Part 1: Stasis

Down

Definitely Human

Performing Arts, Science Fiction, Fiction, Arts

4.4 • 619 Ratings

🗓️ 1 January 2020

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

At Beckett Station in Antarctica, Global energy company Advantage prepares for an expedition unlike any other. A crew of five will spend two days aboard the state-of-the-art submarine Virgil, as it slowly descends to the bottom of a newly discovered deep sea fissure. The voyage hasn’t even begun and already marine biologist Dr Marion Straker finds herself at odds with the clashing egos and fawning yes-men of the Antarctic base. And worse than that is the doubt. The inescapable feeling that she doesn’t deserve to be there.

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0:00.0	Definitely Human.
0:04.4	Last time we met, you said you had a choice to make. Yes, that's right. It wasn't really a choice, though.
0:24.3	Is that something you'd like to talk about? I understand this is a big commitment, but how could I say no?
0:29.6	To be one of the first people to go and discover what's down there, that's making history. For half a second, a day maybe, there was a twinge of doubt. But I've put my life
0:39.5	on hold for too long and that itch in my stomach to go back out and explore. It was too hard to say no to.
0:45.3	I mean, this is real frontiers of science stuff. So we're doing it. I leave in two days' time.
0:51.5	This must be very exciting for you. Yes.
0:55.1	Yes, it is.
0:56.7	Can we explore this doubt you felt?
0:59.2	It's perfectly natural.
1:00.6	You said so yourself.
1:02.1	Do you think any part of that doubt was linked to what happened to your brother?
1:13.6	No. The The It's been 18 months since the trench beneath the Antarctic, dubbed the bottomless pit, was exposed.
1:38.3	While automated probes have been sent down, this will be the first manned attempt to explore it. The crew of five will
1:45.7	be using a specially designed submersible, capable of withstanding enormous pressures.
1:51.2	With a bill reportedly running into the civilians, it's a big risk for the energy company
1:55.4	advantage, who are backing the project. Victor Hotel 7-4 Alpha,. This is Beckett Station. You are clear for final approach.
2:03.6	Death. Definitely Human Presents
2:24.3	Down
2:28.3	Good flight? I never like those things. They always feel too flimsy to me. I fully admit that makes no sense considering what I've signed up for.
2:43.8	I'm the same with bikes. Stick me in a car though and I'm happy. Well, enjoy your last night on TerraFerma.
2:50.4	Damn.
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