"Within three days, all the people on Earth will die:" "[ Narrator ] Wilma's old flight instructor and his over-the-hill squadron:" "join with Buck to avert a terrible threat to Earth:" "We're gonna have to destroy that base and eliminate that nerve gas:" " We've got to attack:" " Wilma and Buck are down there:" "Do you know what pain is, Rogers?" "[ Man Narrating ] The year is 1 987, and NASA launches the last of America's deep space probes:" "In a freak mishap, Ranger 3 and its pilot, Captain William "Buck'"Rogers, are blown out of their trajectory into an orbit which freezes his life-support systems:" "and returns Buck Rogers to Earth:" "500 years later:" "[ Wilma ] Starfighter patrol to Lisa's Dream:" "Decelerate, Lisa's Dream:" "Decelerate or we'll open fire:" " They're pulling out of range:" " Decelerate at once:" "That ship is stolen property:" "Look at that old ship move:" "Where are they gettin' all that speed?" "Maybe they know who's after 'em:" " Westlake, Clayton, clam up, will ya?" " Oh, what's a clam?" "Never mind:" "Colonel Deering, may I speak to you on the command frequency?" "[ Wilma ] You've got your privacy, Buck:" "What's the problem?" "I volunteered to train our two friends on flight maneuvers, not chase procedures:" "They have no business being out here:" "It's easier for us to go after that freighter:" "than for Dr:" "Huer to scramble pilots on the ground:" "I know they're green:" "That stolen freighter better be pretty important:" "[ Wilma ] They're headed for Necrosis IV:" " Inside that asteroid belt?" "Affirmative:" "If we don't catch up to them now, we never will:" "Full speed, everyone:" "Enemy fighters dead ahead:" "Scatter!" "I'm hit!" "Hold it together, Clayton:" "Help's on the way:" " Clayton, what's your damage?" " Minimal, Captain:" "Next time, Westlake, watch for a rear attack as well as a frontal:" "Yes, Colonel:" " I'm goin' after 'em:" " I'm with you:" "[ Wilma ] They followed the freighter into the asteroids:" " Clayton, Westlake, fall back!" " They're going in too fast!" " What do we do now?" " We go home:" "What are you doing, Alicia?" "Oh, your mind is always off somewhere:" "Five years I've owned you, and you always seem to be dreaming with your eyes wide open:" "If the market for Terran servants wasn't so depressed, I'd sell you in an instant:" "Don't just stand there:" "Brush!" "You were smiling!" "You think I'm hideous:" "You think you're better than me:" "because you have two normal hands:" "Well, I can rectify that!" " [ Beeps ]" " Yes:" "[ Woman on Intercom ] Commander Corliss is back with the freighter from Earth:" "Thank you:" "Welcome home!" "Did you have any problems?" "No:" "Security for the Directorate hangar:" "was designed to protect the contents of the freighter, not the ship itself:" "Huer did send four starfighters after me:" "But they were destroyed when they tried to penetrate the asteroids:" "When can we launch our attack?" "Just as soon as the gas is loaded into the missile containers:" "It's been three years since Wilma Deering's squadron tried to destroy us:" "Three years:" "And I dream about that cabin fire every night:" "The flames:" "the heat, the pain:" "As do I:" "But we're going to pay them back:" "[ Corliss ] Within three days, all the people on Earth will die:" "Are you gonna try telling me that lousy stolen freighter:" "was worth the lives of those two cadets?" "They were just kids!" "They had no business being out there!" "I tried telling you that:" "I didn't want them hurt any more than you did, Buck:" "I'm sorry:" "It's been a long day:" "Buck, that freighter:" "was scheduled to be flown into deep space and destroyed:" "You look at this and tell us if going after that freighter was worth their lives:" "This is a video inventory of what was on it:" "Twentieth-century weapons:" "Where'd they come from?" "From an arsenal discovered near the ruins of the country's ancient capital" " Washington, D:" "C:" " Washington, D:" "C:" "You mean to tell me those