"'Moonbase Alpha status report, 892 days after leaving Earth's orbit." "'Dr Helena Russell recording." "'We've just passed through a space storm - duration 42 days." "'Our sensors have picked up a medium-sized planet." "'Commander Koenig is exploring it." "'The surface is rich in vegetation." "'It is our hope that it might prove habitable.'" "Maya?" " Sensor reading?" " Surface temperature, 73." "Atmosphere breathable." " Let's put it down." " OK." " Oxygen leak, life support system." " Take over." "Right." "Four hours until critical level." "Do we abort?" "No." "Go back for another Eagle." "Maya and I will complete the survey." "Check." "Moonbase Alpha to Commander Koenig." "Go ahead." "Eagle 1 has developed a malfunction and is returning to Alpha." "Maya and I will continue our survey until Tony returns and picks us up." " 'Anything we can do, Commander?" "'" " Just stay in touch." "'We'll contact you every 30 minutes to check on you.'" "Talk to you then." "Out." " They're edible." " Great." "(Screeching)" "(Angry male voice) 'Cannibals!" "Murderers!" "'You will be punished as cannibals and murderers 'deserve to be punished.'" "Koenig to Alpha." "Come in, Alpha." "Koenig to Moonbase Alpha." "Come in." "'Murderer." "You have had your last communication with Alpha.'" " Who are you?" " 'We are the Judges of Luton.'" " What is the crime..." " 'Destroying life on this planet.'" "We picked a flower and ate some berries." "'That is your crime." "You killed members of our society.'" " We didn't realise..." " 'But we are merciful, 'even to criminals of such magnitude.'" "Believe us." "If we committed a crime, it was out of ignorance." "'You will be given a chance to prove your innocent intent.'" "(Thunderclap)" "'These are your adversaries - also criminals from space 'who violated our laws." "'They too claim innocence due to ignorance." "'Your innocence will be tested by combat." "'The survivors will be given their freedom.'" "Move." "We need a weapon." "If we break a branch, they'll condemn us without a chance." "Yeah." "We'd better not get hungry." "Come on." "Come on." " These would make good arrowheads." " Arrowheads?" "Yeah." "American Indians used arrows and bows." "Oh..." "We could probably make a bow, but we need some string." "I bet we could make a spear." "Must we kill them?" "Maya..." "Yes, if we want to survive." "Well, if we reveal ourselves, it's a sign of good faith." "It's obvious we mean them no harm." "You've got a point." " We'll make contact." " Yes." "But first... let's make sure we've got some security between them and us - like a canyon." "They're tracking us." "Hmm." "Stay on hard ground." "Mhhh." "He can tear a mountain apart with his bare hands." "You're right, Maya." "I'd rather have him as a friend than as an enemy." "(Koenig) Hello!" "(Voice echoes)" "We don't want to fight with you." "We want to be friends." "But he doesn't." "We're not your enemy." "Moonbase Alpha to Commander Koenig." "Moonbase Alpha to Commander Koenig." "Moonbase Alpha to Commander Koenig." "(Tony) 'Eagle 1 requesting clearance.'" "Eagle 1, you're clear for touchdown." "'Thanks." "Do you have another Eagle for me?" "'" "Ready for lift-off as soon as you clear the launch pad, Tony." "'Thanks, Helena.'" "Moonbase Alpha to Commander Koenig." "Moonbase Alpha to Commander Koenig." "Get that planet on the screen." " Where is it?" " It should be there." "It's GOT to be." "Check your scanners." "Not registering." "The sensors are giving no readings." " Eagle 4 ready for lift-off." " 'Abort, Eagle 4.'" " What?" " 'Abort.'" "I'm going back to that planet." "We don't know where that planet is." "They don't like the water." "Maybe they can't swim." "Stay here." "Listen to me." "Please, listen to me." "We've no reason to fight." "Don't let them make us kill each other." "Listen to me." "Even if they can't understand us, they must know we want to talk." "Maybe it's their nature to kill, not talk." " The river buys us time." " Maybe they're leaving." "No." "Just trying to figure out a way across." "It'll be a while before they catch up to us." "We've got to find some way to defend ourselves." " What is it?" " I haven't seen any live animals." "Those vines have a stranglehold on that one." "Let's just say it eliminated a natural enemy." "Koenig to Alpha." "Koenig to Moonbase Alpha." "Come in, Alpha." "'Commander Koenig, you waste valuable time." "'Devote yourselves to saving your lives.'" "Why must we kill to save our lives?" "'Because those are the rules of Luton.'" "We will not submit to those rules." "They are cruel and vicious." "'We pride ourselves on our justice and our fairness." "'As proof of our fairness, 'we have given your adversaries abilities to match yours." "'Otherwise the contest would be too one-sided.'" "We will not fight." "We will not submit to those rules." "'Kill...or die.'" "I thought they were against killing." "Animals must be a lower form of life on this planet." "It's acceptable to kill each other." "I wonder what abilities they gave them." "Three against two aren't heavy enough odds?" " A lion or tiger might even it out." " No, Maya." "He'd tear you apart no matter what form you took." "Wait." "Maybe we could use your abilities to give us an edge." "Then we'd always know