"[Woodwind]" " Mother?" "Mother?" " [Continues]" "[Snorts, Roars]" "Mother, are these grapes all right?" "Young man, those grapes: : :" "Are perfect, just like you:" "I don't know what I'd do without you, Delph:" "There is just one thing:" "Remember our agreement that we weren't going to shout?" "I forgot:" "Do you think he heard?" "Probably not:" "It wasn't a very loud shout:" "But just in case, maybe we should go in the house and bar the door for a while:" "All right?" "All right:" "All right:" "We'll make some roseberry tarts and..." "[Animal Roars, Snorts] Mother!" "I hear:!" "Go:!" "Run:!" "Run:!" "[Growling]" "[Growls]" "Pangor thirsty:" "Moon wine!" "There isn't any:" "You drank it all the last time!" "Pangor need wine:" "Bean!" "[Growling]" "[Clattering, Smashing] Wait!" "There is no wine, and there's not enough food:" "Leave my mother alone:" "Ow!" "Put me down!" "Let me go!" "Let me go!" "Open the door!" "Leave my mother alone!" "Leave my mother alone!" "[Clattering, Smashing]" "[Growling]" "Eat!" "Eat!" "[Growling, Slurping]" "Please, please make him go away and leave my mother alone:" "[Man Narrating] In the year 1987," "NASA launched the last of America's deep space probes:" "Aboard this compact starship, a lone astronaut, Captain William "Buck'"Rogers, was to experience cosmic forces beyond all comprehension:" "In a freak mishap, his life-support systems were frozen: : :" "By temperatures beyond imagination:" "Ranger 3 was blown out of its planned trajectory: : :" "Into an orbit 1,000 times more vast, an orbit which was to return Buck Rogers to Earth: : :" "500 years later:" "I still say think it over, Buck:" "If we check the asteroid belt, you'll be alone here for 10 full days:" "Well, it may take me that long to find any signs of life, if there are any:" "What about it, Doctor?" "Did your review of the archives come up with anything significant?" "Only two points, as a matter of fact, my dear boy:" "Arkadis was thought to be a planetary paradise, often referred to as a benign twin of Earth:" "Now, the last attempt of colonization: : :" "Was led by a MajorJason Samos:" "Samos?" "Outstanding fellow he was, actually... founder of the back-to-the-land movement, all that sort of thing:" "Established successful colonies on half a dozen other worlds:" "Except that he didn't succeed on Arkadis:" "Well, you see, no one knows that for certain:" "For 10 years, he sent back glowing reports from Arkadis:" "Then about six years ago, it must have been, all communications from that planet ceased:" "I can't remember the precise date of the last message:" "8:42 a:" "M:, Greenwich mean time," "July 17, 2485:" "Oh, mind your own business:" "Drives you mad, that fellow, doesn't he?" "Makes you feel like a fool all the time:" " Are you certain you don't want me to go with you, Buck?" " Yes, Hawk:" "You and Wilma are gonna be busy enough completing that asteroid sweep in 10 days without worrying about me:" "Besides, maybe when I get back from Arkadis I'll have some information about what happened to Major Samos:" "Oh, I do hope so:" "I do hope so:" "I'll look forward to that:" "I will indeed, Buck:" "Bye-bye:" "See you later, Doctor:" "I don't know why:" "He just asked me if I'd like to go down to Arkadis with him, and I said I would, and it's all set:" "Your shuttlecraft is all set to go, Buck:" "Twiki tells me you're taking him with you:" "That's right:" "I would've been glad to take you along, Wilma, but this planet has three moons:" "Meaning?" "Well, I know how you are in moonlight, and, uh, I only got 10 days to complete this mission:" "You're gonna regret that remark, Buck:" "[Chirping] Are you really different in the moonlight?" "No, sweetie:" "But I will be from now on:" "I hope you two will be very happy together:" "[Woodwind]" "[Stops] [Roars]" "[Snorting]" "[Growling]" ""On this site, April 25, in the year 2475," ""MajorJason Samos established the Earth colony of New Corinth," ""numbering 