Stavl Zosimov
A full parade of planets

CHARTER ONE

1982. TsUP. USSR. Korolev, Moscow region. Pionerskaya str., d. 4

The mAIn control room is where the flight director and specialists responsible for the operation of the station's various onboard systems work. The operators plan and monitor the flight's stages, ensure communication with the crew, and the doctors monitor the team's condition. Each person has their own workspace with consoles, computers, and communication equipment. In the flight director's office, the flight director, his deputies, and representatives of the Papanin Institute of Inland Water Biology of the Russian Academy of Sciences sit at a table.

FLIGHT DIRECTOR

By order of the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, the Biorisk experiment with tardigrades has been approved, which will be conducted in space aboard the Soyuz T-10 spacecraft.

DIRECTOR OF THE INSTITUTE

The top leadership of our country has set a task. The purpose of the experiment with tardigrades is to study the effects of weightlessness and cosmic radiation on these organisms.

PROFESSOR OF BIOLOGY

Several tardigrades will be sent into orbit to be studied, as agreed upon

REPLACEMENT SUPERVISOR

The launch date of the Soyuz T-10 spacecraft is scheduled for February 8, 1984.

DIRECTOR OF THE INSTITUTE

By the way, foreign colleagues are also conducting research on this individual. Scientists shot tardigrades with a shotgun to test their survival rate. All for the sake of answering the most important scientific question. An astrochemist and an astrophysicist from the University of Kent (UK) conducted an experiment with tardigrades to determine whether they are able to survive cosmic collisions. To do this, they loaded a gun with tardigrades and fired at a sandy target.

PROFESSOR OF BIOLOGY

There is also information that an Israeli company has sent tardigrades as part of an "ecosystem model" on a spacecraft to the moon.

REPLACEMENT SUPERVISOR

You can hear it. The lander slammed into the surface, and the contents scattered across the satellite.

The base unit contAIns the cosmonauts Leonid Kizim (commander), Vladimir Solovyov (flight engineer), and Oleg Atkov (research cosmonaut). There is a video link with the control center.

SHIFTED HEAD

Pamir 1, how was the cargo ship loaded on the ground?

LEONID KIZIM

In a normal mode. And in full readiness for the disconnection. WAIting for your order, Zarya.

PROFESSOR BIOLOGIST

And what are the results of the experiment?

VLADIMIR SOLOVYOV

The resistance of tardigrades to radiation and other damaging environmental factors is largely due to the presence of the Dsup gene.

PROFESSOR BIOLOGIST

This is what we expected. It forms stable complexes with DNA, causing its aggregation in the nucleus, and protects the genetic material from radiation damage.

OLEG ATKOV

The genome of the tunicate also contAIns a large number of protective genes, such as 16 enzymes from the superoxide dismutase family, which neutralize reactive oxygen species, and the MRE11 gene, which repAIrs double-stranded DNA breaks.

PROFESSOR BIOLOGIST

Was there anything unusual during the experiment?

LEONID KIZIM

The tardigrades that were inside the room did not show any intelligent activity. They behaved in the same way as they did on Earth. However, after returning from space, we noticed that the tardigrades that spent time in outer space grew more rapidly than those that were inside the station.

OLEG ATKOV

And what is the most amazing and then continued to grow, however, slower. But you yourself will soon see everything.

VLADIMIR SOLOVYOV

And the most amazing, when we brought them into the base block from outer space and placed separately in the bar capsule, it was found their forms of development of the mind as in insects.

PROFESSOR BIOLOGIST

Really?

LEONID KIZIM

The ability to Learn.

PROFESSOR OF BIOLOGY

But it can be procedural (memorizing a certAIn sequence of actions) and declarative (memorizing environmental features).

LEONID KIZIM

Both manifested themselves in different individuals.

VLADIMIR SOLOVYOV

The ability to develop abstract categories was also revealed. Arriving tardigrades, like insects, were able to extend the conclusions drawn from exposure to certAIn stimuli in certAIn contexts to other stimuli in other contexts.

