by me, Kerry Burgess, 11/28/2023
We've already had a couple bouts of measurable snow this winter season so far here in Spokane
Today's the first time this season I've noticed my little weather monitor make a bold prediction of snowfall in the near future. The local tv weather guys are predicting it also.
This always make me think to check for a specific pattern in my original work code, this Language of the Gods that only *I* have described freely here to the world
If other people became emotionally vested in these trivial details then they - typically those UFO-bunker types - would claim it means we live in artificial reality
As I am capable of independent-thought - they are not capable - I tend to think in terms of 90% reality. Rules and consequences.
Stargate Universe - "Visitation" - tv-series Season 2 Episode 9, 11/23/2010
(from internet transcript)
Dr. CAINE (on Destiny): Something vital has broken and none of us know how to fix it.
Stargate Universe - "Visitation" - tv-series Season 2 Episode 9, 11/23/2010
(from internet transcript)
In Camille's room, she has Caine under hypnosis. His eyes are closed. Young is standing nearby.
WRAY: What do you see?
CAINE: Snow is falling.
(Inside his head, he is standing about a dozen paces away from the rear of the shuttle. The snow has been falling for some time and he has left deep footprints behind him. Wrapped in a blanket, he gazes up at the sky, realising that it doesn't look like it's going to stop snowing any time soon. He lowers his head unhappily and turns back towards the ship.)
CAINE (on Destiny): The shuttle is our only shelter now.
(A couple of blankets have been hung over the doorway and Caine pushes through to where the rest of the crew are wrapped in more blankets and huddled around a tiny fire in a metal bowl. All of them are shuddering.)
CAINE (on Destiny): It's so cold. We lost power days ago.
(He looks around at his friends, who stare back at him as they tremble with the cold. All of them have sores on their faces. Peter's gaze is more than a little accusing.)
Star Trek - "Metamorphosis" - tv-series Season 2 Episode 9, 11/10/1967
Episode Summary
When their shuttle is diverted to a planetoid, Kirk, Spock, and McCoy encounter Earth's Warp Drive pioneer, Zefram Cochrane, who appears to have survived there alone for 150 years.
(from internet transcript)
NANCY: What's happening? I demand to know.
KIRK: You already know as much as we do, Miss Hedford. Whatever that thing is outside, it's yanked us off course from the Enterprise.
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by me, Kerry Burgess, posted by me: August 14, 2020
Logan's Run (1976)
Quotes
Logan 5: Run, runner!
"Natural Law" - Star Trek: Voyager
Original Airdate: 2 May 2001
(from internet transcript)
[the tv-series episode begins:]
[Shuttlecraft]
(A standard Starfleet shuttlecraft is flying over a lush green forest.)
CHAKOTAY: Beautiful, isn't it?
SEVEN: A sensor analysis would have provided the necessary information.
CHAKOTAY: Just admiring the view.
SEVEN: The conference begins in less than an hour.
CHAKOTAY: There's always time for Warp Field Dynamics, but you don't see natural beauty like this every day.
(Whumph)
CHAKOTAY: What was that?
SEVEN: Some kind of energy barrier directly below us. It spans thousands of square kilometres.
CHAKOTAY: Why didn't our sensors detect it?
SEVEN: Uncertain. It has an unusual tetrion signature. Species three one two used a similar technology. There's a power surge coming from the barrier.
CHAKOTAY: Shields at full.
SEVEN: They're creating some kind of feedback. We've lost impulse engines.
CHAKOTAY: Go to warp.
SEVEN: The warp core is offline.
CHAKOTAY: Warp engines don't just shut down when you scrape an energy barrier.
SEVEN: It's affecting all our systems.
COMPUTER: Warning. Structural failure in thirty seconds.
CHAKOTAY: We'll have to beam to the surface.
SEVEN: We can't transport through the barrier. Transfer auxiliary power to the weapons array.
CHAKOTAY: What are you trying to do?
SEVEN: If I can realign our phasers to the correct frequency, I may be able to open a rift.
CHAKOTAY: Big enough to get a shuttle through, I hope?
COMPUTER: Warning. Structural failure in ten seconds, nine, eight.
SEVEN: Phasers reconfigured.