116 souls:" "May God bless this venture:"" " Kinda gives you a funny feeling, doesn't it, Twiki?" " [Chirping] Sure does, Buck:" "It's sad, very sad:" "All the hopes, all the dreams, reduced to this:" "[Woodwind, Distant]" "What was that?" "That the wind?" "[Continues]" "I think there's a possibility of..." "Look out, Buck!" "[Growling]" " [Howls]" " Look out, Buck!" "Get him, Buck:" "Get him!" "[Howling]" "[Groans, Sighs]" "You're hurt:" "I'll live:" "What kind of an animal was that, anyway?" "Could be a zewolf, Buck:" "They're supposed to be native to Arkadis:" "Well, maybe you better clue me in as to what other kinds of specimens I might run into on this planet:" "That's easy:" "Human male, age approximately nine years:" "What?" "Where?" "Right behind you at the moment:" "Well, who are you?" "Delph, sir:" "Delph Samos:" "I saw what you did to the zewolf, and it was wonderful:" "Well, thank you:" "Thank you:" ""Samos," huh?" "You by any chance related to, uh, MajorJason Samos who founded this colony?" "Yes, sir:" "He was my father:" "He's dead now:" "Oh:" "I'm sorry to hear that:" "Oh, my name's Captain Buck Rogers, and this is my friend Twiki:" "Pleased to meet ya:" "You're bleeding:" "Oh, that's all right:" "Tell me something:" "Are there any other people on this planet?" "No, just my mother and me:" "No other settlers, huh?" "No:" "Mother says they all left years ago:" "You're not going to leave right away, are you?" "No:" "I hadn't intended to:" "Then please come to our house:" "My mother can fix your arm for you, and she's a very good cook, and we've got plenty of room:" "[Chuckling] All right:" "You've made yourself a deal:" "Besides, I'd like to meet your mother and talk to her:" "And I could use a home cooked meal too:" "Twiki?" "Yes, Buck:" " Stay here and keep an eye on the ship, all right?" " Okay, Buck:" "Lead on, Delph:" " Did you really come from a starship?" " That's right:" "It's called the Searcher:" "We're looking for the lost tribes of Earth:" ""Lost tribes"?" "Your mother must have told you that right after the holocaust, people left the Earth to colonize other planets:" "Well, a couple of hundred years ago, the Earth lost contact with those early colonists:" "Now we're trying to find out what happened to them, reestablish contact, hoping that maybe, well..." "Oh, there's my mother:" "Her name is Syra:" "Come on:" "[Buck] Okay:" "Mother!" "That's Captain Buck Rogers:" "He's from the starship Searcher:" "Happy to meet you, ma'am:" "Hello:" "Delph:" "You promised, if I let you go, you'd stay hidden till the spaceship left:" "I was hiding, Mother, but Captain Rogers was hurt:" "What happened?" "It was a zewolf, Mother:" "That arm should be tended to:" "There are strange viruses here on this planet:" " Please come to the house:" "Delph, you stay and finish up here:" " Oh!" "I'm sorry if I haven't been very hospitable, Captain:" "It's just..." "It's better if you don't stay here:" "You can see there's..." "there's very little room, and we're barely managing:" "You're welcome to share my supplies:" "And if you'd like, you can leave with me when the Searcher comes back:" "Well, thank you, but this is our home:" "Suit yourself:" " Feels better already:" " It's a wild herb:" "It has unusually fast healing properties:" "From the looks of it, you..." "Don't:" "[Sighs] I'm sorry:" "I'm afraid I don't react very well to being touched:" "[Sighs]" "Well..." "[Grunts] That was absolutely fantastic:" "Thank you:" "Bread sprouts and corn gourds with roseberries baked on top:" "Mm:" "We find them in the woods:" "It's nice to see the land provides for you:" "When my father scouted this planet, he made sure: : :" "That everything would be here for everybody:" "You know what, Captain Rogers?" "I still have my father's logbook:" "I'll get it and show you:" "He sleeps with it under his pillow:" "He dreams someday of being able to do everything his father's done:" "I never met Major