cycles of strained rotation.
JEREMY
What's going on, Bix? I can hardly get
the time of day from anyone around here.
BIX
You're going to find out soon enough, so
I may as well tell you. NASA satellites
detected an object moving straight away
from Earth at near light speed. They were
able to track it back to its point of
origin.
JEREMY
Where did it come from?
BIX
Microcore. The object is moving toward
the constellation Eridanus. That's where
the E.T. signal came from back in 2018.
The government believes that Cecil is in
contact with those aliens.
JEREMY
That's ridiculous.
BIX
Is it? There were at least five similar
incidents detected between 2018 and 2021.
They may have been exchanging information
or technology during that time.
JEREMY
Why are you telling me this?
BIX
Colonel Rosegarden and Commander Ying
think that you're involved somehow.
They've learned that your brother has
been assigned to the Orbital Receiving
Platform and that your wife is at CRATER
COVE on the moon. They find it suspicious
that she would be at the NASA site
instead of Underworld.
Bix leans in close to Jeremy.
BIX (CONT’D)
Tell me about The Venus Project. You were
one of a handful of people in that
department. Why was it so super secret?
JEREMY
What does the Venus Project have to do
with any of this?
BIX
There's a rumor that Cecil is
terraforming Venus for the aliens.
JEREMY
That's the most ludicrous thing I've ever
heard. Do you actually believe that?
BIX
I don't know what to believe. They think
your brother's article is just a cover.
You must admit, The Book of Alec very
conveniently explains away the incidents
observed between 2018 to 2021. And now
you're all chummy with Cecil. I must
admit, it looks like you're involved up
to your neck.
JEREMY
Cecil's innocent.
Jeremy exits.
EXT. MICROCORE - DAY
Military helicopters and ground vehicles swarm just outside the complex.
Search warrants are presented at each entrance.
