ECOSPHERES

 
                                      by
 

                               James R. Jaeger II
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 




 
 
 
 
 
 
 
          
          Copyright 2002
          by James R. Jaeger II
          ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

                         

 









         




 
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          FADE IN:
 
 
          EXT.  LOCAL SATURN SPACE - DAY & NIGHT
 
          CAMERA pans from a star field to a surveyor's sextant on a huge
          survey ship.  Below, a small expeditionary shuttle is headed up
          from Titan, the 6th "moon" of the beautiful planet Saturn.
 
 
          INT.  SURVEY SHIP - BRIDGE
 
          COMMANDER JOHN B. GODARD IV, head of the exploration division of
          the planetary science agency, known as E1S2, is a prominent
          theoretical scientist and frequent visitor to the Solar System's
          planets and satellites.  Godard is taking final degree readings
          on a nefarious looking object to triangulate-in on its exact
          direction and distance from Earth.
 
          INCERT - SPHERICAL OBJECT
 
          On a telescope screen, we see a deep, reddish-purple object which
          looks like a red-hot ball of glowing iron.  In fact, it's a burned
          out neutron star, reduced, at the end of its carbon cycle, to a
          glowing sphere of iron - 1,500 miles in diameter.
 
 
          BRIDGE
 
          The large cabin is busy with SPACE TECHNICIANS everywhere.
 
                                      GODARD
                          That last light-minute we went
                          out was worth it because we now
                          can plot the cosecant of this
                          thing's exact orbit.  Who would
                          have dreamt we were actually a
                          binary star system!
 
                                      COMM TECHIE
                          Well, now I guess we're going to
                          have to tell everyone what's been
                          going on out here for millennia.
 
                                      GODARD (touch of despair)
                          Yep.  And decades.
                             (beat)
                          Please set up a commline with
                          Delacroix at E1S2.
 
                                      COMM TECHIE
                          Yes Sir, Commander Godard.


          INT.  E1S2, INTERMEZZO STATION - DAYBREAK
 
          E1S2, short for Earth Science Systems, is the massive control
          center for all science and security systems of the Federated
          Nations - the world governing body.
 
          Judging from the looks of things, this is Earth, circa 2175 anno
          Domini.  150,000 UNIFORMED MEN AND WOMEN whirl about their
          assignments in a 309 story glass-structure headquartered in low
          earth orbit, and known as InterMezzo Station.
 
          E1S2's major divisions are Exploration, Vehicle Manufacturing,
          Solar System Geology, Astronomy, FACtual DATa Research and
          Security - all under the control of VICE MARSHALL DELACROIX.