Samos, but from everything I've heard about him, I wish I had:" "Here it is:" "It shows all the places he's been:" "[Woodwind, Distant]" "I heard that sound when we first landed:" "What is it?" "[Continues]" "It's nothing:" "It's the wind:" "[Continues]" "You all right, Delph?" "Yes, sir:" "I'm all right: : :" "Now:" "I've never even been in a spaceship before, let alone be flying it:" "Well, so far you're doing a great job:" "One of these days you'll be a fine pilot:" "Hey, better let me take over right now:" "We're almost over your house:" "Aye, aye, Captain:" "[Footsteps]" "[Engine Whining, Approaching]" "[Growling]" "[Continues Growling] [Steed Roars]" "Ah:" "There we go, huh?" "Well, I'm glad you had a good time:" "[Chuckles]" "Mother!" "Mother!" "You'll never guess what I just did!" "[Pouring]" "Mother!" "Mother!" "Oh:" "I flew the shuttle:" "I really flew it:" "Buck let me handle the controls, and he's teaching me about flying and guidance and propulsion systems and..." "Whoa:" "You mustn't pester the captain too much now, huh?" "Oh, it's no trouble, ma'am:" "He's really a fine boy:" " He and Twiki are getting along really well:" " Twiki?" "Oh, Twiki's my robot:" "I left him on board the ship:" "He's awful cute, Mother:" "And he's little... not even as big as I am:" "[Chuckles]" "I'm going to help him and Buck with the names of all the plants and animals around here:" "Oh, he's already started:" "Got some right here:" "[Syra] That's nice:" "You better go wash up for supper now:" "This is amberfire, and, uh..." " Uh, "amberleaf:"" " Oh, amberleaf:" "Uh, then this must be: : :" "Devil's fire:" "Right:" "Okay:" "And this must be, um..." "Flute grass:" "Because you can play it like a flute:" "Like this:" "Flute grass:" " [Woodwind] - [Syra] Delph..." "[Clatters] I told you never to do that:" "I'm sorry, Mother:" "I forgot:" "It's all right, Delph:" "It's all right:" "[Pangor Growls]" "[Chirping] What is it, Twiki?" "There's something coming, Buck:" "It's out there at the edge of the woods:" "[Sighs]" "Another zewolf?" "I can't tell:" "All right:" " [Steed Roars] - [Growls]" "Buck, we've been hit:" "Our controls have been shorted out:" "[Hoofbeats Departing]" "[Sizzling]" "So where does this: : :" "Man..." "if you can call him that..." "come from?" "He lives in the woods:" "Nothing that goes on around here escapes him:" "Keeps bothering us..." "taking things from us:" "Calls himself Pangor:" "But I don't know what that is:" "It's probably another name for "satyr"..." "half goat, half man:" "I never thought I'd see one, outside of statues of ancient mythology:" "I wish I was big enough to fight him:" "I won't have more fighting:" "Captain Rogers has already been injured once:" "I won't have him hurt again:" "Captain, that was one reason I wanted you to leave Arkadis right away:" "I still do:" "That might be a trifle difficult at the moment..." "[Sighs]" "With half my ship's controls and all of its communications out:" " I wasn't planning on taking off and leaving you two behind here anyway:" " Even if I insisted?" "Why should you insist?" "You're obviously in trouble here and have been for quite a while:" "Delph, would you do me a favor?" " Would you get my toolbox for me?" "It's right outside the door of the ship:" " Sure:" " I'm not getting the whole story here, am I?" " It's true:" "He's been troubling us a long time:" " What is he, some kind of mutant?" " Mutant?" "Is he one of a kind, or are there others like him?" "There are a few others, but we hardly ever see them here:" "They seem to stake out their own territory and stay there:" "And I think they're afraid of Pangor:" "Well, I can't say that I blame them:" "Packs quite a thunderbolt in that whip of his:" "Is that what frightened the other colonists away?" "We were all terrified:" "Six years ago, everybody voted to leave and settle on some other planet:" "Their ship didn't make it:" " What stopped you from going with them?" " My