the important data before she got here.
Trying to cover his ass.
And the company.
Sounds like we'll have to go to the source.
If he even is the source. [scoffs]
Lennox said Coake's got allies.
People he's working with at the company, they must be near the top.
This could be so much bigger.
You'll figure it out. We have time.
[scoffs] Yeah.
Time, my favourite.
[mysterious music]
[door opens]
Quite a sight.
Must almost make being stationed up here worth it.
Yeah.
Almost.
But that's not what brought you.
Are you playing the priest now? Come to take my confession?
If that's what you need.
Everything we're doing here, it's not for me or the company.
Societies depend on resources or they don't stay civilised for very long.
Anyone who's been laid-off knows that.
Every living thing on this planet steals energy to survive.
The only thing that makes us different is that, right now, we're best at it.
If you take the whole history of life on this planet
and condense it into one single day,
how long do you think the human race has had?
Two thousandths of a second.
If we want to last longer, we're gonna need every resource we've got.
You say that, but all it tells me is we've fucked things up awful quickly.
You’ve got to know that we can't survive by wiping everything else out.
You know, when I got into this game,
oil was meant to provide us with a bright future.
Last time I was home, things weren't looking very bright.
How do you think they look now?
That thing down there had its shot. It's our time now.
Haven't you learned anything from all this?
Pick a fight with nature, you're gonna lose.
Tell me again how well your plan worked last time?
Oh, you've no idea what you're talking about.
But you have, right?
I saw you when it attacked the rover. You're still connected.
[Rose] What?
What does he mean?
It's nothing. It's just flashes.
Why the hell didn't you tell me?
I'm sorry, alright.
You were so focused, and it's not exactly easy for me.
Who cares about easy, it's important!
What did you actually see? The wave?
What we saw on the Bravo?
Will you listen to yourselves? You don't get it, do you?
You're still wasting time talking about the wave.
I only care about what it does next.
[newsreader] Rescue and recovery efforts are ongoing tonight...
You're watching that a lot. There something you're looking for?
I grew up on the East Coast.
My mum's still there, I think.
You don't go back there?
It's, er, not exactly a happy house.
She drinks... a lot.
I sort of thought I'd stopped worrying about her,
but this, it's different.
Yeah, it's a lot to deal with, that's for sure.
[door opens]
Ready for the next patient?
Oh, er, give it some air, take a pew.
[newsreader] ...a statement from Pictor Energy CEO, Morgan Lennox,
who chairs the joint industry response.
-[Lennox] I know you all have questions... -Look, it's starting.
...about the impact of recent events.
But first, it falls to me to say
that Pictor and the whole North Sea family,
are victims of a terrible tragedy.
Aye, she moves fast.
Turn it up.
Efforts are ongoing to determine all impacted facilities
and personnel. But due to conditions, both onshore and off,
only limited information will be given at this time.
-How many crew remain missing? -How long will energy supplies last?
Ms. Lennox. Can you confirm the fields and pipelines affected?
There will be a technical update given shortly.
However, our losses are unfortunately expected to be considerable.
Nevertheless, I would like to assure all of those watching
that we are doing everything we can
to find our crews and to bring them home.
The others should see this.
Oh, you stay here. I'll go and get 'em.
[Lennox] ...thanks to the sterling efforts of our Pictor recovery teams.
We are joined tonight by members of the Kinloch Bravo crew,
successfully retrieved from their lifeboat four hours ago.
Medic, Catherine Braithwaite, in spite of what she's been through,
has agreed to share their story with us.
Cat.
Yesterday, during a scheduled shutdown,
we were alerted to the approach of a significant wave front
which would exceed safe wave height for the facility.
Following established procedures,
we were given the order to prepare for evacuation.
Due to the speed...
What is she doing?
This is Pictor. There's no way Cat would sell us out like this.
Yeah, not just Pictor.
On impact, the boats were scattered by the wave
and carried away from the Bravo and our stand-by vessel.
Some crew suffered minor injuries.
After several hours adrift,
our lifeboat was sighted by the Pictor rescue helicopters.
[reporter] Did you notify the Coast Guard?
What happened to the Charlie?
Did you see the wave coming?
-Please, please... -Were there any casualties?
[Lennox] The panel and I will answer questions after.
I'd like to thank the rescue team and company personnel
for bringing us back safely.
And we ask that you give us privacy to process these events
while Pictor helps to reunite us with our loved ones on land.
And that's all I have to say at this time.
[reporter] How many crew remain missing?
Were you afraid you wouldn't get back?
Do you know what happened to the rest of the crew?
We lost sight of the other lifeboats after the wave hit.
-What the hell?! -Yep, figures.
Shh.
But you still hope to find them?
I do.
Initial calculation of the epicentre of the event
puts in the Kinloch field. Do you have any comment on that?
There will be a technical briefing later
when we lay out the facts as we have them.
The primary focus of the North Sea family
is saving lives.
Never trust the suits.
Hey! She was still talking.
And we're done listening.
She's playing us.
I mean, you have to see that.
The files on the Ancestor, now this.
Trying to act the victim so the focus stays on rescuing survivors.
