Communications Satellite
The Star Force has been out of visual communications with Earth for 2 months. A crew member is having a physical in sick bay. He has a constant ringing in his ears, but the doctor can't find a physical reason, but guesses he's suffering from homesickness. He is prescribed a visit to the holodeck with Nova. She sets up a simulation of snowfall near a harbor. Crewman Homer seems somewhat cheered up by the simulation until he sees a hologram of his mother carrying firewood and freaks out when it's apparent that she's a hologram.
The Doctor is assisting the Captain to the communications room. Avatar manages to contact the UN. They report that the planet bombs have ceased with the destruction of the Pluto base, though the radiation is still spreading. Suddenly Homer arrives and starts some panic spreading. We don't know anything about Iskandar, we don't know where the Gamilons are, and we don't know what's really going on on Earth. Avatar talks him down, and then Homer passes out.
In the mess hall, all the department heads are discussing Avatar's communication with Earth. Avatar thanks them for their performance while he was in sickbay. The toast to the crew, the families on Earth, and the captain's health. They express concern at Homer's outburst. Venture wonders what the chances of the success of the mission really are. Avatar tells him there are no guarantees, but they must believe in a future for everyone. Without that believe, Earth is lost.
General Lysis is informed of the intercepted communications between the Earth and the Argo. Lysis is planning to destroy morale with a communications relay satellite.
Homer awakens in the middle of the night and goes early to his post in the communications room. He chases off the crewman on duty, and calls his mother. He's been using a "secret" frequency. His mother tells him that his father is very sick.
Earth is bearing the scars of the radiation-laden planet bombs. Homer's father has been responsible for work constructing underground cities, and has apparently caught some new virus (despite have bandages on his head). Homer tries to speak to his father, but interference and his father's loss of consciousness ends the call. Then Homer finds Wildstar looking over his shoulder. Homer has an angst moment and rushes onto the bridge, pleading with Venture to turn back and return to Earth. Venture refuses, then Homer freaks out and leaves just as Wildstar comes running for him.
In the hangar, Homer tries to sneak past Conroy to the spacesuit lockers while Wildstar calls to warn Conroy. Wildstar and Venture rush down to the hangar deck, but Homer is already in space, trying to swim home.
The Argo retroes, and the Black Tigers launch in their fighters to search for Homer. If this were the 2004 Battlestar Galactica, they woulda just said "Frakk 'im!" In space, Homer is hallucination that he sees the Earth, but he's actually approaching the communications relay satellite. The GAMILON communications relay satellite, and the truth slowly begins to dawn on him. He decides he has to get back to the Star Force. But, well, he's been adrift in space. So now he has a freakout about that.
Wildstar approaches the relay satellite. Homer waves him in, and Wildstar calls the rest of the Star Force. Wildstar picks him up and gives Homer the weapons control, allowing him to be the one to destroy the satellite. Homer's spirits are instantly lifted, and they rendezvous with the rest of the search party. They return to the Argo.
There are only 255 days left.
Showing posts with label Episode 16 Star Blazers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Episode 16 Star Blazers. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Monday, January 23, 2012
Magnetron Wave
Magnetron Wave
The Argo is 7,000 mega-meters from a strange, inactive object. Wildstar has sand Sandor out in a ship to examine the object. He's 10 megameters away when he reports--and then his ship breaks up. The crew is suddenly assembled while Sandor narrates what he so narrowly escapes from. The ship seemed to just come apart, rather than explode. Sandor proposes that its a magnetron wave emanating from the object--which is a Gamilon base. Sandor says they should use the new seamless shuttle. After some wrangling, he and Wildstar agree to take the seamless ship out to explore.
They fly through the wreckage of Sandor's first plane, and then close in on the object. The magnetron waves seem to come from holes all over the object's surface. Avatar says they are starting to feel vibrations back on the Argo. Wildstar tries to fire into the ports, but they close are part of some defense mechanism. He and Sandor decide to EVA and raid the object. They anchor their ship and walk down one of the ports, which reminds Wildstar of a cave.
After walking, and climbing, and walking, they see a strange yellow alien lumber by. Sandor tells Wildstar he's had Alex, Wildstar's brother, for a while. They were friends in the academy together. After the academy, Sandor was responsible for ship maintenance--he had done repairs on Alex' ship, the Paladin before they battle at Pluto. That was the last he saw of Alex.