old weapons could possibly be a threat to Earth?" "Those are nerve gas canisters, Wilma:" "You drop one of those into our atmosphere:" "spread it around with an air blast, we'd all be dead within a week:" "[ Twiki ] Oh, boy!" "Yeah, I'd call that a threat:" "That freighter was headed towards Necrosis IV:" "which means Corliss and Trent are probably responsible:" "Which also means that that nerve gas isn't just a threat:" "They'll use it:" "because of me:" "Let me explain, Buck:" "Corliss and Trent are gunrunners:" "They reportedly maintain a base in the Necrosis asteroids:" "Several years back:" "they sustained some rather severe injuries while resisting arrest:" "for which they swore revenge against Colonel Deering:" "We're gonna have to destroy that base:" "and eliminate that nerve gas immediately:" "How do we penetrate that asteroid belt without ending up the same way Clayton and Westlake did?" " Noah Cooper:" " But he's retired:" "Yes, but he knows the Necrosis belt even better than Corliss:" " But, Doctor" " You need a guide through those asteroids, Colonel:" " Talk to him:" "That's an order:" " Yes, sir:" "[ Sighs ] I seemed a bit hard on her, didn't I?" "Well, perhaps I was, but we've had this discussion before:" "And when it comes to Noah Cooper:" "she just doesn't think very clearly:" "I suggest you go with her, but before you do, let me give you a little background:" "Colonel Deering's father flew with Noah's Earth Space Marine Squadron:" "And Noah was her first flight instructor:" "He was very helpful to her in the early stages of her career:" "Helped to develop her:" "They formed a very deep bond of friendship:" "And then the squadron got old:" "Noah got old:" "Last year she had to give them their annual physical fitness test:" "And she had to fail them, all of them:" "including Noah:" "And now you're asking her to ask him to come out of retirement:" "You put her in a very difficult position, Doctor:" "Perhaps:" "But it's imperative Noah help us:" "All right:" "See what I can do:" "Well, Twiki, Captain Rogers seems to have his work cut out for him:" "[ Twiki Chirping ] It's in the bag:" "Pardon me?" "Everything's copacetic:" "[ Chirping ]" ""Copa" what?" "[ Chirping ]" "Forget it:" "I trust Buck:" "[ Chirping ]" "[ Chatting ]" "[ Wilma ] Hi, Plato:" "He should be here by 1 800 hours:" "He spends a lot of time here:" " It's not gonna be easy, is it?" " Noah's just too old to go into space again:" "Even in the 25th century, they still throw people on the scrap heap because of their age:" "Buck, I didn't want to ground him:" "It's just that he wasn't-- He wasn't capable anymore:" "And I didn't want to see him get hurt:" " Wilma Deering:!" " Hi, Noah:" "What, no hug?" "Since when did you greet me without a hug?" "No matter what's happened, I still love you, Dizzy "D:" Remember that:" "Dizzy "D"?" "Oh, hi:" "Name's Noah, as in Noah Cooper:" "Hi:" "Name's Buck, as in Buck Rogers:" " Buck:" " Dizzy "D"?" "Oh, we've called her that since she was this high:" "Used to hang around the ready room, get into everything:" "Drove us dizzy:" "So we called her Dizzy Deering:" "Dizzy "D'"for short:" "Now she's all grown up:" "Old enough to take a man's Silver Eagles away from him:" "Noah, I" "Hey, Cooper, you ready to take your whipping playing Ten-and-Eleven?" "Sure, Red:" "Sorry, Dizzy "D," Buck, got a card game waiting:" "Noah, I" "And you know how important that kind of thing is to us: older people:" "Noah, would you please listen to me for a moment?" "We gonna play in the dark, Red, or what?" "Happy Birthday:!" "[ Everyone ] Happy Birthday!" "I don't like parties, and I don't like presents, and most of all I don't like being reminded of how old I am:" "But, thanks:" "Thank you:" "As long as we're all here, Buck, I'd like you to meet:" "what's left of the 69th Earth Space Marine Squadron:" "Sergeant Big Red McMurty:" "Hiya, Big Red:" "Nice to meet ya:" "Corporal Schultz:" "M:" "K: to most:" "M:" "K:" "Lieutenant Harriet Twain:" "Nice