Not why the wave happened in the first place.
We don't have the full picture.
-'Cause she hasn't told us. -Don't.
Lennox is on our side. Why else would she put me in charge?
Because she knew it would make you stay.
You're the one person out of all of us who could've actually explained
what really happened on the Bravo and the world would believe you.
She gave you what you wanted so you'd do what she needed.
She wouldn't do that to me. I know her.
[Magnus] "Used to know her".
That's what you said when she came on board.
-Don't twist my words. -I'm not.
But you're putting a lot of faith in the word of a woman paid to lie.
What if she's lying to you, too?
Look, Lennox isn't a saint but she's not a monster.
She'll have a reason for what she's doing. She always does.
That was Pictor Energy CEO, Morgan Lennox
with an update on the unfolding of this tragedy.
The company has...
Oh, you sold 'em out.
You signed the papers too.
Yeah, but you're meant to be better.
This ain't about us, this is about Kacey.
So far, the only person who said that they'll help is her.
Yeah, the face has changed but not the game.
This is the way it has to be.
I don't expect you to understand,
but I do expect you to keep to your contract.
It'll all come out sooner or later.
You can't keep secrets in this world any more.
And when it does, we'll be ready.
So, if you're thinking of telling anyone before then,
know this: We don't lose, not ever.
[over PA] ...for Bronze Command on Channel 6.
Repeat, Bronze Command required...
Miss Braithwaite, anything to add on behalf of your statement?
Miss Lennox, anything on behalf of Pictor?
[Lennox] They're saying this way.
Are they all from the city?
And along the coast.
Pictor's helping coordinate logistics for the response effort.
You're never gonna get through that lot on your own.
What is this, you volunteering?
Magnus told me to look after you.
Nothing she's done changes that.
These passes give you free rein in the camp.
Any news, I'll find you. Good luck.
[sirens continue]
Jesus Christ, where do you even start?
[Cat] We'll take it a step at a time.
One by one.
[over PA] ...to T3 immediately.
Dr Sail, to T3...
Okay, immediate threat to life?
No, crush injury to left eye, the bleeding's stopped but--
Okay, er, T2. Mark them, take them to Row 6.
Got it.
Let the nurses know, come straight back out, okay?
[paramedic] Yeah.
Okay, what's next? What's the row...
No, I don't work here.
You look like you should, unless you've got something better--
No, I'm looking for someone. It's my wife. Kacey Braithwaite.
I'm very sorry, I'm only doing triage right now.
There must be someone taking a register, keeping track of everyone?
Yes, that would be me, along with everything else.
If I could actually get to it.
[over PA] All patients must stay in their designated areas.
Repeat, stay in your designated...
[Dr Sail] Pen please? You got a pen?
Um, here.
[Dr Sail] T1, yeah.
Er, Row 8.
[over PA] Crash team to T3 immediately.
Look, erm, if she's in here then she's being looked after.
If not, the best place to look is the camp gate.
But you'd do a lot more to help if you stayed.
I can't. Not now.
If you don't find her, come back!
[Hutton] Cat!
Leave me alone, Hutton!
-Hey. -I didn't ask for your help!
Hey, hey, hey, come here. What about those people back there?
They could use your help.
I'm not here for them. I'm here for Kacey!
Look around you. Half the city's in this camp.
You're not gonna find her marching around out there.
He said go to the gate.
[emotional music]
[crying]
-[sobbing] -[Hutton] Hey.
[crew member] And someone needs to check the dive suit, too.
You still haven't done me yet.
Not so good at people. They're tricky.
You seemed to get on well with Cameron.
He's tricky, too.
Nice thing to say about someone who saved your life.
-Hm. -[Heather] He's right.
Look at this.
What is it?
Coake said the first team were out there doing a mining survey, right?
-Right. -Mm-hmm.
[Heather] Look at the sea floor.
I'm looking but I'm not seeing.
Hm. Guess I've got to be the tough one and the smart one.
Askel said the Stac is here to mine polymetallic nodules
like this and these.
We passed those on the way out,
but there weren't any round the crash.
So, if the survey team weren't looking for nodules,
what were they looking for?
[hammering, power tools whirring]
Better not be forgetting which side you're on.
Well, I don't have a side.
Never saw the attraction.
Want to stay that way, you'd better hand it over.
Hand what over?
The data log from their rover.
Don't play games with me, unless you want to end up in a bag too.
-Is that a threat? -Call it a promise.
I left it behind.
More important things to worry about.
Normally, I don't like lying, but you better hope you are now.
That log is worth more than you know.
You're just a dog on a chain, Bremner.
One day, it's gonna choke ya.
[whacks]
[ringing]
Fuck! Those assholes.
[over PA] The cold work operation is now complete for the port side,
port side aft, starboard, starboard aft, on level two.
No luck?
Company have locked out all communication.
And that doesn't mean you guys were right about Lennox, before you say anything.
I wasn't gonna say it, and no one out there's blaming you.
Now that's good, because I didn't think I did anything wrong.
This the mining survey maps?
Yeah.
And?
I'm working on it.
