UFlorence Faivre njengoJuliette Andromeda Mao kwi Ububanzi . (Ifoto ngu: Jason Bell / Syfy) Phantse iminyaka emi-6 ukusukela esiphelweni se- Inkwenkwezi yedabi iGalactica , Ijelo leSyFy lisenokuba ekugqibeleni lifumene umboniso omtsha oza kudlulela kulungelelwaniso oluqhelekileyo lwenethiwekhi yee-b-movie ezizele zi-shark kunye ne-low-budget yesayensi yeentsomi. Ububanzi , Ngokusekwe kuthotho olonyuliweyo lwembasa ye-Hugo ka-2011 nguJames S. A. Corey, yenza ukuba uthungelwano lukhuphe iintloko zamva nje ukusuka ekuvuseleleni kwenkqubo yokuhlola indawo enzulu ye-NASA kunye nezicwangciso eziphakamileyo zika-Elon Musk zokuthanga (kunye nuke?) IMars.
Nini Inkwenkwezi yetrek Inkulumbuso ngo-1966, umbono kaGene Roddenberry waveza ikamva lobuntu ngokusekwe kumabhongo esithuba avele ngexesha lemfazwe ebandayo. Ubuntu babungena nje kwi-orbit kwaye i-NASA yanikwa umyalelo wokuthumela oosomajukujuku eNyangeni. Inkwenkwezi yetrek ibonakalise ikamva apho izifo, intlupheko kunye nemfazwe zithathelwe indawo luxolo, impumelelo kunye nokuhlola. Ububanzi isebenzisa imephu yendlela yanamhlanje yokuhlola indawo ngendlela efanayo kodwa ipeyinta iziphumo ezihluke ngokupheleleyo.
Ububanzi inazo zonke iimpawu zendalo yesayensi ye-dystopian kunye noluhlu lubeka ithoni yokungabi nathemba kunye nokuphelelwa lithemba ngokuvula isiqendu sayo somqhubi iDulcinea kunye nelinye ibhinqa elinexinzelelo elwela ukusinda kwisiphekepheke esonakeleyo. Ibali lithatha iinkulungwane ezimbini ukusukela kumhla wangoku kwikamva apho iZizwe eziManyeneyo zilawula uMhlaba, i-Independent militarised Mars, kunye nabahlali okanye iBelters zebhanti ye-Asteroid zisemngciphekweni wemfazwe. Ukuseta kusekwe kumathemba okwenyani okufikelela koluntu kunye nekamva kwindawo.
Kwindalo yonke Ububanzi , IsiXeko saseNew York isesiphithiphithi esinezixeko ezongezelelekileyo kumazantsi eManhattan. Imifanekiso eyaziwayo njenge-Statue of Liberty kunye neZiko elinye loRhwebo leHlabathi zibonakalisiwe kutyelelo lokuqala loMhlaba. Nangona kunjalo, kukho umahluko ophawulekayo kwaye ukuba uyaqhwanyaza uya kuwuphosa; ulwakhiwo olurhangqwe urhangqe iNkululeko kunye nesiqithi saseManhattan esibonisa ukuba amanqanaba olwandle anyuke kakhulu -mhlawumbi kushushu. Apha, saziswa ngokuguga kwaye kubonakala ngathi kulunge uSekela-Nobhala Wezomthetho uChrisjen Avasarala.
I-Undersecretary ye-Sekela-ntloko ngokukhawuleza kwi-helikopta 'kwindawo emnyama' e-East Hampton, eLong Island apho ejongene nokuncinwa kweBelter ebanjiweyo. U-Avasarala ushiya ixesha loxolo lobuzaza kunye nomzukulwana wakhe ekuhlukumezeni kakubi eli banjwa ngethemba lokuthintela imfazwe.
