第51話: 子供たちは出発の準備をし、重力の嵐に直面し、Surviveに任務継続を説得する

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The children spend time preparing for departure - learning how to fly the ship, testing systems, ensuring everything is ready. On their last night before they start the mission, the children all gather in the forest by the lake, and remember the events that brought them to this point. Howard worries that it might be their last night, but Kaoru tells him they're not going so they can die - it's so they can live. The next day, they evacuate all of the coffins from the ship, leaving Adam and Tako behind to take care of them and the planet, and then prepare for takeoff. With Kaoru as pilot and commander, Shingo on engineering, Chako looking after the computer, Bell on power systems, Menori and Luna on flight plan and navigation, Howard on life support, and Sharla on communications, the takeoff happens without a hitch. Suddenly, the gravity storm's power level increases. The children make plans to compensate, but Survive, not willing to risk himself on a plan that now has only a small probability of success, shuts down their control panels and starts taking the ship back to the planet. Luna runs to Survive's room to talk with him directly, telling him that even if their plan may not work if they try, the planet is guaranteed to be destroyed if they don't try. To give him courage, she agrees to let Survive absorb her. He does so, and her aura changes from pink to blue, and Survive's circuits power up to full. Luna explains to Survive the meaning of his name, and he gives control back to the children. They get back on course, but the gravity storm's energy increases again, causing something on the outside of the ship to explode. (Source: Wikipedia)