to meet you:" "My husband, Eli:" "Glad to meet you:" "Same here:" "[ Barking ]" "That's Lucky, our mascot:" "Hiya, Lucky:" "How are ya?" "Oh, I'm Captain Buck Rogers:" "It's nice to meet all of you:" "And of course you all know Colonel Deering:" "Noah, I came here to ask you:" "to guide a squadron through the asteroids surrounding Necrosis IV:" "We're gonna destroy Corliss's base once and for all:" "I can't:" "My peripheral vision is shot:" "Remember, Colonel?" "Now, wait a minute:" "I understand your feelings, Major, but that base has got to be destroyed:" "You're not really gonna penalize Earth for what Wilma did in the line of duty, are you?" "All right:" "We'll do it:" "And when I say "we," I mean all of us: the Fighting 69th:" "You know what we could do?" "We can convert Seymour class cargo sleds into Star Belly bombers:" "That's the ship we used when we attacked that base years ago:" "You give us 1 2 hours to equip these sleds with tail gun turrets:" "another 1 2 hours to train, and we can be attacking Necrosis IV in two days:" "After which we will all want our Silver Eagles back:" "[ Lucky Barking ]" "But you're all almost mandatory retirement age:" "They don't look a day over 60:" "Retirement is 85:" "Eighty-five?" "That's the deal:" "Either I lead my old squadron through those asteroids or I lead nobody at all:" "Then forget it:" "Corliss would cut you to pieces:" "[ Trent ] How much longer?" "They just started loading the gas into the missile casings:" "The foreman says they'll be ready in 48 hours:" "I'll get word to our people on Earth that they have two days to evacuate:" "You know, our spy in New Chicago is still trying to discern:" "how much the Defense Directorate has figured out:" "Huer could know everything, and it wouldn't make a bit of difference:" "They can't stop us now:" "It's only a matter of time before the Earth is destroyed:" "Why, Alicia!" "You still have feelings for your home world?" "Oh:" "Surely all your family must be dead by now:" "And if they're not:" "they soon will be:" "Nine runs, you didn't hit the target once:" "I didn't see you do any better up there:" "Yeah, and that was a safe-and-sane practice run:" "What do we do when there are enemy fighters and pulsars screaming all around?" "Maybe we should stick to throwing birthday parties:" "Go on, get some rest:" "Do you still want to go with us, Buck?" "Sure!" "A bad dress rehearsal's always a good sign:" "Take it from me:" "I know:" "I monitored your runs:" "Nine runs, nine misses:" "Don't say anything to them:" "It'll only make things worse:" "Noah is using 20-year-old cargo sleds, 30-year-old bombs, and 85-year-old pilots:" "How can I make it worse?" "Look, Wilma, when I was in the Air Force:" "we had to dispose of a lot of surplus nerve gas:" "Believe me, Noah's old-fashioned incendiaries:" "are the best way to deal with old-fashioned nerve gas:" "Dr:" "Huer was wrong:" "Why don't you and Noah face up to that fact before you get yourself killed?" " Why don't you be honest with yourself?" " What do you mean?" "You love that old man:" "And you're so afraid he's gonna get hurt, it's clouding your judgment:" "That was our spy in New Chicago:" "She says the Defense Directorate is planning:" "a bombing attack against us within the next two days:" "[ Laughing ] A bombing attack?" "Huer's insane:" "No, he's desperate:" "He knows that when and if the nerve gas leaves here:" "his chances of destroying our ships before they reach Earth are practically nil:" "How can he expect anyone to navigate the asteroids in bombers?" "Hejust got a reminder of how difficult it is for starfighters:" "Even if they were to penetrate the asteroids:" "they wouldn't stand a chance against the pulsar batteries that surround us:" "Their pilots are committing suicide:" "Alicia, fill the commander's glass:" "I'm sorry:" "Am I interrupting you?" "Well:" "what do we have here?" "A memory globe:" "Probably the only reminder she has of her former world:" "She's managed