Power! We have power! Or how to start a fusion reactor

The sun operates by fusion. Nuclear power is what's behind solar power!

Of course! It all makes sense now!

Vampires! Have you noticed you never see a pro-nuclear vampire?

I must admit I have never thought about that before.

Power! We have power! Or how to start a fusion reactor

How will we know when it's started?

We'll see our power indicators go up.

That's it? I heard about a prototype reactor that lost it's plasma containment.

It made a huge bang and flash of light when it started up!

Yes. It's one of the few cases where an existing product became vaporware.

Vaporware – is a software product that is advertised for a long time, but never released in the end. That is, something that never becomes a real product. Florence talks about the reverse process: when a real product explodes, it becomes vaporware (vapor – steam)

Power! We have power! Or how to start a fusion reactor

The power indicator's slowly going up. Now it's stopped. Now it's going up again.

Watching this start up has taught me something.

Nuclear power is really boring.

And if you intend to reach a ripe old age, that's the way you'll keep it.

Power! We have power! Or how to start a fusion reactor

Wow! A lot of controls became active now that we're off emergency power.

Oooh! What's this button do?

[!0.7]TRIP

Pressing that button tells me to hurt you, Helix.

Oh. Okay. What's this button do?

Power! We have power! Or how to start a fusion reactor

Out! Out! I'm not going to have you in engineering trying to push every button in sight.

She's right. I don't belong in there. I'm a co-pilot.

I should be pressing buttons in the cockpit.

Power! We have power! Or how to start a fusion reactor

Attach cable B. Attach cable A. Then push.

Florence shouldn't have yanked my arm off like that. She's so excitable.

Sheesh. You'd think she'd never seen anyone reach for the self destruct mechanism before.

Power! We have power! Or how to start a fusion reactor

So many buttons and lights and switches! I think I'll press [!1.2]THIS one.

[!2.5]BAMF!

Hey, a sunroof!

[!2.0]WHOO!

I think I've pushed enough buttons for today.

Power! We have power! Or how to start a fusion reactor

That's the last of the grass out of your lenses.

This ship is dangerous! You can't just go around pressing buttons.

That's what I've been trying to tell you, Helix.

Well, I've learned my lesson.

You don't suppose if we put Sam in the ejection seat…?

Naw.

These people have got to get their priorities straight

rattle

rattle

[!1.5]CLANG!

zZ[!1.5]Z…

It's after noon. Florence and Helix have been working on the ship since last night.

And still no one has brought me lunch. Those two have no sense of priorities.

These people have got to get their priorities straight

Ah, I knew I had left some coffee in here a while back.

A little dusty, but still good.