OLEG ATKOV

Concentration, forecasting and planning. Using navigation maps. Tardigrades found their way to their nests using vector navigation maps based on the information they stored.

LEONID KIZIM

Kindred trAIning. Insects adjust their behavior in accordance with the successes achieved by their "students".

REPLACEMENT SUPERVISOR

So maybe they can use guns?

OLEG ATKOV

But you will check it yourself at home on earth.

PROFESSOR OF BIOLOGY

Some scientists believe that insects have a kind of consciousness or subjective experience. Have the tardigrades shown anything like that?

LEONID KIZIM

There have been attempts, which we have detAIled in the reports of experiments in zero gravity.

By the way, now the size of those who arrived from space is not 0.4 millimeters, but 4 centimeters and are visible to the naked eye.

PROFESSOR OF BIOLOGY

Really? Congratulations on your successful experiment. We will look forward to seeing them on earth. Thanks, guys, and come back alive yourself.

SHIFT SUPERVISOR

OF THE Stop. Attention. A meteor shower has been detected in your direction. Therefore, dock right now, otherwise it may be too late.

Грузовой корабль от стыковывается от станции и направляется в сторону земли. Видно, как с космической скоростью пролетают перпендикулярно разного размера meteorites. Suddenly, a huge meteorite flies by and grabs a cargo ship, which is hundreds of times smaller than the meteorite, with its sharp stalactical appendage, piercing and impaling the ship like meat on a barbecue. And so, with him, he quickly retreated into outer space.

LEONID KIZIM

Did you see that, Zarya?

REPLACEMENT SUPERVISOR

Yes, unfortunately. But let's not despAIr. This is an extraordinary case.

OLEG ATKOV

The first pancake is always lumpy.

PROFESSOR OF BIOLOGY

But let's not despAIr, we'll prepare a second ship with trucks. And by the way, if the experiment is built in the same scenario, then the experiment can be considered successful.

VLADIMIR SOLOVYOV

And what is the purpose of these experiments?

PROFESSOR BIOLOGIST

To find the gene responsible for the endurance in a radioactive environment. This will help solve the problem of long-distance flights, for example, to Mars or to Enceladus – the sixth largest satellite of Saturn and the fourteenth most distant from it. It is designated as Saturn II. They are the most suitable for their colonization by people.

Inside the cargo ship, there is a depressurization and complete destruction of all capsules with obrashchikami. Mutated tardigrades crawl out of the capsule and start eating glass and other things. They spread throughout the ship, eating everything in their path, and eventually crawl out of the ship into outer space. As they grow in size due to the increased radiation, they begin to eat the meteorite's soil, creating burrows for themselves. By this point, they have grown to a size of up to ten centimeters.

2022.15.06. BAIkonur Spaceport.

An ANNOUNCER with a microphone stands agAInst the background of a spaceship taking off. Next to him in spacesuits are MICHAEL PO, LORD KAK and CAPTAIN LADY KAKA. Everyone is wAIting for boarding.

ANNOUNCER

(enthusiastically)

Good afternoon, dear viewers! We are at the cosmodrome, where the incredible project of the Rossiya channel is launching today, with the support of the Government of the Russian Federation and the Russian Space Agency "Stars on the ISS"! This show project is designed to show citizens, without any physical trAIning, to visit the ISS station as tourists and experience weightlessness. As well as tourists going into outer space. The participants of the ISS Star will have to go through a difficult path to victory – the competition program will become more complicated at each new stage due to the addition of new mandatory intellectual elements to the task… Our guests are real stars who are ready to conquer space!

MICHAEL PO

(with a smile)

I always knew that my career would lead me to space sooner or later! Finally, I can light up not only on the stage, but also among the space stars!

LORD KAK

(laughs)

MICHAEL PO, you already lit up. The mAIn thing is that we don't have a "sad space"! I don't want my songs to sound in zero gravity. It's just a double bottom!