to hide it from me:" "all these years:" "Watch, Alicia:" "Watch what's going to happen to your world:" "Watch:!" "Finish this for me, will ya?" "I wish you all the very best of luck:" "You all know how important this mission is, so there's little left for me to say:" "Excepting that I'll see you, all of you:" "when you get back:" "Does Wilma know we're taking off tonight?" "Yes, but she's been keeping pretty much to herself these days:" "I must admit:" "I am surprised she isn't here to see you off, Buck:" "[ Twiki Chirping ]" "Yeah, well, I guess she must have had other plans:" "[ Lucky Barking ]" "Ah, Noah, I've been dead set against your leading this mission all along:" "I still am:" "But it's because I didn't want to find out:" "what it would be like not to have you around:" "Ahh!" "And that goes for all of you too:" "So maybe you just better take me along:" "I'd feel better if I could keep an eye on ya:" "[ Laughing ]" "[ Chirping ]" "Looks like I've got myself a new copilot:" "Come on:" " Comfortable back there, Harriet?" " I'd rather be dropping bombs:" "[ Whistling ]" "[ Whistling Continues ]" "Piece of pacifier?" "Thanks:" "[ Humming ]" "I'd like to thank you for setting me straight about how I feel about Noah:" "Think nothing of it, Dizzy "D:"" "All right, here comes the tough part, kids:" "Getting through this is gonna make that bombing run seem easy:" "Stay close behind me, and do exactly what I do:" "And watch for falling rocks:" "Whew:" "Enemy craft approaching:" "They're moving through the asteroids:" "The attack force from Earth:" "There are only three of them:" "On the off chance they get through the asteroids, they won't get any further:" "Ready the squadron:" "Just a little further, kids:" "You're doing fine:" "Reminds me of my playground back home:" "Okay, start breathing again, everyone:" " [ Beeping ]" " Stop breathing:" "We got company:" "Tight "T" formation:" "Look alive, tail gunners:" " You take over:" " Got it:" "Ya-hoo!" "Who's old?" "I'm not old:" "[ Pilot ] They're shooting from their tails:" "They've modified sled class bombers with tail gun mounts:" "Go beneath their fire:" "Attack their bellies:" "Yes, sir:" "Low-level bombers:" "They're ancient:" "But they could conceivably fly in below our pulsar screens:" "[ Corliss ] They'll never get that far:!" "Nice shot, Big Red:" "Looks like they're sending up reinforcements:" "We'll retreat temporarily to the asteroids:" "Buck, we're losing control!" "All right:" "Hang on!" "All right, bring her up slowly:" "Okay, all systems returning to green:" "Prepare to rendezvous with Noah:" "She's a little sluggish, but I think we can finish the mission:" "[ Pilot ] You will surrender at once or be destroyed:" "Proceed to Vector 9-4KV Coordinate "C: '"" "We will tractor beam you into the hanger:" "You hear that, Noah?" "They've been captured:!" "I heard:" " What do we do, Noah?" " What can we do?" "We've lost them:" "We've lost 'em:" "You wanted to speak with me, Dr:" "Huer?" "Yes:" "Come in, please:" "You'd better put me on the desk, Twiki:" "I have a feeling I'm going to be here a while:" "[ Twiki Chirping ] So do I:" "I just received a subspace message from Major Cooper:" "He's about to start his bombing attack on Corliss's base:" "I was under the impression they were to have done so by now:" "Yes:" "Well, they were engaged by enemy fighters as they broke through the asteroids:" "and they had to regroup:" "They lost Colonel Deering and Buck:" "Oh, my!" "Major Cooper feels they're being held on the base:" "He also knows he's going to have to go through with the bombing anyway:" "Two chances left to destroy the nerve gas:" "while it's still on Necrosis IV:" "Frankly, I expected to have this chat:" "right after Major Cooper and the others took off:" "You did call me in to discuss our alternatives should their mission fail:" "Did you not?" "There's no harm in hoping they'd be successful, is there?" " There's little else we can do:" " That's not quite true:" "Come