where they are." "Don't stay in one place too long." "(Roar)" "Maya, stop him." "Stop him!" "We must talk to him." "Come back." "We won't hurt you." "Your shoulder." "Come on." "Sit down." "Come on." "Now we know the abilities the Judges of Luton gave to two of them." "One they gave phenomenal strength and the other they made a transport." "One second the other side of the river, the next second this side." "If he could transport, why didn't he do it again to escape?" "Perhaps they're only permitted to use their abilities once." "Yeah, could be." " Anyway, thanks." " Nothing to thank me for." "Then I thank the bird's eyesight and the lion's terrible roar." " Ohh." " Oh, I'm sorry, but I've got to stop the bleeding." "Don't look so sad, it doesn't hurt that much." "Be careful when you move." "OK, Mom." "I won't get it infected and I won't get any dirt in it." "What you need is some rest." "Right(!" ") And some peace and quiet." "(Koenig) We won't get much of that." "We'd better take that with us." "Give it to me." " It's too heavy for you." " Don't argue." " 'This is Eagle 4.'" " Go ahead, Tony." "My sensors give no readings." " 'That was expected, wasn't it?" "'" " Yours?" "Still negative." "And I still think you're crazy." "When I approach the planet, or think I'm in the right area, I'll check in." " 'Be careful.'" " I might even manage visual contact!" "'You should have a co-pilot.'" "I'm not letting anyone else share this risk." "'Remember your margin of safety.'" "I remember saying I'd be right back for them." "Maya, we'd better get moving again." "You'd better rest!" "We've got to be near where the Eagle touched down for when it comes back." " You're weak." "You need nourishment." " Sure(!" ")" "How about some pheasant under glass, asparagus hollandaise, topped off with chocolate mousse and coffee espresso." "Some broth." "Maybe chicken." "Rabbit." " Beef." " Sure." "All we need are ingredients." "This planet doesn't have such ingredients any more." "Maybe they didn't kill every animal." "Not all animals eat plants." "Have you seen any?" "The only bird we saw was you." "If you change form, don't stay in one place long." "We mustn't give them a chance to get at you." "We also need some more weapons." "That lance won't be enough." "(Growling)" " Company, huh?" " Yeah." "Careful." "Oh, you can't go on." "Who says I can't?" " Any questions?" " Yeah..." "Why did I get you into this?" "Better check out the area." "There's a long line of animal skeletons all along the rim." "Looks like they're in formation." "Battle formation." "Could be that this is where the animals made their last stand." "The animals wiped out the plant life to protect their rear." "Can you imagine the battle that took place on the rim of this cliff?" "And the animals lost." "Yeah..." "Better check out our friends below, huh?" "Yeah." " I can't see anything from here." " Take a closer look." "Right." "You were supposed to be resting." "Yeah." "I will, as soon as I finish this." "I had a good view but I only saw one." " I wonder where the other one is." " On the valley floor somewhere." " What are you making?" " It's a bolo." "In ancient times on Earth, bush natives..." "invented a very effective weapon." "A bolo?" "Can I help?" "Get some more rocks about this size." "No, a little bigger." "And round." "Are you all right?" "Well, it only hurts when I laugh." " Hmm?" " It's an old Earth joke." "It's not funny." " Well, it was on Earth." " 50 years ago." "OK, then tell me some old Psychon jokes." "I'm sorry, Maya." "I didn't mean to bring up sad memories." "The memories aren't sad..." "except at the end." "Psychon was a happy place." "That's why we wouldn't leave even when we knew we faced disaster." "Your brother left." "My brother, like Mentor my father, was on our High Scientific Council." "He knew there was no hope when our planet began to boil." "So my brother and a thousand others went off into uncharted space, preferring to take their chances than face sure death." "Did they find another planet?" "We never heard from him again." "Or any of the others who built spaceships and left... as Psychon's temperature kept rising." "If the break-up of the planet was inevitable... why didn't Mentor leave?" "My father's dream was to restore Psychon, to make it the beautiful planet it once was." "Nobody shared his dream." "They all left, preferring to take their chances in the unknown." "But if every... every scientist on Psychon knew what was coming, why did Mentor remain so stubborn?" "He wasn't only stubborn." "He was in love." "My mother's tomb was on Psychon and he wouldn't leave her." "What about you?" "Oh, he tried to make me go..." "but I wouldn't." "I couldn't let him stay alone." " He should have made you go." " You don't understand." "He really believed he could perform the miracle of restoring Psychon." "And I got caught up in that dream." "Mentor was a great scientist." "And he was my father." "I knew he could do...anything." " I don't see anything." " Yeah..." "Must you keep at it?" "Firepower, Maya." "In a combat situation, there's nothing as persuasive as firepower." "What about you, Commander, did you have any brothers?" "Sisters?" "Mother?" "Father?" "You had nobody?" " I had a wife." " Had?" " Aren't