A
derelict Spaceship appears
in Alpha's third quadrant. John
and Tony take an Eagle out to
investigate. Maya is suddenly
taken ill, having developed a
fever of unknown origin that
resists all of Helena's attempts
to treat it. She can't help but |
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wonder if the two
occurrences
are in some way related. In
Maya's feverish state, she is
seeing the breakup of Psychon,
and trying to convince Mentor
to leave the planet. In a brief
moment of lucidity, she tells
Helena that she is afraid. |
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Maya asks for Tony,
and Helena
has Alan contact them in Eagle
1 to get an estimate on their
return to Alpha. John tells Alan
that they will be back after they
board the alien ship. The
Moon starts to shake and the
Alphans are tossed around. |
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John and Tony watch
on their
screen as the Moon disappears
from site. John figures that
it must have passed through
a space warp. Back on Alpha,
they reach the same conclusion
when they learn that the Moon
is five light years away from |
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it's previous
position in space.
Alan questions the likely hood
of the Commander ever making it
back to Alpha. Sandra suggests
the possibility of him finding a
window in the space warp. Alan
has a refueling Eagle launch on
the off chance that they do |
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Find their way
back. Maya asks
Helena to put her in restraints,
fearing that she is losing control
over her powers of molecular
transformation, and might be
dangerous. Helena reluctantly
agrees at Maya's insistence.
When she contacts Command |
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Center, Alan tells
her that the
Moon passed through a space
warp, and that Eagle 1 is on
the other side. Helena goes to
Command Center for more
information. Helena learns that
the odds of Eagle 1 making
it back are astronomical. |
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Shaken, she returns
to Medical
Center to check on Maya. When
she arrives, she finds Maya has
transformed into an alien, and
broken free of her restraints.
The creature attacks Helena,
knocking her unconscious, and
leaves Medical Center. |
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She begins a
rampage attacking
everyone she come into contact
with. Reports start flowing into
Command Center about alien
attacks. Alan orders the creature
to be shot on sight. Security
finds it in an elevator between
floors. Ben Vincent finds Helena |
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and she tells him
that Maya
has broken free. He tells her
that Alan has given a "shoot to
kill" order. Helena contacts him
just in time to have the order
rescinded before Maya is shot.
They try to stun her, to no effect.
Helena suggests using a |
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tranquilizer dart
with "more of
a kick" instead, and prepares
one for the task. They catch up
to Maya just before she enters
a travel tube. When she does
not respond to Helena's pleas,
they shoot her with the dart.
She enters the travel tube |
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heading for launch
pad 4.
Alan shuts down power to the
travel tube to try to trap her
underground. Maya breaks out,
attacks the crew of launch pad 4,
and boards Eagle 4. She retracts
the boarding tube, so they have
to lower the platform in order |
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to stop her flying
off to the, now,
non-existent Psychon. The Eagle is
brought into the hangar remotely.
The tranquilizer begins to take
effect and the creature (Maya) tries
to lift off underground, crashing
into the ceiling, and then flipping
over, and colliding with another |
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Eagle. The hangar
is engulfed
in flames. A team of fire fighters
is sent in to rescue Maya. They
get her out, but she is dying from
injuries sustained in the crash,
and Helena is just not familiar
enough with it's anatomy to be
able to operate. When they return |
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to Medical Center,
Helena tries
to get Maya to revert, so she can
operate. Maya transforms, but into
a Psychon male, who immediately
goes berserk, and tries to fight it's
way out of Medical Center. After
Alan hits the alarm, Security
shows
up and stuns him. He collapses, |
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but transforms into
a large
creature, and exits the
room. On
the other side of the space warp,
John and Tony have docked with
the alien vessel to see if they can
use it's fuel stores to supplement
their own. They board the alien
ship, John finds a data bank, |
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and discovers a message left by
Captain Duro, of the scout ship
Menon, who details his crew's
search for the space warp, after
their mothership, Admenon, had
passed through it, and their
tragic end, when they were on the
verge of success. With his dying |
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breath, he outlines the steps
necessary to find the correct
coordinates using the space
warp locator. Back on Alpha,
Maya is trying to break out
of the base through an airlock.
Helena suggests trying an
anesthetic gas cylinder to |
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knock her out before she
breaks through, causing explosive
decompression of that section of
the base. She opens the inner
airlock door, trapping Maya
inside, then fills the airlock with
anesthetic gas. It has no effect,
and Maya breaks through the |
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outer door. Amazingly, Maya
survives, as she has turned into
a creature that can store oxygen,
"like a camel stores water". But
they still have to get her back
before she transforms again or
she will die on the lunar surface.
She and Alan suit up, and take |
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a moonbuggy out after Maya.
John and Tony hook up the space
warp locator to the Eagle, and
program it according to Captain
Duro's instructions, hoping
that
it will work. Maya attacks
Alan
and Helena, when they
catch
up to her. Alan manages to |
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take down the tiring creature
down, but ruptures his air tanks
in the scuffle. Helena repairs it,
and calls for an emergency Eagle
to pick them up, before Maya
runs out of air, or changes back.
John and Tony program their
Eagle with the coordinates given |
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by the space warp locator. They
tow the derelict with them as they
head towards the designated
point in space. The space warp
opens before them and they
enter. As they pass through,
Maya begins cycling through
her recent transformations. |
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As they emerge on the other
side, she returns to normal, her
fever gone. Back in Command
Center, Sandra reads a large
disturbance near refueling Eagle.
Alan has her put it on the big
screen. It's Eagle 1. Alan relays
this to Helena, who joins them |
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in Command Center. Koenig
says that he wants Maya to
check out the derelict ship.
Helena says "as soon as she's
awake". Tony and John assume
that means the rest of the Alphans
have been taking it easy, and
Helena let's them believe it. |
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