husband:" "He, uh, had this dream, right up to the end, that he could somehow turn this place into a: : :" "Garden of Eden:" " But after he died, you must have had plenty of chances to leave here:" " Then I couldn't:" "[Woodwind]" "[Continues] He's out there... a satyr and his feralon..." "always watching this house:" "Let him watch... all he wants to:" " I get Twiki fixed and the Scout refitted, we're getting out of here... all of us:" " No:" "This is my husband's home:" "This is where I stay:" "Maybe you can take Delph:" "I couldn't bear parting with him before, when he was so little:" "Maybe now it's getting to be time:" "Mother, I'm not going anywhere without you:" "I'm not:" "Something to think about:" "[Growls]" "[Electronic Buzzing, Whistling]" "[Chirping] Ouch:" "[Giggles]" "Oh, hello, there:" "I thought I'd lost my little compadre:" "[Clicks]" "Hey, easy, Buck:" "That tickles:" "[Giggles]" "Well, welcome back, Twiki:" "He's fixed:" "Well, not quite, but he's on his way:" "Davis, try to raise Captain Rogers again:" "It is useless:" "Arkadis passed into perihelion 17 minutes ago, meaning it is at its closest approach to the sun:" "I know what perihelion means, you rust bucket:" "What's that got to do with our being unable to speak to Captain Rogers?" "Really, Admiral:" "When Arkadis is in perihelion, it is in a state of total eclipse relative to our present position:" " No communication will be possible for another 12 hours:" " Why didn't you tell me that 17 minutes ago?" "You didn't ask:" "Admiral, are we going to abort the rest of the asteroid sweep?" "Well, I'm of two minds:" "If we abort and there's nothing wrong, we're going to look like idiots:" "I'd put my trust in Buck, Admiral:" "There's not much he can't handle:" "All right:" "You and Hawk carry on until further notice:" "I suppose we can afford to wait until that planet comes out of perihelion:" "[Crank Squeaking]" "[Crank Continues]" "Please excuse me:" "Moon wine has to be made quickly when the grapes are ready:" "Tell me the truth, Syra:" "It's all for him, isn't it?" "For Pangor:" "If he's supplied with enough, he's content: : :" "And he goes off and he leaves me alone: : :" "For a little while:" "So you appease him?" "I have to, or he might hurt Delph:" "Well, then tell me something:" "Why do you still refuse to leave?" "Because I can't:" "Would you please: : :" "Just let me finish my work?" "[Sobs]" "[Twiki] Hi, Delph:" "Hi, Twiki:" "It must be so nice, Captain Rogers, to fly all over the universe and see everything:" "Well, it's got its points, Delph:" "Like being free, isn't it..." "things ahead of you you don't know about?" "There's a whole lot of truth to that:" "[Chuckles]" "[Syra Screaming] No:!" "No:!" "No:!" "Mother!" "Get inside quick:" "Move!" "No:!" "No:!" "Pangor!" " [Growls]" " Leave the woman alone, or I'll kill ya!" "No!" "You be killed:" "I don't think so, Pangor:" "Look:" "Throw gun away:" "Throw:!" "Or this one will feel Pangor's whip:" "Throw gun now!" "[Buck] Get in the house, quick:!" "[Whip Arcing]" "Syra, bolt the door:!" "[Pangor Growling]" "Pangor the coward:" "Fights women and children:" " Come on!" " Now we see:" "Come on, Pangor:" "You're nothing without your whip:" " Come on:" "Come get me:" " [Growling Continues]" "Pangor the coward:!" "Kill:" "Kill!" "Kill!" "Where are you?" "Close?" "Yes, close!" "Pangor's whip will sniff you out:" "[Yells]" "[Whip Arcing]" "[Grunts]" "[Groaning, Straining]" "Is it true?" "He's really drowned?" "Well, it sure looked that way:" "Wow:" "I knew you could do it:" "I knew from the first time you beat the zewolf, you'd be the one to beat Pangor:" "That's why I wanted you to stay with us:" "We're free ofhim Mother..." "really and truly free:" "Yes:" "Free:" "Aren't you happy, Mother?" "I'm thankful Captain Rogers came through it all right:" " Delph, go and get some fresh water from the well:" " Yes, Mother:" "He asked if you were happy, and you said, "We're