now, Dr:" "Theopolis:" "Surely you don't think Corliss will send a squadron to Earth to release the nerve gas:" "He'll send his ships individually:" "And even though we destroy them all:" "the odds are that one:" "will come close enough to our atmosphere to poison it:" "I was referring to the fact that we can and must take steps:" "to see that Earth's leadership survives:" "Obviously nerve gas will have no effect on us computers:" "But as for you humans-- Yes:" "Yes, I know, I know:" "I'll alert Maintenance to ready the Omega Complex:" "But in the meantime:" "you and I, Dr:" "Theopolis:" "must decide which of Earth's population will live:" "and which will die:" "It's a dreadful task, but we must" "Twiki, where are you going?" "[ Chirping ]" "I know that, but-  [ Chirping ]" " What was that all about?" "He was upset we're assuming that Captain Rogers is never coming back:" "We really must continue, Dr:" "Huer:" "[ Harriet ] We're low on fuel and time, Noah:" " We've got to attack!" " We can't:" "Wilma and Buck are down there:" "And Corliss will be attacking Earth while we're sitting up here:" "I've got to take that risk, Harriet:" "You can't afford to:" "Dr:" "Huer is counting on us:" "That place is like an ammunition dump:" "If we bomb it, Dizzy "D" and Buck won't have a chance:" "Neither does the Earth:" "unless we attack:" "[ Corliss ] The scanner indicates no movement outside the asteroids:" "The Terrans must be drifting around in orbit inside the belt:" "Whatever's left of them, that is:" "That's right:" "You haven't seen your handiwork, have you?" "Take a good look, Colonel:" "I'm sure you've heard how eager we've been to thank you:" "[ Groans ]" "[ Groaning ]" "Yes:" "welcome, Colonel Deering:" "It's been a long three years:" "You were smuggling weapons to hostile colonies:" "It was my duty to try and stop you:" "Who's your friend, Colonel?" "Buck Rogers:" "Roxanne Trent:" "My pleasure:" "Have you ever been in a fire, Rogers?" "Or should I say:" "have you ever been on fire?" "No, I can't say that I have:" "Do you know what pain is, Rogers?" "There are all kinds of pain:" "No:" "I'm talking about a pain that's so intense:" "the only way you can stop it is to have its source removed:" "Had a toothache once:" "If you had surrendered instead of remaining fugitives:" "you could've been treated at any number of good clinics:" "And spend the rest of our life in detention:" "with no hope of revenge?" "Oh:" "how you're going to wish we had surrendered, Colonel Deering:" "Alicia, bring me the torch:" "I said, bring me the torch!" "Now that you've captured me, you have no reason to harm anyone else:" "Let Buck go, and give up any idea you might have had of attacking Earth:" "Oh, and let all that nerve gas go to waste?" "Your grudge is with me:" "Our grudge is with whomever we please:" "[ Corliss ] If the possibility of us murdering innocent people upsets you, Colonel:" "all the better:" "You're criminals:" "You were smuggling contraband three years ago:" "Those weapons were outlawed precisely because they were dangerous:" "All you cared about was the price the Arcturans were gonna give you for those weapons:" "Any weapons:!" "You didn't care how flammable or unsafe they were:" "Whether you admit it or not, you deserved exactly what you got:" "Alicia, what are you doing?" "She's talking:" "She can't talk:" "She doesn't have the mind for it:" "She might not be able to hear, and she might not be able to speak:" "but she certainly can talk, and she has a mind:" "It's okay:" "Stop that:" "I don't want her to talk:" "Alicia, get out of here:" "It's all right, Roxanne:" "They talk with their hands:" "Behind his back:" "And the colonel?" "Tie her feet:" "What happened when you shot down our ship, Colonel, was this:" "The cargo exploded:" "I tried to seal off the cabin, fell into the hold and became a living torch:" "Roxanne managed to pull me out, finally:" "You can see for yourself at what price:" "Of course, neither of you can ever