I-Belters sisizukulwana esizelwe kwaye sikhulele kwibhanti ye-asteroid phakathi kweMars neJupiter. Ibali lijolise kumzimba omkhulu wesibhakabhaka kuloo mmandla-umhlaba ogama linguCeres. Iplanethi yomdaka yenza izihloko kutshanje njenge Isiphekepheke seNASA sikaDawn ithumele imifanekiso engaqondakaliyo ebusweni bayo. Izazinzulu kunye nabaphandi bezama ukufumanisa imvelaphi yamachaphaza aqaqambileyo aphuma eCeres kwaye kulenyanga bazimisele ukuba ezo zinto zingathandekiyo ngumkhenkce kunye neetyiwa nje ezantsi komhlaba. Olu bhaqo ludibanisa ngokufanelekileyo kwindalo iphela Ububanzi nanjengoko saziswa kwisikhululo sendiza esijikeleza i-Ceres apho ishishini lezemigodi ye-asteroid lisekwe kwaye umsebenzi walo ophambili uqokelela umkhenkce.
Ngokuzenzekelayo, uMongameli u-Obama usandula ukutyikitya i-US Commerce Space Launch Competitiveness Act ibe ngumthetho. Oku kuchaza ukuba iinkampani ezizimeleyo eziza kuthi ekugqibeleni zigqibe izixhobo ze-asteroid zinamalungelo apheleleyo obunini kwezo zixhobo. Kwikhulu leminyaka ukusukela ngoku, ubuntu buza kujonga ngelixesha njengendawo apho siye sakwazi ukuseka indawo esisigxina esithubeni utshilo uPeter H. Diamandis, uMseki-mbumbano weZibonelelo zePlanethi, Inc. Kwimbali, akuzange ibe lizinga elikhawulezayo lenkqubela phambili kunangoku.
I-SyFy ayinakuphupha ngeplagi yentengiso engcono ye Ububanzi .
Iqumrhu elidibeneyo eliza kuthi ngenye imini lisebenzise lo mthetho lisondele ekusindeni kwesikhululo saseCeres saseBelters ngelixa i-oda igcinwa ngamapolisa abucala aquka uMcuphi uMat Tom Miller. UMiller, okhokelayo kulo mboniso kunye neqhawe elichasayo, yipolisi eyonakeleyo-ngokwaneleyo-ukuba-isenokuthandeka okanye ibheji engenzi (kodwa ngasese) inike malunga neBelters kwisikhululo.
Saziswa kuMiller ngelixa i-Belter eguqulweyo inika idosi yokubonisa ngendlela yokubonisa. Isihlwele siqokelela njengoko umqhankqalazi ekhanyisa ngokungekho mthethweni ukungabikho kokusesikweni okuchaphazela abaninzi abahlala kwibhanti ye-asteroid kodwa uMcuphi uMiller ukhetha ukungambambi ngenxa yokukhuthaza. Igosa elilawulayo likaMiller kamva limnika isabelo esisezingeni eliphambili sokufumana uJuliette Mao, intombi elahlekileyo ye-tycoon yequmrhu kunye nomntu ophakathi kwinto eya kuba yindibano ebanzi egubungela ixesha lokuqala. UMao ngumfazi omncinci osentlungwini ngexesha lokuvulwa kwesiqendu kwaye uphambili kwisiqwenga sencwadi yokuqala kwi Ububanzi uthotho, ILeviyathan Wakes . Ukungxamiseka kwebali likaMao kuyadaka kwi-intro zabalinganiswa abaninzi kunye nengxolo yokwakha kwendalo iphelele kwisiqendu sokuqala.
Ihlabathi likaMiller lisebenza njengendawo emnyama kwimeko yakhe entsha. Uninzi luyagula okanye lulambile, Amanzi ayabiwa, ukunyoba kuthathwa (nguMiller ngokwakhe) ukuze ulwaphulo-mthetho lungahoywa, kwaye kukho inqanaba lobuhlanga ngokubhekisele kwiiBelters ezibonakala zivela kubantu abazalwe nguMhlaba okanye oMhlaba wabo. Abo bavela kwibhanti ye-asteroid baneempawu ezahlukileyo zomzimba ezenziwe yindawo yabo yelinye ilizwe ebandakanya ikakhulu amalungu omzimba amade kunye neziphene ezibangelwa kukungabikho komoya kunye nomxhuzulane. Ukungakhathali okubonakalayo kuka-Detective Miller malunga nokubandezeleka kukaBelter kwisikhululo saseCeres kunokukhokelela ekubeni ukholelwe ukuba ungowaseMhlabeni kodwa izinto ezifihliweyo entanyeni yakhe zibonisa ukuba wazalelwa kwibhanti ye-asteroid.