Um. Why are we bringing this up now? Sandor is guilty, feeling he didn't do a sufficient repair job on the Paladin. Wildstar forgives him. And then the weird yellow thing--some kind of robot, attacks them, and Sandor saves Derek's bacon. Then . . . the reminiscing continues.
Sandor had been in grammar school when he insisted on driving a rocket car on the moon and crashed. Wildstar assures him he's not the only one to have made foolish mistakes.
Meanwhile, during this walk down memory lane, the magnetron wave is peeling deckplates off the Argo's hull. Venture frets.
Sandor explains to Wildstar that the object is actually a giant computer, and the tunnels are the computer's circuits. They turn the corner and find the main processor of the computer. And it looks like an Invid hive brain.
Avatar tells Venture to prepare for a warp jump in case Sandor and Wildstar don't make it back.
The two are wiring bombs to the computer. Sandor gets philosophical about science that creates machines that destroy people. And then the computer starts laughing at them. The floor starts heaving. Tendrils come out of portals and knock Wildstar over. He sees Sandor caught by the computer's tendrils. . .
Venture has readied the warp. The crew looks expectantly at the captain . . .
Wildstar struggles back to consciousness. Sandor urges him to help, reminding him that the Argo might have to jump. He tells Wildstar to remove his arms and legs--SANDOR IS BIONIC!
Hmm.
Wildstar disassembles Sandor's limbs and carries him out to the shuttle. Sandor demands to be left behind. Sandor says his bionic arms and legs are bombs, and he'll set them off after Wildstar leaves. He urges Wildstar to leave--he'll be okay to be picked up when the explosion is over. Wildstar leaves Sandor floating in space and returns to his fighter. After exchanging meaningful looks, they separate.
Avatar counts down the final seconds and orders the warp. Just before he pulls the lever, Wildstar requests permission to land. Avatar demands an update, and Wildstar explains that Sandor is taking care of the magnetron situation. Wildstar watches the explosion, then tells the Argo crew he's going back for Sandor. He searches through the wreckage and hears his voice. Wildstar finds Sandor, streaked with soot, in a corner of the wreckage.
Lysis mocks Balgar for this latest defeat.
Wildstar is brooding on the observation deck when Sandor arrives with his new arms and legs. Derek says he hopes Alex is alive somewhere. Sandor says it would mean as much to him as it does to Wildstar.
Only 260 days left.
The Argo is 7,000 mega-meters from a strange, inactive object. Wildstar has sand Sandor out in a ship to examine the object. He's 10 megameters away when he reports--and then his ship breaks up. The crew is suddenly assembled while Sandor narrates what he so narrowly escapes from. The ship seemed to just come apart, rather than explode. Sandor proposes that its a magnetron wave emanating from the object--which is a Gamilon base. Sandor says they should use the new seamless shuttle. After some wrangling, he and Wildstar agree to take the seamless ship out to explore.
They fly through the wreckage of Sandor's first plane, and then close in on the object. The magnetron waves seem to come from holes all over the object's surface. Avatar says they are starting to feel vibrations back on the Argo. Wildstar tries to fire into the ports, but they close are part of some defense mechanism. He and Sandor decide to EVA and raid the object. They anchor their ship and walk down one of the ports, which reminds Wildstar of a cave.
After walking, and climbing, and walking, they see a strange yellow alien lumber by. Sandor tells Wildstar he's had Alex, Wildstar's brother, for a while. They were friends in the academy together. After the academy, Sandor was responsible for ship maintenance--he had done repairs on Alex' ship, the Paladin before they battle at Pluto. That was the last he saw of Alex.
Um. Why are we bringing this up now? Sandor is guilty, feeling he didn't do a sufficient repair job on the Paladin. Wildstar forgives him. And then the weird yellow thing--some kind of robot, attacks them, and Sandor saves Derek's bacon. Then . . . the reminiscing continues.
Sandor had been in grammar school when he insisted on driving a rocket car on the moon and crashed. Wildstar assures him he's not the only one to have made foolish mistakes.
Meanwhile, during this walk down memory lane, the magnetron wave is peeling deckplates off the Argo's hull. Venture frets.
Sandor explains to Wildstar that the object is actually a giant computer, and the tunnels are the computer's circuits. They turn the corner and find the main processor of the computer. And it looks like an Invid hive brain.
