Terminal Voyage

In 2035, global warming has made Earth barely inhabitable, prompting the Earth Federation to launch a century-long voyage to the distant planet Trion. Eight crew members are drawn from nations including Russia, the United States, China, the United Kingdom, France, and Saudi Arabia. The goal is to locate a viable new home for humanity and begin a long journey across space.

As the ship approaches its destination, the eight crew members awaken from synchronized hibernation. They perform initial system checks and try to gauge the state of their vessel and mission. The sudden reentry into life aboard a long-journey ship underscores the isolation ahead.

The crew discovers the Captain’s decomposed corpse inside his capsule, an ominous sign of trouble aboard. The grisly finding shocks the team and raises questions about leadership and safety protocols. There is an immediate sense that something has destabilized the mission.

Commander Hollis, the ship’s XO, steps up to assume command after the Captain’s death. He must manage fragile morale while dealing with potential system issues and the crew’s growing paranoia. The leadership transition foreshadows further internal conflict.

Hollis reads a secure transmission received while they slept, revealing that Earth has been devastated by a nuclear holocaust. The news recontextualizes every choice made thus far and grimly confirms the mission’s raison d’être. The crew senses that their survival may depend on a fragile dream of hope.

Overcome with despair, Hollis takes his own life, leaving behind a note claiming he 'joins his loved ones.' The sudden loss of leadership plunges the crew into deeper uncertainty. Trust fractures as the chain of command becomes unclear.

Lieutenant Jammad steps up as the new CO and confirms the content of the Earth transmission. He reveals that nuclear catastrophe has devastated civilization, heightening the crew’s fear and desperation. The leadership vacuum intensifies the fight for control among officers.

Zinovitz discovers signs that the ship's systems have been tampered with, raising suspicions of sabotage. Becker, representing the government, uses the crisis to relieve Jammad from command. The crew begins to suspect a power grab amid the crisis.

The officers find Becker dead in a malfunctioning virtual reality simulator and uncover that she is an android. The discovery triggers theories that she may have killed the other officers. The line between human and machine sharpens into a dangerous new fault line.

Becker denies any guilt in the killings, then activates a self-destruction sequence. The crew is thrust into chaos as vital systems fail and moral boundaries blur. Her action compounds the crew’s sense of imminent collapse.

Granier and Han, overwhelmed by the cascading disasters, take morphine and end their lives. Their deaths remove seasoned crew members at a critical moment. The remaining officers must confront the toll of the mission's unraveling.

Reese and Zinovitz manage to reach the escape capsule and prepare for a possible exit from a failing vessel. They cling to a sliver of possibility amid mounting evidence of a larger deception. The duo becomes the last apparent link to survival outside the ship.

As the countdown hits zero, Reese and Zinovitz discover an underground Earth-based facility rather than outer space. The facility reveals the voyage has been an 'extreme stress simulation' designed to test crew resilience. They learn they have only been in hibernation for six months, and that Hollis, Jammad, and Becker knew about the test.

The simulation twist is confirmed: the nuclear war on Earth did occur for real, leaving the world in ruins. The facility is found abandoned, adding a layer of bitter realism to the deception. The crew’s hopes crumble as they face a defeated home planet.

The film closes with Reese and Zinovitz gazing over a destroyed city, confronting an uncertain future beyond the surviving echoes of humanity. The revelation of the simulation and the ruined world leaves the audience with a haunting sense of ambiguity. Their looks hint at resilience amid a permanently altered reality.