understand what we went through:" "Unless, of course, you were to go through it yourselves:" "You will play me, and Rogers will play Corliss:" "No, look, let Buck go:" "Do whatever you like to me:" "I don't care:" "That's the point:" "You care for him:" "Enough to beat the flames out with your bare hands:" "Keep your hands to yourself, Wilma:" "You got better things to do with them:" "Commander, there's movement within the asteroids:" "Looks like the Terrans are preparing to attack again:" "Send a squadron to intercept them:" "Sir, most of our remaining fighters have been armed with nerve gas missiles:" "There are only two Earth ships left:" "Our fighters should have no problem:" "Commander, the Terrans' first attack left us with only four ships to spare:" "Take them to the holding room:" " We're out of time, Noah:" " We've got to attack now:" "Maybe Dizzy "D" was right:" "You shouldn't have taken this assignment:" "Yeah!" "Maybe you're too old and too scared to do the job:" " Damn it!" "You all love her too:" " Of course we do, Noah:" "[ Big Red ] Yeah, but we got work to do:" "We're going down:" "[ Noah ] We'll wait till the P:" "C: 's are up full:" "You follow me in, Big Red:" "Roger!" "That's what a Marine likes to hear:" "About to either be bombed or tortured:" "Bet you've never been in this situation before:" "No, I can't say that I have:" "Sorry I got you into this:" "That's all right:" "Never a dull moment with you, Wilma:" "That's why I keep you around:" "Don't worry:" "We'll get outta this:" "If you buy that, I've got a nice corner lot for you in Anarchia:" "How'd you ever learn sign language?" "Usually hand-talking is only taught to children who are born deaf:" "Someone taught me in the 20th century:" "You've seen sign language before, haven't you?" "Yes, but there's really no need to learn it:" "since deafness is usually cured in childhood with electronic surgery:" "Where did you learn it?" "Through a friend or relative?" "A friend:" "She was a teacher:" "She taught handicapped kids:" "I used to go along when she took 'em on field trips:" "Don't look now, but I think we've got a visitor:" "She's gonna help us:" "We're to try to distract the guards and stay as close to the entryway as possible:" "I think that could be arranged:" "Hi:" "I sure like men in uniforms:" "It's true:" "She does:" "You've got the cutest blue eyes:" "Think there's any way we could: get together?" "[ Wilma ] When do you get off duty?" "I'm talking to all three of you,you know:" "She likes ya:" "[ Wilma ] You three have a date tonight?" "All right, everybody:" "Just keep it quiet:" "The excitement's over:" "Gentlemen, into the cell, if you please?" "Well, Wilma, what do you think?" " I think they should strip:" " Wilma:" "You heard what the lady said:" "[ Pilot ] Theyjust got Tryon:" "I'm the only one left:" "You said they were outnumbered two to one:" "The tail mounts the Terrans are using-- the computers in our fighters aren't prepared to deal with them:" "[ Pilot ] Looks like one of their sleds has been damaged:" "I'm going after it:" " Noah, how bad are you hit?" " Scorpion, 1 5 5 degrees:" "Bring us around:" "I can't sight him up:" "He's closing in!" "Yee-haw!" "Good shooting, Harriet!" "That's all of'em:" "Look at that:" "Nothing but empty sky down there:" "We got all of'em!" "Now we can start dropping some bombs:" "All right, listen, kids:" "Red, I want you to make the first run:" "I have to make sure these controls are fully operational:" "They've got pulsar batteries down there:" "What we have to do is come in low enough to fly beneath them:" "Long and low, that's our approach:" "Once you're there, just let 'em drop:" "I'm ready:" "Just give me the "Go" sign:" "She'll understand, Noah:" "They'll both understand:" "You're clear, Big Red:" "Go:" "One of them is positioning itself for a bombing run:" "Ready the pulsar batteries:" "Lock in the compu-defense system:" "They'll never get close enough to bomb us:" "Perhaps we should prepare an