(Chakotay fires the phaser and flies the shuttlecraft through the resulting hole. They lose the nacelles as they go through, and beam out as the shuttlecraft tumbles to the ground.)
"Natural Law" - Star Trek: Voyager
Original Airdate: 2 May 2001
(from internet transcript)
SEVEN: I'm detecting shuttle debris scattered over several square kilometres.
CHAKOTAY: Some of it might still be functional.
SEVEN: If we can find the right components, we may be able to construct a beacon. Send a distress signal.
CHAKOTAY: Through the barrier?
SEVEN: Maybe.
CHAKOTAY: If we hurry we might still make that conference. Well, if we have to be stranded somewhere, we couldn't ask for a nicer place.
SEVEN: We wouldn't be stranded at all if you hadn't insisted on admiring the view.
"Natural Law" - Star Trek: Voyager
Original Airdate: 2 May 2001
(from internet transcript)
[Jungle]
(Seven finds a small piece of the shuttlecraft.)
SEVEN: The relays are fused. It's useless.
(Chakotay's tricorder has picked up something else.)
CHAKOTAY: Looks like we're not the only ones here.
SEVEN: Indigenous wildlife, perhaps.
CHAKOTAY: I'm reading residual lifesigns. They're humanoid.
"Natural Law" - Star Trek: Voyager
Original Airdate: 2 May 2001
(from internet transcript)
CHAKOTAY: You want to trade? Well, I suppose it won't hurt.
(They trade items. The man gathers air into his hand and brings it to his heart.)
CHAKOTAY: I'll take that as a thank you.
(Seven returns.)
SEVEN: Did you make a favourable exchange?
CHAKOTAY: I didn't want to insult their customs. Any luck?
SEVEN: I may have found a way of communicating.
CHAKOTAY: Me too. I've learned to say thank you.
(He demonstrates. The girl is watching Seven.)
SEVEN: I was referring to communication with Voyager. It may be possible to construct a beacon by connecting these components to the shuttle's deflector.
CHAKOTAY: Did you find it?
SEVEN: I detected it six kilometres from here. I believe it's intact.
CHAKOTAY: I'm not sure I'm up to that long a trip.
SEVEN: I'll go.
CHAKOTAY: I've started mapping the area. Here's the river we passed. This is where we beamed down. And we're here now.
SEVEN: Then the deflector should be approximately here.
CHAKOTAY: Six kilometres is a long way. Maybe one of them could guide you.
SEVEN: I'm still trying to limit our contact with these people.
CHAKOTAY: The sooner you get to the deflector, the sooner we can get out of here. They know the terrain. Maybe they can get you there faster.
SEVEN: And watch me construct a tetrion-based signalling device.
CHAKOTAY: All right, but be careful. Seven. This is how they say goodbye.
(A fist over the heart, then the arm extends out with an open downward palm. Seven leaves. She manages to trip over a tree root and lose her tricorder down a hole in the ground. As she cannot reach it, she moves on. Back at the clearing, the man makes Chakotay a stout walking stick.)
CHAKOTAY: Thank you.
(He hobbles over to a group of teenagers, and gestures fist over heart opening all fingers palm outwards.)
CHAKOTAY: Hello.
(Then he sees that they are painting copies of his tattoo on each other.)
[Jungle]
(It's dark, and a storm is brewing. Seven stumbles over a log and finds that she is walking in circles. Her hair is coming loose from its pleat. She sits down and hugs herself. There is a rustling nearby.)
SEVEN: Identify yourself.
(The girl comes and puts a blanket over Seven's shoulders, then scrapes a couple of stones together before squeezing the oils from nearby fruits on them to make a fire.)
SEVEN: An exothermic reaction.
(Seven turns off her wrist beacon as the fire brightens. She is offered part of a stick of dried food.)
SEVEN: I'm not hungry.
[Delta Flyer]
(In the shuttlebay, an impartial eye is not impressed with the craft's design.)
KLEG: Inadequate system integration. Visibility impaired by lateral sensor array. Insufficient console accessibility.
PARIS: You know, I couldn't agree more. Those are some of the defects that led to my so-called pilot error.
KLEG: Polarity thrusters? Oh, they've been known to cause accidental acceleration.
PARIS: Exactly my point. Why should I be held responsible for the ship's design flaws?