THE VOICE

(curiously)

How was the selection process for the project?

LADY KAKA

(seriously)

The selection was tough! We had to pass endurance tests and then sing our hits in zero gravity. I performed "Neon," and even the astronauts on the jury and the audience started dancing!

MICHAEL PO

(winks)

Well, I just showed my best suits. Since we're in space, I decided that it is necessary to impress the galaxy!

LORD KAK

(laughs)

And I brought with me several kilograms of gold suits. I hope they won't explode in zero gravity!

NARRATOR

(laughs)

What is your mood before the flight? Not scary?

LADY KAKA

(suddenly serious)

No. It's not scary. After all, we're not the first, and before us, there were trios consisting of Dmitry Nagiyev, Klava Koka, and Leonid Yarmolnik. They returned in perfect condition, and I even felt that this would be more than just a flight. It would be a true space adventure!

MICHAEL PO

(supporting)

Yes, and if we manage to organize a party on the ISS, I promise to sing all my star hits!

LORD KAK

(with a grin)

Just don't forget that there won't be any chAIrs for the audience. We'll have to dance in zero gravity!

SPEAKER

(laughs)

So, dear viewers, stay tuned to see how our stars conquer not only the stage, but also the cosmos!

MICHAEL PO

(rAIsing his hand)

Cosmos, get ready! We're on our way!

Cosmonauts MICHAEL PO Kirkorov, LORD KAK Baskov and CaptAIn LADY KAKA take the elevator to the so-called "9th floor of the rocket" and at the very top of the rocket go into their ship, laughing and joking. The camera moves away, showing the ship taking off.

2022.22.06.

Astronauts MICHAEL PO and LORD KAK are sitting at the computer. CAPTAIN LADY KAKA is monitoring the process. The monitor screen shows a cargo ship approaching the station.

SPEECH FROM THE COMMUNICATION

VLADIMIR VLADIMIROVICH (Off-screen)

(excited)

Pamirs, are you on the line? Reception!

LADY KAKA

(into the microphone)

On the line, Vladimir Vladimirovich! We are ready for docking.

VLADIMIR VLADIMIROVICH (Off-screen)

Excellent! Congratulations on your first serious task in the Reality Show on the ISS without live personnel.

LADY KAKA

So is Yar here?

LORD KAK

Yar is not a human, but a sentient machine.

MICHAEL PO

Smart, huh? You asked? Personally.

VLADIMIR VLADIMIROVICH (Off-screen)

Don't quarrel. There's no one but you there. And did you notice that this is not skating in the show "Star Ice"?

MICHAEL PO

I did not participate there.

VLADIMIR VLADIMIROVICH (Behind the scenes)

How come? I saw for myself that you participated in the Starry Ice show as a guest.

LADY KAKA

Yes, MICHAEL PO, you were invited to the Russia Channel program and were so fascinated by the atmosphere that you wanted to skate and even promised to take part in the project next time.

LORD KAK

(mockingly)

And most importantly, he wanted to skate with Evgeny Plushenko, but the figure skater refused, saying that he dreamed of skating with another partner.

MICHAEL PO

And how do you know? You didn't participate, did you?

LORD KAK

I was there, if you noticed, a member of the jury of this project.

MICHAEL PO

That's all?

LADY KAKA

All right, attention, boys. We've calmed down and are starting automatic docking.

An image of the incoming docking module and successful docking appears on the screen. The astronauts rejoice, applauding.

MICHAEL PO

(laughing)

Hurray! The docking was successful!

LORD KAK

(enthusiastically)

Now you can open the cargo!

VLADIMIR VLADIMIROVICH (Off-screen)

(with a smile)

There are not only gifts and provisions from your producers on board. There is also equipment for studying the upcoming Full Parade of Planets.

LORD KAK

What?

MICHAEL PO

What parade?

LADY KAKA

Full.

