THE ALPHA CENTAURI PROJECT SCRIPT by Marco Santini Read Free Book Online Page A

PREPARATION, ASKING TWO OF THEM TO COMMIT
SUICIDE. THE YOUNGER DREW BACK. THE OTHERS ENCOURAGED HIM, TELLING
THAT IN A SHORT TIME ALL OF US WOULD BE FACING THE SAME FATE. ON MY
SIDE, I EXPLAINED IN DETAIL THE REASONS FOR THE ACT. AT THE END I
READ A SINCERE IMPATIENCE IN HIS EYES.
    RAIDER
    Madness!
    They pass over the description of the suicide and
arrive at the last lines: NOW THAT I HAVE COLLECTED THE SOULS IN A
CONTAINER, I MUST REACH THE TRANSMITTER AND ACTIVATE THE TRANSFER.
ON MY ARRIVAL, I WILL BE CARRIED IN TRIUMPH BY THE POPULATION.
ALPHA CENTAURI WILL BE MY KINGDOM.
    EVE
    I'm looking for the transfer date.
    Suddenly, they become all motionless, staring at the
date. Shot of Eve and Adam's faces.
    INT. net ELECTS' HIDEOUT -- NIGHT
    Eve is lying on a couch, prey to a troubled sleep.
She dreams.
    INT. earth ARMY HEADQUARTERS first scene -- day
    Eve is standing at attention. A COLONEL is behind the
desk.
    EVE
    I want to let you know that I am going to leave the
Army.
    COLONEL
    We have just promoted you captain. Why this
decision?
    EVE
    I have been contacted by the Superior Institute of
Artificial Intelligence.
    COLONEL
    We have high expectations on you. Don’t you want to
think it over?
    EVE
    I am honored to serve our country. But very soon I am
going to realize the dream of my life.
    INT. earth office second scene -- day
    The PRESIDENT of the Certification Committee sits at
the head of the table.
    PRESIDENT
    Welcome, Doctor Dirac. Our work requires competence
and integrity.
    As you can imagine, there are many interests at stake
and the pressures are strong. In spite of this, we always succeeded
in avoiding interferences.
    INT. EARTH OFFICE third SCENE -- DAY
    PRESIDENT
    The evidence is incontestable.
    EVE
    It’s all false!
    PRESIDENT
    We must avert every suspicion from the institutions.
I want you to resign.
    EVE
    You, who knows me better than anybody else, have
doubts about my integrity?
    PRESIDENT
    with bitterness
    I don’t question it. But we cannot fight a battle
already lost from its very beginning.
    EXT. EARTH BEACH FOURTH SCENE -- SUNSET
    The waves break over the rocks. Sprays of foam. Red
spots, larger and larger.
    Eve is lying. Her limbs broken, her empty stare
towards the sky.
    INT. earth NIHIL'S VILLA FIFTH SCENE -- MORNING
    EVE
    Nihil is on board. We will not be able to embark on
the Caravels.
    It’s all over!
    EXT. mars orbit sixth scene -- DAY
    A multitude of spaceships, big and small, is lined up
in front of three enormous starships. Silence is total.
    Three, two, one, zero!
    A thrill runs through the crowds while a dart of fire
spurts from the bowels of the three giants.
    Suddenly, a globe of fire widens from the
flagship.
    A moment later, everything disappears. Red
screen.
    Eve wakes up, bathed in sweat.
    EXT. mars -- DAY
    Millions of androids and robots, glittering in the
sunshine, swarm out of towns and advance into the stony desert.
    They climb the hills and the promontories and then
stop in groups, all of them turned towards the same sector of
sky.
    Twenty thousand kilometers above, a multitude of
spaceships, big and small, is lined up by the orbiting stations, in
front of three enormous spheres.
    The reporters praise the characteristics of the
Caravels, itemize the steps of the project and interview its
makers.
    REPORTERS
    We are lucky to live this historical event.
    This is the apotheosis of human civilization.
    A new one is born. Nothing will stay the same as
before.
    We will colonize other worlds.
    Suddenly all the shots concentrate on the Caravels.
The countdown is finishing. Silence is total.
    Three, two, one, zero!
    A thrill runs through the crowds and a moment later,
a dart of fire spurts from the bowels of the three giants.
    The Caravels shake, and then leave the orbit lazily,
towards the star-spangled sky.
    INT. alphacity parliament -- DAY
    There is a ceremonial atmosphere in the large
semicircular hall, where the parliament and the government of
Alphacity, the digital town of the