"...This is Captain Miller, Lewis and Clark, making our thirty-fourth contact with Houston. All crew members have awakened and are undergoing rehabilitation. We expect to approach the Event Horizon in approximately 180 Earth hours to carry out the rescue mission. Engineer Second Lieutenant Justin reports that the engines are in good condition and capable of meeting mission requirements, but he has no idea how that radioisotope generator works. He only knows to press the buttons according to the manual. Pilot First Lieutenant Smith and search-and-rescue officer First Lieutenant Cooper are also undergoing rehabilitation training, and continue to complain about the terrible taste of the nutrient paste..."
The blurry figure in the holographic projection flickered, then returned to normal.
"...This is Captain Miller, Lewis and Clark, making our thirty-fifth contact with Houston. We can now see the Event Horizon through the portholes, but none of our calls have received a response from Captain Kilpatrick. Search-and-rescue officer First Lieutenant Cooper believes the Event Horizon's crew may have entered the sleep chambers to await rescue, though that hope is overly optimistic. The chambers were not designed to sustain them for seven years. Dr. Will claims that time inside a black hole is distorted by gravity and differs from real time, but no one knows what happened aboard that ship..."
"...This is Captain Miller, Lewis and Clark, making our thirty-sixth contact with Houston. We can now clearly see the shape of the Event Horizon through our observation equipment. This journey of 4.35 billion kilometers is about to achieve its first-stage victory. It has been a long journey. When I saw that ship floating in space like a gigantic cross, I realized just how far away from Earth we truly are. Voyager 1 took forty-two years just to barely leave the Solar System, while we