Avatar tells Venture to prepare for a warp jump in case Sandor and Wildstar don't make it back.
The two are wiring bombs to the computer. Sandor gets philosophical about science that creates machines that destroy people. And then the computer starts laughing at them. The floor starts heaving. Tendrils come out of portals and knock Wildstar over. He sees Sandor caught by the computer's tendrils. . .
Venture has readied the warp. The crew looks expectantly at the captain . . .
Wildstar struggles back to consciousness. Sandor urges him to help, reminding him that the Argo might have to jump. He tells Wildstar to remove his arms and legs--SANDOR IS BIONIC!
Hmm.
Wildstar disassembles Sandor's limbs and carries him out to the shuttle. Sandor demands to be left behind. Sandor says his bionic arms and legs are bombs, and he'll set them off after Wildstar leaves. He urges Wildstar to leave--he'll be okay to be picked up when the explosion is over. Wildstar leaves Sandor floating in space and returns to his fighter. After exchanging meaningful looks, they separate.
Avatar counts down the final seconds and orders the warp. Just before he pulls the lever, Wildstar requests permission to land. Avatar demands an update, and Wildstar explains that Sandor is taking care of the magnetron situation. Wildstar watches the explosion, then tells the Argo crew he's going back for Sandor. He searches through the wreckage and hears his voice. Wildstar finds Sandor, streaked with soot, in a corner of the wreckage.
Lysis mocks Balgar for this latest defeat.
Wildstar is brooding on the observation deck when Sandor arrives with his new arms and legs. Derek says he hopes Alex is alive somewhere. Sandor says it would mean as much to him as it does to Wildstar.
Only 260 days left.
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Stop at Beeland
Stop at Beeland
That's right. Beeland.
On day 98, the Star Force is approaching the strange planet Balan (that's how the narrator pronounces it). The crew is in the mess hall and Derek complains about it. Then Nova shows up in a dress and they all act like horny 14 year olds. Then IQ 9 shows up, calls her cutie and she runs off.
Later, Venture, Wildstar, and IQ 9 are sunbathing and IQ 9 declares his undying love for Nova. Nova happens to be complaining to Avatar about IQ's bizarre behavior, and Avatar suggests that he needs his 10,000-mile checkup. Then they approach the planet Beeland and prepare to land. Avatar observes that it looks green, like Earth. Nova is sent, with IQ 9, to look for edible plants. Derek wonders if sending IQ 9 is a good idea.
It's not. In the shuttle to the planet, IQ 9 proposes to Nova, she has a freakout, and crashlands in a jungle. And--my GODS--IQ 9 crashes on top of Nova and wants to rest on top of her because he likes it there. Hurgh. They leave the ship and search for edible plants. Then the bee-people examine the ship.
Nova and IQ 9 emerge from the jungle to find a giant beehive. They go to explore it, and the bridge loses contact with them. Avatar advises them to wait and see.
In the hive, they are captured by the bee people and taken prisoner. We see the bee people, um, making honey? Then IQ and Nova are tossed into a cell. IQ 9 surmises that the bee people are enslaved by the Gamilons, and the bee resistance thinks Nova and IQ 9 are Gamilons.
In the rule part of the hive, Queen Melina is trying to contact Krypt, and has trouble with the communicator. The cargo tanker is being sent to Beeland. Melina wonderrs what she should do about the old man resistance leader. Krypt tells her that he's her problem. If she can't take care of him, Desslok might replace her as ruler.
The bee people start a drum jam and Melina appears to look over her subjects.
The Argo is still waiting for word from Nova when they catch sight of a Gamilon rocket tanker. Avatar scrambles Wildstar and the Black Tigers. Conroy and Wildstar decide to use delayed-action rockets to disable the tanker and destroy it far from the Argo. The battle rages.
On the planet, IQ 9 and Nova worry that the bee people will kill them. The IQ 9 gets all weird and creeps out Nova. Oh, and he professes his undying love for her. Again. Then Nova apologizes and hugs the robot. Just before the bee people lead them out.
Queen Melina is presiding over an awesome bee dance number. The Gamilon tanker approaches. The leader of the resistance appears out of the crowd and denounces the queen. He has Nova and IQ 9 brought before her, and threatens to kill the "Gamilons" if they open fire. Then the tanker lands and the resistance leader continues rousing the rabble. He summons some bee-people who haul a cannon before the queen. He challenges her to show her true allegiance by destroying the tanker. She slowly takes the controls of the cannon . . . and laughs and sends her guards after the resistance fighters. She approaches the tanker on the landing platform.