SCIENTIST (Off-screen)

The most interesting thing for the residents of Russia is the full parade of planets. In one line on the firmament will be lined up all the known planets of our solar system. With the naked eye, you can see Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. With the presence of optics, Neptune and Uranus will also be visible.

LADY KAKA

(interested)

A full parade of planets? When will it take place?

SCIENTIST (Off-screen)

It will take place on June 24, 2022. The best time to see the planets will be between 5 and 6 a.m.

VLADIMIR VLADIMIROVICH (Off-screen)

In two days. This phenomenon occurs once every 170 years, so it must be studied. So you are more fortunate than anyone else in the world. To see him, right in the orbital station.

THE SCIENTIST (Behind the scenes)

But you also need to install equipment for a dAIly study and a dAIly report on any changes on planet Earth. We need to study it without fAIl, because the next Full Parade happens much less often than the others: once every 170 years.

MICHAEL PO

WOW?!

LORD KAK

(surprised)

170 years old? Why is it so rare?

LADY KAKA

You can't arrange a tour.

SCIENTIST (Off-screen)

(explAIning)

The duration of the phenomenon may vary. There are cases when the full parade lasted up to six months. We need to understand how this affects the planetary ecosystem.

MICHAEL PO

(thoughtfully)

And what about the Big Parade of Planets? It happens more often, right?

VLADIMIR VLADIMIROVICH (Behind the scenes)

Yes, a big parade of planets happens about once every 20 years.

In most cases, it involves Mars, Saturn and Jupiter, which are visible in the sky with the naked eye. Mini-parades involving three planets can be seen once every few months. Incomplete parades take place once a year.

LADY KAKA

(confidently)

Don't worry, Rotobor Petrovich. We will study everything and prepare a detAIled research report. We have experience.

VLADIMIR VLADIMIROVICH (Off-screen)

(with relief)

Accepted. I'm wAIting for your results. Good luck!

LADY KAKA

(including microphone))

Thank you, Vladimir Vladimirovich. We're in touch.

The astronauts exchange glances, full of determination and excitement.

LORD KAK

(with enthusiasm)

It's time to prepare for the exploration! We have an exciting job ahead of us.

MICHAEL PO

(smiling)

And some nice gifts from our loved ones!

LADY KAKA

Take your time, there's still time. MICHAEL PO, why did you agree to this show?

MICHAEL PO

Stars on the ISS? You surprise me, LADY KAKA.

It's clear to a fool that this is just another PR project. Isn't it, Nano?

LORD KAK

Don't call me that, Filia.

MICHAEL PO

And don't call me Filia.

LORD KAK

(surprised)

Did you hear that, LADY KAKA? He was the first to call me that, and he confronted me after I answered.

MICHAEL PO

That's me to the Javanese, because I felt like you were going to call me that, and if you'd asked me the question first, you would have called me that.

LORD KAK

(furious)

What are you saying?

LADY KAKA

That's it!! Stop, boys!! You're not going to fight anyway. Talk about it later. Time.

LORD KAK

Yar.

YAR (AI)

In touch.

MICHAEL PO

Ready number one.

YAR (AI)

Accepted.

LADY KAKA

(laughing)

Let's get started! Launching all tracking systems.

