Alpha has detected a space
phenomenon and named it Tora.
They have sent out an Eagle to
determine if at the heart of the
cloud is a habitable planet. In
order to avoid false hopes, only
a select few know about Tora,
and Command Center has been |
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placed off limits.
Meanwhile, in
the Recreation Center, a surface
exploration team tries to relax,
but Greg Sanderson is restless.
When the commpost screens stay
blank, he decides to find out
why Command Center is off
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His team (Cernik, Stevens,
and
Eva)
follow without question. He
suspects a habitable planet is out
there, and decides to find out for
sure. As Tony, Maya and Sandra
are monitoring Koenig's Eagle,
Sanderson attacks the guard
at the Command Center door |
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and takes his stun
gun. He
enters Command Center, and
immediately stuns everyone. He
orders Eva to open the big screen.
He sees Tora, and decides they
will have a séance to determine
if there is habitable planet at
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they do not hear Koenig calling
to
warn the base
that the Moon
is heading right for Tora. They
remain in their trance until Koenig
returns to Alpha. John is furious,
but Helena tells him that they
have "green sickness" from being
away from a natural environment |
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for so long. A
condition she
feels is worsened because the
surface exploration teams spend
up to 30 days at a time on the
lifeless surface of the moon.
She holds
herself responsible, but
John
has a hard time believing
that
mutiny is a symptom of |
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their
illness. While Helena is
with Sanderson, he insists on
seeing Koenig. She tells him
that he has been confined to
Medical Center. He assaults
the guards and heads toward
Command Center to confront
Koenig, who he thinks is trying |
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to keep them from
finding out
about the "habitable planet" to
keep everyone on Alpha, and
maintain his "dictatorship".
Koenig agrees to have all data
from the Eagle processed, not
onboard, but through the base
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Sanderson is
escorted back to
Medical Center for treatment,
but will be able to watch via
the monitors. Eva is released
as she is not hallucinating. She
calls in a medical emergency,
to clear Medical Center, then
knocks out the guards and |
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frees the rest of
her team.
They go to the Computer
Room to monitor the flight.
Alan reports a possible
gravity pull. Sanderson shorts
out a section of the computer
causing the reading to fade.
Koenig and Maya are given |
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the OK to go in
further. John
senses a gravitational pull,
but Tony assures him there is
none. As John's feeling gets
stronger, he has Tony run a
system check on Main Computer.
Sandra reports a malfunction,
but too late for John and Maya |
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to avoid crashing.
Command
Center loses audio contact with
Eagle 1, but is receiving data
about the ship's status. Tony has
Alan try to fly it back to Alpha,
unfortunately there is not enough
oxygen to last the whole trip.
John suggests Maya transform |
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into some
vegetation to help
provide oxygen. The Eagle
makes it's three hour trip back
to Alpha, and lands safely.
When the Alphans board, they
are surprised to find plantlife.
Maya transforms and tells them
that Koenig is suffering from |
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oxygen starvation.
Helena
revives John, stating that any
ill effects will be immediately
apparent. As he wakes, She asks
if he knows who she is. To which
he replies, "I never saw you
before in my life... Dr. Russell."
Sanderson and his team |
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leave the computer
room,
knowing that their sabotage will
be discovered, and that security
will come for them. They hide in
a travel tube, insuring that no one
can take them until they are ready.
Koenig contacts them in the car
to tell them that the Moon |
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is on a collision course with
the proto-planet at the heart
of Tora. Sanderson clings to
his delusions, believing that
the Moon will go into orbit
around his "habitable planet".
He suggests another "astral-
prediction" to convince the |
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rest of his team who are,
now, becoming uncertain of his
judgement. Koenig decides to
blow up the nuclear waste dumps
to shift the Moon off it's collision
course with Tora. To avoid the
predicted loss of life, and damage
to equipment, Koenig orders |
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a full evacuation. The Eagles
will monitor the situation from a
safe distance, then return after
the course correction. With time
running out, Koenig Tells them that
they have to leave before the
waste dumps are triggered.
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his team when they ask to
be evacuated. But Sanderson
does not board one of the Eagles,
he returns to Command Center,
where only Koenig and Maya are
left. He stuns Koenig as Tony tries
to warn him that Sanderson
never boarded the last Eagle. |
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Sanderson threatens to kill
Maya if Tony tries to return to
Alpha before Tora goes into
"orbit". Helena asks Eva to talk
to Sanderson and help him
realize that he really is sick.
But this only causes him to
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He attempts to kill Koenig,
but Maya thwarts him. He runs
off as Maya is trying to return
the, now jammed, switch back
to Stun. John and Maya don't
have time to find him if they are
to set the atomic trigger in place
and set off the blast in time |
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to avoid the collision with
Tora. When they get out to the
nuclear waste area, Tony, who
has been scanning the area,
locates a moon buggy in their
vicinity, and alerts them that
Sanderson is waiting for them
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John goes out to set the
charges to blast the cap off one
of the silos, while Maya keeps
look out, with the laser turret at
the ready. As Sanderson aims his
laser rifle at Koenig, Tony gives
his position to Maya. He notices
the laser turret turning, and fires |
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on the Eagle just as Maya gets
off a shot. The ledge crumbles
under Sanderson, and Koenig
is free to blast the cap off the
silo, but Sanderson attacks as
John attempts to set the trigger.
Tony can't raise Maya in Eagle
2. No sooner than John gets |
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the trigger in place, then
Sanderson attacks again and
knocks him into the silo. John
catches the side, avoiding a
10,000 foot fall. As Sanderson
tries to step on his hands, he
grabs Sanderson's leg, and
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