"The anti-icing solvent, it's working!" "But booster power output is unstable." "what's next?" "Radiation shields operational capacity exceeded." "Great." "Any more good news?" "Continuation not recommended." "Abort ascent immediately." "Oh, ye of little faith." "Oh, come on!" "#5:" "Outbreak" "I need a 30 % boost in the LRS's power to really make it sing." "Affirmative." "Next issue is the radiation shields." "I'd like to find a way to..." "Hi, Tony." "Pepper, I need you to run a background check on someone right away." "It needs to be as detailed as possible." "Sure." "What's her name?" "Sorry to burst your bubble, but this time she is a he..." "Get me everything you can on Dr. Ho Yinsen." "Dr. Yinsen?" "Tony, are you serious?" "The same Yinsen who was with you in the cave?" "I've got another call, Pepper." "Just take care of it for me, okay?" "Okay." "what's up, Doc?" "It appears we have a problem, Mr. Stark." "I'd appreciate it if you'd meet me at the control tower's medical center ASAP ." "The medical center?" "So tell me, Nanami, is what you said earlier true?" "Is what true?" "we talked about a lot of stuff." "what you told the chief." "That you have a meeting with Stark?" "I never said that exactly!" "I knew it!" "You're barking more like a real news hound every day." "Instead of concentrating on me, could you be more careful with your junk food?" "You're trashing my car!" "Masuda!" "Didn't you just hear what I said?" "That poor girl!" "He's an Arc Station worker who lives nearby." "His body's breaking down because his immune system is failing." "He's in a state of toxic shock." "If we don't get him stabilized soon, he'll die." "The cause?" "we're still waiting for additional test results to come back from the lab... we think it's a virus attacking his white blood cells." "we have to find the source of the virus so that we can stop it and cure it." "Let's keep this under wraps for now, okay?" "Understood. we're on our way." "Bad news." "Another victim is being brought to the lab." "Hello?" "Tony!" "Nanami!" "what are you doing here?" "You had me convinced there was nothing to worry about with Stark." "Now, I'm not so sure." "Something's just not right, is it?" "Definitely not. we need to snoop around." "Try to get an angle on this." "we should try... lchiro, you are so disgusting, I told you not to spill anything!" "Captain Sakurai, good to see you, sir." "we have a problem." "SAT 3, one of our recon satellites, stopped transmitting telemetry data several days ago." "It won't accept any of our data inputs." "Run a system analysis." "we ran a thorough diagnostic, sir." "we didn't detect any software or anomalies." "SAT 1 is configured and ready to transmit." "we've repositioned SAT 1 for a SAT 3 visual." "we're online, sir." "Get us closer." "Maximize the image." "what's going on?" "Another malfunction?" "Negative, sir." "All systems are working, but the camera has been damaged." "Damaged?" "So, it's not a virus?" "Right. we know it's not a virus, bacteria or a chemical substance." "we can't find a single thing that would cause such cellular disruption." "Are you kidding me?" "with all that we know, we can't find a cure?" "There has got to be an answer." "what is it?" "Mr. Stark, answer me... what exactly is going on?" "Do you know what's going on?" "It's total chaos!" "This sickness!" "It's becoming an epidemic!" "It's spreading!" "what did you say?" "The ER's are overloaded!" "More people are being infected every hour!" "Hello?" "Are you listening to me, Mr. Stark?" "Hello?" "Say something." "who the hell invited you here?" "we have orders." "we're here to lock down the Arc Station." "what are you talking about?" "The Arc Station is suspected to be ground zero for the spread of the virus." "Hold on!" "we have proof that a virus is not the cause of this!" "Ma'am, please." "The Ministry of Health and Minister Kuroda have officially put us in charge of this facility." "Nobody is going anywhere." "Except for you!" "You need to calm down." "You'll only dig yourself into a deeper hole." "There's no point in this." "we won't change their minds now." "Let me try a more diplomatic approach." "I'll contact Minister Kuroda." "Our surveillance satellite?" "Yes sir. we no longer have control of SAT 1 and its location is unknown." "Obviously, this is a matter of national security and must be dealt with at once." "we need to send a craft up to inspect it." "we don't have a plan in place right now." "Preparing a mission to space could take several months and we need this done immediately." "It is quite the dilemma." "Any thoughts, Captain?" "I do have one idea." "Still haven't been able to reach him, huh?" "I've called him and sent him emails as well." "Then it's time for me to go and see him in person." "Impossible." "Oh, it's possible if you could fake being sick for a minute... what?" "During the commotion, we'll slip out of here." "Please don't try anything stupid!" "It's probably a little late for that." "well, since you're not going to help me out, here goes nothing." "But..." "Hold it right there!" "Stop!" "Captain Nagato Sakurai." "SDF Covert Operations." "Oh, Captain!" "Pardon me, sir!" "I'm here to speak with Mr. Stark." "Minister Kuroda sent me." "Certainly, sir!" "So, we meet again." "why am I not surprised that you're part of the Self-Defense Force?" "Mr. Stark." "I have a favorto ask you." "well, what a coincidence, I could use a favor from you." "I want this persecution of my company to stop." "An SDF surveillance satellite has gone offline." "This could have dire consequences." "Then we're in the same boat." "I have only one concern." "And that isJapan's future." "But I realize I can't accomplish this mission alone." "I'm going to need your help, Iron Man." "Isn't that a little selfish?" "Mr. Stark." "Enough. we need to work together now." "Here is a visual of SAT 1 when it began malfunctioning last week." "Now bring up the archive file footage from six months ago." "Zoom in on the top." "This is now and this is the image from six months ago." "what the hell is that thing?" "That is what destroyed the camera on SAT 3." "what is the altitude of that thing?" "It's in the thermosphere. 