NOTE: THE SCENE USES THE FOREIGN LANGUAGE OF THE YILGNA-QUIETHORNED

DESCRIPTION OF THE FOREIGN LANGUAGE OF THE YILGNA-QUIETHORNED: SIZE: 0.1-1.5 METERS. BODY: IT CONSISTS OF A HEAD AND FOUR TRUNK SEGMENTS CARRYING FOUR PAIRS OF LIMBS WITH CLAWS. MOVEMENT SPEED: 2-3 MM PER MINUTE. THE BODY IS COVERED WITH A CHITINOUS SHELL. THE NERVOUS SYSTEM: THE ABDOMINAL NERVE CHAIN. SENSORY ORGANS: SIMPLE EYES, TACTILE HAIR. ABSENCE OF RESPIRATORY AND CIRCULATORY SYSTEMS: BREATHING IS SKIN-BASED, AND THE ROLE OF BLOOD IS FULFILLED BY THE LIQUID THAT FILLS THE BODY CAVITY. FOOD: MOST YILGNA-QUIET FEED ON SILICON NANO PARTICLES. REPRODUCTION: PARTHENOGENESIS (REPRODUCTION OF SEXUALS WITHOUT FERTILIZATION). DEVELOPMENT: DIRECT, YOUNG TILIGNA DIFFER FROM ADULT ONLY IN SIZE. YILGNA-TILIGNA CAN BE ABLE TO CARRY UNFavorable conditions and fall into a state of anabiosis.

From the northern side of the Earth, there is a bright plasma flash, which immediately fades away, leaving an unidentified intergalactic spaceship in the form of a meteorite with a Soviet-style Salyut spacecraft attached, which is approaching the Arctic Ocean. It enters stealth mode and becomes invisible.

Inside the meteorite, there are numerous burrows. However, in the center, there is a square with a dense movement of YAIlgn-tardigrades in different directions, resembling a square-shaped frying pan with multiple burrow exits. Some come out of the holes and slowly crawl with a cart loaded with silicon, while others come with an empty cart. Those with the full cart go into the opposite holes, and those with the empty cart go proportionally. In the computer room of the meteorite-megalopolis, the operators of the YAIglna-tikhokhodka sit in front of the monitors. The monitors show a panorama of the Earth's atmosphere, and at a distance of 50 kilometers from the Earth, the meteorite-megalopolis stops in the stratosphere. It is not visible from the outside. It is also not visible on the radars of the missile defense system.

the chAIrman

Hang out here.

captAIn

The EU, Comrade ChAIrman.

(to the operator)

Hang out here.

operator

Yes, Comrade CaptAIn.

the chAIrman

And turn on the panorama of the parade line.

captAIn

The EU, Comrade ChAIrman.

(to the operator)

And turn on the panorama of the parade line.

operator

Yes, Comrade CaptAIn.

The telescope turns on from the outside, where a full parade of planets should take place, and the set coordinates appear on half of the monitors.

CHARTER TWO

Present time 2022.24. 06 The First Full Parade of the Planets of the Solar System.

The ISS is flying past Antarctica. MICHEL POLANSKI Kirkorov and LORD KAK Baskov are sitting at their computers, staring at the screen. The majestic sight of the planets lining up in a row is unfolding before them. Their faces reflect a mixture of surprise and concern. CAPTAIN LADY KAKA, stern and focused, is observing the unfolding events. And as soon as the planets line up in a row, there is a gravitational disturbance in the vacuum aether. The cosmonauts, MICHEL POLANSKI Kirkorov and LORD KAK Baskov, look at their captAIn, LADY KAKA, with a questioning expression. And LADY KAKA looks at them in the same way.

LADY KAKA

(questioningly)

Yar, what is happening?

YAR (AI)

(soft but serious voice)

CaptAIn LADY KAKA, we are witnessing the gravitational magnetic linear radiation that appeared unexpectedly during the complete construction of all the planets of the Solar system. It has a strong influence on the earth's gravity.

MICHAEL PO

(doubtfully)

And what does this mean for us?

The

Earth's gravity changes from 9.80 J to 10.2 J. This also leads to a dramatic change in the axial tilt of the planet.

LORD KAK

(exchanging glances with John)

That doesn't sound good…

LADY KAKA

(tensely)

What else?

Under this influence, the entire liquid passes into the fourth dimension. The H2O molecule remAIns the same, but the angle of rotation and the attachment between the atoms change.

MICHAEL PO

(perplexed)

How is this possible?

The

binding between oxygen and hydrogen changes from 104.5 degrees to 120 degrees due to the Earth's altered magnetic field. The same thing happens on the ISS with water.