Emuva eMhlabeni, enye yezi Belters ihlupheka ezandleni ze-Undersecretary Avasarala. Njengompimpi otyholwayo kunye nobunqolobi, iBelter ixhonywe kumagwegwe ngaphakathi kwendawo emnyama eyimfihlo ngelixa ubunzima bomhlaba-obunzima kakhulu kwiBelters- butyumza umzimba wakhe obuthathaka. Ukuncinwa kuka-Undersecretary kunika umkhondo kwinto enokuba yiyo iMcguffin yexesha 1 -tekhnoloji eyimfihlakalo enokuthi ixhase isikali semfazwe xa kungqubana phakathi kwamagunya elanga.
Ngokuphathelele kwimfazwe ezayo, i-hitter enzima iya kuba yi-Mars. Iireferensi zenziwe ngamandla omkhosi weplanethi ebomvu kunye nenkqubela phambili kuphuhliso lwezixhobo. Uxinzelelo phakathi koMhlaba noMars ekuqaleni kungenxa yomdyarho wezixhobo ezixabisekileyo kwibhanti ye-asteroid kodwa ngokuqinisekileyo iya kukhula ngakumbi xa itekhnoloji yebali eliyimfihlakalo ingena kudlala.
Amandla omkhosi waseMars ubonwa ngamehlo eqela le-rag-tag yeekhontrakthi zemigodi ye-asteroid eqhuba i-shuttle craft kude nesikhephe sayo esikhulu seshishini kufutshane neSaturn, ICanterbury , Ukuphanda ngesiphekepheke esingasebenziyo. Bakhokelwa nguJames Holden ongathandiyo owathi ekuqaleni uyalugatya uxanduva lakhe kwaye angazibandakanya kwisini se-zero-gravity kwaye aqhubeke nokukhangela inkqubo yelanga yekomityi yekofu efanelekileyo.
Ukunyuswa okungxamisekileyo kukaHolden kwigosa lokuqala le ICanterbury kulandela ukophuka okupheleleyo kwesibini somyalelo wenqanawa yemigodi edlalwa ngu Ukuqhawula okubi UJonathan Banks. Umlingiswa wakhe ukude noMike othandekayo amdlalileyo kwi-AMC's show show kwaye kwimizuzu embalwa esaziswa ngayo ngomlinganiswa, iiBhanki zibonisa indoda ekhalayo, edanileyo enqwenela ukubuyela eMhlabeni. Uye wabhenela ekuncokoleni nezityalo zakhe kwaye wadubula umboniso wefestile wobuxoki kwigumbi lakhe elixineneyo ngaphambi kokuba athathwe ngabasebenzi bezonyango. Kuvakala ngathi utshaya ikristale elungileyo yaseHeisenberg.
Njengomphathi wokuqala wenqanawa entsha yemigodi, uJames Holden ukhokela iqela elikude kwishuttle yabo enothuli ukuya Ithambeka , isibane esikhupha ibhakana, isiphekepheke esishiyiweyo esihamba kwindawo enzulu kunye nesitya esinye esihlala uJuliette Mao kwindawo yokuvula. Ngexesha lokukhangela kwenqanawa, inqanawa yasemkhosini evela kuMars ngequbuliso ivela kwi-radar kwaye ngaphandle kwesixwayiso, iyatshabalalisa ICanterbury Ngelixa ushiya iqela likaHolden elikude. Esi siganeko sibophelela amabali amathathu aphambili kunye nokukhangelwa kukaJuliette Mao nguDetective Miller ngoku kuya kumkhokelela e-Holden kunye neqela lakhe ngelixa olu hlaselo luza kujongela phantsi i-United Nations's Undersecretary imizamo ebonakalayo yokuthintela yonke imfazwe.