escape vessel:" "Pulsar batteries deployed:" "The bomber's still coming:" "Do as you see fit:" "Order the hangar crew to remove the gas missiles from one of the fighters:" "And prepare it for immediate launch:" "Quickly:" "[ Softly ] Our sled is through that door:" "You two go first and take it easy, okay?" "Go:" "Both of you, come with me:" "I said, come with me:" "Run!" "Stop them!" "Tell them to let her go!" "Tell them to let them go!" "I have no qualms about pulling this trigger:" "Neither do I, Rogers:" "Steady:" "[ Humming ] Steady, steady:" "More left:" "Stop humming:" "[ M:" "K:] More left:" "Got it:" "Bomb away:" "Good-bye, Dizzy "D:"" "You fool!" "That's an ancient signaling device:" "Get the message?" "Wilma, get the door:" "You, get over there!" " You missed!" " If you'd just stop the humming:" "Who's humming?" "I'm not humming:" " Big Red to Mother One:" " We saw, Big Red:" "Come on back up:" "Now it's our turn:" "Hold it steady:" "We're almost there:" "Second enemy bomber approaching!" "We're trapped in here:" "Steady:" "Noah, Harriet?" " Yes, Eli?" " I just wanted to say:" "I love you both:" "Ready?" "Right:" "Hang on:" "Bomb away:" "This one's gonna hit!" "[ Big Red ] A hit:!" "By God, a hit:!" "Noah, you did it!" "Noah Cooper, you did it!" "[ Wilma ] Hey, keep it down out there:" "[ Big Red ] Dizzy "D'.!" "I mean, Colonel Deering:!" " And friends:" " Still think we're too old?" " Maybe I am, but you're certainly not:" "[ Wilma ] Looks like you've got an apology coming, Major Cooper:" "Noah?" "[ Wilma ] Come in, Major Cooper:" "Noah, why don't you answer me?" "They're gone:" "Welcome:" "Welcome home:" "I just heard:" "You destroyed the base:" "Congratulations, gentlemen:" "Buck, Colonel:" "You should've sent me a subspace message:" "I'd have had all the Federation leaders here to meet you:" "All of Earth is eternally grateful:" "Glad to hear it:" "Well, who is this we have here?" "Doc, this is Alicia:" "[ Buck ] We picked her up on the way back:" "It's a long story:" "I've very pleased to meet you:" "Where's Noah and the Twains?" "The base went up like a 50-megaton bomb:" "[ Chirping ]" "[ Theo ] We brought something Major Cooper asked for:" "to be given to you on your return:" "Twiki?" "Thank you, Twiki:" "[ Chirping ]" "[ Wilma ] Silver Eagles:" "Of course you'll be reinstated to full active duty as soon as possible:" "Thank you, sir:" "Thank you:" "[ Man On P:" "A:] Ready approach on Tube 1 0 1:" "What's coming in at this hour?" "Sixth-ninth squadron, cleared for approach:" "Did he say 69th?" "[ Noah ] Sorry about being late:" " Noah?" " Where'd he come from?" "We got blown all the way back up into the asteroids:" "We had a little trouble gettin'home, but we're all fine:" "[ Chirping ] Hot stuff!" ":" "Ya-hoo!" "If Dizzy "D'"is around:" "ask her if she still thinks I'm too old for this sort of thing:" "Harriet:" "Oh, thank you:" "Eli:" "Cheers:" "Cheers:" "I took it upon myself to update the Directorate's annual physical fitness test:" "I hope you don't mind:" "No, not at all:" "You saved me the trouble of doing it myself:" "Isn't that so, Dr:" "Theopolis?" "Yes, indeed:" "[ Chirping ] You wanna dance, Wilma?" "Thank you, no, Twiki:" "Nuts!" "Where's Buck?" "He's late for his own party:" "He had some business at the Registry:" "I think he's trying to find Alicia's parents:" "He couldn't pull off a miracle like that, could he?" "He could:" "I know you're all wondering where I've been:" "Five years ago, this young lady was kidnapped from her family:" "May I present them to you?" "[ Lucky Barking ]" "You've been busy, haven't you?" "I certainly have:" "I also dropped by the Medical Directorate:" "Alicia's scheduled for electronic surgery next month:" "With a little retraining, she'll be able to hear in no time:" "[ Chirping ]" "That's nice!" "She's gonna have some adjusting to do:" "Say, big fella, would you like to dance?" "Sure, why not?" "Great!" "Twiki, I just found you a dance partner:" "Buck, can I lead?"