All is quiet, and the
universe
around Alpha seems at peace.
That is, until sensors detect a
group of objects in space which
resemble a "swarm of space bees". When
they change course for
Alpha, the base goes to red alert.
Eagles are launched to intercept, |
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but
before they come into range,
they alter course, again, and go
into lunar orbit. Unable to
penetrate the cylinders with the
sensors, Koenig and Maya take
an Eagle up to investigate them.
Still unable to learn anything,
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The
safest place to examine it is
an underground research facility
at the outskirts of the base. Using
every precaution, they attempt to
open it. They finally succeed, but
not before damaging the capsule
itself. When they look to see what
is inside they are surprised to |
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find
the lifeless body of a young
humanoid male... killed by their
actions! He is rushed to Medical
Center, where he is revived. It
turns out the pods are cryogenic
chambers, and Koenig wants to
know how they work. Koenig
orders another one brought down |
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so
that they can try to open one
without damaging it. They select
the one paired with Cantar's,
and with his help, are able to
open it successfully. In it is
Cantar's wife Zova. While she is
being revived Cantar asks Koenig
to save the rest of his people |
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before
the gravity of the Moon
crushes the capsules. Koenig tells
him that Alpha's life support
systems can't support that many
additional people. Cantar tells
him that He and Zova could
enhance the life support systems to
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Koenig
tells him no, but Tony and
Helena ask him to reconsider,
asking what price is too high for
survival. Could they let all of
those people die without trying.
Koenig agrees to let them try after
stunning Cantar to make sure their
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them
if something goes wrong. Cantar is returned to
Medical
Center to recover from being
stunned, but is not so vulnerable
to stun guns as we were lead to
believe. Cantar and Zova begin
work on modifying the life
support systems to enable the |
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rescue
of their comrades. During
her off time Helena is sculpting a bust of
herself for John. While she
is showing it to Maya, John stops
by for a visit, but not before Maya
transforms into Helena's double.
John asks which is the "real"
Helena. After a kiss from both |
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of
them, he is asked if he can tell
the difference. He says there is
none, aand Helena tells him he is
no longer getting the bust she
made for him! He tells her she
is needed in life support. There,
she checks on Cantar and Zova's
progress. They tell her they are |
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almost
finished with their
modifications. When they do finish Cantar heads
for the Power
Room which is off limits. The
security guard tries to stun him to
no effect. Cantar incapcitates the
guard and enters the restricted
area. Helena tries to sound the |
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alarm,
but is stopped by Zova.
There is an explosion caused by
their tampering and Tony and
Maya rush to the Power Room
to investigate. When they arrive,
Tony manages to set off the alarm
before he is stunned. Maya tries
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a
black panther, but is stunned
by Zova. Cantar and Zova kidnap
Helena and Tony, and take them
to their homeworld of Golos via
the teleportation device they
created from the life support
systems. When they arrive at their
destination, they are recognized |
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as
exiles. Cantar threatens to
destroy the main life plant if the
ruler of the planet is not brought
before him. Mirella arrives and
Cantar tells her to tell the people
of Golos that they are the new
rulers of the planet, and if she
does not comply he will destroy |
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the
life plant. Mirella counters that
the two of them will not be able to
hold all of Golos captive. Zova
tells her that the Alphans will
recover the rest of their group,
then returns to over see the
operation. She tells koenig of their
plan and he refuses to cooperate. |
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Zova digs her fingernails
into the
sculpture of Helena, and Helena's
screams can be heard. Koenig
ultimately gives in and agrees to
recover the rest of the capsules.
He, Maya, and Zova are taken to
recover another capsule. They all
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the space walk. Cantar
watches
as Koenig unhooks Zova's life
line and pushes her out of the
Eagle. Cantar tries to shoot
Helena in retribution, but she
has scratched the protective
membrane that has maintained
his youth for the last 300 years. |
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Helena manages to stay out of
his line of fire as he begins to age.
At the rate of 10 years per second,
he quickly becomes too feeble to
fire his weapon. Mirella returns
Helena and Tony to Alpha, where
they reappear in Life Support. They
head back
towards Command |
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Center, but are met en route
and greeted by John and Maya.
Maya figures out a way to use their
antigravity screens to return the
capsules to their original trajectory.
Tony tells Maya she would be
court-martialed if Alpha was a
military base for "embarassing the |
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man in charge". Maya
asks if a
kiss causes embarassment for
humans. Tony said it must for
Psychons, because she had to
turn into another woman to do
it. Maya said it was more fun
that way, and asked if he would
like to try. He declined... |
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Helena is in Koenig's
quarters
and sees the damage to her
scuplture. She asks why he did
that to her, and said he probably
thinks she looked better that way
(not letting him get a word in
edge-wise), and ends suggesting
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