What's with the attitude?
Is this about the visions?
I told you, I don't know what any of them mean.
All I want is for them to stop.
And all I want is for people to stop hiding things from me.
It's bad enough them doing it, but you, too?
Maybe, this was a bad idea.
Where are you going? We're not finished!
Are you sure? 'Cause sometimes it's really fucking hard to tell with you.
Oh, fuck you. [scoffs] What do you know about hard?
You have no idea how much harder it is for me, or Lennox.
We never get to be safe. Never.
Coake can screw up as many times as he wants and he just keeps on sailing,
but we are always one mistake away from losing it all.
And it doesn't even have to be ours.
So, you want to help?
How about you do something about that and leave me alone.
If that's what you want.
It is.
Fine.
Give her time. She'll cool off.
Oh, I wouldn't bet on it.
If Lennox wants to keep this box locked,
she wouldn't have given us the key.
But there are other people on board who know what Pictor are really doing here.
Control to Gallery.
Gallery, hi, yeah.
[Magnus] Heather.
It's Magnus.
Is Askel down there?
Yeah, I'll go get him. We were just thinking the same thing.
Do it. I'm tired of playing games.
Time to talk to someone who will actually give us some answers.
-Come on. -[hangs up receiver]
[Heather] They're coming down.
I'm gonna go find Askel. See if you can find Cameron.
They'll want to question him too.
[Harish] I'll hold down the fort.
[tense music]
Do you think Coake and Lennox could be looking out for each other?
Neither of them are looking out for us. I'm fucking sure of that.
[Coake] You keep your head down and your mouth shut.
You are not to interact with them at all.
You stay down here with your horrendous music,
doing as you're told, just like you always do.
[Askel] I didn't come here to lie for you.
[Coake] That's not your decision to make!
You work for the company, not your conscience! Got it?
Hey, Askel...
What do you want?
You know, you might get more out of your crew
if you weren't such a dick all the time.
This is my rig. I can talk to him however I want.
I thought all facilities belonged to the company.
Don't get smart with me. I am very much not in the mood.
When is he ever, right?
[sniffles]
That man is a brute.
Far worse than what he's hunting.
Magnus wanted to speak with you.
There's nothing useful in Coake's files
and there's no way of getting through to Lennox
without him or Bremner giving us access.
Cameron's gone into hiding, too.
Whatever Coake sent him to do out at the crash site,
he's not for sharing.
Harish, you installed some of the systems here, right?
Uh-huh.
Could you crack open these encrypted files?
You got it. Just watch me.
That's a start.
Pictor might not give us answers
but it's not gonna stop us asking questions.
What about the Ancestor?
They found it during the mining surveys
and then they moved the Stac to this location,
but there's nothing to say why.
I might be able to shine an element of light on that point.
[sighs] Step into my office.
So, erm, what you call the Ancestor,
a good name, by the way.
Thanks.
It's an ancient living network threaded through the sea bed.
We used to think of forests on land as thousands of individual trees.
But now, we know they're all linked by mycelium strands.
These living networks allow the trees to swap nutrients, send messages,
and even help defend against attacks from predators.
So, you think the Ancestor's the same?
A living network spread across the whole ocean?
Yes. By analysing the samples that Coake brought back from the North Sea,
we know that what you encountered there
is part of the same organic web we've found here in the Arctic,
and it may even be much larger than that.
[Fulmer] If you knew all this already,
what's Pictor actually doing here?
Pictor has invested a lot into opening the sea for mining
but until they deal with the Ancestor,
it's too dangerous to expand production.
What about Coake's poison from the injectors?
The original poison works on the small scale,
but it kills too fast to spread effectively.
It's like trying to destroy a colony of bees by squashing the individuals.
To kill the whole swarm, you need to get the workers
to carry the poison back to the hive.
So that it kills the Queen.
Poison the well, kill the whole village.
Exactly. Like any network,
we believe this organism contains nodes that hold the whole system together.
Pictor's plan is to find one of these nodes
and introduce the poison there at its heart,
so it spreads through the whole system.
Coake was never interested in mining. He's looking for its heart.
Unfortunately, yes.
So far, they haven't been able to find it. But, erm...
That's what the survey team were after.
Yeah.
And it's possible they found it?
It is.
That's why it attacked!
It wasn't going after the rover; it was defending its home.
And...
Coake told me not to tell you any of this,
so, I hope you have a plan of dealing with him
because I'm very bad in the job interview situation.
[Heather] Don't worry, Magnus always looks after his own.
[Askel] But I'm a Pictor employee.
We need to find out exactly what Coake...
[Bremner] Fucking Askel. We should've fixed him long ago.
[Coake] We're not here to kill people, just that thing out there.
Once I get the drive from Cameron.
Not only that, it was waiting for them out there.
It knew we were coming.
And if we go after it now, it'll know that, too.
How?
[types]
Because it has a direct link on board with us.
We need to break it first.
You got a plan for that?
I'm working on it.
-[machine humming] -[rocks clattering]
[tense music]
You cold-blooded bastard.
You knew it was there.
And you still sent us right at it.
[closing theme music playing]