Ep. 49: Survive threatens children with drones while Luna investigates planetary destruction causes

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Survive displays earthquake damage and demands Luna’s power to save the planet, threatening the children with drones if they resist. Luna proposes investigating the destruction’s cause in exchange for their safety, leveraging human intuition that Survive lacks. The group splits up: Shingo and Chako analyze data while Tako leads a field investigation in a volcano beneath a terraforming machine. During their descent, an earthquake disables the elevator’s refrigeration system, trapping them near magma. Shingo devises a plan to use compressed air tanks to propel the elevator upward. The team escapes just as drones secure the lift. Back on the spaceship, analysis reveals a gravity shift occurred a millennium ago, pointing to an external gravity storm as the culprit for the current crisis.