200 kilometers up." "Doc, I need you to run a simulation." "Simulate a beam from its solar panels down to Earth." "Right." "The Arc Station!" "we're in its path!" "Maybe it's time that Iron Man and the SDF work together and fix this." "Agreed." "Does the SDF have a jet capable of reaching such an altitude?" "A jet with boosters powerful enough to break through the atmosphere?" "we have one, but it's only a prototype." "Have it flight-ready in six hours." "And I'm gonna need the best pilot you have." "Your help is appreciated, Mr. Stark." "Yeah, well I have this bad habit called caring." "Good for us." "I'll get that jet prepped right away." "what changed your mind?" "why are you doing this?" "It's a chance to solve our little medical emergency." "Zodiac is using that satellite." "They're using it to beam that illness down to Earth at an undetectable frequency." "Using a radiation beam at an undetectable frequency?" "Exactly, Zodiac is targeting the Arc Station." "But our shields are too strong." "So, while a small amount gets through, most of it ends up irradiating the area." "Can that really be what's causing all this?" "That's it." "If we want to prevent further casualties, we have to get up there and take that sucker out as soon as possible." "what is the cause of this virus?" "Please vacate the premises." "Admittance is strictly prohibited." "Is it the Arc Station?" "Give us a statement now!" "You have a responsibility!" "I insist that you let me in!" "I have an appointment with Mr. Stark." "Please check your list!" "Hey, what's going on?" "No!" "Nanami!" "You're infected!" "I didn't know your Iron Man armor was equipped to go into space." "My suit's pressurization, temperature regulation, and oxygen supply are all good to go." "But there's still one issue I need to resolve." "And that is..." "No biggie really." "Just haven't quite perfected the particle radiation shields." "Oh, no." "You'll kill yourself!" "Going into space without radiation shields is suicide!" "we don't really have a choice, do we?" "But!" "Nanami!" "Like I said, we don't really have a choice." "Mr. Stark, wait." "I think I can help you." "I'm developing a protective coating for Fujikawa Aerospace." "It's designed to shield space shuttles from radiation." "If you were to apply the coating, it should protect you from cosmic rays." "I'll take two coats to go!" "we haven't actually performed final tests yet..." "Tests?" "who needs 'em?" "If you invented it, I'm sure it'll perform flawlessly." "Mr. Stark." "I'm currently programming the vector and coordinates for your space flight." "I'll handle it." "There's too large a variance in conditions." "Okay. we'll be tracking you the whole time." "I'm counting on you." "This'll be sweet." "We're in contact with your jet." "It's already airborne." "Great." "Nice job." "Tell the pilot I'm heading up." "Here we go." "There's my ride." "All right, let's start climbing." "Mr. Stark." "Tell me this is a joke." "You did ask for the best pilot in Japan." "well, you got him." "All right then." "Let's see what you're made of, Captain." "Iron Man has docked with the SDF jet." "All right, Captain, climb to an altitude of 50,000 meters." "Roger." "Approaching 15 ,000... 20,000..." "Captain, your engine output appears to be dropping." "Roger that." "Still climbing." "I can handle it." "Captain, sir, your jet won't hold together much longer." "Let me know when it starts getting bumpy." "Be careful what you ask for." "Hold on tight!" "Captain, you're running too hot!" "Too hot!" "He's pushing it way too hard, they're gonna burn up!" "Sir, abort!" "I've almost got him up there!" "Iron Man, prepare to detach in 5,000 meters!" "Detachment in 4,000... 3,000... 2,000... 1,000!" "Altitude achieved." "Mr. Stark, stand by to undock." "It's all up to you now!" "Thanks for the lift, Captain." "I owe you one." "Catch you on the flipside!" "Charge!" "Iron Man's rockets fired successfully." "He's continuing his climb." "Boosters have jettisoned." "Second stage rockets have ignited." "He's at 150." "Status report." "How is the Iron Man armor holding up?" "Nothing to worry about!" "Your radiation coating is working perfectly!" "Altitude, 200 kilometers." "I've really done it." "I'm in space." "Mr. Stark!" "well done." "You should have visual on SAT 1 ." "Can you confirm?" "I see it." "That thing's attached like a leech." "I'm gonna move in for a closer look." "What's wrong?" "Mr. Stark, come in please!" "It's nothing." "I'm good." "Just the anti-gravity system..." "It needs some improvement." "where the hell is it?" "It disappeared." "Communication has been cut off." "Okay!" "what have we here?" "This is where the energy waves are originating from!" "Mr. Stark!" "Sending data now." "Quickly!" "It's data on the energy beam." "Analyze its composition." "Data received!" "Send the data to Lab 23." "I've worn out my welcome!" "My turn now!" "Hey, you guys haven't started writing my eulogy yet, have you?" "News flash." "One parasite vaporized." "Mr. Stark?" "I've got good news for you, too." "what's that?" "We counteracted the effects of the radiation." "We expect everyone to make a full recovery, including Nanami." "That is great news. what a relief." "Yes, it is." "Now come home safely." "The view from up here is out of this world." "But, I've got some unfinished business." "For a while, I wondered what might happen to me." "But thanks to Iron Man, I narrowly escaped death." "And he learned to fly way up in space!" "Huh?" "What?" "The Arc Station will be attacked by cyber-terrorism next, you say?" "How do you stop something like that?" "Next time on Iron Man:" "Technical Difficulties." "Hey!" "Iron Man!" "What do we do?" "Next episode:" "#6:" "Technical Difficulties"