• edge [he/him]
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    Nicholai tells the crew that a communicaitons antenna is broken, requiring Gordon to go outside to fix it. While outside, he tells Kira to keep the others away from the windows to spare them from the sight of Earth's surface in flames. Gordon untethers his space suit to reach the antenna, and Alexey sabotages Gordon's communications with the ISS while Nicholai uses the station's robotic arm to swat Gordon into space.

    Russians are so ontologically evil that even civilian scientists will immediately murder their American colleagues that they were getting along with without hesitation.

    Communications are restored, allowing the station to stabilize. Both governments request confirmation that the astronauts and cosmonauts have completed their respective missions to take control of the station. Not responding to their superiors, Kira and Alexey board the Soyuz spacecraft with the research and descend toward Earth. Alexey asks where they are going, and Kira responds "I don't know".

    China.

    • edge [he/him]
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      They also find the station is orbiting too low and will fall to the Earth if aid does not arrive within 24 hours.

      Communications are restored, allowing the station to stabilize.

      First of all they just completely changed the reason the station was unstable, but neither reason really makes any sense.

      If it were about supplies (presumably thruster fuel) why was the space station allowed to get to the point where it would be that close to falling to earth and not have any fuel to compensate? In reality they adjust monthly with small thrusts and even if they stopped doing that it would probably take a long time to fall to Earth.

      If it were about communications, on top of the above problem of letting it get that close, why would they make that adjustment controlled from the ground instead of on board?