Of Our Discontent — [s7e8] Winter

"You’re killing them, Marek," Thorne stated, hand hovering over his sidearm. "The children in Ward 7 won't make it to sunrise."

Captain Elias Thorne stood on the observation deck of the Aegis , watching the frost creep across the reinforced glass. Below him, the colony of New Aethelgard was drowning in white. The geothermal heaters—the only thing keeping ten thousand souls from becoming ice sculptures—were failing. [S7E8] Winter of Our Discontent

"Status report," Thorne said, his breath hitching in the frigid air. "You’re killing them, Marek," Thorne stated, hand hovering

The title of the episode was a bitter nod to the old world, but for Thorne, the "discontent" was literal. A decade of rationing and iron-fisted rule had finally snapped the colonists. Led by a shadow figure known only as 'The Glazier,' the insurgents had decided that dying in the cold was better than living under the Aegis's thumb. The geothermal heaters—the only thing keeping ten thousand

The wind howled through the narrow canyons of Sector 4, a mournful sound that the locals called “The Widow’s Wail.” In the eighth episode of the seventh season, titled the atmosphere wasn’t just cold; it was lethal.

In the final, haunting frames, Thorne pulled the manual override. The ship’s engines groaned and went dark, the great vessel settling into the snow like a dying whale. A surge of warmth pulsed through the colony’s pipes. The heaters roared back to life.