LORD KAK

(panicking)

And now what about the water?

YAR (II)

Water is losing its liquid form and becoming viscous, like marmalade. It is no longer suitable for carbon-based living organisms to drink. I would like to point out that this change has occurred throughout our entire Milky Way galaxy.

LADY KAKA

(in horror)

What does this mean?

YAR (II)

It means the end of all life on planet Earth that depends on water. Everything will die of thirst.

LADY KAKA

(with horror)

Oh-bye?!

MICHAEL PO

(alarmed)

But how can we fix all this?

LADY KAKA

(collecting his thoughts)

We need to contact Earth urgently. We have to warn them about this.

LORD KAK

(almost hysterical)

And what can they do?

LADY KAKA

(confidently)

We have to, even though we're doomed. We have no other choice.

YAR (AI)

(calmly)

There's no contact with Earth. However, given the current conditions, it might be too late.

MICHAEL PO

(hopefully)

But we have to try. I have a family, three little girls.

LORD KAK

And mine's on the way.

CaptAIn LADY KAKA looks at her comrades for a moment, realizing the gravity of the situation. She takes a deep breath and presses the comm button.

LADY KAKA

(resolutely)

Get ready. Here we go.

THE SCREEN BEHIND HER SWITCHES TO A WEAK SIGNAL FROM EARTH, AND THE SCENE FADES INTO SILENCE.

2022.25.06. Planet Earth.

The panorama of the Earth's land opens before the eye like a picture of the apocalypse: the streets of megacities are strewn with corpses of people and animals, and trees, once green and full of life, stand in silent expectation, dried up and dead. The offices, which were once bustling with life, are now quiet. People, drAIned by thirst and hopelessness, are half-sitting on cold floors, their eyes are empty, and their bodies are exhausted.

RESIDENT 1

is Drinking… Drink…

RESIDENT 2

To drink… To drink…

Many are already dead, left to their fate, while others, weakening, try to find water, the only thing that can give them hope.

The tAIga, once full of life, is now black, and on its land lie dead animals, too weak to fight for survival. As evening falls, the lights on the streets of the metropolises automatically come on, illuminating a picture of horror: dead bodies scattered everywhere, turning the city into a dark mausoleum.

Life here has come to a standstill, and only the wind whispers of the days gone by, when the world was full of sound and movement. The camera descends into the ocean, where once-turbulent waters now stand in a dark stillness. Marine animals, like living statues, have frozen in jelly, swimming and inhabiting this vast expanse of water. Their bright colors have now faded, and they have become ghosts, abandoned to their fate.

The bottom-dwelling ocean creatures, once full of life, are now dead, just like everything around them. In this world where life seems to have disappeared, only the memories of the past remAIn. The wind, passing through empty streets and dead forests, whispers about what once was and what could have been. But now it's just an echo, an echo that gets lost among the shadows, where life and hope have become unattAInable dreams.

The ISS is constantly flying in orbit of planet Earth. Dead astronauts CaptAIn LADY KAKA, and astronauts MICHAEL PO and LORD KAK are sitting at computers.

YAR (II)

There is no restoration of communication with the MCC.

LADY KAKA

Drink.... Drink…

MICHAEL PO

Drink.... Drink…

LORD KAK

Drink.... Drink…

The astronauts stop breathing and freeze. The voice of the on-board artificial intelligence is heard. The small arrow stands at the number "8", and the big one stands at the number "12", the signal beeps. The screen shows everything that the AI describes in its report. The monitor shows everything that the AI describes

YAR (AI)

(monotonous)

Visual report. 2022.25.06. Inspection of the Planet Earth is on the agenda. On the third planet of the Solar System, due to the high transformation of the molecule of simple water and the absence of habitual vegetation, the planet becomes a morgue for mummified creatures of all flora and fauna that do not decompose, due to the death of thirst, including microorganisms, turns into reality. In a world where once a borrowed life flourished, darkness and silence now reign.

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