Scene 4 MAGELLAN: Prepare for deceleration from hyper-activity!
SFX 4: "Deceleration"
(Magellan pulls the power lever back and the crew goes through the motions of deceleration.)
MAGELLAN: Info, status please! INFO:
CREW:
(looking at his sensors) Captain, we're in Earth orbit! (ad lib excitement) Okay! Alright! Yay!
MAGELLAN: It may be Earth, but what year? POLO: OTTO:
I'm clear on where we are … just not the when! Captain, sensors detect people in the area we've homed in on. MAGELLAN: Turn on the viewport, Sparky! Let's see who they are!
(Lights up on the Bethlehem scene as Sparky pulls a lever. The crew peers through the viewport—into the audience. Shepherds sit eating their evening snacks.)
ZIP: Those look like shepherds!
MAGELLAN: Sparky, where are we? When are we? Give Robot an audio feed and see if he can decipher their language.
(Robot puts on a headphone and listens intently while the shepherds converse in murmurs too quiet for the audience to hear.)
ROBOT:
CREW: POLO:
Captain, this is quite amazing, we are in orbit over the hills near Bethlehem. The time appears to be just before the birth of Christ.
(ad libs) Amazing! Incredible! No way! etc. We overshot Galilee and went right to Bethlehem!
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