Synopsis & Concept art for the screenplay Tranquility Base.

Gold Prize winner in the Science Fiction category of

The PAGE International Screenwriting Awards.

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Tranquility Base is the story of astronauts stranded in space after a global disaster makes a return to Earth appear unlikely. Between the International Space Station, a Space Transport Plane, and a Moon Base Biosphere, 15 astronauts struggle to secure spots in the self-sustaining environment of a Moon Base that can only support six.

A combination of “2001: A Space Odyssey” and “Lord Of The Flies,” Tranquility Base examines the challenges man faces when his desire to help others conflicts with his instinct for survival.

It’s 2040, and astronauts from around the world living in the Moon Base Biosphere are helping mankind prepare for life on other planets. But while those trailblazers look up to the heavens and the future, all is not well down below. A global disaster has covered the Earth in a toxic haze, and with all communications cut off, those in space fear the worst.

With no return home in sight Gunther, the Moon Base Commander, faces difficult decisions. The Moon Base is perfectly balanced to support six people indefinitely, and there are already six there. How can he save the four in the Space Transport Plane and five in the International Space Station? The lives of all nine astronauts floating in space rest in the hands of the six on the Moon Base.

In a desperate attempt to save as many as possible, the Moon Base astronauts find a way to stretch the base capacity to nine. All they need is for the men in the Space Transport Plane to pull an air filter off the side of the Space Station and bring it up with them. And, while they’re at it, bring along the two women crew members in the Space Station. The only women in space.

The numbers don’t look good. The six on the Moon know five more people will be showing up, to live in a base that will barely support nine. The four men in the Space Transport Plane that can only hold five people know they have to pick up two more. And the three men in the Space Station know the Transport Plane astronauts are planning to pick up the women and steal an air filter, leaving them behind.

Who will make it to the Moon?