intersection.
Three tunnels snake away from the intersection.
The entire Arcus crew is present.
A thick carpet of algae covers the walls.
Life Support equipment is operating.
Bundles of cable run along the walls and ceiling.
Power and light in abundance.
Cecil leads Jeremy into one of the tunnels.
They pass several small accessways.
Jeremy follows Cecil through one of them. It zigzags twice before opening into a room the size of an efficiency apartment.
The room contains a bed and several storage bins.
Jeremy retrieves an XXL tee shirt from one of the bins and holds it up toward Cecil.
Cecil shrugs, then zigzags back through the accessway.
Jeremy begins rummaging through the other bins.
INT. MAIN INTERSECTION - LUNAR TUNNEL COMPLEX - NIGHT
Six video cameras, SIX CAMERA OPERATORS, and several production lights are set up.
The entire Arcus crew is sitting in a semicircle facing the cameras. They are all still in their spacesuits.
One of the camera operators points at Cecil.
Red lights illuminate atop each camera.
CECIL
Greetings to all the people of Earth.
Greetings from the moon. As many of you
know, my name is Cecil Millikan,
President and CEO of Microcore Space
Systems. For centuries, humans have
dreamed of one day colonizing the moon.
Today, that dream has come true.
Cecil releases the seal on his helmet. Air HISSES out.
He removes the helmet and takes a long deep breath.
He nods to the rest of The Arcus crew who follow suit.
CECIL (CONT’D)
Four years ago, Microcore established
Site M-X at Aristarchus Crater to mine
valuable resources from the lunar
regolith.
Cecil lights a cigar.
Many of the spacers are visibly appalled, but no one speaks up.
CECIL (CONT’D)
In the process, we've managed to excavate
over thirty thousand square meters of
habitable living space within the
crater's rim. Today, I officially rename
this site UNDERWORLD.
Cecil produces a case of champagne and a crate of champagne glasses.
He fills all the glasses and distributes them to The Arcus crewmembers and the resident spacers.
They toast.
Three camera operators begin interviewing the scientist crewmembers.
A fourth camera operator follows a resident spacer into one of the tunnels for a tour of the facility.
FADE OUT.
FADE IN to main intersection in disarray.
Several folding tables are littered with empty champagne bottles and half-eaten trays of appetizers.
Spacesuits and helmets are scattered along