Then the tanker explodes, thanks to the damage caused by the Black Tigers. IQ 9 detects the source of the explosion to be delayed reaction bombs. Then the bee resistance start beating IQ 9 and Nova with sticks. Members of the Star Force arrive, and IQ 9 gives an injured Nova to Wildstar. The ZBlack Tigers hold off some of the bees, while Nova explains that they could be just as bad as the Gamilons, particularly to bee-eyes. The bees call IQ 9 a monster, and he gets all emo and angst-ridden.
On the Argo, IQ 9 in on the observation deck. Nova brings news that the bee-people have given them food, but he still acts weird. There are only 267 days left.
That's right. Beeland.
On day 98, the Star Force is approaching the strange planet Balan (that's how the narrator pronounces it). The crew is in the mess hall and Derek complains about it. Then Nova shows up in a dress and they all act like horny 14 year olds. Then IQ 9 shows up, calls her cutie and she runs off.
Later, Venture, Wildstar, and IQ 9 are sunbathing and IQ 9 declares his undying love for Nova. Nova happens to be complaining to Avatar about IQ's bizarre behavior, and Avatar suggests that he needs his 10,000-mile checkup. Then they approach the planet Beeland and prepare to land. Avatar observes that it looks green, like Earth. Nova is sent, with IQ 9, to look for edible plants. Derek wonders if sending IQ 9 is a good idea.
It's not. In the shuttle to the planet, IQ 9 proposes to Nova, she has a freakout, and crashlands in a jungle. And--my GODS--IQ 9 crashes on top of Nova and wants to rest on top of her because he likes it there. Hurgh. They leave the ship and search for edible plants. Then the bee-people examine the ship.
Nova and IQ 9 emerge from the jungle to find a giant beehive. They go to explore it, and the bridge loses contact with them. Avatar advises them to wait and see.
In the hive, they are captured by the bee people and taken prisoner. We see the bee people, um, making honey? Then IQ and Nova are tossed into a cell. IQ 9 surmises that the bee people are enslaved by the Gamilons, and the bee resistance thinks Nova and IQ 9 are Gamilons.
In the rule part of the hive, Queen Melina is trying to contact Krypt, and has trouble with the communicator. The cargo tanker is being sent to Beeland. Melina wonderrs what she should do about the old man resistance leader. Krypt tells her that he's her problem. If she can't take care of him, Desslok might replace her as ruler.
The bee people start a drum jam and Melina appears to look over her subjects.
The Argo is still waiting for word from Nova when they catch sight of a Gamilon rocket tanker. Avatar scrambles Wildstar and the Black Tigers. Conroy and Wildstar decide to use delayed-action rockets to disable the tanker and destroy it far from the Argo. The battle rages.
On the planet, IQ 9 and Nova worry that the bee people will kill them. The IQ 9 gets all weird and creeps out Nova. Oh, and he professes his undying love for her. Again. Then Nova apologizes and hugs the robot. Just before the bee people lead them out.
Queen Melina is presiding over an awesome bee dance number. The Gamilon tanker approaches. The leader of the resistance appears out of the crowd and denounces the queen. He has Nova and IQ 9 brought before her, and threatens to kill the "Gamilons" if they open fire. Then the tanker lands and the resistance leader continues rousing the rabble. He summons some bee-people who haul a cannon before the queen. He challenges her to show her true allegiance by destroying the tanker. She slowly takes the controls of the cannon . . . and laughs and sends her guards after the resistance fighters. She approaches the tanker on the landing platform.
Then the tanker explodes, thanks to the damage caused by the Black Tigers. IQ 9 detects the source of the explosion to be delayed reaction bombs. Then the bee resistance start beating IQ 9 and Nova with sticks. Members of the Star Force arrive, and IQ 9 gives an injured Nova to Wildstar. The ZBlack Tigers hold off some of the bees, while Nova explains that they could be just as bad as the Gamilons, particularly to bee-eyes. The bees call IQ 9 a monster, and he gets all emo and angst-ridden.
On the Argo, IQ 9 in on the observation deck. Nova brings news that the bee-people have given them food, but he still acts weird. There are only 267 days left.
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