KLEG: According to the maintenance records, you were this vessel's chief designer. I make it a point of professional pride to research every case I'm assigned to. Are you familiar with that term, Lieutenant? Professional pride?
PARIS: Yes, sir. In fact, that is why I'm so eager to get underway. I want to prove to you that I'm a good pilot.
Stargate: Universe
"Space"
TV-series season 1 episode 11, 04/02/2010
(from internet transcript)
SCOTT: Well, what do you think?
CAINE: I ... I'm an I.T. tech, you know. I fix Earth computers, not Ancient communication devices.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huzihiro_Araki
Stargate Universe - "Faith" - tv-series Season 1 Episode 13, 04/16/2010
(from internet transcript)
PLANET. Doctor Caine is sitting alone at the side of a stream. His feet are bare, his hands are folded in his lap, his eyes are closed and he seems to be meditating. Not noticing him, Scott noisily scrunches along the opposite bank and squats down to fill his canteen. It's only as he raises his head that he sees Caine.
SCOTT: Oh, Jeez! Hey, I'm sorry. I'll go somewhere else.
CAINE: Uh, no. No-no, that's OK.
(He smiles reassuringly. Scott sits down on a rock.)
CAINE: Hey, I wanted to thank you. I know all the military personnel are trying to mend fences, but you're one of the few who actually seems to mean it.
SCOTT: Ah, well, we've gotta work it out, right?
CAINE: It's interesting that we've now been given the time down here to do that.
SCOTT: Yeah, well, we're pretty lucky to find this place.
CAINE: My mom used to say there's no such thing as luck - only the hand of God giving you a little help when you need it most.
(Scott, with his religious background, clearly finds that an interesting thought.)
CAINE: Somewhere along the line, I mean, I stopped believing all that, but now I look at this place, put right in our path for us to find. Tell me that isn't a miracle.
(Scott ponders the thought.)
Stargate Universe - "Faith" - tv-series Season 1 Episode 13, 04/16/2010
(from internet transcript)
PLANET. T.J. is in a field of tall flowers with Caine. Morrison and Chloe are also nearby and everyone is collecting samples of the plants as Caine explains his theories to T.J.
JOHANSEN: Fate brought us here?
CAINE: I dunno. Maybe. Maybe that's what brought us to Icarus and then Destiny.
(Morrison laughs sarcastically.)
JOHANSEN: You don't believe that?
MORRISON: Well, you miss your flight and the plane crashes; you weren't spared for a reason. God doesn't have a master plan for you. Things just happen.
ARMSTRONG: So we're born, we live, we die, it's all random?
MORRISON: Yeah, and along the way you do the best with whatever crap you happen to step in.
Stargate Universe - "Faith" - tv-series Season 1 Episode 13, 04/16/2010
(from internet transcript)
SCOTT: Homesick for Destiny? Only a few more days ‘til we head back.
ARMSTRONG: Honestly, no. (She laughs.) I'm not. I like it here. I'm starting to wonder if Doctor Caine is right - that it's no accident we found this planet.
SCOTT: We were brought here by God?
ARMSTRONG: Or whoever. I don't know. I mean, if some alien beings are powerful enough to create this place, maybe there is some kind of higher power in the universe that knew we were in trouble; put this planet here for us to find. Maybe it's time we stopped thinking about ...
(She breaks off and frowns, staring up and over Matt's shoulder.)
ARMSTRONG: Hey, what's that?
(Scott turns and follows her gaze. From some distance away, a narrow but powerful beam of white light has begun to shine up into the night sky.)
DESTINY. From the shuttle, Scott is reporting the news via comms to the Control Interface Room.
YOUNG: When?
SCOTT: Tonight, just now, coming from the obelisk, shooting straight up into the sky. Doctor Volker detected some kind of a strange radiation. He's working on it, but it's like this whole thing suddenly came to life.
YOUNG (to Rush): Why now? Why not when they first got there?
RUSH: Perhaps their initial impact wasn't enough to trigger an alert, but now ...
SCOTT: So, this light: you think it'll bring the aliens back to the planet?
Stargate Universe - "Faith" - tv-series Season 1 Episode 13, 04/16/2010
(from internet transcript)
SCOTT: Safer?! The aliens who built this rock may be on their way back!