there any wars on Psychon?" " No." "Unlike your planet, we were of one race, one religion, one government." "Our planet was so rich in resources there was no separation of classes." "In 1987... all the hatreds on Earth between races... classes and religions..." "all came to a head." "The war was global and...awful." "It was finally the war to end all wars because the survivors realised that... if there was another one, it would be the...the end of humanity." "You mean...people killed people just because they were different from each other?" "That's disgusting." "The one virtue of that war - if war can have a virtue - is that prejudice was wiped out." "People realised if..." "If they were going to survive, they would have to...work together." "Accept each other for what they were." "So we began to create a brand new... wonderful civilisation." "But it was too late for my wife." "She was a casualty of that war." "What was she like?" "She was like..." "Helena." " A weapon!" " It's just like ours." " He's down there, then." " Careful." "He knows we're alerted." "His weapon is there but I don't see him." " He's gotta be there." " I don't see him anywhere." "Wind's probably in this direction." "Good." "Come on." "Come on, let's move back." "If my hunch is right... we've just discovered the third ability given to them by the Judges." "We may not be able to see him, but he's up here somewhere." "Maya, you can pick up a scent." "Find him, Maya." "(Scream)" "'Eagle 4 to Alpha.'" " Eagle 4 to Alpha." " Go ahead, Tony." "I'm close to where the planet should be." "Can you see it?" "(Tony) 'No.'" "But I do have you on the monitor." "Do you have me on the screen?" " Yes." " 'How about the planet?" "'" "We'll try again." "Yasko." "Tony, we can't get a fix on that planet." "And you can't stay there forever." "'Yes, I can." "Send an Eagle to refuel me.'" "(Muttering)" "It's all right." "It's all right." "It's all right." "Shh." "Hey...." "Oh..." "Are you better now?" "What did I do?" "Pass out?" "No." "You fell asleep." "As long as I was only delirious." "I'd hate to have recurring nightmares like that." "All right." "If it'll make you happy - you were delirious." "That bad, huh?" "It has to be cleaned." "I've got to find some water." "(Distressed cawing)" "(Distant cawing)" "(Cawing continues)" "(Growling)" "Judges of Luton...free her and I will go down to him." " 'We will not interfere.'" " I will let him kill me." "'No.'" "She can keep that form for only an hour." "She will be crushed." "Free her and he can kill me!" "'We cannot.'" "You're The Judges of Luton!" "You can do anything!" "'It is against the rules of Luton.'" "Wait." "Please..." "Please..." "Wait." "Wait." "(Triumphant jeering)" "Eagle 4 to Command Centre, refuelling Eagle coming alongside." " 'It is carrying a relief pilot.'" " I don't want a relief pilot." "Don't be stubborn, Tony." "Let your relief take over." "No way." "One of us taking this risk is all Alpha can afford." "(Helena) 'According to our computer, you're very close 'to the position of that planet.'" "'According to my instruments, uncomfortably close.'" " Too close." " 'I'm still hoping for a visual.'" "Give yourself more room, Tony." "Any miscalculation, you'll crash." "I'm not in the mood for miscalculations." "'How long do you expect to stay?" "'" "Forever, if I have to." "(Laughing)" "We're..." "We're fools if we fight." "I don't want to kill you, but I must." "You..." "You understand me?" "It pleases the Judges of Luton to let us communicate at the moment of combat." "Let her out of the cage." " She'll be crushed!" " It is regrettable, but necessary that you both die so that I may live." "(Agitated cawing)" "(Cawing)" "Maya..." "'Kill!" "'Kill!" "'Kill and you will be freed!" "'" "No!" "I will not kill!" "'Kill the criminal who committed murder on Luton." "Kill!" "'" "No!" "YOU are the criminals." "You could have stopped us before we tore plants and destroyed flowers." "'You have defeated the enemy." "You are free.'" "(Koenig) You want to see things die!" "You would like everything here to die to satisfy your lust for death!" "(Rustling and squeaking)" "'Hear me." "Listen!" "'" "(Rustling and squeaking continues)" "'Listen to me!" "'" "'Go." "Go!" "'You are free.'" "(Squeaking and rustling continues)" "I've checked and rechecked, Alpha." "According to my computer, I'm at the planet and yet nothing." "OK, Alpha, I found the planet." "John and Maya, see if you can get through." "Moonbase Alpha to Commander Koenig, Moonbase Alpha to Commander Koenig." "They're letting Alpha make contact." "Anything to get rid of us before we start an uprising." "'Moonbase Alpha to Commander Koenig.'" "Moonbase Alpha, this is Maya." "Go ahead." "Eagle 4 can touch down if you give your position." "No need." "We have visual contact." " Where did that come from?" " Hydroponics." "Tony gave them to me to cheer me up after our ordeal." "A plant?" "Well, no one can say Tony doesn't have a sense of humour." "I think Tony needs his sense of humour retooled." " I thought it was a nice gesture." " So did I." "He could have given you his abominable beer!" " Do you want one, Helena?" " I'd love one." "Hold it." "Do me a favour, while I'm around, never pick a flower." "Back to hydroponic."