:06:24
-Wheeler.
-Archer.
:06:25
Must be good if they got us in here at 3:00 a.m.
:06:30
Ron.
:06:32
Wheeler.
:06:34
Good to see you.
:06:36
At 2200 hours, East Coast Time...
:06:38
...a U.S. satellite was terminated over Australia...
:06:41
...due to mechanical failure.
:06:43
The primary function of this device
was intelligence collection.
:06:47
Gentlemen.
:06:48
Thanks for coming in at such short notice.
:06:51
The downed satellite collected
sensitive photographic data.
:06:55
The equivalent of a million images are
stored inside the hard drive of this.
:06:59
The black box.
:07:03
A beacon. An Alpha-Proton Beacon.
:07:06
Developed for a Mars mission.
:07:07
Designed to withstand landing in
the most extreme conditions conceivable.
:07:11
I didn't know any were operational.
:07:13
As far as we are concerned, none are.
:07:16
We have every reason to believe that
the beacon survived.
:07:19
If it ends up in the wrong hands...
:07:21
...it has enough documentation
to change the power structure...
:07:24
...of the entire modern world.
:07:25
Have you picked up any signal?
:07:26
Australia has, twice in the last four hours.
:07:29
-That's encouraging.
-It's inconsistent.
:07:32
Either there's damage,
or someone's beaten us to the site.
:07:35
We'll hope for damage.
:07:37
We're leaking word of a routine parts pick-up.
:07:40
Standard satellite junk.
:07:42
We can't risk tipping anyone
to the potential of this.
:07:44
Translation?
:07:45
You'll only have basic local support.
One operative.
:07:48
So it's really on the two of you.
:07:51
You leave first thing in the morning.
:07:55
North Queensland.
:07:58
Australia.