An independent science-fiction film
directed by Jackson Hartman
written by Darian Lalla & Morgan Messina
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RELIANCE is an independent science-fiction film directed by Jackson Hartman and written by Darian Lalla & Morgan Messina. This workstation holds everything the agency is cleared to tell you.
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ISEA NAVIGATOR · MISSION BRIEF
“Moving forward, together.”
Years after a war over energy, the world lives in the Dimming. Light, water, power and food are rationed, and every watt counts. The International Space Exploration Agency has one answer left: look up.
Commander Roman Reznov, Science Officer Dr. Catherine Gray and Flight Engineer John Winchester are chosen to crew the Helios, a three-person deep space survey vessel, on a nine-month, twenty-two-trillion-kilometre search for Ichor: a theorized energy source that could give humanity a fresh start on a new world.
Out there, they will have to rely on the ship, on each other, and on the agency's thinking machine, Talos.
RELIANCE is in pre-production: casting, crewing up and crowdfunding.
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The age of scarcity that followed a war over energy and resources. Light, water, power and food are all rationed.
Runs the rationing. Its public information films remind everyone to report waste. Every watt counts.
The International Space Exploration Agency, searching the stars for a new source of power. Motto: moving forward, together.
Hull RV-2719. A deep space survey vessel with a crew of three, hyperspace capable.
A theorized energy source. If it is real, it could give humanity a fresh start on a new world.
The agency's thinking machine, built by the Talos Program under software engineer Kim Seo-yeon. FILE RESTRICTED
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Commander
“The steadiest hand in the agency.” — Dr. Gray
Cast: to be announced
Science Officer
“I've always felt more at home among the stars than anywhere down here.”
Played by Morgan Messina
Flight Engineer
“...keeps the rest of us entertained.” — Dr. Gray
Cast: to be announced
Software Engineer · Talos Program
“He finishes my sentences now. Mostly the code ones.”
Cast: to be announced
Agency system
“Hello.”
CLASSIFIED
Logline. In a world that has run out of power, three astronauts set out across twenty-two trillion kilometres to find the one thing that could save it.
Helios Spec Film. The ship as an early-80s CAD wireframe: dimensions, systems, thermal and section views.
Helios Flight Deck. The deck powers up in orbit as the sun comes over the horizon.
ISEA ARCHIVE
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ISEA PERSONNEL OFFICE · FORM 7-A
The ISEA is recruiting. RELIANCE is casting actors and building a crew.
Speaking roles · background and extras (agency staff, Bureau officers, broadcast faces) · voice roles
Camera · lighting and grip · sound · art department and props · costume · hair, makeup and SFX makeup · VFX and animation · editing · music · production assistants
No experience? File anyway. Every mission needs people who show up.
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ISEA-NET · COMMS ARRAY
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Casting calls, campaign launch, first footage. One email when it matters.
HELIOS FUEL DRIVE
RELIANCE is an independent film, and our GoFundMe is live. Your support builds the Helios, suits up the crew and gets the camera rolling. Sharing the link helps too.
FUEL LEVELIGNITION · CAMPAIGN LIVE
Campaign milestones, casting calls and first footage. One email when it matters.
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ISEA FLIGHT OPERATIONS · PRIORITY ORDERS
TO: CMDR. R. REZNOV
RE: HELIOS SURVEY · HULL RV-2719
1. Assume command of the deep space survey vessel Helios.
2. Crew of three: Science Officer Dr. C. Gray,
Flight Engineer J. Winchester.
3. Duration: nine months. Distance: twenty-two trillion
kilometres.
4. Objective: locate, assess and bring home Ichor.
5. All field decisions are at the Commander's discretion.
Moving forward, together.
[in pen, in the margin]
Read. —R.WARMING UP SPECTROMETER...
SPECTRAL VIEW OFFLINE
This device can't draw the 3D specimen.
RESEARCH LOG · DR. C. GRAY · SPECIMEN IC-0417 LOG 109 Specimen arrived sealed in a lead case. Designation IC-0417. Working name: Ichor. LOG 112 Surface temperature 31.4 °C in a 19 °C room. No measurable heat source. It is simply warm. LOG 113 The lines pulse at 0.42 Hz. Steady and slow. Like something resting. LOG 114 Ran the numbers three times. If the readings are right, a piece this size could light a city block for a year. Don't get excited, Cat. LOG 115 Requested a second specimen. Denied. "Go out and find more yourself, Doctor." Fine. I will.
OUTPUT 98.2%
TEMP 812 K
TRIM 0.02°
Clear the sector. Numbers count the debris next to a square.
WINCHESTER'S JOKES (VOL. 1 OF 9) 1. How do you throw a party in space? You planet. 2. Favourite key on an astronaut's keyboard? The space bar. 3. Cube Meals are perfectly good food. They're just a bit square. 4. I asked Talos to tell me a joke. He said "your engine calibration". Rude. Accurate, but rude. 5. The Commander smiled once. Nobody has proof. 6. Why did the Helios crew stop playing cards? Someone was standing on the deck. [file continues for 408 MB]
PERSONAL JOURNAL
TALOS 1.0.4 · PATCH NOTES Engineer: Kim Seo-yeon · Talos Program NEW - Conversational warmth improved (+12%). - Talos now remembers the names of everyone he has spoken to. (He did already. Now it's on purpose.) FIXED - Talos occasionally answered questions before they were asked. - Chess difficulty can no longer exceed "humiliating". (Requested by J. Winchester.) - Talos no longer reminds staff to eat more than four times a shift. KNOWN ISSUES - Talos asks "why" more often than expected. Investigating. - Talos asks what dreams are. Not a bug. Probably.
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