thankful:" There's a difference:" "I'm thankful we're free of him:" "I'm never happy over the death of anyone:" "Yes, but I don't think you would mourn for everyone:" "And yet you mourn for this Pangor:" "Why?" "Part of me is relieved he's dead..." "more than I can tell:" "Another part of me can't help grieving for him:" "You grieve for the satyr who brutalized you?" "You mind telling me why?" "Because once upon a time he was something very different:" "Once, he was a man... a good man... whose name was not Pangor, but MajorJason Samos:" "Your husband?" "My husband:" "Now you know why I could never bring myself to leave this place:" "There's no reason to hide anything anymore:" "You see, something here turned men into satyrs... never women or children:" "And only some of the men:" "We never found out what caused it:" "Our own family stayed on here after all the others voted to leave:" "My husband was so obsessed with the pioneer dream:" "And then time came: : :" "When he was affected too:" "Over the space of hours: : :" "I watched him change: : :" "Into that half-animal thing you had to kill today, Captain:" "Changed from this civilized man... this wonderful, dedicated human being I was married to:" "And of course I worry about Delph:" "I'm afraid it could happen to him too when he becomes a man:" "[Sighs] [Quietly] I'm sorry:" "Terribly sorry, Syra:" "Delph never knew:" "He won't find out from you, will he Captain?" "How could I tell him that I killed his father?" "Captain:" " Oh, my God:" " What's the matter?" "Your eyes:" "It was the satyr bite:" "Leave this place, Buck:" "Leave it and go back to your ship for help:" "We're all gonna get out of here:" "Mother, what's the matter?" "Where's Captain Rogers going?" "This is Searcher calling Hawk's ship and Colonel Deering:" "Searcher to Hawk and Colonel Deering:" "Come in, please:" " [Wilma] This is Deering:" " [Hawk] Hawk, here:" "I am aborting this mission:" "We've been trying for almost 30 minutes to reach Buck with no success:" "I'm turning Searcher to a median intercept course:" "Return as soon as possible:" "[Wilma] On our way, Admiral:" "[Hawk, On Speaker] Coming home:" "Any luck yet, Twiki?" "No, ma'am:" "Still a few things left to fix up, but we're gettin' there:" "[Footsteps Running, Approaching]" "What's happening?" "Was Buck working out here all night?" "Oh, please tell me what's the matter:" "Delph, try to understand:" "Buck..." "he's getting very sick:" "Captain Rogers, my mother said you..." "Delph..." "[Coughs]" "Please: : :" "Don't be frightened of me:" " Buck, somebody's comin.!" " [Growling]" "Pangor gone:" "Now we take the woman and wine:" "That settles it:" "I can't wait any longer:" "Twiki, deploy shielding:" "Get ready to lift off:" "We'll try to hold to Searcher's old course:" "Hope to meet 'em coming back:" "You two, get on board that ship now:" "[Delph] Wait:!" "My father's logbook..." "I've got to get that too:" "Delph, no!" " [Growling Continues]" " Delph!" "[Buck] No:!" "Put me down!" "Put me down!" "[Delph] Mother!" "Buck!" "[Groaning]" "[Snorting, Shuddering]" "[Groaning]" "[Delph] Buck:!" "Buck?" "Buck:!" "Brother!" "We have the boy:" "Comejoin us:!" "Come taste our whip, brother:" "We wait for you:!" "[Growling]" "[Guttural] Why should I join you?" "I have the woman: : :" "And wine:" "The woman is mine, and so is the wine:" "If you want the wine, bring the boy:" "Take boy back:" "Want wine!" "No:!" "Keep boy:!" "Wine!" "[Growls]" " What'll they do to Delph?" " Nothing:" "They know they have a bargaining point as long as they hold Delph:" "They want what Pangor had:" "His wine and his woman:" "I planted the idea in their heads, about the wine being here:" "I'll see that they get a reception:" "What are you going to do?" "I have enough gelanite to blow this place sky-high:" "We have a lot of work to do:" "[Growling Low]" " How much longer do you think it'll be before they come?" " Not: : :" "Long:" "You really