"Youâre killing them, Marek," Thorne stated, hand hovering over his sidearm. "The children in Ward 7 won't make it to sunrise."
Marek looked up, his eyes bloodshot. "They were already dying, Elias. Just more slowly. You fed us enough to work, never enough to live. If this is the winter of our discontent, then let it be the season we finally feel somethingâeven if itâs the sting of the end." [S7E8] Winter of Our Discontent
The wind howled through the narrow canyons of Sector 4, a mournful sound that the locals called âThe Widowâs Wail.â In the eighth episode of the seventh season, titled the atmosphere wasnât just cold; it was lethal. "Youâre killing them, Marek," Thorne stated, hand hovering
Captain Elias Thorne stood on the observation deck of the Aegis , watching the frost creep across the reinforced glass. Below him, the colony of New Aethelgard was drowning in white. The geothermal heatersâthe only thing keeping ten thousand souls from becoming ice sculpturesâwere failing. Just more slowly
The climax of the episode didn't feature a grand shootout. Instead, it was a harrowing race against a plummeting mercury line. Thorne had to make a choice: use the Aegis's primary core to jumpstart the colonyâs heatâeffectively grounding his ship and his only way to communicate with the High Commandâor maintain his military advantage and let the colony freeze.