CAINE: And good. I mean, if they're advanced enough to build a solar system, I know they can help us get back home.
GREER: Not if they don't wipe us out first.
ARMSTRONG: Why do you immediately think they're gonna harm us?
SCOTT: I'm sorry - do you not remember what the last aliens did to you?
CAINE: This planet was created for us, and we were led here for a reason.
MORRISON: Oh, for God's sake!
GREER: What if they don't come back? Then what?
JOHANSEN: I'm OK with that. I'm healthier here. There's food and plenty of water.
GREER: And we're bringing a ton of it back!
JOHANSEN: And eventually it'll run out.
SCOTT: OK, what about the winters? Doctor Volker - you said you found evidence it gets very cold here.
VOLKER: Yes, well below freezing. For months, T.J.
JOHANSEN: So we'll build better shelters.
CAINE: I don't even think it will come to that. The beings who created this world will return, and they will help us get back home.
(Greer scoffs.)
CAINE: I know it.
Stargate Universe - "Visitation" - tv-series Season 2 Episode 9, 11/23/2010
(from internet transcript)
JOHANSEN: They're all in perfect health - no trace of disease or malnutrition, just like the day we left them.
YOUNG: What are the odds of that?
JOHANSEN: Eight adults who've been through what they've been through?!
YOUNG: You know, not one of them remembers a damn thing about the planet or how they got here.
JOHANSEN: Well, Caine believes that's God's way of telling them they've been reborn.
YOUNG (cynically): Was that before or after He gave them amnesia?
JOHANSEN: The others think that maybe the aliens discovered them and returned them to us as an act of benevolence.
YOUNG: Well, that's nice(!)
JOHANSEN: You're not buying it.
YOUNG: Nah. These aliens are too damn powerful. Building planets, rebuilding shuttles - they could ... they could squash us like ants if they wanted to.
Stargate Universe - "Visitation" - tv-series Season 2 Episode 9, 11/23/2010
(from internet transcript)
(During the night, Peter stumbles out of the shuttle and wanders off into the snow.)
WRAY: OK, um ...
(Trying to pull her thoughts together, she sits down near Caine.)
WRAY: ... it's the last night; the night before you woke up inside the shuttle and Destiny was there.
CAINE: Yes. I remember.
WRAY: Tell me what you see.
(In flashback, Caine is visibly close to death as he gazes across the shuttle in despair.)
CAINE (on Destiny): It's very dark. There's no pain, just ... just the cold.
WRAY: Who else is there with you?
CAINE: Uh ...
(He shakes his head in distress as he sees the others sitting nearby in the shuttle, their eyes all closed.)
WRAY: What?
CAINE (on Destiny): They're all dead, frozen.
(He shudders in horror as he looks around the ship at his dead colleagues.)
CAINE (on Destiny): I'm alone.
WRAY: What are you doing?
CAINE (on Destiny): Nowhere for me to go.
(He sits silently in the shuttle with frost on his face, his expression hopeless.)
CAINE (on Destiny): Nothing to do now but pray.
(He jolts and opens his eyes, the hypnosis broken.)
CAINE: Next thing I remember is waking up on the shuttle and seeing Destiny out the window.
(He looks down and flexes his hands as if they're cold. Young walks closer to him.)
YOUNG: Is that all?
CAINE: I wish I had more answers for you.
YOUNG: Me too.
Stargate Universe - "Visitation" - tv-series Season 2 Episode 9, 11/23/2010
(from internet transcript)
Eli has watched the footage from the Kino found in the shuttle, and has called Young, Camille and Nicholas to his room to watch. They stand nearby as he sets the footage going again. Inside the shuttle the Kino turns to focus on Robert Caine sitting on the floor.
(Behind him, a bright glow appears outside the front window. Gasping, Robert brushes aside the blanket covering his head and turns to look out of the window. The glow becomes brighter and envelops the entire ship, and the screen fills with white light.)
(The footage ends. Eli switches off the screen and turns to look at the others. Nobody speaks, all of them lost in their own thoughts.)
- by me, Kerry Wayne Burgess, posted by me: 02:03 AM Pacific-time USA Wednesday 11/29/2023