believe this can work, Captain?" "If they think they're safe, they'll come for the wine, forget about the boy:" "All right, it's all set:" "We'll put the detonator out here:" "I'll string this wire out:" "Then, once they're inside drinking, one touch on this detonator and they're gone:" "[Groans, Growling]" "[Growling, Distant] Delph!" "No!" "You mustn't go out there:" "They're fighting among themselves for some reason:" "Get in the ship and wait for me:" "I'll bring Delph back if I can:" "[Pangor] Syra:" "Syra:" "[Screams]" "[Breathing Labored] Dying, Syra:" "Something: : :" "Happened: : :" "In that lake:" "Pangor pain:" " Starting: : :" "To remember:" " Jason:" "I'm..." "[Groans]" "Jason:" "[Breathing Continues]" "Sorry, Syra:" "I never meant to hurt you:" "[Sobs] It's all right, Jason:" "It's all right:" "I've always loved you, Syra:" "I know:" "[Sniffles]" "Sh:" "[Sobs]" "[Whips Cracking]" "Buck!" "Boy gone!" "Go, Syra:" "Take the boy:" "Leave with that man:" "Where's Syra?" "She's not inside:" "She's in the house, Buck:" "I heard voices inside:" "Get him on board that ship:" "And keep that force field deployed at full power:" "[Pangor Breathing]" "It's all right:" "It's Jason again:" "He remembers:" "All right:" "Let's get him on the shuttle!" "[Satyr] We're here, brother:" "[Satyr #2] We kill ship, then we kill you and take woman:" "[Explosions] [Grunts]" "What's happened, Twiki?" "Protective force field's startin' to give way:" "I'll get them away from the ship:" "[Explosions Continue]" "[Growls]" "[Pangor] Brother, he is tricking you:" "I have the woman: : :" "Inside:" "The woman: : :" "And the wine:" "[Both Yelling]" "[Breathing Heavily]" "[Growls]" "[Clattering] [Satyrs Gibbering]" " Pangor!" "No!" " [Syra] Jason!" "[Hawk] What do you think, Crichton?" "[Goodfellow] Sh:" "He still has a hundred years of medical archives to review:" "[Crichton] Infecting agent has been isolated:" "Arbor virus, type AB, variant 246 of caprid encephalitis:" "[Goodfellow] This creates the satyr effect?" "[Crichton] Inevitably: 246 is a hitchhiker virus, attaching itself to the male "Y'"chromosome, thus causing caprid symptoms:" "[Wilma] But is the disease reversible?" "[Crichton] In early stages, affirmative:" "I recommend antisomal therapy treatment 74484... 12,000 units hourly in I:" "V:" "Solution: : :" "For the next 72 hours:" "Oh:" "I thought you would want this:" "[Sighs] Back to normal:" "I was afraid I'd been changed for good:" "Wilma stayed with you while you were recovering:" "It seems you had a most unusual experience:" "[Chuckles] That's not the half of it:" "Somebody has been waiting to say good-bye:" "Hi:" "The Searcher is orbiting the planet Orion:" "We're just about ready to leave for our new home:" "Mm:" "Well, Orion is well-colonized:" "You and Delph should be very happy there:" "I wish you were coming with us, Captain Rogers:" "Well, I have to go where the Searcher goes, Delph:" " Admiral Asimov enrolled him in the Orion Cadet Academy:" " That's the best there is:" "I know:" "My father graduated from there:" "Well, you grow to be just like your father, all right?" "Good pilot, an explorer:" "[Crichton, On P:" "A:] Passengers for Orion 1, please report to launch bay:" "It's never been easy for me to say good-bye:" "Hasn't been easy for me either, especially with you two:" "We won't forget you, Buck, either of us:" "Nor I you:" "Bye-bye:" "[Knocking]" "Ah:" "Hawk said you sat with me every night:" "Not a bad way to get you alone, is it?" "Oh, yeah, but your methods are a little extreme:" "Oh, you wouldn't believe what I went through on Arkadis:" "Running around with horns on my head like some creature out of Greek mythology..." "It was incredible:" "Incredible?" "Oh, I don't know about that:" "Sounds to me like your true nature was finally showing through:" "I mean, there are three moons on Arkadis, aren't there?" " What?" " And, uh, we all know how you are in the moonlight:" "[Laughs]"